My To Do List

In the process of cleaning up the house, I found an old piece of paper that had been folded many many times, it had holes in the fold, and the ink was almost worn away.  

It was a To Do List that I started way back when. Given some of the items on it, it was started when I was a cute little kid at Lindisfarne North Primary School.  

I have added to it over the years, but not recently. It hasn't seen the light of day for years, I didn't even know I still had it. It was stashed inside a book, that I was about to giveway.

I think at one point it was going to be 100 things to do, but I never added anything past 59.

1. Get Scuba certified
2. Ride a camel (I did this at Ayers Rock and at the Pyramids in Egypt)
3. Pyramids at sunrise or sunset
4. Hot chocolate and croissant in France
5. Drink a pint of Guiness at a pub in Ireland
6. Go on a multi day kayaking trip
7. Hike the overland track
8. Blow bubbles off the Sydney Harbour Bridge
9. Learn to roll a kayak
10. Be conversational in another language. Greek? French? (At one point French, Spanish and Japanese. I wish I had continued to study languages and actually become fluent in a second language)
11. Live in a foreign country for a year (I lived in Japan for a year, England for 3, Mexico for just under a year, and Canada for 15)
12. Set foot on all seven continents
13. Stand on the Great Wall of China
14. Stand in the Taj Mahal
15. Ride the Rails - Trans Siberian Express
16. See the ballet in St Petersberg
17. Give $100 to a busker
18. Live in a house with a view of the ocean
19. Wear a fancy dress and hat to the Melbourne Cup
20. Go parasailing
21. Attend a service at Westminster Abbey or St Pauls Cathedral (Both were Christmas Eve services)
22. Roast a chicken
23. Sleep in a tree house
24. Adopt a wombat or a penguin
25. Run a half marathon (The Victoria 1/2 in 2003, Disney World 1/2 in 2005 and Disneyland 1/2 in 2006)
26. Learn to use my camera
27. Spend a night on the Great Barrier Reef
28. Fly a plane (who knew that one day I would marry a pilot)
29. See a Broadway show in New York
30. See a musical in London
31. Buy a christmas decoration from the Christmas Markets in Germany
32. Sing do rei mi on the Sound of Music steps
33. Eat sushi in Japan
34. Ride on a double decker bus and in a black cab in London
35. Drink a stein of beer and eat a pretzel at Octoberfest in Munich
36. Cheer loudly for Aussies at a Summer or Winter Olympics (live, not on TV) Barcelona 92, Lillehammer 94, Sydney 2000 as a spectator and Vancouver 2010 as an employee
37. Learn to do a flip turn
38. Design a piece of jewelry
39. Dance to a Mariachi Band in Mexico
40. Have champagne and chocolates for breakfast
41. Ride the Matterhorn in Disneyland
42. Buy a house
43. Ride a horse along the beach
44. Write $1000 cheque to charity
45. Go skinny dipping in the ocean
46. Sew an outfit and wear it in public
47. Knit a jumper
48. Use chopsticks on a regular basis
49. Get my driver’s license
50. Swim with stingrays
51. Get my ears pierced
52. Watch fireworks on Sydney Harbour
53. Stand up on a surfboard
54. Step foot in every State and Territory
55. See the Aurora Australis
56. Visit all 4 World Centres - Olave House (London), Sangam (India), Our Chalet (Switzerland),  and Our Cabana (Mexico) Olave House no longer exists but I did visit in 1984, Pax Lodge is now the World Centre in London, and I have also been there. The only World Centre I have not visited is Sangam in India
57. Earn my BP and Queens Guide Award
58. Meet my pen pals in real life. Heather in England, Jenny in US, Scott in Brisbane and David in Goulburn. Heather and David I lost contact with before I finished high school, Jenny is now Jen and I still keep in touch but I have not seen her since she spent a year at primary school with me, I met Scott and his family in 1988 but have since lost touch with.
59. Learn to walk in high heels

 

I can't believe I've never had champagne and chocolate for breakfast.  I know I've had champagne, and I've definately had chocolate for breakfast but not together!