Sunday, November 6, 2011

My Want to Do list... :grin:

Things I want to do...

(I'm sure this list will be ever changing with me adding new things I want to do, and moving things to the 'done' list as I get to them)

  1. Swim with dolphins
  2. visit Israel, and the places I have read about in the Bible
  3. Stand underneath a waterfall
  4. Stand on the top of a mountain, with my face to the wind
  5. Go to the beginning of the Mississippi River
  6. Ride a bus cross country
  7. Take a cross country train ride
  8. Sail on a sailboat
  9. White water rafting
  10. Take an underwater tour on a submarine
  11. Blow bubbles out of a hot air balloon
  12. Fly in a helicopter
  13. Ride in a one-horse-open-sleigh
  14. Ride something bigger than a horse- like an elephant, or a camel.
  15. Learn to ride on a segway
  16. Become fluent in another language- Spanish or French preferably
  17. Invent something useful
  18. Climb to the top of a lighthouse
  19. See an Iceberg
  20. Go rock climbing
  21. Visit Arlington National Cemetery
  22. Take pictures in a castle
  23. Visit the great pyramids in Egypt
  24. Backpack somewhere overnight that involves camping outside under the stars
  25. See the northern lights
  26. Visit the golden gate bridge
  27. Niagara falls
  28. Redwood forest
  29. Great wall of china
  30. Learn how to make yeast rolls
  31. Visit all 50 states, especially Hawaii
  32. Yellowstone national park and old faithful
  33. Grand canyon
  34. Carlsbad caverns
  35. make fire without matches
  36. Mt Rushmore
  37. Make apple butter
  38. Go to the ice sculptures place
  39. Hold a baby spider monkey
  40. Go to Australia
  41. Remodel/build my own house
  42. Flatten coins on a train track
  43. Fry an ant with a magnifying glass
  44. Build my own computer
  45. Learn how to take star trails
  46. Do a light graffiti in a cave
  47. Learn to say the alphabet backwards really fast
  48. Drive/own a motorcycle
  49. Totally complete a coloring book
  50. Build an amazing tree house
  51. Walk successfully through a maze/labyrinth
  52. Go geo-caching and leave a note for someone else to find later
  53. Learn to play backgammon
  54. Carve my name in a tree
  55. Make an absolutely huge sand castle with other people
  56. Run a whole mile
  57. Go hunting
  58. Learn how to proficiently roller-blade
  59. See Phantom of the Opera on Broadway when I go to NYC
  60. Be able to do 100 sit-ups without having to stop
  61. Learn to identify at least 15 constellations by sight, so that all year around, whenever I see stars, I can find one
  62. Finally learn how to keep a hula hoop up for more than 30 seconds
  63. See St Louis Arch
  64. shoot a real bow and arrow
  65. own a telescope
  66. Make my own pizza sauce
  67. Learn how to can things and make my own jelly!
  68. Take a picture of my reflection in the Cloud Gate in Chicago
  69. Go to Jason and Elona's wedding. :grin:
  70. Go to Arkansas and See Lou again, and steal Roscoe's Donuts. :evilgrin:

Things I have already done that used to be on my list

  1. Learn to type faster than 50wpm -2008
  2. Go on a cruise -2010
  3. Go overseas for more than a week on a mission trip -2009
  4. Take a photography class -2007
  5. Learn how to play racquetball -2007
  6. Do a high ropes course, and go on a zip-line -2004
  7. get an underwater camera, and go snorkeling -2010
  8. ride a horse -2008, 2009
  9. hike a volcano -2009
  10. go to the Oregon coast -2011
  11. learn how to swim -2004
  12. meet people in person that I met on-line -2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, etc... :grin:
  13. knit something -2004
  14. change my own oil/tires/breaks on my car -2009
  15. ride in a police car -2004
  16. become a nurse -2008
  17. read the whole bible in a year -2011
  18. totally out of debt -2011
  19. do something for someone who has no potential to ever pay me back -2010, 11
  20. fly in a plane first class somewhere -2011
  21. own a convertible -2009-2010
  22. write a book -2004
  23. write a poem -2004
  24. ride a roller-coaster -2009
  25. climb a tree and have my picture taken while up in it -2008, 2010
  26. fast (nothing but water for 3 days) 2008, 2010
  27. vote 2004, 2008
  28. milk a cow -2002
  29. take a picture of lightning -2010
  30. raise enough money to go on a mission trip totally funded -2008
  31. Go swimming at night and float on my back and pick out constellations -2009, 2010
  32. take a road trip -2007, 2008
  33. Go to an aquarium -2008, 2011
  34. run in the rain -all the time now. :grin:
  35. win first place in a cooking contest -2007?
  36. tried calamari, sushi, lobster, lamb, goat, frog legs and oysters -2010
  37. fired a shotgun, handgun, and shot a clay pigeon -2011
  38. communicated with someone who didn't speak a bit of English, and understand everything they were saying -2009
  39. write in the sand and let the waves wash it all away -2010?
  40. canoeing -2010
  41. 2 month mission trip-2011
  42. own my own chopsticks- 2011

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