Here's To Life.: 5 apr. 2011

Holy shit!

100 Things I Want To Do Before I'm 100

1.) Give birth. (I could just say I want to be a mother, but I wanted to make it clear that I actually want to experience giving birth...oh, and I want to do this at least 4 times!)

2.) Teach someone about the gospel and help them join the LDS church.

3.) Publish something. A novel. A memoir. A poem. Anything!

4.) Learn how to play a song on the piano.

5.) Wear a fancy dress to a fancy play. The dress should
probably be black...and sparkly!

6.) Help design and build my own home.

7.) Go to every single temple in the entire world. Yes, Nathan and I will do this...we've gone to 4 so far!

8.) Get my master's degree.

9.) Get my PhD.

10.) Have a huge party to celebrate my 75th wedding anniversary with my husband.

11.) Attend a high school reunion.

12.) Go on a cruise. A Disney cruise, preferably.

13.) Be on T.V. (Even if I'm just in the background waving!)

14.) Shake the prophet's hand.

15.) Ride an elephant!! This idea just came to me, but it automatically became a must :)

16.) Do temple work for my ancestors.

17.) Paint a picture.

18.) Win an award or contest.

19.) Learn how to sew something.

20.) Visit church history sites with my family.

21.) Get a cute golden retriever puppy!

22.) Have flat abs...not like a 6 pack or anything...but something bikini-worthy! ha ha ;)

23.) Hear my first child say "Mama" for the first time.

24.) Have nice furniture. I know this may sound superficial, but I just really want it!

25.) Have a library with a ladder. Yes, like on Beauty and the Beast.

26.) Meet a celebrity.

27.) Get a picture taken of me, my husband, and all our kids in front of a fireplace wearing matching sweaters.

28.) Give a speech somewhere important.

29.) Get a church calling in the Young Women's program.

30.) Get a church calling for Girl's Camp.

31.) Pay for a random stranger's groceries or meal at a restaurant.

32.) Own more than 15 pairs of shoes.

33.) Eat dinner at the Space Needle.

34.) Own a pair of real pearls.

35.) Vacuum in those pearls.

36.) Teach high school English.

37.) Love all of my students.

38.) Swim with the dolphins.

39.) Go to Sea World.

40.) Go to Disney World.

41.) Be on The Price is Right!

42.) Go on field trips with my kids.

43.) Own a nice car.

44.) Witness a miracle.

45.) Have a great student teaching experience.

46.) Sleep in a hammock.

47.) Eat a coconut from a palm tree.

48.) Go snowshoeing.

49.) Go kayaking.

50.) Go rock climbing.

51.) Win a game of Monopoly.

52.) Start a Scrabble team at school.

53.) Bench press more than 110 pounds (my personal best from high school).

54.) Scrapbook.

55.) Start a vegetable garden.

56.) Catch a butterfly.

57.) Lose 10 pounds.

58.) Ride a gigantic roller coaster.

59.) Take a yoga class.

60.) Read the Bible in its entirety.

61.) Read The Book of Mormon again. And again. And again.

62.) Be a trophy wife :)

63.) Teach my pets a trick.

64.) Teach college.

65.) Own multiple homes.

66.) Serve a senior mission with Nathan.

67.) See all my sons serve missions.

68.) See all my children get married in the temple.

69.) Be a grandmother.

70.) Be a great grandmother.

71.) Have straight, white teeth.

72.) Go on a romantic vacation with just Nathan.

73.) Live in Washington.

74.) Own an iPod.

75.) See my family genuinely happy.

76.) Be sealed to my parents.

77.) Stand under a natural waterfall.

78.) Have long hair again.

79.) Reach the "Expert" level on my Scrabble computer
game :)

80.) Learn how to fish and catch a fish.

81.) Have a bunch of cash and throw it up in the air. I will
seriously do this someday.

82.) Kiss Nathan under the Eiffel Tower.

83.) Ride a riding lawnmower.

84.) Get a dozen roses.

85.) Be able to fit into my wedding dress after I've had all my children.

86.) Have sons and daughters.

87.) Memorize the Joseph Smith History and recite it a needed moment.

88.) Go to every state in the United States.

89.) Teach for understanding.

90.) Eat Italian food in Italy.

91.) Smash one of our old cars with a big huge machine!

92.) Win a prize at the fair.

93.) Go to Africa.

94.) Never get a speeding ticket.

95.) Keep friendships with my close friends throughout my
entire lifetime.

96.) Always be as much in love as Nathan and I are right now.

97.) Give my grandma her first great granddaughter.

98.) Support Nathan in his goals and ambitions.

99.) Make a difference.

100.) Live to be a happy, active 100-year-old woman!

Here's To Life.

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5 aprilie 2011

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