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- Go on a week long writing retreat
- Go on a cruise
- Visit Alaska
- Visit Hawaii
- Visit Maine
- Get accupuncture
- Find a cure for migraines
- Go snorkeling
- See the Aurora Bourealis
- Go on a week long silent retreat
- Sail a boat
- Blow glass
- Learn a magic trick
- Stand up paddleboarding
- Visit Paris
- Visit Redwood National Park
- Soak in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
- Go to Savannah, GA
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Tour the Japanese Gardens in Kyoto Japan
- Visit cheese places in Wisconsin
- Hike through Glacier National Park in Montana
- Swim in all 5 great lakes (Still need Lake Superior and that will be a cold one)
- Publish an article (done)
- Publish a book (done)
- Sing a solo (done, a few so far)
- Be in a musical as an adult (4 so far)
- Give a workshop – 2 so far (done)
- Get married (done)
- Have kids (done)
- Go tubing (done, not a fan)
- Swing from a rope into a lake (done)
- See a meteor shower (done)
- Walk on stilts (done)
- Go wine tasting (done, multiple times)
- Ride on a motorcycle (done, many times)
- Go on a ghost tour (done)
- Go inside a lighthouse (done, multiple times)
- Get a caricature done (done)
- Tailgate (done, multiple times)
- Be featured on the Huffington Post (done)
- Be on the radio (done, multiple times)
- Go on a luau (done)
- Climb a tree (done, multiple times)
- Milk a cow (done)
- Learn to crochet (learn is a strong word. I kind of did it)
- Eat French and Creole food in New Orleans (done)
- Attend a murder mystery dinner (done)
- Air boat in Florida (done)
- Go cave hiking in Tennessee and Kentucky (done)
- Flip on a trampoline (multiple times)
- Horseback ride in the Rocky Mountains (done)
- Solar Eclipse (done)
- Sing Karaoke (done a few times)
- Learn HTML (done)
- Work on a pottery wheel (done)
- Write a song (3 so far)
- Go to a book signing (2 so far)
- Go to a Renaissance Festival (done)
- Meet Oprah (done – well I ran into her on the sidewalk in Chicago)
- See a ballet (done)
- See the fireworks in Grant Park with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (done)
- Attend a pig roast (done)
- Bake a loaf of bread (done multiple times)
- Make a gingerbread house (done a few times, none were very pretty)
- Shoot a gun (done)
- Take a self-defense class (done 3 times)
- Visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame and stand under the Hollywood sign (done)
- Walk the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado (done – and ran down fast when a sand-storm hit)
- Visited Walt Disney World and Walt Disney Land (done)
- Go on the boat Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls (done)
- Explore the Badlands and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota (done)
- Listened to music at the Grand Old Opry in Nashville (done)
- Visit the Alamo and the San Antonio Riverwalk in Texas (done)
- Visit the museums, White House, Congress, Supreme Court and memorials in Washington D.C. (done)
- Visited the Grand Tetons in Wyoming (done)
- Tour a windmill (done)
- Go camping (many, many times)
- Hiked the Grand Canyon (done)
- Build a house for Habitat for Humanity (done)
- Make a Kiva loan (done)
- Mentor a child (done for many years)
- Climb the Chimney tops in the Smoky Mountains (done)
- Visited Mesa Verde (done)
- Walk the Freedom Trail in Boston (done)
- Cross the Mackinac Bridge and explore Northern Michigan (done)
- See Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park (done)
- Go to a rodeo in Wyoming (done)
- Eat Kansas City BBQ in Kansas City (done)
- Saw a graduation at the United States Navy Academy (done)
- Art Institute and all the other museums in Chicago, Sears tower (done)
- Brandywine Valley (done)
- Charleston, South Carolina (done)
- Colonial Williamsburg (done)
- Devil’s Tower (done)
- Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains (done)
- St. Louis Gateway arch (done)
- Kennedy Space Center (done)
- Lancaster Amish Country (done)
- Monticello (done)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (done)
- San Diego Zoo (done)
