Things I want to do before I die
I know, I know, I'm delinquent in posting. No good reason why; I've been reading blogs, but not posting (and not even commenting much!). Just takin' it easy this week. I was telling Leo earlier this evening how I wish I didn't need to sleep, because then I could stay up as late as I wanted and still have the energy to get up early and get started on my day so STUFF ACTUALLY GETS DONE. (novel concept, I know) Alas, not only do I need to sleep, I have a fairly hefty sleep debt that I decided to try to catch up on this past week, which meant going to be a little early and sleeping in late most mornings (late being 7:00 instead of 6:00). That seriously cut into my blogging time, and the end result was I did not post all week.
Anyway...I've had this post on the back burner for a few months, and though it's not even close to 100 items as I'd originally planned, it makes for an easy post (because I already had that much written).
Side note, before I get off here...I saw the strangest thing in the trashcan sitting outside Borders tonight...a remote control. As in, to a TV (it had a "sleep" button on it, so I knew without having to push stuff around and touch it, ewwww...). How weird is that?
Ok...enough stalling. Sorry for the delay; hopefully it won't be yet another week before I get another one cranked out!
1. Visit all seven continents, including Antarctica (N.A. and Asia already done).
2. Live six months of the year in China, six months in Indiana.
3. Lose weight and maintain around 115 pounds.
4. Finish my master's degree.
5. Have grandkids to spoil.
6. Live in a log home built by my husband and me.
7. Travel to Taiwan.
8. Travel to Israel.
9. Visit all 50 states + DC (Already done: IN, OH, IL, MI, KY, TN, AR, MO, KS, CO, WY, SD, WI, CA, AL, GA, FL, WV, VA, NC, PA, NY, MD, CT, MA, VT, NH, ME
10. Visit New York City.
11. Attend one Summer and one Winter Olympic Games (working on husband to go to Beijing in 2008!)
12. Learn HTML (beyond my feeble current knowledge).
13. Improve my Chinese to native or near-native fluency.
14. Read through the whole Bible in a year.
15. Become a vegetarian, at least for a while.
16. Shake hands with a sitting U.S. president (preferably one I voted for!)
17. Take a week's vacation by myself. Anywhere, I don't care, just me!
18. Be a published writer (and be paid for it).
19. Master Flylady's system.
20. Learn to read Greek.
21. Learn to read ancient Hebrew.
22. Learn Latin.
23. Ride in a helicopter.
24. See a Broadway play.
25. Stay in the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.
26. Run away with the circus (or at least party with them for a while).
27. Avoid ever spending one night in the hospital.
28. Attend a service at a megachurch.
29. Go to the top of the Empire State Building.
30. Take my kids to Disneyworld.
31. See the Grand Canyon.
32. See an active volcano.
33. Be on Jeopardy! (unlikely) or Wheel of Fortune (more reasonable).
34. Own a red Mustang convertible.
35. Break my bad cuticle-picking habit.
36. Get a full makeover at a spa: hair, face, manicure, pedicure, the works.
37. Go on a cruise (but only if they get rid of this cruise sickness I keep reading about).
38. Trace my genealogy further back than the first Butler to come over here from England.
Anyway...I've had this post on the back burner for a few months, and though it's not even close to 100 items as I'd originally planned, it makes for an easy post (because I already had that much written).
Side note, before I get off here...I saw the strangest thing in the trashcan sitting outside Borders tonight...a remote control. As in, to a TV (it had a "sleep" button on it, so I knew without having to push stuff around and touch it, ewwww...). How weird is that?
Ok...enough stalling. Sorry for the delay; hopefully it won't be yet another week before I get another one cranked out!
1. Visit all seven continents, including Antarctica (N.A. and Asia already done).
2. Live six months of the year in China, six months in Indiana.
3. Lose weight and maintain around 115 pounds.
4. Finish my master's degree.
5. Have grandkids to spoil.
6. Live in a log home built by my husband and me.
7. Travel to Taiwan.
8. Travel to Israel.
9. Visit all 50 states + DC (Already done: IN, OH, IL, MI, KY, TN, AR, MO, KS, CO, WY, SD, WI, CA, AL, GA, FL, WV, VA, NC, PA, NY, MD, CT, MA, VT, NH, ME
10. Visit New York City.
11. Attend one Summer and one Winter Olympic Games (working on husband to go to Beijing in 2008!)
12. Learn HTML (beyond my feeble current knowledge).
13. Improve my Chinese to native or near-native fluency.
14. Read through the whole Bible in a year.
15. Become a vegetarian, at least for a while.
16. Shake hands with a sitting U.S. president (preferably one I voted for!)
17. Take a week's vacation by myself. Anywhere, I don't care, just me!
18. Be a published writer (and be paid for it).
19. Master Flylady's system.
20. Learn to read Greek.
21. Learn to read ancient Hebrew.
22. Learn Latin.
23. Ride in a helicopter.
24. See a Broadway play.
25. Stay in the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.
26. Run away with the circus (or at least party with them for a while).
27. Avoid ever spending one night in the hospital.
28. Attend a service at a megachurch.
29. Go to the top of the Empire State Building.
30. Take my kids to Disneyworld.
31. See the Grand Canyon.
32. See an active volcano.
33. Be on Jeopardy! (unlikely) or Wheel of Fortune (more reasonable).
34. Own a red Mustang convertible.
35. Break my bad cuticle-picking habit.
36. Get a full makeover at a spa: hair, face, manicure, pedicure, the works.
37. Go on a cruise (but only if they get rid of this cruise sickness I keep reading about).
38. Trace my genealogy further back than the first Butler to come over here from England.
posted by Andrea | 1:29 PM
3 Comments:
Very, ambitious, yet doable, list. For some reason making such a list is a little scary to me. I got sidetracked by the FLYlady link. I could probably benefit from that. My system is, get too busy, forget the house for too long, look around and see that it's frightening, invite people over so that I will be forced to clean, then clean like a crazy person until the company arrives. Repeat. Her system sounds better ;)
Susie, ironically enough 1) Flylady addresses the getting sidetracked problem and 2) my system without Flylady is very similar to yours (I actually have people coming over this evening, forcing me to clean. And I always put it off until the last minute. Auuughhh!)
Mrtl, yes indeed, the Grand Hotel is featured in Somewhere in Time! I have actually seen it up close and personal on a trip to Mackinac Island, but haven't set foot in it (they charge $5 a person just to walk on the freakin' front porch!)
I loved reading this! I've done some of the things on your list, and there are lots of things on it I'd love to do! I may have to make my own list now...
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