My Life List

I’ve been meaning to finish this list for a long time now. Inspired by Maggie Mason, I’ve seen so many other greats post their life list, I decided it was time. I finally finished it. Two down, ninety-eight one hundred one hundred and one one hundred to go!

1. Write a novel.
2. Visit Macedonia with my family.
3. Make my grandfather’s Kebob recipe and share them with people who’ve never had them.
4. Grow a flower garden.
5. Travel across America in an RV.
6. Walk for the March of Dimes in honor of Madeline Spohr.
   
7. Get my black belt in Karate.
8. Cook a seven course meal for more than 25 people.
9. Mud wrestle in a bikini.
10. See the Grand Canyon. And not just for two seconds like Clark Griswald’s family did.
11. Get my pilot’s license with Michael as my instructor.
12. Complete a 5K.
13. Complete a Triathlon.   Go to Mary Eggers for training!
14. Sing on a stage and not a karaoke stage.  Another play, perhaps?
15. Grow a vegetable garden.  Lettuce, tomatoes, and peppers, oh my!
16. Create an original dish.
17. Wear only six pieces of clothing for one month.
18. Put together that coffee table book that Michael and I have always talked about.
19. Backpack through Europe which includes making out at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
20. Get drunk on an airplane (preferably on an East -> West coast or international flight!)
21. Live in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
22. Lead a series of online workshops.  Teach people how to get off the “green square”.
23. Photowalk in five major cities that I’ve never visited before.  All the while, visiting all my internet peoples!
24. Drive a convertible on Route 66.
25. Camp out in a dessert.   Allowing me to sleep under the starry, starry night.
26. Jump on a trampoline for 30 minutes. Burning calories, having fun, and avoiding lipo all at the same time.
27. Have a picnic in Central Park complete with wicker basket.
28. Hike the whole Appalachian Trail.   Start in GA and head north.
29. Display my artwork in a gallery.
30. Learn to play my guitar, along with learning to play my favorite DMB tunes.
31. Act in a play.     {Role: The Duchess in Alice in Wonderland, May 2011}
32. Drink wine in Tuscany.
33. See the Great Wall of China.
34. Go to an awards show in a designer gown.  And, not a plus sized gown, either!
35. Visit five different types of churches.
36. Photograph a really high profile wedding.
37. Document the birth of a baby, from belly to arms.
38. Complete a Project 365 with our film SLR.
39. Paint the house with colors that make me happy.
40. Own a white bedroom suite.
41. Eat raw for as long as I can.
42. See Dave Matthews Band perform at The Gorge.
43. Swim at a pool at the bottom of a waterfall.
44. Attend a Hawaiian Luau.  I want to wear a grass skirt and coconut bikini top, too!
45. Participate in the drum circle in Asheville, NC.
46. Dance naked in the rain.
47. Swim in the Pacific Ocean.
48. Catch a fish at Pike Place Market.
49. Visit my friends in South Africa.
50. Visit my friends in Australia.
51. Host a get-together for my April 98 Mommies Group.
52. Take my kids to Disneyland.
53. Throw a fantastic Halloween Party.
54. Sew a dress from a pattern.
55. Smoke a cigar while drinking Scotch.
56. Develop my own set of actions.
57. Get married to Michael again.
58. Hand write in a journal for a year (or more).
59. Complete “The 52 Everyday Stranger Project”.
60. Become a destination wedding photographer.
61. Open a studio of my own.   One with awesome lighting and great texture.
62. Make a batch of peanut brittle to give as a gift.
63. Ride a horse.
64. Swim with dolphins.
65. Stay up all night watching movies.
66. Own a Mac.
67. Go off the grid for a month.   Who knows if this is possible without the Zombie Apocalypse?
68. Take a Gondola ride in Venice.
69. See the Pyramids;
70. The Parthenon;
71. The Amazon;
72. The Taj Mahal
73. Rummage through a junkyard to find a treasure to take to Antiques Roadshow (perhaps?!)
74. Ride my bike 18 miles.
75. Go to an all women’s retreat.
76. Take a Bikram Yoga class.  A good way to keep fit and healthy even if it will leave me a sweat drippy mess.
77. Interview five photographers I look up to.
78. Photograph historic Savannah, Georgia at sunrise and sunset.
79. Home school one or all of our children through high school.
80. Win Rainbow Road on Mario Kart Wii.
81. Read the whole Harry Potter series.
82. Learn HTML. </haha>
83. Knit a blanket all by myself.
84. Have mimosas for breakfast.
85. Climb to the top of a mountain.
86. Visit one (or both) of the poles.
87. Go to Amsterdam and {inhale}.
88. Make a German Chocolate Cake from scratch.
89. Run a marathon.  I’ll make sure to have a beer after (and an ice bath!)
90. Volunteer my time at a woman’s shelter.
91. Volunteer my time at a animal rescue shelter.
92. Volunteer my time at a home for the elderly.
93. Have a full body massage.
94. Watch a baby being born.
95. Learn how to French braid.
96. Grow my hair to the middle of my back.
97. Make love on the beach of an ocean.
98. Climb a tree.
99. Make dinner and bring to a neighbor, just because.
100. Fill an aquarium with beautiful fish an allow myself to become mesmerized.
101. Sky dive.
102. Live out west.
103. Take part in a Flash Mob. {completed at Blissdom 2011 to Party in the USA}