“There is fun to be had” Dr. Seuss
Things to do…
[“Bucket List” does not seem appropriate]
1. love better
2. finish collecting the works of e.e. cummings
3. finish climbing machu picchu
4. invent a board game
5. run the Honolulu marathon
6. [as I have already done this alone] take Joseph horseback riding along the beach, ibiza
7. swim|float across the Bosporus Strait
8. teach my [future] children french
8. choose a country, learn its language and culture
9. learn to interpret body language
10. learn to pray in Hebrew
11. go to the Havana international jazz festival
12. go snorkeling in a shipwreck
13. cliff dive14. swim with sharks
15. visit the wreckage of the titanic
16. go fire walking17. go whale watching
18. join PETA
19. mush a dog sled
20. run with the bulls
Visit/See:
21. Galapagos Islands
22. Amazon Rainforest, South America
23. Serengeti, Tanzania
24. Belize Barrier Reef
25. Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain
26. Basillica di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy
27. Kiyomizu Temple in Japan
28. Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
29. The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
30. St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican, Rome
31. The Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia
32. Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, France
33. Auschwitz
Paintings to see:
34. “The Elevation of the Cross”, Peter Paul Rubens, Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
35. “Luncheon of the Boating Party”, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
36. ”The Madonna with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist”, Raphael, Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
37. ”The Scream”, Edvard Munch, National Gallery, Oslo
38. finish island hopping the Caribbean
39. wear sumo wrestling outfits and wrestle my husband
40. visit the Chauvet Cave located in the Ardèche département, southern France.
41. visit coney island and eat a hot dog
42. visit Hearst castle
43. meet my Hearst relatives [yep. we’re related]
44. attend oktoberfest in Bavaria, Germany
45. attend Carnival in Rio
46. attend the Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalio, Philippines
47. attend mardi gras in New Orleans
48. participate in La Tomatina
49. learn how to fly a kite
50. keep bees
51. learn glass blowing
52. build a doll house
53. grow prize winning roses
54. take up a craft
55. become a collector
56. watch the American film institute’s 100 funniest movies
57. attend the Cannes file festival
58. release any feelings of inadequacy
59. join toastmasters
60. meet the president of the United States
61. obtain a Papal Blessing
62. get out of debt63. become financially literate
64. invest in commercial real estate [with Joseph]
65. purchase bonds for [any] future children
66. sponsor a child through private school, grade K - 12
67. go on a shopping spree
68. shop at harrods, London
69. become a member of an exclusive club
70. go on our honeymoon that keeps getting postponed
71. have children, however God brings them.
72. witness and be present at significant moments in my husband’s and [future] children’s life
73. pass on family heirlooms to children
74. celebrate 50th wedding anniversary at a St. Timothy’s mass in laguna niguel, CA. Exactly how we met on 10.6.10
75. treat my future daughter|son|brother|sister in-law far better than I have been
76. design and build our home in Carmel, CA
77. help my mother retire
78. spend a week at a silent retreat
79. find inner peace
80. attempt/complete all the lessons in ‘a course in miracles’
81. attend a native american sweat lodge ceremony
82. heal my past
83. take up yoga
84. take up and continue with bikram yoga
85. drink or bathe in Lourdes water
86. read the Bible in full
87. join green peace and fulfill contract
88. build a habitat for humanity home with group89. make loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries through www.kiva.com
90. donate clothes I no longer use to a battered women’s shelter [and continue to do so]
91. turn Crusade Catholic Bookstore into a non-profit
92. cater dinner for 20+ friends and family
93. cater dinner for 20+ strangers
94. be a spectator at the scala of Milan
95. be a spectator at NY fashion week
96. attend the super bowl97. prepare a meal with black truffles
98. prepare a meal using the Hangi method
99. try raw sugar cane
100. shoot my own thanksgiving turkey
101. see “the radio city Christmas spectacular”, rockettes
102. go to the lighting of the Christmas tree in rockefeller center in november
103. watch the new year’s eve fireworks over Sydney Harbor, Australia
104 . go to roswell, new mexico and look for UFO’s
105. develop my intuition
106. quit a job I hate
107. go to a Greek wedding
108. be a member in the audience of a tv show
109. participate in a pillow fight flash mob
110. attend a murder mystery dinner
Phrases to say:
111. quick, follow that car
112. you cant fire me, I quit113. ive been kicked out of better places than this
114. you’ll never find anyone as good for you as I am, to believe in you as much as I do or love you as much! (“The Way We Were)115. frankly, my dear, i dont give a damn
116. a martini. shaken, not stirred.
117. mediate for 20 minutes a day, every day for a year
118. learn a new word every day, for a year
119. cross a country on a bicycle
120. visit a ‘real’ blues bar in Chicago
121. shake hands with someone who has actually changed a country
121. meet and marry the one.
