I've taken a stab at this before but I didn't put the thought and seriousness into it that such a project requires. In fact, my dear friend, Miss Lauren Rose Whitney, informed me to my face that my life list sucked. That's what friends are for - to make you plan a better life than you originally envisioned. I've kept a running list going and have added to it whenever I get inspired by something or something new occurs to me. So here it is, my Life List as it stands right now, in alphabetical order because that's how I roll, more to be added, I'm sure (hey buddies: please do let me know if we have any goals in common and we should totally make a plan):
1. At least once, spontaneously go on a vacation on a moment’s notice
2. Attend an Oktoberfest in Germany
3. Attend La Tomatina in Spain
4. Attend Mardi Gras as an adult
5. Attend a taping of The Ellen Show
6. Be comfortable making small talk with strangers in any situation
7. Become scuba certified
8. Build the kitchen of my dreams
9. Compete in the Pillsbury Bake-Off
10. Complete my family tree as far back as possible
11. Croissants and coffee at a café in France
12. Dance without feeling self-conscious
13. Decorate a home according to my own vision
14. Design my own line of kitchen/baking items
15. Develop/write my own recipes from scratch
16. Do a pull-up
17. Dog sledding
18. Drink a pint in an Irish pub
19. Drive an 18-wheeler
20. Finally find the perfect cut/style/products for my curly hair
21. Gallop on a horse
22. Go at least a month without TV
23. Go water skiing and actually stand up
24. Gondola ride in Venice
25. Grow my own vegetables/have a garden
26. Have a family
27. Have a mint julep at the Kentucky Derby while donning a fabulous hat
28. Have abs you can see
29. Have dinner at a Michelin rated three star restaurant
30. Have tea at a posh hotel in London
31. Host and pay for an extended family vacation
32. Indoor skydiving
33. Introduce my daughter(s) to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Louisa May Alcott and L.M. Montgomery
34. Kiss the Blarney Stone
35. Lay on a blanket under the stars
36. Lay under a cabana on a Caribbean beach, drinking something tropical
37. Learn how to surf (or at least give it a helluva try)
38. Learn more about different charities until I find one that really gets me going, then figure out how I can help and do it regularly
39. Learn to bake anything without a recipe
40. Learn to change the oil in my own car
41. Learn to dive into water head first
42. Learn to drive a stick shift
43. Learn to expertly apply my make-up, including creating the perfect smoky eye
44. Learn to French braid
45. Learn to give a really, really great massage
46. Learn to knit
47. Learn to play golf
48. Learn to play poker
49. Learn to play tennis
50. Learn to sew – hem a pair of pants, sew up a hole
51. Learn to snowboard/ski
52. Live in another country for 6 months – year
53. Make 1000 desserts
54. Make a pie completely from scratch (crust and all)
55. Make an upholstered headboard
56. Make butter
57. Make cheese
58. Make it so my mom doesn’t have to worry about money
59. Make my forever home as ‘green’ as possible
60. Make someone’s wedding cake
61. Make something on a potter’s wheel
62. Milk a cow
63. Name a daughter after my Grandma
64. Own a home
65. Own a house with a porch that invites drinking lemonade out of mason jars
66. Own a Le Creuset Dutch Oven and a fabulous stove/oven
67. Own a vacation home
68. Own land with enough room for my kids to run until they think their legs will fall off
69. Own my own bakery
70. Parasailing
71. Participate in or at the very least attend the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii
72. Pay off student loans/be debt free
73. Pay someone’s way through college who is not my own kid
74. Plant a tree
75. Play a game of roller derby and don’t get killed
76. Rappel down a cliff face
77. Road trip across the U.S.
78. Run(ish) a marathon
79. See a glacier
80. See the Northern Lights
81. See the Nutcracker on Christmas Eve in Manhattan
82. Skate at 30 Rock
83. Spend a day on a sailboat
84. Spend an evening catching fireflies with my kids
85. Spin a globe, stop it with a finger, and go wherever it lands
86. Stay in the ice hotel
87. Stomp on grapes to make wine
88. Swim with dolphins
89. Take a 16 century historical tour of the UK
90. Take a dance class
91. Take a Mediterranean cruise
92. Take a trapeze lesson
93. Take my kids to Africa
94. Take up/learn photography
95. Tell my kids all about my grandparents
96. Travel through Italy with Joe
97. Travel to:
a. Phuket, Thailand
b. Ireland (with Windy and Mom)
c. United Kingdom
d. Cape Town (again)
e. Napa Valley
f. Greece
g. Chicago
h. San Francisco
i. Seattle
j. Vancouver
k. Savannah
l. Hawaii
m. Nashville
98. Watch a baseball game in every Major League ballpark
99. Wear a bikini on the beach without feeling the need to bring a cover-up
100. White water rafting
101. Work from home
102. Write a children’s book
103. Write a cookbook (can be just for me, doesn’t have to be published)
104. Write letters to myself on every birthday ending with an -0 to be read on the next birthday ending with an -0
105. Write the account of Pawpaw’s life he asked me to write before he died
106. Zip lining through a rainforest canopy
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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4 comments:
did you use the word rappel and cliff in the same sentence?
drive an 18 wheeler?
i thought i knew you...
Allow to me clarify:
It does not have to be a very high cliff.
I just want to drive one once, like around a parking lot. I don't want to make a career out of it or anything. I just think it would be cool to be behind the wheel of a massive truck. And maybe get on the radio and say "10-4, good buddy."
I would totally milk a cow with you and then we can make our own cheese with said milk!
If you have 10 min. to kill watch this. You're gonna wanna go here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS0rttp9EIE
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