One of my daily stops on the internet is Maggie Mason's Mighty Girl. Maggie wrote her Mighty Life List - a list of 100 things she hopes to do before her life is over. Back in June she announced that a sponsor had offered to help her cross off 10 things from her list, and she spent the summer doing amazing things - visiting Greece, organized a food fight, and taking tap lessons, among others. Her list, her experiences and her joy of learning and trying new things inspired me to write down my own list. This year I crossed two major things off my life list I kept in my head. In May we went to Alaska and right now I'm sitting here with my feet up on doctors orders as we wait for our baby to arrive.
Here's my Mighty Life List, in no order:
1 Buy a camper and go camping
2 Place flowers at the memorial statue of Stevie Ray Vaughn in Austin, Texas
3 See a Cirque du Soliel show
4 Visit every Province and Territory in Canada
5 Learn to play the drums
6 Have a chocolate tasting
7 Participate (as in run) in a Terry Fox Run
8 Meet in person some food bloggers I "know"
9 Make a Mythic Pasta Dome, from scratch, a la Big Night
10 Go to Churchill and see the polar bears
11 Make a pie with fruit from our garden Done!
12 Learn to make aspic salad for Scott
13 Make at least one new recipe a week Done!
14 Give blood Done!
15 Go to Memphis for barbecue
16 Make a sock monkey
17 Go away somewhere warm for Christmas and New Years
18 Make really good sushi at home
19 Visit Julia Child's kitchen at the Smithsonian
20 See the Great Wall of China
21 Eat at the French Laundry
22 Learn to speak another language
23 Make homemade ice cream and eat it in the backyard on a hot summer day
24 Learn to take better photos
25 Sew a shirt or skirt or pair of pants with my sewing machine
26 Become once again the organized person I used to be
27 Go houseboating
28 Pay off our mortgage early
29 Cook at least 10 recipes out of every cookbook I own Close enough! :)
30 Travel on a train
31 Do the very best job I can as a parent
32 Make cheese
33 Replace the art prints we have up in the house with all original art - paintings and photos
34 Visit Spain
35 Fly a kite successfully Done!
36 See the Northern Lights
37 See Niagara Falls
38 Learn how to tell the doneness of a steak with the "touch" method, rather than my "guess" method
39 Make a pavlova Done!
40 Deep fry a turkey
41 Try Absinthe Removed! Don`t drink any more.
42 Watch the sunrise from a beach Done!
43 Fly First Class on a long (or longish) flight
44 Take a photo of the baby everyday and post online for family and friends to see (don't worry, not here on my blog!) Ongoing, but have been doing it for nearly 7 years, so - Done!
45 Be able to recognize more constellations that the Big and Little Dipper
46 Go on a weekend (or longer) trip where Scott could fish all day/to his hearts content
47 Enter some baking into a fall fair
48 Make Turkish Delight
49 Buy and learn how to use a photo editing program to make our photos look better
50 Take a cooking class and learn something really great
51 Take a trip down the Pacific Highway with Scott and our family, like I did with my parents when I was young
52 Visit New Orleans
53 Go to Las Vegas, get dressed up, have a fancy dinner, then play a few hands of blackjack while sipping cocktails
54 Be able to donate regularly to worthy causes Done!
55 Live more "Green"
56 Set off fireworks on a beach
57 Forgive and forget Done and moved on.
58 Take part in a parade
59 Stick my toe in the Atlantic Ocean
60 Visit Italy
61 Take a cruise to a tropical destination
62 Learn to make towel animals Done!
63 Complete at least 5 craft tutorials
64 Have a day at a spa
65 Go to the Columbia Icefield
66 Have a family portrait taken Done!
67 Try snowshoeing
68 Drive a boat
69 Go on a trip with no predetermined destination
70 Hire a cleaning company to come to the house once a month
71 Have a little black dress or outfit (that I look good in) for dinners or parties
72 Be able to do 20 regular push ups without stopping
73 Decorate a cake with fondant
74 Visit Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks
75 Have a header designed for my blog - Done, by someone else, and then me.
76 Spend a weekend in a cabin with no tv, phone or internet
77 Add the baby to the family tattoo on my arm Done!
78 Volunteer at a mission or church kitchen to serve a Thanksgiving or Christmas meal Done!
79 Try glass blowing
80 Have a margarita tasting - Removed - don`t drink.
81 Make a piece of jewelery (that I would wear in public)
82 Catch (and release!) a fish
83 Go to the Richmond Night Market
84 Read these 10 classic novels
85 Have a movie marathon night and cook food inspired by the movies
86 Take photos in the park with a big bunch (20 or more) of helium balloons as a prop
87 Eat at one of Bobby Flay's restaurant
88 Visit all 5 Great Lakes
89 Go to Oktoberfest in Kitchener
90 Learn to juggle
91 Rent a convertible somewhere warm and drive with the top down
92 Learn an old fashioned card game and have a card night
93 See some of the original paintings of the Group of Seven
94 Stay in a fancy hotel suite for one night
95 See the Bay of Fundy
96 Open a coffee shop/bakery
97 Pay for the groceries of the person behind me in line
98 Take a Tai Chi class
99 Make Spam Musabi
100 Shave my head to raise money for charity
101 Take the Mondo Beyondo class
102 Have a bonfire on the beach - Done!
103 Make paper
104 Take a Belly Dance class
105 Start a charitable foundation
106 Make a handmade toy for The Boy - Done by The Mister
107 Get in shape
108 Try 1 new food a week for 10 weeks (each year)
Dandelion Greens / Lotus Root/ Kalamansi/Sticky Rice Ball
109 Learn to knit
110 Make 50 things out of paper
What's on yours?
Here's my Mighty Life List, in no order:
1 Buy a camper and go camping
2 Place flowers at the memorial statue of Stevie Ray Vaughn in Austin, Texas
3 See a Cirque du Soliel show
4 Visit every Province and Territory in Canada
5 Learn to play the drums
6 Have a chocolate tasting
7 Participate (as in run) in a Terry Fox Run
8 Meet in person some food bloggers I "know"
9 Make a Mythic Pasta Dome, from scratch, a la Big Night
10 Go to Churchill and see the polar bears
12 Learn to make aspic salad for Scott
15 Go to Memphis for barbecue
16 Make a sock monkey
17 Go away somewhere warm for Christmas and New Years
18 Make really good sushi at home
19 Visit Julia Child's kitchen at the Smithsonian
20 See the Great Wall of China
21 Eat at the French Laundry
22 Learn to speak another language
23 Make homemade ice cream and eat it in the backyard on a hot summer day
24 Learn to take better photos
25 Sew a shirt or skirt or pair of pants with my sewing machine
26 Become once again the organized person I used to be
27 Go houseboating
28 Pay off our mortgage early
30 Travel on a train
31 Do the very best job I can as a parent
32 Make cheese
33 Replace the art prints we have up in the house with all original art - paintings and photos
34 Visit Spain
36 See the Northern Lights
37 See Niagara Falls
38 Learn how to tell the doneness of a steak with the "touch" method, rather than my "guess" method
40 Deep fry a turkey
43 Fly First Class on a long (or longish) flight
45 Be able to recognize more constellations that the Big and Little Dipper
46 Go on a weekend (or longer) trip where Scott could fish all day/to his hearts content
47 Enter some baking into a fall fair
48 Make Turkish Delight
49 Buy and learn how to use a photo editing program to make our photos look better
50 Take a cooking class and learn something really great
51 Take a trip down the Pacific Highway with Scott and our family, like I did with my parents when I was young
52 Visit New Orleans
53 Go to Las Vegas, get dressed up, have a fancy dinner, then play a few hands of blackjack while sipping cocktails
55 Live more "Green"
56 Set off fireworks on a beach
58 Take part in a parade
59 Stick my toe in the Atlantic Ocean
60 Visit Italy
61 Take a cruise to a tropical destination
63 Complete at least 5 craft tutorials
64 Have a day at a spa
65 Go to the Columbia Icefield
67 Try snowshoeing
68 Drive a boat
69 Go on a trip with no predetermined destination
70 Hire a cleaning company to come to the house once a month
71 Have a little black dress or outfit (that I look good in) for dinners or parties
72 Be able to do 20 regular push ups without stopping
73 Decorate a cake with fondant
74 Visit Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks
76 Spend a weekend in a cabin with no tv, phone or internet
79 Try glass blowing
81 Make a piece of jewelery (that I would wear in public)
82 Catch (and release!) a fish
83 Go to the Richmond Night Market
84 Read these 10 classic novels
85 Have a movie marathon night and cook food inspired by the movies
86 Take photos in the park with a big bunch (20 or more) of helium balloons as a prop
87 Eat at one of Bobby Flay's restaurant
88 Visit all 5 Great Lakes
89 Go to Oktoberfest in Kitchener
90 Learn to juggle
91 Rent a convertible somewhere warm and drive with the top down
92 Learn an old fashioned card game and have a card night
93 See some of the original paintings of the Group of Seven
94 Stay in a fancy hotel suite for one night
95 See the Bay of Fundy
96 Open a coffee shop/bakery
97 Pay for the groceries of the person behind me in line
98 Take a Tai Chi class
99 Make Spam Musabi
100 Shave my head to raise money for charity
101 Take the Mondo Beyondo class
103 Make paper
104 Take a Belly Dance class
105 Start a charitable foundation
107 Get in shape
Dandelion Greens / Lotus Root/ Kalamansi/Sticky Rice Ball
109 Learn to knit
110 Make 50 things out of paper
What's on yours?
16 comments:
You have some terrific things on your mighty list. Would be fun to think about a list on my own.
You're biggest task is ahead though... Good luck girl!
What a great list! Very creative. I share a few of them. The hardest is the forgive and forget!
Thanks Lien!
Natashya - the most fun part will be seeing which ones will get crossed off! :)
and yes, the forgive and forget is the hardest......that one may never get crossed off.
I'll be there for #6 and I would love it if everyone shaved their heads to raise money for charity!
Amazing list- I have made Spam Musabi,and it is worth doing! I will meet you for a Cirque show as well, and you don't need a camper to go camping (we use a tent or cabin!)
Deborah - we tented for years, I want to camp in style! :)
Awesome awesome list. I have done about 15 of the things on your list. So interesting to see what we have in common. Shaving my head for charity is definitely one of them.
"Learn to make towel animals" is rad. I'm so glad you made a list! And a cute baby.
wonderful list! think i'm inspired to make my own too :)
Thanks for sharing!
(found your blog online and loved it! :))
-Sally
from Singapore
OK, I hope this doesn't sound super-creepy, but I saw your list linked from Mighty Girl and we have a lot of the same things on our list (making a timpano a la "Big Night" is on mine, too!) I also am so glad to learn about Bonnie Slotnick cookbooks - I had never heard of that place, but I think I could get into a LOT of trouble in there. Anyway, I live in Austin and I love to cook, too. If you can get yourself (your family is welcome, too!) to Austin, you can crash in my guest room for free and I will personally drive you to the Stevie Ray Vaughn statue and then maybe we could try the timpano thing together (or go to a day spa? or try absinthe? or make pavlova? or take a cooking class? or a chocolate tasting? or give blood? - like I said, I LOVE your list!) Also - funny - I have a 12-year old guitar playing son named Stevie who might even be convinced to play you a song (I have a computer-programming husband and a piano-playing 14-year old daughter, too). Email me at Lara@Stevegibson.com or check out my blog at www.feedyourkids.com if you're interested. I haven't posted my full list yet, but I'm still working on it. I look forward to hearing from you.
PS - My mother-in-law owns a GREAT organic farm here in Austin, too. Check it out: www.boggycreekfarm.com
PPS - My husband and I love to play cards, too.
Ok so. Like Lara Gibson above, I hope this isn't creepy. I started a life list a la Ms Mason as well, and sometimes I google 'life lists' just to scrounge for ideas. And I started reading yours and it had themes similar to mine, but then all of a sudden it has 'See northern lights' and 'go snowshoeing' and 'spend a day at the spa' and 'fly a kite' which I ALSO have and so I just needed to say Hi and also, TWIN BRAINS!
Mine is here http://ontheintarwebs.blogspot.com/.
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