<p>I hope a thread like this doesn’t exist already. If it does, oh well, this thread will be a short one.</p>
<p>What are some things folks here would like to/have already done/think others should do in their lifetimes?</p>
<p>Some things I have never done, but would like to do is ride an elephant (and, no, not in a zoo or animal park!), drive from one side of the US to the other, skydive, ride a hot air balloon, and see all the 7 natural wonders of the world in person (I’ve only seen one).</p>
<p>Write down your financial information, computer passwords, location of safe deposit box, etc etc.!!! I know two recent widows who are in the dark on their own finances. One husband died suddenly, but one fought a long battle with cancer and really truly should have done this before he passed away. Sorry to hijack, but this has been on my mind lately.</p>
<p>Missypie, I just wrote Will, Trust, Living Will, etc. Even changed house title to be in Trust. It was on my mind for a long time. I still need to figure out a long term health care plan.</p>
<p>If I could have wishes fulfilled, I’d travel. I’ve always wanted to see Vietnam, Japan, China, Austria, Italy,…</p>
<ul>
<li>Quit a job I hate (this will be getting checked off quite soon)</li>
<li>Find a job I love</li>
<li>Win a campaign for someone</li>
<li>Be the boss, because I know I’d be a heck of a lot better at it than some of the bosses I’ve had.</li>
<li>Get my masters degree</li>
<li>Get an apartment that is covered by less than a week’s pay</li>
<li>Learn to speak arabic</li>
<li>Take dance lessons</li>
<li>Learn to scuba</li>
<li>Parasail</li>
<li>Take a road trip with no particular destination, and eat at all the hole in the wall restaurants.</li>
<li>See the world (how generic)</li>
<li>Surf in Panama</li>
<li>Ride Horseback through Mongolia</li>
<li>Go on an African Safari </li>
<li>Dive the Great Barrier Reef</li>
<li><p>Climb a Volcano</p></li>
<li><p>Live</p></li>
<li><p>Love</p></li>
<li><p>Lose it all</p></li>
<li><p>Take it all back.</p></li>
</ul>
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<p>Crossed off:
<p>The only one thing on my list - D. graduates from Med. School (she is still UG), everything else ever on my list has been accomplished, including having grandchildren.</p>
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<p>Oh, I seriously doubt that!</p>
<ul>
<li> write a novel (and get it published if possible)</li>
<li> record a CD (and get it distributed if possible)</li>
<li> earn a PhD in a subject I love, without regard for job prospects</li>
<li> work as a teacher</li>
<li> take an extended time off from all obligations, just to meditate and contemplate my place in the Universe</li>
</ul>
<p>I was afraid it would be short because I was not certain as to whether or not this type of thread was made previously.</p>
<p>reunite with friends and family that I haven’t seen in years;
complete a family tree to pass on to my kids;
quit the job I hate and find a job that I love;
find a way to afford a house on the ocean;
welcome some grandchildren into the world if my kids choose to have kids;
enjoy some golden years with the love of my life.</p>
<p>Visit China, India and Australia
See all of Shakespeare’s play
Design my own house</p>
<p>I would like to see a snow capped mountain. Maybe sit in a nice chair outside, bundled up in a warm blanket with some hot chocolate or a cup of coffee. And just gaze at a snow capped mountain.</p>
<p>spend enough time in NYC to see every play and musical that I want to see</p>
<p>spend at least two consecutive weeks in:
Barcelona
Florence
Paris</p>
<p>visit China, India, Thailand, Russia and Vietnam with a nice, knowledgable guide</p>
<p>write a book, perhaps about some female anscestor in the 19th century</p>
<p>be guided through a sushi bar with someone to help me figure out what I would like</p>
<p>visit Machu Pichu</p>
<p>find five white wines and five red wines that I love and know by name</p>
<p>get my ovens fixed so my baked goods turn out right again</p>
<p>serve as a delegate to the DNC</p>
<p>figure out what to do with all these digital photographs</p>
<p>to do:
<p>I’ve done a fair amount… the one thing I will mention is experiencing Auschwitz and Birkenau in person. Probably one of the more powerful experiences you can have.</p>
<p>Wow, impressive lists. </p>
<p>I’d like to attend a live taping of Prairie Home Companion in beautiful downtown St Paul, MN.
That’s about it. Some dreams are bigger than others, I guess. : )</p>
<p>1) Get to a point with French and Spanish where I can communicate comfortably when we travel
2) Visit all seven continents
3) Retire with enough time and money to continue to enjoy my family and my life
4) Live (for a while, anyway) in a major city</p>
<p>I’m making a playlist.</p>
<p>I’d also like to have a family trip that lasts at least a week,finish my yard and visit a country besides Canada or Mexico.</p>
<p>due to current events in our families …</p>
<p>1) Be a much better and loving mate
2) Be a much batter and loving parent
3) Be a much better and loving sibling
4) Be a much better and caring friend
5) Be a much better and caring coach</p>
<p>and everything else will follow</p>
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<p>Oh me, too! That really needs to be a sooner rather than later becuase Garrison is 16 years older than I am…if I wait until I retire, it may be too late.</p>
<p>1) live well </p>
<p>fini</p>
<p>-Converse fluently in French (I am oh-so-close, but not quite there)
-Live in a beach house I had customed designed (or remodeled)
-Tour Scandanavia (including having a drink in an ice bar)
-Spend 6 months touring Europe
-Leisurely tour the US, especially the western half
-Visit as many national parks as I can (the Grand Canyon and Vermillion Cliffs are top of my list closely followed by Yellowstone)
-Hug a giant redwood tree (well, lean against one, anyway)
-Watch my grandbabies grow up and have them come to stay with me every summer</p>
<p>I may not get to St.Paul, but Garrison still tours & he is going to be in the fabulous Paramount theatre in Seattle in early spring.
( tickets not on sale yet)</p>