Life List

An on-going list of things I want to do before I am no longer capable. 

A post on updating my list can be found here.

1. Spend time in all 10 Canadian provinces (layover in an airport doesn't count) (so far I'm at 9 haha does that make this goal too easy? nah)
2. Make macaroons with perfect feet
3. See every NHL team play (I'm at Detroit, Toronto, Carolina, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston, New York, Tampa Bay - 9/30)
4. Get 1000 hits on my blog IN. ONE. DAY.
5. Ottawa for Canada Day
6. achieve 'curb appeal'
7. Successfully plant, grow, and eat something (the miracle mint in my backyard doesn't count)
8. Be a vegan for 30 days
9. 'lay out' and catch a Frisbee point
10. Score a second goal in hockey
11. Get a penalty in hockey
12. visit Thailand
13. Host a 100 mile feast
14. Re-read all of my favourite fantasy series (Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia, His Dark Material, The Hunger Games)
15. Do a 30-day challenge every month for a year
16. Successfully complete NaBloPoMo (I signed up to do it in November of this year!! ee!) Completed November 2011
17. Go on that 3-week Southeast Asia trip I keep talking about with RB
18. Take a food tour in Europe
19. Attend TED (speak @ TED??)
20. Read LOTR trilogy Completed July 2012
21. Hike the Inca Trail in Peru
22. Host xmas dinner for my whole family
23. Do a downward dog and have my heels touch the floor
24. Make pierogies
25. Write a cookbook
26. Own a cottage
27. Rent a cottage in PEI, drive there with dog & stay for a week, no technology, only cookbooks
28. Send xmas cards to my family every year for as long as I am capable (going on 3 years now)
29. Go to San Francisco
30. Give only homemade gifts for Xmas one year
31. Be half-decent with a camera
32. left-side plank, arm & leg up!
33. PIE CRUST, make it, and make it GOOD
34. Mentor a high-school girl who is interested in engineering
35. skinny dip
36. have a conversation in sign language
37. attend Munich Oktoberfest
38. build something with my dad
39. Read all previously awarded Man Booker prize winners and continue to read each yearly winner
40. learn how to change a tire on my car (have my dad teach me?)
41. convert someone from a roundabout-hater to a roundabout-LOVER!
42. make my grandma's pickles (have mom teach me?)
43. train my dog to be well behaved off-leash (maybe not this dog... next one!)
44. take an improv class
45. Go back to Rome with RB and do all the fun things we did separately together
46. Do yoga every weekday morning for a month
47. Become a certified instructor of something (yoga, skating, dog training?)
48. Develop a more consistent health routine (exercise, vitamins, balanced diet, etc)
49. Deliver a motivational speech to a large crowd
50. Have a baby
51. Foster a service dog
52. Fill my house with art made by my friends (in process...)
53. Build my dream home with higher counters, party shower, and fire pit
54. Buy a bicycle and USE IT Completed May 2012
55. Graduate to the 15 lbs weights, say goodbye to the 7.5 lb weights for good
56. Give Steve Yzerman a hug and promptly remove him from my freebie list
57. Cut my hair really short again
58. Watch The Notebook (No, I haven't EVER seen it)
59. See Bon Jovi in concert
60. See Michael Buble in concert
61. Take RB to see the Bengals play
62. Re-do my website
63. Put up a Christmas tree, train the dog not to eat presents.
64. Help raise 1 million dollars for charity
65. Build a piece of furniture Completed December 2012
66. Participate in the WarAmps mentor program (signed up, waiting for call!)
67. Make a Kub set, teach my friends Completed July 2012
68. Try anti-gravity yoga (the one with hammocks)
69. Take a self-defense class (Krav Maga??)
70. Have a jewellery collection to be proud of
71. Be a mom
72. Learn how to properly throw a baseball
73. Win the hockey playoff pool
74. "Make my boyfriend marry me" (his words while we were brainstorming) - almost there!
75. Finish reading 'The Joy of Cooking'
76. Live closer to my parents
77. Learn to drive stick
78. Teach someone to sew
79. Take up painting again
80. Own a house outright
81. Be an expert at something
82. Go on a spontaneous, last-minute vacation Completed June 2012
83. Successfully play matchmaker
84. Swim a lap (cannot currently do more than tread water)
85. Be a 'first pick' on a sports team
86. Ride a mechanical bull like a boss
87. Teach an entire bar to line dance
88. Give out homemade treats for Halloween (to those that will accept them and not search for razors)
89. Start a book club
90. Participate in a cooking challenge/competition
91. Complete a 1-year photo challenge (photo every day)
92. Develop a reputation as an awesome gift giver
93. Donate back to my EngSoc
94. Write a memoir
95. Learn a really awesome song on piano & perform it
96. Go on a crazy girls-only weekend with Cro & Griz (others welcome)
97. Have a good relationship with mother-in-law
98. Learn to let go
99. Be proud of who I am and tell my story to other families
100. SEND MY MOTHER EFFING LIST TO LAURA MAYES IN ANTICIPATION FOR CAMP MIGHTY!!!!! Completed November 2011