My Life List - 2008

 

1. Teach children

2. Begin writing my family's stories

3. Live to be 100 years old

4. Create a meditation garden with water and rock features

5. Ride an elephant

6. Ride a camel

7. Own a telescope

8. Be part of a book club

9. Be part of a film/movie club

10. Write my last will and testament and keep it up to date

11. Own a heavy bag

12. Learn to give really great massages and give them

13. Grow flowers without killing them

14. Learn to use photo editing software really well

15. Take an art class

16. Go whale watching

17. Visit Hiroshima (May 7 & 8, 2008)

18. Tour wineries of Italy

19. Tour wineries of BC

20. Carve my body into a state of fabulous

21. Financially support myself

22. Remember better

23. Publish my books

24. Learn to appreciate and describe wine

25. Write haiku poetry

26. Write books

27. Drive a motorcycle

28. Own a canoe

29. See the Northern Lights

30. Be a millionaire

31. Beat Lance at a video game

32. Have children

33. Learn to identify the major constellations where we live

34. Learn about Western astrology

35. Be able to interpret western astrological birth charts

36. Learn about Vedic astrology

37. Learn to identify the major types of plants of the lower mainland

38. Speak French

39. Speak German

40. Speak and write Japanese

41. Safely and accurately operate a firearm

42. Safely and accurately operate a bow and arrow

43. Play chess well

44. Learn to safely administer first aid and CPR

45. Learn sign language

46. Own and be proficient with professional camera equipment (video and still)

47. Attend an Opera

48. Attend a Broadway show (in NYC)

49. Make a kite that flies well

50. Sew my own clothing and costumes for the SCA

51. Learn to cook perogies the way my mother did

52. Sing my favourite songs

53. Ballroom dance

54. Belly dance

55. Tap dance

56. Learn martial arts

57. Learn to draw

58. Learn Calligraphy

59. Make my own armour for the SCA

60. Make my own wine

61. Make my own mead

62. Play the guitar

63. Fix minor problems with my car

64. Fix minor household problems

65. Become A+ certified

66. Learn how to create and maintain a database

67. Learn how to set-up and maintain a computer network

68. Learn how to create my own computer programs

69. Operate and regularly update a useful website

70. Go sky diving

71. Learn to kayak

72. Learn swordsmanship

73. Learn to ride a horse

74. Accurately and safely throw knives

75. Go scuba diving in the ocean

76. Learn to snowboard

77. Visit the Coliseum

78. Visit the Parthenon

79. Walk the Great Wall of China

80. Tour the Forbidden Palace

81. Tour the Legislature in Ottawa

82. Visit the Red Rocks in Colorado

83. Visit the Pyramids of Egypt

84. Visit Hawaii

85. Visit the Eiffel Tower

86. Visit PEI – specifically the inspiration for Anne of Green Gables

87. Visit L'anse Aux Meadows

88. Visit Germany

89. Visit Stonehenge

90. Visit Westminster Abbey

91. Visit the MacLachlan Castle

92. Visit Ayers Rock

93. Visit the Taj Mahal

94. Visit the Dead Sea

95. Visit historic battle sights, viking settlements, and religious ruins in the United Kingdom

96. Visit Barkerville

97. Visit the Rocky Mountains

98. Visit the Grand Canyon

99. Visit Niagara Falls

100. Go on a Cruise

101. Visit Japan (May 5-24, 2008)

102. Visit Tibet
103. Learn to serve volleyball overhand
104. Read Dante's The Inferno
105. Read Joyce's Ulysses