101 Things
101 things to do and places to visit before I buy the farm.
- Read the Bible from cover to cover
- Learn how to knit
- Learn to speak German
- Learn to read German
- Learn to speak Italian
- Learn to read Italian
- Finish earning my degree
- Taking a ballroom dancing class with John
- Tackle my intense fear of roller coasters (Done! 02/04/2008)
- Lose (censored) pounds
- See a show on Broadway
- Write a book
- Get a Light Sport Pilot certificate
- Complete a 5k (whether walking or running)
- Three words: Polar Bear Plunge
- Watch the changing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetery (Done! 06/07/07)
- Enjoy wine in France
- Sample cannolis in Italy
- Rent a cabin for the weekend in Pigeon Forge, TN (preferably during fall or winter)
- Write a white paper
- Present a paper at a conference
- Become a better witness for Christ
- Learn to make good sushi (Done! 03/01/08)
- Make my own wine
- Full-body massage and spa treatments (Done 08/09/2008 — Thanks, Aunt Bobbi!)
- Go on a Carribean cruise
- Go on an Alaskan cruise
- See the Statue of Liberty in person (Done! 06/04/07)
- See New York City from the top of the Empire State Building (Done! 06/04/07)
- Visit the Holy Land
- Take a hot air balloon ride
- Hitch a ride in an ultralight
- Get my motorcycle license (Done! 10/30/02)
- Spend a night at the Waldorf Astoria
- Earn my CISSP certification (Done! 07/22/2008)
- Spend a night in a Park View room at the Ritz-Carlton
- Eat at a 5-star restaurant
- Read “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”
- Chart my whole family tree
- See the northern lights
- Go all the way to the top of the Washington Monument (Done! 06/07/07)
- Visit all 50 states
- Visit every National Park in the U.S.
- Leave a $100 tip for someone
- Host a wine and cheese tasting
- Ride along as a passenger at the Richard Petty Driving Experience
- Ring in the new year from somewhere along the International Date Line
- Take a train ride across the New Zealand countryside
- Enjoy a hot mineral bath (preferably in natural hot springs)
- Try raw milk
- Ride the London Eye
- Own a handgun
- Learn how to preserve stuff from my garden (Done! August 2008: Sweet pepper & onion relish, pickles and tomatoes!)
- Create a photo album for every year that John and I have been together
- Learn to play the piano
- Take a belly-dancing class
- Play mini-golf in every state — with John (So Far: Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Virginia — 45 to go!)
- Visit New England in the fall while the foliage is still beautiful (Sorta; I saw it from our Cessna 10/11-12/2008)
- Make creme brulee
- Have a margarita at Margaritaville
- Get a passport (Done! 08/23/2008)
- See what a $100 bottle of wine tastes like
- Take a candlelight ghost tour (Done! 10/25/2008 in Williamsburg)
- Ride the carousel in Central Park (Done! 06/05/07)
- Get clarification directly from Martha Stewart on whether the fitted sheet should be inside-out or right-side-out at the start of her instructions on folding one
- Meet Alton Brown
- Buy the perfect “little black dress”
- Cook live lobsters (Done! (09/03/07)
- Publish a cookbook (everyone else is doing it –why not me?)
- Freelance (photography) for a national publication
- Win “Best of Show” at the Great Frederick Fair
- Take a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon
- Snow tubing!
- Take a tour of America’s Test Kitchen
- Enjoy a meal at the NYC Culinary Arts School
- Learn how to properly walk in high heels
- Try Indian food
- Try Thai food
- Go to a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, complete with props
- Raise a family
- Try wines from 25 different countries (So Far: France, Portugal, Germany, Australia, Italy, Japan, United States… 18 to go)
- Learn to scuba dive
- Finish typing up my recipe collection
- Buy the perfect pair of comfortable high heels
- Try authentic German food (12/02/07)
- Build a successful butterfly and hummingbird garden
- Attract Purple Martins (birds) to our yard
- See and identify 100 different birds
- Participate in a Habitat for Humanity project
- Organize my thousands of photographs
- Learn PHP and Java
- Finally bake a good loaf of bread
- Take pictures of Niagara Falls from Canada (Done! 10/11 - 12/2008)
- Drink tequila in Mexico
- Surf
- Completely fill my iPod with music
- Go to a Collective Soul concert (Sorta.. Saw them opening for Counting Crows)
- Go to an Allison Krause concert
- Find a swimsuit that I actually like… after #10 is done
- A place for everything and everything in its place
- PMP certification
