Things to Accomplish in Life:
(Anything with a date is the date that it was completed)
1. Travel to all 7 continents (Done: North America, Australia, Europe) Africa in August!
2. Have 2 healty kids
3. Teach community college
4. Gone on a Helicopter ride (May 2003)
5. Ziplined - The rain forest of Costa Rica (June 1995, Over the Ocean in Isla de Mujers (May 2003) and in the rainforest of Belize (May 2005).
6. Whitewater rafted -- in Costa Rica June 1996
7. Hiked mount Vesuvio June, ?? 2005
8. Hiked in the swiss alps (June 2005)
9. Swim with a dolphin. (May 2004)
10. Watch the launch of the space shuttle. (TV) Want to see it live!
11. Ride the TGV (July 3, 2005)
12. Buy a round-the-world air ticket and use it
13. Get to know your neighbors
14. Learn not to say yes when you really mean no.
15. Learn to ballroom dance properly.
16. Learn to play an instrument. (Flute all my life)
17. Visit the new 7 wonders of the world
18. Walk on the Great Wall of China.
19. Fall deeply in love -- helplessly and unconditionally. (April 30, 2008)
20. Sit on a jury.
21. Be someone's mentor.
22. Shower in a waterfall.
23. See a lunar eclipse.
24. Watch a Meteor Shower.
25. Get passionate about a cause and spend time helping it, instead of just thinking about it.
26. Spend New Year's in an exotic location.
27. Sleep under the stars. – Australia June 1994
28. Raft through the Grand Canyon.
29. Find a job you love.
30. Take a ride on the highest roller coaster in the country.
31. Donate money and put your name on something: a college scholarship, a bench in the park.
32. Grow a garden.
33. Learn how to cook a good ethnic food group. (Italian, Asian)
34. Accept yourself for who you are.
35. Scuba dive off Australia's Great Barrier Reef. (June 1996)
36. Attend one really huge rock concert
37. Go up in a hot-air balloon.
38. Drive a convertible with the top down and music blaring. (May 2007 – Ryan)
39. Buy your own house and then spend time making it into exactly what you want.
40. Kiss the Blarney stone.
41. Make love on the kitchen floor.
42. Visit the Holy Land.
43. Visit the Statue of Liberty – March 1998
44. Learn to bartend better.
45. Run a 5K – October 6, 2007
46. Look into your child's eyes, see yourself, and smile.
47. volunteer (Rodeo March 2007)
48. Dance in the Rain
49. Visit Venice (June 2005)
50. Celebrate the United States of America (4th of July) in another country.
a. July 4, 1994 – Sydney, Australia
b. July 4, 1995 - Costa Rica
c. July 4, 1996 – New Zealand
d. July 4, 2005 – Paris, France
51. Play in all of the Oceans.
a. Gulf of Mexico – Galveston many times
b. Mediterranean – June 2005
c. Pacific Ocean – June 2001
d. Caribbean Sea – Many times – Cruises
e. Atlantic Ocean – Bermuda March 1998
f. Coral Sea – June 1994 and June 1996
g. Tyrrhenian Sea – June 2005
h. Adriatic Sea (Splashed in June 2005)
i. Lake Lugano – June 2005 paddle boat and swam in
52. Re-read Hamlet
53. Learn more about Photography
54. Donate my hair for Locks-of-Love (August 2005)
55. Sing Karaoke (May 2003)
56. Watch at least 50% of the AFI 100 greatest Movies
57. Visit Graceland
58. Volunteer with Red Cross
59. Visit the Grave of a Famous Person – Jim Morrison July 3, 2005
60. Go to all major sports teams in Texas games
a. Rockets Nov. 14th 2007
b. Spurs – Nov. 19th 2003 (play off games in 2004)
c. Texas Rangers –
d. Dallas Stars – October 2005
e. Dallas Cowboys -
f. Houston Astros – 1st game around 1989, many times since.
g. Houston Oilers – In the 80’s
h. Houston Texans
i. Dallas Mavericks – Jan 2006
61. Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans – March 2003 – Fat Tuesday
62. Milk a cow – June 1994
63. Visit Asia
64. Visit Canada – September 14 – 17th 2006 – Jake and alison’s wedding
65. Visit Alaska (Curise 2005) – Helicopter Ride, Jeep and Canoe
66. Visit Hawaii
67. Plant a Tree
68. Ride the Orient Express
69. Visit an active volcano – June 1995 – Costa Rica
70. Change a tire – Rachel Barr’s tire early 2006, my own with Prinya 2001
71. Fly a kite as an adult
72. Fly first class – November 15, 2007
73. Visit 25 of the 50 states (14 done)
a. Texas, Alaska, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, Illinois
74. Visit Washington, D.C (White House, Washington Monument, Vietnam Wall) – March 1994 – DO again
75. Climb ruins in Mexico – Chitchiniza and Uxmal May 2003
76. Visit Pisa and take the goofy picture (June 2005)
77. Visit The Vatican City (St. Peter’s Basilica (climbed), Saw the Porta Sacra, Muesum, Sistine chapel (Michelangelo), got something stamped, Saw Michelangelo’s Pieta (June 2005)
78. Ride the big Ferris Wheel in England,
79. Ride the Chunnel
80. See the Northern Lights
81. Go to a drive in movie theater – Saw Twins with my dad at one near Houston back in the 90’s
82. Go to Egypt and visit the pyramids
83. Visit the 7 Wonders of the World (as of 07/07/07)
a. Chichen Itza, Mexico – May 2003
b. Christ Redeemer, Brasil
c. Colosseum, Italy – June 2005
d. Taj Mahal, India
e. Great Wall of China
f. Petra Jordan,
g. Machu Picchu, Peru
84. Visit the 7 Wonders of the World - Medieval Mind
a. Stonehenge
b. Colosseum – June 2005
c. Catacomes of Kom el Shoqafa
d. Great Wall of China
e. Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
f. Hagia Sophia
g. Leaning Tower of Pisa – June 2005
85. Visit the 7 Natural Wonders of the World
a. Mount Everest
b. The Great Barrier Reef – June 1994 and June 1996
c. The Grand Canyon
d. Victoria Falls
e. The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
f. Paricutin Volcano
g. The Northern Lights
86. See a Broadway Play (Bermuda Cruise) – Phantom of the Opera (Tickets $90.00)
87. Walk around a Castle - June 2005 - Bellinzona Switzerland
88. Go to the original Galleria (Milan Italy) June 2005
89. Feed the Bears in Bern (July 2, 2005)
90. Go to Vegas (Dec 29, 2007 – Jan 2, 2008 – ENGAGED HERE)
91.
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