Friday, February 10, 2006

Dream board/101 things to do

So I was reading Agent's blog, and she had a list of things to do before I die. I haven't thought about this in ages, since I'm kept so busy running around after everyone, but I do want to make a dream board, so I thought this might be a good place to start and to come up with some things that mean the most to me.


This is the original list 101 things to do in the next 1001 days written by another blogger

So like Agent...here are my comments:
1. Go to bar, hang out, drink alcohol by myself and enjoy it – It’s the enjoying bit I have trouble with. I don’t enjoy having to do this by myself, I always feel like a reject.

2. Play laser tag – we have paint ball out in the country, but I can’t ever see myself getting there
3. Get a Professional massage and/or full spa day – done the massage. Would love the day spa

4. Jump on a trampoline – have one in the backyard. It really doesn’t feel the same once you grown up. All your muscles go ‘what the…?’
5. Host dinner party for at least 8 –Does Christmas lunch count? If so done this one
6. Visit a museum and/or art gallery – my Dad used to work at the art gallery of nsw, so I’ve done this, and been to the maritime museum and other museums in Sydney
7. Go to Rein Faire in Full Costume – have no idea what this may be

8. Sleep in a water bed – slept in one for many many years. Finally ditched it because its so hard to breastfeed in one
9. Make note of where I am when my car turns 100,000 miles well 100,000kilometres. I think I was driving to work. Theres now 250,000km on my little car.

10. Visit a planetarium don’t have them here


11. Participate in a wine tasting and/or winery tour done them both at Hunter Valley Vineyards

12. Do a High Tea somewhere – as in scones and jam and tea? Done it but with orange juice as I’m not a tree drinker
13. Play chess – yes but not very good at winning
14. See a Drive in movie – The first movie I ever saw was with Kermit the Frog at the drive in at Caringbah. I think I might’ve seen grease there too. We saw lots of movies at the drive in. Now there’s a supa centre and hardware store there.

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16. Play blackjack at a casino I have no idea how to play blackjack. I am not a betting person. I prefer my money in my pocket

17. Make homemade ice cream done this one lots of times. We used to have a home ice cream machine

18. Try 10 new food (like seafood/etc) – I’ve tried lots of stuff, and love a lot of it. I think I would really need to travel to accomplish this one

19. See a musical – I love seeing musicals, I’ve seen quite a few prior to children and cash flow restrictions.
20. Ride in a taxi – done this one lots of times

21. Have my fortune read – won’t ever be doing this one
22. Go away for my birthday –While I was away for some of my birthday last year, it would be nice to be away on holiday, not at a conference

23. Throw my sister a 40th birthday party – Well I don’t have a sister, but my DH just turned 40 this week and I threw him a surprise party last weekend

24. Vist my fathers grave site –My dad is still live and kicking. I do need to change it to read, visit father. But that also includes an interstate holiday and themeparks
25. Send birthday cards to all siblings, their spouses/children and friends (ie
anyone on Christmas card list) – this is my dream. DH’s Aunt who died last year always did this. I wish I was that organized.

26. Attend my 20 high school reunion (Am I showing my age?) – so that’s in a few years. We haven’t had any reunions yet.

27. Go Christmas caroling – we go to Carol by Candelight. No one roams the streets singing here
28. Get wisdom teeth pulled – done.
29. Get AIDS test –done
30. Ask for a raise – did this, didn’t work!

31. Work on an election campaign – no politics for me thanks
32. Watch or rewatch all moves on AFI top 100 list – err no thanks
33. Create my family tree – working on this one. Much easier said than done
34. Draft a will really need to do this since I have children and all. I have tried. Its really hard to do

35. Collect all 50 US State Quarters (last one might be hard to get in Sept 2008) – Have 26/50…will have to rework this one. I do have some aussie coins.

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37. Go a week without watching television – done, need to do it more often :P
38. Spend one weekend totally unplugged. No TV, No Computer, No Phone – no phone…that’s hard, I’ve done the other two…wait, just a weekend? Oh yeah, been there done that.
39. Fast for 24 hours – only when I’ve been sick

40. Be in audience of a game show or talk show and/or try out for a game show or reality show been in the audience of Autralias Funniest Home Video’s with Graham Kenedy. Also tried out for a game show late last year. I didn’t get on, wasn’t knowledgable enough!

41. Get ear training lessons to be able to hear pitch – no thanks

42. Learn to cook 10 new dishes- I’ve done this how many times?
43. Play with a handbell choir – a what?
44. Do 25 different crossword puzzles can we start? I can’t ever finish them. See above about not being knowledgable enough…
45. Take a Self Defense Class – did that in high school

46. Fire a gun – no thanks
47. Take Ballroom Dancing Lessons – did this in high school too

48. Take real swimming lessons (learn proper backstoke, kick turn) – used to do squad at 5am prior to children

49. Leave to drive a stick shift I can do this. I can also drive a column shift which was my friends parents car when we were 17. They couldn’t drive it or hill start it so I used to drive when we went out

50. Try yoga – done this when pregnant and after baby. Not a good thing when your bits have been stretched everywhere.

51. Take a cake decorating class – I would love to learn how to make those little roses
52. Learn to use chopsticks – Actually I’m pretty darn good with them already
53. Learn to shuffle – I played shuffleboard on a cruise liner when I was young
54. Take a refresher First Aid course – done this one many times
55. Learn how to play pinochle – huh?

56. Try to Ski – water ski and snow ski accomplished
57. Take a spinning class – as in with a spinning wheel? My grandmother used to spin and showed me how when I was little
58. Try Golf – have my own golf clubs, just need the time to use them
59. Buy a new car – 3times already

60. Get hair colored professionally (or highlighted or perm) done
61. Bikini wax – err no thanks
62. Buy a new condo (or house) – done

63. Have Professional Shopper help me pick clothes (maybe 5 outfits?) I would have to go stateside for this to happen, lol

64. Get 5 outfits custom tailored but they can’t ever make them longer can they?
65. Use Peapod for grocery delivery (Once as a treat) err had Woolies shop at home, does that count?
66. Buy myself flowers - done
67. Stay at a bed and breakfast – this would be great!
68. Go to Las Vegas – It’s on the list
69. Go to Austin Texas in the Spring - well I would like to go to Texas, is that the same thing?
70. {Need To Come Up With Something - What was originally here was a duplicate with 82}

71. Shop at the Mall of America – well I would need to find out where this is…
72. Make list of 25 places must visit in CT and do them all – change to 25 places in Australia. Though could probably make it 50 places there’s so much I want to see

73. Stay overnight in NYC – just one night? Not nearly enough
74. Go to Bostonoh yeah!

75. Stay overnight at the Casino – if it was Vegas where else would u stay?

76. Visit the San Diego Zoo missed doing this last time
77. See a live horse race – yes might work on this one this year, even if its local
78. Perform in dance recital or contest – done
79. Watch a sunrise – done, but I need to do it again
80. Watch a Sunset – all the time. Love sunsets

81. Attend a Bonfire – done
82. Take a trip by train done
83. Take a trip by bus – Done
84. Go to Midnight Mass – that would be cool, Christmas Eve might be a fun time
85. Attend Sunrise Easter Service – Sure, why not

86. Give Blood – must do this
87. Volunteer XX hours or events done lots of this

88. Tithe to charities of my choice for a year tithe?
89. Collect and then bring to bank’s free Coinstar machine $1000 in change err need to change this one

90. Participate (not as a volunteer) in a 5K – is this a run? Me thinks not!


91. Go a week without using a computer – I’ve done it. Gone without SS that long too!
92. Get Married – done
93. Participate in a team sport for a season –done
94. Send myself a postcard home whenever I leave town. Make them into a nice scrapbook at the end of this – would need to leave town to do this one

95. Really try to loose weight/get in better shape –e rrr yeah…

96. Tell a boy I love him done!
97. Walk through a corm maize would have to find where they grow corn!
98. Buy GPS system for car. If portable, use to go geocaching – no that’s ok

99. Visit Grand Canyon – wouldn’t that be nice
100. Visit Niagara Falls – again would be nice
101. Attend Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – would need to find where this is

So I'm going to review my list. Get some ideas for my dream board and go from there. I'll get back to you as I progress.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi there. Figured since it was my original list you were referring to - I'd fill in some of the unknowns for you.

{7. Go to Rein Faire in Full Costume } – Renaissance Faire people get dressed up in old English times. (knights and princess kind of thing)

{43. Play with a handbell choir –}
English Handbells - tend to be found mostly in churches.

{55. Learn how to play pinochle – }Pinochle is card game (different deck than poker and the like)

{57. Take a spinning class} – It's a type of exercise class with stationary bikes

{75. Stay overnight at the Casino } Was actualy thinking of the casinos we have on the shore line of Connecticut

{88. Tithe to charities of my choice for a year} tithe means give 10%

{101. Attend Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade} It takes place in New York City.

Glad you enjoyed the list.

Suzanne