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Scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef
- See every movie ever to have won “Best Picture”
- Visit all 50 states
- Yell “Cut!” on a movie set
- Sponsor a child in a foreign country
- Fly First Class
- Write this book that’s in my head
- Climb a mountain with my husband
- Visit the Holy Land
- Pick apples from an orchard
- Visit all 7 continents
- Play the piano again
- Camp in my backyard with my family
- Take a Hot Yoga class
- Walk on the Great Wall of China
- Take a cheesy picture at the 4 corners
- Pan for gold in Alaska
- Hug a California Redwood Tree
- Enjoy a Tahitian sunset
- Play craps at The Monte Carlo Casino
- Stand at the edge of the Grand Canyon
- Hold my grandchildren
- See the Northern Lights
- Own a piece of furniture upholstered in animal print
- Ride a horse on the beach
- Stay up an entire night enjoying the company of a good friend, then watch the sunrise together
- Go all out for a costume party
- Experience the cherry blossoms in Japan
- Take a nap in a hammock
- Get another college degree
- Celebrate a big catch with alligator fishermen in Louisiana.
- Get a New Year’s kiss in Times Square
- Own horses
- Attend an Olympic event
- Stand in the Oval Office
- Be an extra in a movie
- Run Run a 10K Run a Marathon
- Help deliver a baby
- Crash a wedding
- Build a sand castle with my son
- See the Pyramids
- Pick a winner at the Kentucky Derby
- Give a toast
- Stand inside the Taj Mahal
- Learn to play cribbage
- Train a puppy to roll over
- Plant a tree
- Attend Homecoming at West Point
- Have something named after me (a child, a building, a sandwich, whatever)
- Go an entire week without answering a telephone
- Try snowboarding
- Be a contestant on Wheel of Fortune
- Have my picture made with Jerry Seinfeld
- Go skinny dipping
- Sit on a jury
- Wear the Razorback mascot costume
- Chase a tornado
- Spend Christmas on the beach
- Cook and eat a fish that I caught
- Go to a drive-in movie
- Start a business
- Ride in a donkey cart
- Visit the Galapagos Islands
- See Belize
- Learn to throw a boomerang
- Take a polar bear plunge
- Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
- WIN something!
- Stake out the Loch Ness monster
- Take a Volunteer Vacation
- See the Monarch Butterflies in Angangueo, Mexico
- Throw a surprise party
- Finally punch that ticket to Budapest
- Splash around in a fountain in Rome
- Ice skate on a frozen pond
- Have my caricature drawn on the Venice Beach Boardwalk
- Set a world record
- Spend Christmas volunteering in a soup kitchen
- Build a house of cards
- See the Razorbacks play on the road
- Own a DSLR camera and REALLY learn how to use it
- Backpack in Europe again
- Take a night dive with Manta Rays in Hawaii
- Learn to wear color
- Tour Washington DC
- Go snowshoeing
- Ride the tallest and fastest rollercoaster on earth (currently the Kingda Ka, at Six Flags in New Jersey)
- Learn to make my Mom’s peanut brittle
- See the Grand Ole Opry
- Climb the steps of the Acropolis
- Have a corn dog with Colt at Coney Island
- Meet the Duggars
- Go parasailing
- Pose in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
- Take pottery classes
- Celebrate Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney
- Leave my mark at the Cadillac Ranch
- Learn to whistle — the obnoxious, 2-finger type of whistle
Every man dies. Not every man really lives. – William Wallace
Originally drafted – April 2010. If you’ve written your own list, please send it to me at sarah.martin.hood@gmail.com or leave a link in a comment — I love love love reading your lists. And if you’re interested in becoming a partner in crime joining me in accomplishing something on my list – by all means!
I just found your blog through MomBlogs website and I love it! Really can relate to your life list (which is similar to mine!) So glad you didn’t call it a bucket list. I prefer life list myself! Not sure how to follow your blog. Did I miss a link?
Dawn
http://www.thewayiseethings.typepad.com
Concerning #5 on your list…did you know through the United Methodist Church you can save 100 kids’ lives for $28 a month in 3 years?
The ministry is called Imagine No Malaria, which is an effort to eliminate malaria as a source of death in Africa by 2015. UMCOR does the work on the ground in Africa, and if you join Impact 100, you save 100 kidos from dying of malaria!
I’m confused…..where is #99 and #100??? Also, count me in for #20. It’s only right that we return together…..should we invite those crazy boys? Mo, Michael Kubis, Bret and ???.
This is an absolutely fabulous list. I may have to add to mine… Originally wrote it in January, posted it on my blog just recently: http://farewellstranger.com/2011/03/23/my-life-list/
Found you from Run Faster Mommy. I see “visit the Holy Land” is on your list. I live here!!! Let me know if I can answer any questions or help you plan a visit. Israel is an amazing country. I grew up in the US but chose to move here a few years ago.
-emily