So - in the words of The Beatles..."they say it's your birthday...well, it's my birthday too, yeah!"
Ok -- perhaps it isn't your birthday today but it is mine and I figured that today would be a good time to look at the list of 100 things I put together last year and tick some stuff off the list...
Some of these I crossed off because they are works in progress and are ongoing things in my life...I have a long ways to go and basically everything on that list still stands as a dream or goal so we'll stick with it. It's kind of fun to think about!
My 100 things to do before I leave this mortal coil...
1. Go to Ireland
2. Give birth
3. Visit all 50 states
4. Visit all 10 Canadian provinces
5. Visit all 7 continents
6. Be the lead photographer on a wedding
7. Be a full-time coach
8. Learn to play guitar
9. Record an album
10 Knit a sweater
11. Write a book
12. Publish a book
13. Build my dream house
14. Go to culinary school
15. Make a soufflé
16. Attend an art retreat
17. Make a queen size quilt
18. Open a coffee shop
19. Learn to garden
20. Visit Machu Pichu
21. Take an Alaskan cruise
22. Take a Mediterranean cruise
23. Visit Israel
24. Visit Iceland
25. See the Grand Canyon
26. Take a bike tour through California wine country
27. Open a winery
28. Get a masters from UC Davis in wine making
29. Learn to brew beer
30. Have my home featured in a design magazine
31. Open an Etsy shop
32. Stop worrying about money so much
33. Live in Seattle
34. Have a “this I believe” broadcast on NPR
35. Teach meditation
36. Earn a M. Div.
37. Learn to speak French
38. Live in Ireland
39. Attend SxSW
40. Sew my own clothes
41. Run a 5K
42. Host a monthly dinner party with friends
43. Take ballet lessons again
44. Have a porch with a porch swing
45. Live in a small town where everyone knows everyone
46. Learn to change the oil in my car
47. Ride a century
48. Help others
49. Fund someone other than my children’s college education
50. Eat entirely organic
51. Make Thanksgiving dinner without the last 10 minute crazed push to get everything done
52. Make candles
53. Attend all 3 races of the triple crown
54. Go to the summer Olympics
55. Go to the winter Olympics
56. Raise strong, thoughtful children
57. Start a company where people can do their best work
58. Remind people daily that kindness always wins
59. See my middle school best friend Seth again
60. Learn to love yoga
61. Swim with dolphins
62. Visit Cuba
63. Make love in a vineyard
64. Feel beautiful
65. Feel sexy
66. Be kinder to myself
67. Take flying lessons
68. Go on safari in Africa
69. Stand in the Great Wall of China
70. Visit Tuktoyaktuk
71. See the pyramids in Egypt
72. Sail throughout the British Virgin Islands
73. Visit Yellowstone Park
74. Visit Banff
75. Ski in Switzerland
76. Do a random act of kindness daily
77. Learn to dance Salsa
78. Live without a car
79. Go to Oktoberfest in Munich with Karin
80. Go camping
81. Write a screen play
82. Pick the score for a movie
83. Attend the Academy Awards
84. Bake bread
85. Find the perfect cranberry muffin recipe
86. Attend Peace Day in Hiroshima
87. See Christ the Redeemer in Brazil
88. Host a sleepover for my kids
89. Attend the Toronto Film Festival
90. Live without shame
91. Visit Bali
92. Spend a year traveling
93. See St. Petersburg Russia
94. Love with absolute abandon
95. Make pottery
96. Help someone else live their dream
97. Remind everyone in doubt that everything is possible
98. Deliver a baby
99. Testify in front of congress
100. Complete a triathlon
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