Life List

Here is my comprehensive, always expanding, Life List. Those in red are already completed - only 106 more to go! :)


Travel and Leisure
  • Visit the Pyramids of Giza
  • Visit Prague
  • Go on a cruise
  • Travel to Alaska
  • View the Grand Canyon (preferably by helicopter!)
  • Visit St. Peter's Basilica - August 1972
  • Visit Stonehenge
  • Visit the Sydney Opera House
  • Walk the Great Wall of China
  • Visit the Smithonian Museums in Washington, DC
  • Visit the Art Institute in Chicago
  • Visit the Louvre in Paris - August 1995
  • Go to New Orleans during Mardi Gras
  • Go to Hawaii - February 1989
  • Visit all seven continents
  • Go to Bora Bora, Tahiti
  • Cross the Golden Gate Bridge
  • Kiss the Blarney Stone
  • See the Northern Lights
  • See the Liberty Bell - August 1994
  • See the CN Tower - June 1979
  • Visit Pearl Harbour - February 1989
  • Visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Walk through Central Park
  • Go to Greece
  • Go to Las Vegas and stay at the Bellagio
  • Visit the ruins at Chichen Itza
  • Attend Oktoberfest - October 1993
  • Visit Napa Valley and take a wine tour
  • Cruise the Carribbean
  • See the redwoods in BC
  • Visit Notre Dame - August 1995
  • Stay at the Chateau Frontenac - March 1983
  • Stay at the Four Seasons in NYC
  • Go to the Maldives
  • Go to the Kentucky Derby
  • Eat crab in Maine
  • Visit Niagara Falls - July 1972
Sports and Adventure
  • Run a half marathon
  • Dive the Great Barrier Reef
  • Learn to snowboard
  • Drive a race car
  • Try fencing
  • Go skydiving
  • Swim with dolphins
  • Go white water rafting
  • Learn to surf
  • Go on a safari
  • Ride in a hot air balloon
  • Go parasailing
  • Go bungee jumping
  • Ride a mechanical bull
  • Ride the 10 largest roller coasters in North America
  • Attend the Olympics (as a spectator)
  • Climb to the top of a lighthouse
  • Drive a Ferrari
  • Own a convertible - May 1986
  • Ice skate in Rockefeller Plaza
  • Sail on the ocean - October 1997
  • Go whale watching - February 1989
  • Sleep under the stars
  • Go on a spur of the moment road trip - October 1989
  • Ride on a Harley Davidson
  • Charter a yacht
  • Ride a camel
  • Ride an elephant
  • Bet on a race horse.  And win. - April 1995
  • Experience weightlessness
Relationships
  • See my children happily married
  • Have at least one grandchild
  • Be happily married - September 1997 and counting!
  • Attend a family reunion - August 2007
  • Plan a spa weekend with my sisters
  • Make a difference in a child's life
  • Stand up in a friend's wedding - October 1993
Personal Development and Community
  • Become fluent in Italian
  • Learn to ride a bike - Spring 1974
  • Take art lessons
  • Take ballroom dance lessons
  • Learn to fly a helicopter
  • See a comet
  • See an iceberg
  • Throw a surprise party - March 1998
  • Have a surprise party thrown in my honour - July 1997
  • Touch a snake - November 1988
  • Win a contest - August 2011
  • Take a gourmet cooking class
  • Age gracefully
  • Sew a quilt
  • See a foal being born
  • Meet someone with the same first and last name
  • Donate blood - April 1990
  • Volunteer 1000 hours
  • Learn to drive stick shift - June 1984
  • Go horseback riding - October 1992
  • Identify 100 things that make me happy - August 2012
  • Find an inspirational quote and create a work of art based on it
  • Complete a 365 day photo challenge
  • Sing karaoke at a bar - May 1993
  • Learn a new word each day for a year - 2011
  • Help to organize a charitable event - 2010
  • Learn to play a musical instrument - 1974
  • Become an early riser
  • Build a Habitat for Humanity home
  • Volunteer at the Downtown Mission
  • Shop at Harrods
  • Complete a 52 week journal challenge
  • Have my portrait painted by a street artist - March 1980
  • Reach 1,000 posts on my blog - Jun 2013
Lifestyle and Culture
  • Get invited to the Queen's tea party
  • Milk a cow
  • Ride in a gondola
  • Ride in a limousine - September 1997
  • See an authentic bullfight - August 1988
  • Stay at a dude ranch
  • Attend a major concert or musical event - May 1985
  • Attend the ballet
  • Attend the symphony - Fall 2003
  • Attend a Broadway show
  • Visit an air show - July 1993
  • Grow my own vegetables
  • Get a tattoo
  • Get a nose ring
  • Send a message in a bottle
  • Have my fortune told - July 1989
  • Fly first class
  • Own a grand piano - December 2013 (baby, but still a grand!) 
  • Get a massage - November 2001
  • Go on a picnic - June 1996
  • Fly a kite - Spring 1978
  • Go an entire month without fast food
  • See a drive-in movie - Summer 1992
  • Go skinny dipping - I refused to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me ;)
  • Make ice-cream from scratch - November 2013
  • Take a yoga class - May 2004
  • Kiss a stranger - see answer re: skinny dipping... :D
  • Learn to drink (and like) wine
  • Attend an authentic luau - February 1989
  • Try an exotic meat like ostrich or alligator
  • Watch the 10 greatest American movies of all time
  • Meet someone famous - September 1992
  • Own a hot tub
  • Run a six minute mile
  • Do 50 chin ups.  At one time.
  • See the Stanley Cup in person.
  • Go to an NFL game - November 2015
  • Try authentic New Orleans gumbo
  • Eat escargot - May 1988
  • Own a Coach purse
  • Own a pair of Manolo Blahnik or Christian Louboutin shoes
Career and Finance
  • Write a novel
  • Write a novel (and get it published)
  • Earn a Bachelor's degree - October 1995
  • Be my own boss - March 1997
  • Be a radio show guest
  • Win a photography contest
  • Own a beach house or cottage
  • Be debt-free by 55
  • Teach a class - February 2000
  • Write a children's book
  • Have a gallery exhibition
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