The original bucket List

Long before the movie the Bucket List came out, I made my own bucket list (on my 30th birthday) as I flew from CA to Boston.  I have not changed any items, although looking at the list now, I would like to edit a few...but think that I should leave it as it is.  So far, I have done 44 of them...the rest are a work in progress...

1. Learn to play the saxophone
2. (Visit the Parthenon 9/21/98)
3. (Learn Spanish 7/2/97)
4. Learn American Sign Language
5. Have a 55th birthday
6. Visit Hawaii
7. (Own property 2/16/96)
8. (Own twin puppies 11/22/96)
9. (Be debt free for six months 6/00)
10. Lose my love handles
11. Tell the hot tub installers to “put it over there!”
12. (Be on a talk show 9/16/00 Oprah’s Oxygen)
13. (Wake up in a sleepy English bed and breakfast 9/19/98)
14. Go on an African safari
15. Fly on the Concorde
16. (Overcome my fear of heights 9/05/02)
17. (Look my age 9/96)
18. (Write a book about my life 2/97)
19. (Finish a NY Times crossword puzzle without cheating 1/13/97)
20. (Understand where all my money goes 1996)
21. (Have a passport 10/15/96)
22. Have firm inner thighs
23. Visit every Olympic City
24. (Have a tan 7/4/99)
25. Meet Bette Midler
26. (Sing without making babies cry 7/1/99)
27. Say I’m finished with formal education
28. Turn down cream sauce
29. See the Taj Mahal
30. Scream “Ole!” at a bullfight
31. (Fly first class 5/10/96)
32. Find my godmother, Jan
33. Step foot on every single continent
34. Scuba dive
35. Not be afraid of the government
36. (To able to get legally married 9/8/2004)
37. Be able to sail by myself
38. Drink margharitas in the Carribean
39. Go downhill skiing
40. (Throw pottery 9/2005)
41. (Hang an original piece of art in my house 6/15/96)
42. Learn to hang pictures on the wall -- straight
43. Keep up with my cousin Marsha in her 90 minute high/low class
44. Read all of Shakespeare
45. (Wear a vest without a shirt 8/22/95)
46. Have well defined arms
47. See a cure for AIDS
48. (Understand football 2/02)
49. (Have a manicure 4/25/96)
50. (Have a totally frank conversation with my brother 9/02)
51. (Have my groceries delivered 1/8/00)
52. Not worry about fat grams
53. Eat without spilling on myself
54. (Let people put my address in pen 2/16/96)
55. (Get the salary I feel I am worth 10/14/97)
56. Learn to play the piano
57. Have muscle dimples on the sides of my butt
58. Wear cowboy boots with spurs
59. (Go to the dentist without being told to floss more 9/15/97)
60. (Visit Eastern Europe 9/2003)
61. Row crew
62. (Go to Mardi Gras 2001)
63. (Sleep until 1 p.m. 12/22/96)
64. (Parent 9/2003)
65. Understand the complexities of wine
66. Learn to read music proficiently
67. Have sex at 30,000 feet
68. (Go to a coffee shop where everyone knows my name 2/1/96)
69. Understand women
70. Understand men
71. Go gray before I go bald
72. (Live within my means 1996)
73. (Learn to make sushi 8/7/95)
74. (Tell the carriage driver “The Louvre please.....” 11/8/98)
75. (Use a bidet 7/2/97)
76. See the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall
77. (Learn to stop eating when I am no longer hungry 1/29/99)
78. Not take people for granted
79. Shear a sheep
80. See the Northern lights
81. Understand how my body works
82. (Own a 4-wheel drive truck 5/1/93)
83. (Get a full body massage 9/6/96)
84. Take my shirt off in public without reservations
85. Own a sand colored linen suit
86. Go on a hot air balloon ride
87. (Go on a whale watch 8/7/10)
88. Look good in yellow
89. Sleep on the beach
90. Milk a cow by hand
91. Walk the Great Wall of China
92. (Eat venison 11/6/98)
93. (Have a flower garden 4/1/96)
94. (Look good in glasses 9/13/98)
95. Parasail
96. (Get a tattoo 11/11/95)
97. Live on the water
98. Go white water rafting
99. Have a master bedroom suite
100. (See Mikhail Baryshnikov dance 2/26/99)