Life List

In April of 2004, I wrote a "Life List" at the encouragement of my senior english teacher. The following are the 101 things I listed, without editing: (XX marks the things I have done / Xx marks the things I have done but would like to do more or again / x marks the things I am currently working on).

1. Graduate high school XX
2. Get my young women in excellence award XX
3. Graduate college XX
4. Get married (to the BEST!) in the temple XX
5. Keep a temple recommend throughout my life x
6. Raise a family
7. Serve in the Relief Society Xx, Primary, and Young Womens
8. Design the interior of my own home
9. Have a clean and organized house x
10. Make my bed everyday x
11. Keep up on my kids' histories/scrapbooks
12. Stay best friends forever with Buggie-Boo (my sister) x
13. Be a motivational speaker
14. Go on an LDS mission with my husband in my later years
15. Study the entire standard works Xx
16. Read ShakespeareX, PlatoX, AristotleX, DickensX, Thoreau, RosseaeuX, Hemingway, TwainX, Talmage, Longfellow, Keats, PoeX, Bacon, and Emerson
17. Complete an extensive college reading list
18. Read the biographies of Gordon B. Hinckley, Marjorie Hinckley, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Mozart, Van Gogh, Einstein
19. Write my own autobiography
20. Write and publish a book
21. Write for a newpaper Xx
22. Memorize the planets, church presidents, US presidents, 50 hymns, 100 scriptures, The Proclamation to the World, the names of bones and organs in the body, and the countries of the world
23. Learn about botany x
24. Study ancient Mayan and Aztec peoples
25. Learn about my ancestors (names and stories) Xx
26. Become familiar with compositions of BachXx, BeethovenXx, MendelssohnXx, LisztXx, Repighi, Stravinsky, Toch, Tchaikovsky Xx
27. Play Chopin on the piano
28. Learn to play 25 hymns on the piano
29. Learn to Waltz well
30. Become a proficient photographer
31. Obtain extensive cooking skills Xx
32. Learn to cook cuisine Xx
33. Become a zucchini expert and learn how to cook zucchini bread, zuchinni pancakes, and zuchinni chocolate chip cake XX
34. Obtain extensive sewing skills
35. Design and wear a piece of clothing
36. Become crafty and thrifty x
37. Learn to cut hair XX
38. Learn to drive a stick shift Xx
39. Learn to administer first aid XX
40. Learn sign language
41. Volunteer for the American Cancer Society or other notable organization Xx
42. Donate money to a worthy cause Xx
43. Peer mediate
44. Teach a class Xx
45. Become a responsible voter x
46. Thank all my leaders, teachers, or anyone who has had an influence on me x
47. Meet a prophet
48. Meet a president
49. Meet a queen
50. Sell one of my paintings
51. Sculpt something
52. Work in a flower shop
53. Work in a bookstore
54. Waitress at restaurant
55. Appear on T.V. Xx
56. Teach workshops
57. Open and manage store
58. Be an assistant nurse or do some other kind of service for clinically ill children Xx
59. Become a child's best friend Xx
60. Grow a garden XX
61. Save a life
62. Save a soul x
63. Witness a miracle XX
64. Visit Japan XX
65. Visit Fiji
66. Visit Jerusalem
67. Visit Europe XX
68. Visit New Zealand
69. Visit Australia
70. Visit China
71. Visit Africa
72. Visit Spain
73. Stay over a month in Switzerland
74. Go on a service mission to Africa or S America
75. Visit all the temples in the U.S. x
76. Swim in the Great Salt Lake Xx
77. Swim in the Atlantic Ocean
78. Swim in the Pacific Ocean Xx
79. Hike in the Grand Canyon
80. Sleep under the stars in the mountains for a week
81. Go to all my high-school reunions
82. Give blood and not cry
83. Participate in a triathalon
84. Have a regular exercise program throughout my life x
85. Maintain my ideal body weight throughout my life x
86. Do 10 pull-ups
87. Jump the wake on a wakeboard
88. Ride a horse bare back XX
89. Scuba-dive
90. Sky-dive
91. Hang-glide
92. Ride a motorcycle by myself
93. Swim with dolphins
94. Learn how to catch and gut a fish XX
95. Milk a cow
96. Wash a horse Xx
97. Help build Zion
98. Get stranded somewhere with my husband
99. Kiss in the rain XX, in front of the sunsetXX, while eating PopsiclesXX, on the Eiffel tower, in the middle of the WX soccer field, in an echoing tunnel, in the woods, in a treeXX, in an igloo, during a romance movieXX, in the complete darkXX, and underwaterXX
100. Never be an old fogey--build chocolate milk bubble blowing towers, sculpt turtles out of butter, jump in puddles and run around my neighborhood singing at the top of my lungs even when I'm 60 x
101. Live to be at least 83. x