I discovered the idea of posting a Life List on a blog I read. This of course inspired me to put together my own little Life List since there are approximately 1 million things I want to do before I die. The list is open to interpretation or addition, since I know one’ll probably crop up in the middle of me brushing my teeth one night… (All completed activities will be highlighted in bold).

My Bucket List

1. Go to a Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey
2. Volunteer in Africa for three weeks with Cross-Cultural Solutions
3. Run a 5K race (9/20/09)
4. Live in another city for at least one year
5. Write a memoir
6. Keep a savings account – with a balance – for more than one year
7. Find my dream job – and work there (9/29/09)
8. Visit Auschwitz
9. Electrolyze every surface I currently have to shave
10. Meditate in a Buddhist temple
11. Marry my greatest love
12. Cook Thanksgiving dinner
13. Become an entrepreneur – in a small or large way
14. Take my parents to Ireland
15. Swim with dolphins
16. Stay in a little hut on a white sand beach with blue waters
17. Teach myself to video edit
18. Own a house with a library with floor to ceiling bookshelves and a ladder
19. Perfect one recipe and make it my “special”
20. Make amends
21. Order weekly organic produce for at least one month
22. [Redacted] for my private list
23. Live in one of the old, cute little houses in upper Queen Anne
24. Take an extended road trip to all the places in America I’ve wanted to see
25. Party my ass off (or my top, I should say) at Mardi Gras
26. Take a sushi-making class – (5/21/09)
27. Buy a condo
28. Go to Teatro Zinzanni
29. Spend a weekend in Vegas in one of the nicest, most expensive hotels in their nicest, most expensive room (minus a suite or penthouse)
30. Visit Bali and wear flowers around my neck
31. Squash grapes with my feet
32. Donate a major lump sum to World Vision
33. Give birth to a little girl with curly hair, and name her Savannah
34. Further my education – either a certificate, art degree or Masters
35. Go on a vacation by boat and [redacted]
36. Print and assemble some of my 4,000 photos off my computer into a photo album of my 20s (or 30s, etc.)
37. Collect my friend’s addresses and send out holiday cards
38. Own either a restaurant, breakfast place or winery
39. Read one book from all the “great” authors – Hemmingway, Kerouac, etc.
40. Figure out who all would be included on a list of “great” authors
41. Have only one credit card that I pay off every month
42. Close my eyes and feel that there’s nowhere else I’d rather be than right where I am at that moment
43. Own a beach house
44. Take a Web site design class
45. Plant a vegetable/herb garden
46. Make fresh salads and food with my homegrown veggies and herbs
47. Feel amazing in a bathing suit
48. Visit a rural village and bring gifts for the children
49. Be a member of the Bacon of the Month club for one year
50. [Redacted] for my private list
51. Buy a Seattle Zagat guide and go to at least 50% of the restaurants
52. Get a Brazilian wax (to be done before number nine)
53. Be a KEXP Plutonium Club member just once
54. Live in a houseboat
55. Have a closet that dreams are made of – walk in, with shelves for shoes, and floor length mirrors everywhere, in lots of gold and cream with leopard print
56. Feel amazing with myself at my 10-year high school reunion
57. [Redacted] for my private list
58. Go in a hot air balloon ride
59. Own a license plate with my name on it
60. Live somewhere with a patio overlooking the water with wind chimes and flower pots
61. Become an expert in something – and offer my advice to others
62. Run with bulls in Pamplona, Spain
63. Treat myself to a manicure, pedicure, facial, massage, hair cut and color – all in one day
64. Buy satin sheets for my bed
65. Celebrate Oktoberfest in Munich
66. Learn to sew
67. Buy something really amazing for my grandparents and my dad
68. Release a butterfly
69. Take a shower by candlelight
70. Ride my bike to work (3/23/2010)
    
71. Go on a game show
72. Participate in Lent
73. Wash my face and moisturize every night for one month
74. [Redacted] for my private list
75. Finish the last quarter of my Life List
76. Learn to make jewelry – preferably earrings so I can make some fantastic big dangley ones and sell them on Etsy.
77. Learn to speak Spanish
78. Stop biting my nails
79. Wine taste in Napa Valley
80. Meet a blogger whose blog I read regularly in real life
81. Learn a little bit more about sake and explore the world of sake
82. Give up fast food for a year
83. Make a cookbook of my grandmother’s recipes before she passes
84. Plant an herb and or vegetable garden (5/9/2010)
85. Go to dim sum for breakfast
86. Take a digital photography class so I can become more than an “automatic” setting photographer.
87. Taking a public speaking class to kick my bad nerves
88. Spend a year, committing random acts of kindness once a month
89. Dine in the dark at San Francisco’s Opaque restaurant
90. Go to Toastmasters and kick my anxiety with public speaking (or improve it)
91. Fly somewhere every month, for a year, to get more comfortable with flying (and less dependent on medicating myself for flights). lol