100 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I GO...(a work in progress)
Without further adieu...and in no particular order:
- Complete one pull-up
- Scuba dive
- Road trip across the US in an RV
- Visit the top of the Empire State Building
- Publish a book
- Go to Spain and speak Spanish
- Do a home remodel project all on my own (take before/after pictures and gloat)
- See Seven Wonders of the World: Great Pyramid of Giza, Stonehenge,
Colosseum, Great Wall of China, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Taj Mahal, Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa - Read the Bible
- Walking tour of Jerusalem
- White water raft in the Grand Canyon
- Snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef
- Take Sex and the City Tour in NYC
- See a Broadway Show
- Be an extra in a movie
- Grow a successful garden
- Go clamming on the coast of Maine
- Go deep sea fishing
- Go to the Kentucky Derby (wear large hat and matching over the top dress)
- Buy a pair of Louboutins
- Go parasailing
- Vacation in Hawaii
- Go a day without speaking
- Write thank you notes to teachers, parents and friends that have touched my life
- Go "off the grid" for a week (no electricity, no phones, no computers)
- Be someone's birthing coach
- Own stock
- Finish my daughters' baby books
- Live in another country for six months
- Make a font of my handwriting
- Take a photography class
- Take dance lessons with my husband
- Start an annual event
- Listen to 1,000 new songs (thanks Mighty Girl)
- Plant a lilac bush
- Have a picture taken with a sitting President
- Own a hybrid vehicle
- Ride rollercoasters for a day
Watch 'The Godfather' trilogy- Make MaineMommy.com one of Babble's Top 50 of 2011
- Find someone to watch MaineGirl & MaineBaby in our home
- Anonymously help someone through a financially difficult time
- Coach a sports team
- Go sailing
- Be a teacher for a day
Ride with a police officer- Start and maintain a workout regimen
Have my eyebrows shaped by Anastasia Soare (kit)- Spend Thanksgiving Day serving food at a soup kitchen
- Write a wish list for my daughters
- Start a scholarship fund
- Climb a mountain
- Go camping (not in a campground)
- Take flying lessons
- Finish a 5K race
- Make and bury a time capsule
- Learn to meditate
- Study other religions
- Appear on a game show
- Own waterfront property
- Soak in the Blue Lagoon and Hot Springs in Iceland
- See an active volcano
- Take a helicopter ride
Start a regular date night with MaineDad- Take a cooking class
- Play and beat the original Mario Brothers video game
- Surprise my parents with a vacation
- Learn to ride a motorcycle
- Have a classic movie day: Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gone With the Wind, Schindler's List
- Swim with dolphins
- Knit a blanket
- Go horseback riding
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Rock climb
Take a spinning class- Hike the entire Appalachian Trail
- Have picture taken in front of Hollywood sign
- Teach daughters to read
- Walk over hot coals
- See Billy Joel, Aerosmith, Pink, U2, Sting/The Police in concert
- Go to Smithsonian
- Bungee jump
- Do karaoke in public
- Become CPR certified
- Learn to play a song on the guitar
- Learn to play a song on the piano
- Attend a pottery class
- Learn to say hello, please, thank you and goodbye in 25 languages
Perform a random act of kindness- Throw a costume party
- Sleep in a hammock
- Send out a message in a bottle
- Teach my daughters Spanish
- Ride on the top of double decker bus in England
- Go one month without television
- See the Northern Lights
- Sleep in a treehouse
- Hail a cab in NYC
- Get Red Sox season tickets
- Drive a car on the wrong side of the road (legally)
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