Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Things to do before I die - update...

Here is my original list. I accomplished a few of the things on the list in the last year, so I'm going to mark them off...

1. See the Grand Canyon
2. Make a piece of furniture
3. Learn to cook from scratch
4. Paint a canvas, and hang it on our wall
5. Give Birth
6. Sleep on the beach
7. Visit the pyramids in Ancient Egypt
8. Do missionary work
9. Get published (either a short story or a scrapbook layout in a magazine)
10. Give away flowers from MY flower garden (which would require a flower garden)
11. Skinny dip in my OWN pool (which means getting a pool)
12. Catch a butterfly
13. Own a bird
14. Rescue an animal
15. Make some boutique children's clothes, and give them away as gifts
16. Donate my hair to children with cancer -working on this one now
17. Be my own boss
18. Sail a boat
19. Go on an African Safari
20. Sell my creations at a craft fair/bizarre
21. Colour my hair (this would be after i start going gray)
22. Run a mile
23. Attend a TV show taping
24. Be on a gameshow **price is right, here I come**
25. Go on a long camping trip, traveling through many states and sites
26. Get a master's
27. Go on a cruise
28. Taste the snow in Alaska
29. Go skiing in the Rocky Mountains
30. Make a purse
31. Get a book signed by the author
32. Go to a scrapbooking seminar -this will happen this year too
33. Meet at least one of my online friends
34. Decorate our house with Christmas lights, during Christmas of course
35. Bake a Thanksgiving feast - including the turkey.
36. Write a song or poem
37. Swim with the dolphins - AGAIN! This is too much fun to do just once in a lifetime.
38. Read the entire Bible
39. Lay tile or hardwood flooring
40. Crochet Something
41. Take a photography class
42. Take a bubble bath while watching TV for hours
43. Make an authentic Mexican/Italian/Chinese dinner and invite friends and family over
44. Have a garden
45. Study Bonsai, and maintain/create a bonsai tree/plant
46. Drive an old Fastback Mustang
47. Mentor a child/teen
48. Be a Girl Scout leader
49. Drink a *real* pina colada
50. Sleep in Eric's arms all night long

- Adding a few new ones
51. Throw a surprise party for Eric
52. Own a camper
53. Enter a fishing tournament with Eric
54. Give birth AGAIN. (One-Three more times)
55. Design a house/floor plan
56. Build a treehouse/clubhouse
57. Go to a Superbowl or National Championship
58. Invent something
59. Install a light fixture
60. Make a million bucks

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