Thursday, October 9, 2008

"Every man dies, but not every man really lives." ~ Braveheart

List of 51 things to do before I die (don't judge-they're not in order):

1.  X  live in new york city

2. __ get my nursing degree

3.  X  earn a college degree (BGS in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from KU)

4. __ be an extra in a film

5.  X  be a member of an audience in a tv show (2005, "The Daily Show")

6. __ deliver a baby

7.  X  go to Paris (Summer 2006, Winter 2008)

8. __ learn how to take a compliment

9. __ have my portrait painted

10.  X  visit Africa (Mozambique and South Africa: June, 2008)

11. __ get married

12.  __ have children

13.  X  see Radiohead in concert (May, 2008: "In Rainbows' tour)

14.  __  learn to play a musical instrument

15.  __ write my autobiography

16.  X  act in a play on stage (Been in too many plays to count!)

17.  __ visit Tokyo

18.  __ make love in some form a body of water

19. __ be in Times Square for New Year's

20.  X  Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (absolutely freezing. kind of overrated. 2005)

21. __ drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich with my brother

22.  X  __ travel internationally with my best friend (we went to Mexico together, but I want to     take another trip together)

23.  __  visit Sweden with one or more female family members

24. __ look up, contact, and visit someone I'm related to in Sweden

25. X save a life (saved several)

26.  __ visit a rainforest

27. __ see the Pyramids

28. __ read the whole Bible, not as fast as I can; but as deeply as I can-this could take a while : )

29. __ kiss someone

30.  __ tell someone I love them and really mean it

31. X   forgive my father

32. X  forgive Him

33. __ write Her a letter and say i'm sorry

34. __ visit the Holy Land

35. X be a mentor (done, but why stop?)

36.  __ learn a biblical language (Hebrew?  Greek?)

37. __ go to India

38. X volunteer at an orphanage (baby houses, 2008)

39. X build a house with Habitat for Humanity (KC, 2001? and South Africa, 2008)

40. __  have a work of poetry published

41.  X  volunteer my time to help others

42.  X be mentored (done, but why stop?)

43. __ own a MINI Cooper

46. __ be able to pay for a good majority of my kid's college

47. __ stop procrastinating

48. __ become a lady (whatever that word means to me)

49. __ own a home

50. __ live debt free

51. Live everyday in reverence and thanksgiving knowing that i am a child of God.