100 Things to Do

I don't like the term "Bucket List", but I wanted to keep track of the things I want to do at some point in my life.

1. Visit Rome with Matthew
2. Become fluent in a foreign language
3. Build my own house (must have wood floors and a double wall oven)
4. Write a novel
5. Replace my lost wedding ring
6. Run another marathon (and without an injury)
7. Have a flat stomach so I can wear a bikini
8. Cheer my kids' sports teams from the sidelines
9. Have a house that is good for entertaining (see #3)
10. Live near extended family
11. Have my teeth whitened
12. Learn to sew
13. Learn to ski
14. Visit Andrea, Steve, Sam and Matthew
15. Visit Kathy and H
16. Visit Beth, Jason, Sam and Claire
17. Visit Emily, Sean and Eva
18. Visit Andrea, Chris, Lucian and baby girl
19. Live in a big city again
20. Have a job that I love, that I can bike to, and that wouldn't dream of ever giving up
21. Take my kids to Disney World
22. Have nice skin
23. Send my kids to camp in the Great North Woods
24. Learn to sail
25. Learn to like camping
26. Go to the Toronto Film Festival
27. Go to the Oscars
28. Spend a summer in a cottage by the sea
29. Write a screenplay
30. Live in a foreign country
31. Get certified to teach something (writing perhaps?)
32. Be able to do a handstand
33. Eat chocolate and bread in Paris
34. Ride a gondola in Venice
35. Drink wine in Florence
36. Explore Prague, Krakow and St. Petersburg
37. Shop for cool modern fabric, notecards, toys and furniture in Copenhagen
38. Go to Rio
39. Live in Los Angeles
40. Drink a beer in Dublin
41. Buy jewelry in Sante Fe
42. Learn history in Boston
43. See a Broadway play in New York City
44. Wander the markets in Marrakech
45. Visit Istanbul
46. Get a latte in Portland (again)
47. Practice my rusty German and eat Laugen in Munich and Berlin
48. See Aimee Mann, Amy Winehouse, Brandi Carlile, Lucinda Williams, Emmy Lou Harris and John Mellencamp perform
49. See Shawn Colvin and the Ditty Bops again
50. Live abroad for a year
51. Go to a high school reunion
more to come....