Bucket List, or Mighty Life

No, I didn't see the movie.  I might throw it in the Netflix queue, but that pretty much insures I'll never see it.  Probably when it's on HBO some afternoon when I'm folding laundry I'll catch three quarters of it.  Maggie over at Mighty Girl has dubbed the concept Mighty Life, I think that sounds a little better.

I like the idea of a list of things that I have my heart set on accomplishing prior to my demise at the ripe old age of 103. 

In no particular order:

1. Grow old with my husband, complete almost everything on this list with him by my side.
2. Recruit 30 agents in one year for my company
3. Publish a book.  Doesn't matter what kind of book-children's, cookbook, best selling Pulitzer Prize winning novel-just want to see it with my name on it.
4. Visit all of the National Parks in the United States, get my passport stamped in each one.
5. Visit all 50 states, enjoy a meal in each with someone I consider a friend.
6. Visit India
7. Visit Europe, preferably for at least a month, immersing myself in everyday life in a small village
8. Conquer my fear of heights with an outrageous act
9. Learn to speak Spanish fluently
10. White water raft down the Colorado River
11. Stay up all night watching a meteor shower in the desert
12. Eat a double mozzarella pizza at Pizzeria da Michele
13. Master a DSLR camera
14. Go on an African Safari
15. See a California Condor in the wild
16. Participate actively in "The Big Year"
17. Photograph Ayeres Rock from sun up to sunset.
18. Go whale watching
19. Organize a genuinely fun, well catered family reunion with gracious accommodations.
20. Hold a newborn grandchild
21. Visit the Galapagos Islands
22. Visit Stonehenge
23. Walk the Great Wall of China
24. Live debt free
25. Spend a night in the Ice Hotel
26. Completely design and custom build our retirement home with my husband-somewhere on a lake
27. Finish my college degree
28. Win a blue ribbon at the State Fair for one of my baked goods
29. See a live performance of Vivaldi's Concerto in D, preferably outdoors on a blanket with an incredible bottle of wine and a flawless meal
30. Donate enough to build at least one house for Habitat for Humanity
31. Attend a film premier
32. Enjoy a weekend of incredible food in the French Quarter
33. Drive the Pacific Coast Highway in a luxury convertible
34. Drink a mint julep while wearing the one hat that doesn't make me look like an idiot at the Kentucky Derby
35. Learn to eat with chopsticks
36. Stay in the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island
37. Watch the Naga Fireballs on the Mekong River
38. Find my old friends from junior high school in North Carolina
39. Spend a few nights in this tree house hotel.
40. Walk through Central Park in the springtime
41. Get through my Amazon Wish List while I can still appreciate it
42. Celebrate New Year's Eve in grand fashion somewhere exotic
43. Scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef
44. Enjoy an evening of music at the Sydney Opera House
45. Kiss my husband while riding in a gondola going under the Bridge of Sighs at sunset while the bells toll
46. Cultivate my own variety of a flower
47. See the Northern Lights in Alaska
48. Spend an entire week in Chicago, exploring the museums by day, eating fabulously by night
49. Have enough money to surprise my family with outrageous acts of kindness
50. Acquire a well organized and complete musical library