I Wrote That

i’m keeping a list. it’s new. i’m going to list 100  things that i want to do during my lifetime (give or take a few. i think there are only 60-something now). i have put them under categories to help with organization hopefully. and i didn’t even cheat and put stuff on there that i had already done just so i could strike it off as done. i’ve been known to make to do lists like that just to give me that accomplishment feeling.

 [thanks to katesaid.wordpress.com for the inspiration and the categories.]

i will mark in purple the things that i have completed.

those in orange are things i’m attempting or working on doing. i will update and blog about the ones i’m trying to do as often as i can.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS

get to know my neighbors

wave & smile at all my neighbors every time i see them

put the Arnold family tree that my great aunt did into the computer

get together with long distance friends more often (IV brother - 7/08/08 ) (ridgecrest sister - 5/23/08 )

visit Sharon and Lillian in nc

contact Spirit Hunters about my grandmother’s house

get caine graduated from highschool out of the 8th grade (6/12/08 )

HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND PERSONAL GROWTH

run a marathon

climb mt. everest  or just make it to abc

accept myself

stand up to bullies even when they are related and it would probably make others uncomfortable or even mad

whiten my teeth

stop drinking soda (i give up, i love soda! but i’m gonna keep it on the list and try it again.)

get a chemical peel (or whatever it is that makes your skin brand new!)

learn more about Buddhism

eat healthier FOREVER and not just for a week or 2

get rid of my grey hair

learn tai chi

practice tai chi

meditate

get a new bed

walk on hot coals

PROFESSIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, VOLUNTEER

sit on a jury

pass my foster care home inspection

become a foster parent 6/20/2008

foster my first child

learn spanish and use it

apply to the nursing program

get a nursing degree

own my own business

figure out what business i would like to own

volunteer with red cross (if they’d ever call me back! ugh! i’m calling them again today (6/5) but i’m also thinking of talking to the people at the salvation army to see what volunteer opportunities they have available. the food bank is another option too. but i called them once before and they never called me back either. a pattern? )

CREATIVITY

call for lessons to learn to play the piano

call for lessons for caine to learn the guitar

take voice lessons

write a movie script or screenplay

write a novel

take more pictures

enroll in another pottery class

TRAVEL

go white water rafting

go to canada

visit south dakota

cruise to alaska

go geocaching or letterboxing

go back to carlsbad caverns and see the rest and watch the bats fly out

visit a presidential library

see niagra falls

find big foot in northern california

ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION.

spend the night in a haunted place

get another tattoo

wait in line overnight for a movie opening

find and buy the Jane Eyre movie on dvd with Orson Welles as Mr. Rochester

drink cognac and brandy

be a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

MEDIA

print more of my photos out and display them

put more photos in photo albums

upgrade camera (UPDATE: don’t want to fork over the cash! sort of settled on the Canon PowerShot G9 but now i’m not so sure.)

learn digital enhancement/manipulation of my photographs but make sure my photos are the best they can be and can stand by themselves

COOKING AND FOOD

brew my own beer or wine

AROUND THE HOUSE

redo the all floors in the house

paint-kitchen, dining room, living room

hire a housekeeper

fix up outside entry way to house

recover head board

figure out what to do with all the furniture i’ve collected in my garage

set up the aquarium…with fish

CONSUMPTION AND FINANCES

write my will

buy a new car (preferably with more than one cigarette lighter thingy)