Wednesday, February 23, 2011

My 100 things

So I totally hate it when I tell people that I have a list of 100 things that I want to do in this life, and they say, "oh a bucket list"... NO not a bucket list, that implies that I use the terminology "kicking the bucket" and I don't like that phrase at all...
Now that is cleared up, I want to state that I have a list of 100 things that I hope to someday accomplish. Things that I want to do, and I am gradually working on bit by bit!!
I decided, what better thing to blog than my progress on the dreams I have for this life.
1.Take a photography class
2. Get proficient at Zumba
3. Join a knitter's group
4. Take tennis lessons
5. Become a yogi
6. Compete in a triathalon
7. Learn to drive a commercial truck
8. Design and make my own clothes
9. Create a movie
10. Write and publish a book
11. Visit Nashville and see the Grand Ole' Opry
12. Ride a train through India on my way to the Taj Mahal
13. Take a safari and see "The Big 5" in South Africa
14. Learn to scuba dive
15. Paint for fun
16. Visit the Bronx Zoo as an adult
17. Skydive (just once)
18. Spend an afternoon on a picnic
19. Work at a book store
20. Ride a camel
21. Volunteer for equine therapy
22. Attend a Catholic Mass for the peace and quiet of tradition and ritual
23. Grow more houseplants
24. Buy a piano
25. Visit Martha's Vineyard
26. Be Irish for St Patrick's Day in Boston
27. Walk down Bourbon St in New Orleans for Mardi Gras
28. Get a sleeve tattoo
29. Make a quilt
30. Join a bowling league
31. Be cast in a musical
32. Learn how to swing dance
33. Know how to throw a pot
34. Join the Peace Corps
35. Visit Alcatraz Island
36. Travel through the Black Hills and get a photo in front of Mt Rushmore
37. Attend a Steeler's Football Game and wave my Terrible Towel
38. Paint pottery at Color Me Mine
39. Spend a day at the PA Farm Show
40. Take a spa day in Hot Springs, Arkansas
41. Have a house bunny
42. Foster a child who needs someone to love them
43. Hike Diamondhead in Hawaii
44. Try burlesque dancing
45.Go white water rafting in West Virginia
46. Travel to Australia and see the bush and the Great Barrier Reef, oh and hold a koala
47.Work abroad
48. Spend a day deep sea fishing
49. Swim with sharks, in a cage
50. Have my very own spiritual guru
51. Lay hardwood floors in my own home
52. Own a purse puppy
53. Crush grapes with my feet in wine country
54. Take a hot air balloon ride
55. Vacation on a cruise
56. Ride a propeller boat through the Everglades
57. Take a ghost tour through New Orleans
58. Ski in Colorado
59. Practice daily meditation
60. Have a greenhouse where I can read daily
61. Drive a sports car
62. Attend NASCAR for a race
63. Spend an evening at the opera
64. See the pyramids in Egypt
65. Ensure my physical fitness
66. Obtain a doctoral degree
67. Publish an article in my field
68. Have a personal trainer
69. Run a marathon
70. Ride first class on a plane trip
71. Buy myself a diamond tennis bracelet
72. Go Zip-lining
73. Finish a cross stitch
74. Run with wild abandon through Walt Disneyworld
75. Score tickets for SNL
76. Take a canoeing vacation
77. Spend the week on a Dude Ranch "Keep them dogies rollin'"
78. Build a bird feeder
79. Take a flower arranging class
80. Walk across hot coals
81. Drive a tractor
82. Take a belly dancing class
83. Finish off a 7-course French meal in France
84. Knit a wearable sweater
85. Redo old worn out furniture
86. Ice skate at Rockefeller Center
87. Go snow tubing
88. Spend a month finding my center at a Buddhist monestary
89. Shave my head
90. Take photos of Monument Valley
91. Learn to surf
92. Ride an elephant
93. Boat through the Greek Isles
94. Research my family tree
95. Take a pilgrimige to the Holy Land
96. Ride a donkey into and out of the Grand Canyon
97. Hike Macchu Pichu
98. Own a boat
99. Build a home with Habitat for Humanity
100. Travel across the country in an RV
and 101. Just for luck..... Join a rollerderby team

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