To-Do

I'm a list-maker. I have several lists around the house, posted on bulletin boards, typed in my crackberry, milling around my head. This list happens to be in my head and for the first time written down. Obviously some are more serious than others. This is my life's to-do list, blog idea stolen from Nytro (some items from the list also stolen from her).
1. Find my life partner and marry him - Check!
2. Take #1 to all the places I've lived (Australia, Oman, Colombia)
3. Read all the classics
4. Have children - Half-Check!
5. Skydive
6. Finish my tattoo (didn't know I had one, did ya?)
7. Have my house totally and completely organized
8. Go to culinary school
9. Wear a size 4
10. Travel to Greece
11. Go to the Kentucky Derby
12. Accomplish #11 in a designer outfit with a fabulous hat
13. Go shopping in Italy and Paris
14. Take a world cruise
15. Own a successful small company like a shoe store, book store or pastry shop
16. Get my PhD
17. Hold my children's children
18. Hold my children's children's children
19. Be a hot grandma
20. Re-learn the piano
21. See U2 in concert - Check!
22. Travel to Antarctica
23. Become independent of a vehicle
24. Own a vacation home in Tuscany
25. Walk along The Great Wall of China
26. See all 50 states
27. Raise my children to be wonderful, successful and loving people
28. Volunteer regularly - Check!
29. Become friends with Dooce
30. Go on an African Safari - Check! (but want to do it again with BSC)
31. Swim with Dolphins - Check!
32. Learn to quilt and sew like my mother
33. Know that my parents know how much I appreciate all they've done for me
34. Build a house
35. Have my brother in-law be our architect for #34
36. Live in the same state as both sets of parents
37. See the Egyptian pyramids with my own eyes
38. Run a marathon
39. Find a job I truly enjoy - Check!
40. Pay for my children's college education
41. Attend an episode of So You Think You Can Dance
42. Visit my two friends Sarah and Louise, who I've been writing for over 20 years.
43. Trek/Float through the Amazon - Check!
44. Win big on a game show
45. Grow my hair out again
46. Donate my hair again
47. For as long as I can
48. Learn to write in Japanese
49. Visit Ireland and stay in a castle
50. See a performance at the Bolshoi Ballet
51. Become an expert gardener
52. See my best friend get married - Coming Aug. 1
53. See whales in wild - Check!
54. Find a reliable contractor
55. See Seinfeld live - Check!
56. Learn how to make "special" brownies
57. Cook the perfect meal (which may include "special" brownies)
58. See Garth Brooks in concert
59. Be a judge on Iron Chef
60. Learn to relax
61. Have a walk in closet Carrie Bradshaw would be jealous of
62. See my father in-law walk again
63. Get tickets to Oprah's "Favorite Things" show
64. Be financially stable
65. Develop my own pictures in a dark room - Check!
66. Learn to live in the moment
67. Hold a python across my shoulders - Check!
68. See Wicked on Broadway
69. Own a Boxer
70. Own a Husky
71. Own a teacup Pomeranian
72. Spend an entire day at the spa - Check!
73. After kids, have "the girls" lifted
74. Go to an OU championship football game with BSC (and see them win)
75. Hold all possible yoga poses
76. Stop craving sugar all the time
77. Enjoy a full, gourmet, seven-course French meal - Check!
78. Scuba dive - Check!
79. Go to Mardi Gras
80. Learn how to make sushi
81. Vacation in Sonoma Valley and stay at a different vineyard every night
82. Own a pair of Manolos
83. Own a Fendi
84. Go on a shopping spree ala Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman to accomplish #82 & #83
85. Live to see a major disease abolished from the Earth
86. Feel confident in my faith
87. Find a church we both truly love
88. Have enough courage to get a bikini wax
89. Throw a wedding dress party
90. Throw a wine and cheese party
91. Organize a progressive dinner
92. Be more open with people
93. Memorize poetry
94. Dye my hair a fun color ... like purple
95. Be a vegetarian for a year
96. Become a fix-it person
97. Adopt a baby
98. Finally organize all of my pictures in a beautiful album
99. Live overseas ... again
100. Own an original piece of art
101. To be continued ...