100 things to do before i die

This week, four of my classes are taking a district writing assignment, so my duties have been paired down to saying "you may begin," and "pencils down." While I have scads of other things I could and should be doing (ahem, grading papers), yesterday I decided to write my 100 things to do before I die list. For your reading pleasure, the list:

1. Learn to take really good photographs
2. Love my body
3. fall in love -- for real
4. Know what it's like to be loved
5. Travel aimlessly through the UK
6. Open a cupcake bakery
7. Open a used bookstore
8. Read all of Shakespeare's work
9. Visit Washington D.C. during the Cherry Blossom Festival
10. Visit where my ancestors are from
11. Do my genealogy
    
12. Get healthy
13. Become Martha Stewart
14. Learn to make my creative visions a reality
15. Find and keep in touch with old friends
16. Be debt free
17. Learn to play piano (again)
18. Decorate my own house
19. Be admired
20. Be an inspiration to someone
21. Stay at the ICEHOTEL in Sweden
22. See any combination of any of the Seven Wonders of the World
23. Be mistaken for a celebrety
24. Learn to forgive
25. Be forgiven
26. Fix my snaggle tooth
27. Get married (how could this only be #27?!?)
28. Own an impressive personal library
29. Conquer my fear of over-seas flight
30. Learn to write well
31. Be content
32. Live the All-American life
33. Be a mom
34. Own a tandem bicycle
35. Learn to de-clutter
36. Have a desire to make my bed everyday
37. Serve a full-time mission with my husband
38. Visit all 7 continents (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica)
39. Ride a gondola in Italy
40. Eat real Italian food
41. Learn to love running
42. Tour a food factory
43. Visit Google headquarters
44. Swim across Lake Erie
45. Learn to be financially responsible
46. Complete and entire crossword -- by myself, no cheating
47. Vacation in my own Tiki Hut
48. Ride on the Orient Express
49. Own a claw-foot bathtub (although I will never use it)
50. Own a home in the Hampton's
51. Live in the Pacific Northwest
52. See the Northern Lights
53. Have a non-toxic relationship with my mother
54. Learn to read music
55. Be Eco-friendly
56. Tend my own garden
57. Taste every fruit and vegetable in the world
58. Sleep under the stars
59. Learn not to procrastinate
60. Donate a large amount of money, anonymously
    
61. Help someone realize their potential
62. Write a memoir
63. Do something important to write said memoir
64. Make beautiful sushi
65. Own my dream kitchen
66. Throw an amazing party
67. Visit all 50 states
68. Drive coast-to-coast
69. Be on a game show
70. Drive on the left side of the street
71. Find something worth waiting in line overnight for
72. Meet my great-grandchildren
73. Be happy with something I've done
74. Shop weekly at a farmer's market
75. Be consulted on a big, important project
76. Attend the Olympics
77. Have my own personal style
78. Kiss at the top of the Eiffel Tower
79. Dance in the rain
80. Start a journal -- and finish it
81. Kiss in the rain (while dancing? at the top of the Eiffel Tower?)
82. Compile all of my family's favorite recipes in one place
83. Find someone who loves me for me
84. Write a letter to an editor
85. Host dinner parties on a regular basis
86. Say "thank you" to a former teacher
87. Stay awake for 24 hours
88. Watch a whole series of a TV show or movies in one sitting (TLOTR, Star Wars, Pirates, etc)
89. Read all of Ayn Rand's works
90. Be an expert at something
91. Visit Monet's Gardens in Giverny
92. Go to the Holy Land
93. Get a passport
94. Compete in a Master's Swim Meet
95. Receive the Silver Beaver Award
96. Retrace Odysseus' voyage through the Greek Isles
97. Visit a rain forest
98. Go on a road trip with no set destination
99. Write legibly left-handed
100. Go on vacation with my siblings and their families