Looked Good On Paper

This started when I read Maggie Mason’s blog, Mighty Girl .

She has a list of 100 Things To Do Before I Go . What a great idea! So she inspired me to create my own. I’ve only thought of 61 things so far, but the good thing is that I crossed out a few. Here it is:

• Take a road trip across the U.S.
• Try duck
• Visit the Pyramids of Giza with mom
• Ride a helicopter
• Scuba dive
• Go dog sledding
• Ride a hot air balloon
• Grow vegetables
• Create a foundation in Conner’s name
• Get 1 more tattoo
• Set foot in all fifty states
• Meet Julia Roberts
• Launch my own website
• Take Dallas camping 8/20/09
• Attend the San Francisco Black & White Ball
• Learn Italian
• Stand atop the Great Wall of China
• Go skiing again 12/15/09
• Go to Disneyland 1/8/07
• Sparklers with Ben and Dallas 7/5/10
• Build our dream home
• Set foot in all seven continents
• Stand inside the Taj Mahal
• Write a million dollar check to charity
• Become a good cook
• Buy stock 5/22/09
• Help decorate Dallas’ bike for a neighborhood parade
• Carve our initials inside a heart somewhere
• Know San Francisco like the back of my hand
• See the floating fire lanterns (Loy Krathong – sky lantern festival in Thailand)
• Take a two-week vacation without computers
• Get my nursing degree and become an OR RN
• Learn how to care for Bonsai Trees
• Write a book about Conner’s life
• Celebrate our 10 year anniversary with a trip to Europe
• Throw a block party
• Finish Dallas’ baby book
• Make a better one for Conner
• Do something I think I can’t do (marathon, bungee jump)
• Remove money as a concern
• See a glacier
• Own land
• Have a cat again
• Plant bulbs in a public place
• Go back to visit Argentina with Ben and Dallas
• Live in another country for one year
• Have a family portrait taken
• Attend Ben’s graduation from Medical School
• Give him a memorable grad gift
• Send a postcard to PostSecret
• Place flowers in Michael Jackson’s grave in Los Angeles
• Go cliff diving 06/2002
• Own and run a B&B with Ben after retirement
• Attend Dallas’ college graduation
• Make 5 recipes from “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”
• Watch Dallas eat his first ice cream cone 8/6/09
• Make a peaceful living space for our family
• Learn to dance Tango
• Cross the Canadian border
• Have a croissant at a French cafe
• Attend the Olympic Winter Games
• Attend the World Cup
• Take a cooking lesson
• Go on a cruise
• See the Grand Canyon

So, what’s yours? If you have one or mine (or Maggie’s) made you start your own, share your link in the comment section. Cribbing encouraged.