100 Things Before I Go
April 17, 2011
I just went through the list I posted almost a whopping two years ago. (Who knew I have been blogging that long?) Thankfully, I was able to mark a few more things off it. Yay that I am making progress… Boo that it looks like I will not be able to complete my list though… Why does this have to be your last season Oprah? Ugh!
Have fun reading.
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May 19, 2009
I finally sat down to write one of these. I swear I have been meaning to do this since middle school when I first watched Mandy Moore in A Walk to Remember. Do you remember her being in two places at once or getting a butterfly tattoo or being married in that beautiful church? I don’t necessarily think my goals are as heartwarming (or really as cheesy), but I guess I will let you decide that for yourself!
1. Pick strawberries in the summertime
2. Pray continuously
3. Write and publish a book
4. Learn to ski (on snow and water)
5. Learn to cook
6. Go on a helicopter ride in Hawaii
8. Go paragliding
10. Go sky diving in New Zealand
11. Go bungee jumping in New Zealand
12. Go snorkeling in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
13. Climb a mountain
15. Run a Half Marathon
16. Ride a mechanical bull
17. Attend at least one major sporting event: the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the U.S. Open
18. Go white water rafting with Dad
19. Swim with wild dolphins in New Zealand
20. Plant a tree
21. Volunteer as a church small group leader
22. Rock climb
23. Get into law school
24. Marry the man I love
25. Have happy and healthy children
26. Spend New Year’s Eve in an exotic location
27. Stand under a waterfall
28. Have a huge water gun fight in a house
29. Do a job I love
30. Catch a ride in a hot air balloon
31. See a koala bear in Australia
32. Go kayaking
33. Go to Universal Studios in Hollywood, Calif.
34. Be baptized
35. Have a beautiful and unforgettably fun wedding
36. Go to Disney World and Disneyland
37. Spend a week at a 5-Day-Spa
38. Ride the 10 highest roller coasters in the world
39. See a shooting star and make a wish
40. Learn to talk the right way (speech therapy here I come!)
41. Re-read the Harry Potter Series (WHEW– all 4,100 pages!)
42. Work as a photojournalist
44. Play in the rain
45. Drive in a convertible bug with the top down and music blaring
46. Grow a garden
47. Gamble in Las Vegas
48. Live in a colonial house (Pottery Barn-esk?) with a window seat
49. Be someone’s mentor
51. See an opera at the Sydney Opera House (and fall asleep)
52. Read the entire Bible
53. Create my own website
54. Blow bubbles from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
56. Climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Australia
57. Set foot in all 50 of the United States
58. Go on a cruise
59. Build a Habitat for Humanity home
60. Graduate from the University of Georgia
61. Go to Mexico
62. Have my fortune told professionally
63. Work for a magazine
64. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
65. Recycle
66. Go parasailing
67. Have a star named after me (thanks high school boyfriend)
69. Own and love a dog of my own (preferably a Saint Bernard)
70. Be in good physical shape
71. Be the maid of honor in one of my best friend’s weddings
73. Publish my journals someday
74. Ride a bicycle around Rome
75. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
76. Stay in touch with college friends after graduation
77. Zip line through a canopy (in Belize)
78. Participate in a giant food fight
79. Go to the Oprah Winfrey Show
80. Ring a church bell
81. Go on a safari in Africa
82. Eat Maryland crabs again
83. Open my own ice cream shop
84. Raise money for cancer reasearch
85. Do a multi-day bike trip
86. Go to a Jason Mraz concert
87. Climb a glacier in New Zealand
88. Attend a ball
89. Buy a boat
90. Write a $100,000 check to a charity
91. Sew something
92. Ride an elephant
93. Do Mardi Gras in New Orleans (WOO– March 2011)
94. See a kangaroo in Australia
95. Go to Niagara Falls and see where Dad proposed to Mom
96. Catch a crayfish
97. Experience spring break in all its glory in Panama City Beach, Florida
98. Go to a NCAA Final Four game with Dad
99. Take a picture with Julia Roberts
100. Run to the top of the Statue of Liberty
May 22, 2009 at 10:41 pm
I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading this list!! It made me so happy to see ones we’ve done together crossed off!!!!
However, I think you have a few revisions you ought to make, haha!! You’ve been to Mexico!! Sb2k9!! (#61). Not quite sure why #70 isn’t marked off….
Also, a few that I would love to help you accomplish, asap!!… TENNIS, duh! I can so do that! (#9). I can help you do half of #4…. water skii!! Yes!! Lake this summer? And sew your dress… #91. haha.
Okay, I will stop… I know you will get this list completed with or without my help, haha! You love your lists! You even made this known on your 21st bday!! haha.
As always, love you.
June 7, 2009 at 5:28 pm
actually, I have done a few of the items on your list! I was quite surprised…my question to you is …were the items you marked off part of your list b4 you did them or were they so extremely special that in hindsight you would have had to had them on your list even if you didn’t think of them 1st…a little zen thinking necessary for this answer….
I too hope you do them all, and knowing you, I think you will..
June 9, 2009 at 7:02 am
Hi Diane! Um definitely want to know which ones you have accomplished! Maybe want to go to Europe together? Mark a few things more off the list? I am so up for shopping in Italy
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I actually made my first “bucket list” on the flight to New Zealand last summer. The sky diving and all those cool things were written down in my New Zealand journal before I did them.
As for going to Disney World and having a water gun fight in the house and going to a Final Four game with Dad, those were things I was reminiscing about and thought deserved a spot on the newly created blog list… And yes I still felt accomplished crossing them off! I’m a lucky girl– already have gotten to do some cool things in my life! Cannot wait for more adventures!!
April 19, 2011 at 1:26 am
hey baby
you know, i just read your response to my response….yes, yes, yes, i will shop in italy with you…name the day and time!!!!
while we are in italy…i will tell you those that I checked off.
luv u baby
April 18, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Jackie,
I thoroughly enjoyed your list! So thoughtful and sometimes whimsical! Way to go! Keep it up…glad to have you as a mentor to our daughter!
Debbie