the hundred


100 things to do before I die (in no particular order)
  1. Scuba Dive the Great Barrier Reef
  2. Scuba Dive in the Indian Ocean
  3. Get Married
  4. Have a family
  5. Buy a house 3/26/2008
  6. Get my dog to be a registered therapy dog 12/23/2007- We passed!!
  7. Go to Greece
  8. Learn Italian
  9. Learn to play the Guitar
  10. Learn to play the trumpet
  11. Take Piano lessons again
  12. Run a half marathon (on purpose - and actually run it)< 4/6/2008 - even though I didnt think I could run it from tendonitis injury, jogged it in 2:52
  13. Learn how to Waltz 9/20/07 - Really liked the Waltz!!
  14. Learn how to Tango
  15. Learn to SwingDance9/27/07 - not our favorite
  16. Enjoy a full day at the spa
  17. Pay off my car
  18. Get a masters degree(started - Fall 2008)
  19. Go backpacking again
  20. Teach my dog fly-ball
  21. Teach my dog agility tricks/skills
  22. Teach my dog to fetch outside
  23. Take a photography course
  24. Have a darkroom
  25. Own a digital SLR
  26. Actually be a supervisor of someone (or a whole team!)
  27. Own a horse
  28. Take more computer programming classes
  29. Teach a class
  30. Read the entire Bible
  31. Go spelunking
  32. Take a cooking class
  33. Learn how to make sushi
  34. Take a wine tasting class
  35. Go back to Italy
  36. Go skydiving
  37. Go to Ireland
  38. Go to Switzerland
  39. Own my own business
  40. Have more than 3 weeks of vacation time
  41. Get certified for Wreck Diving
  42. Get certified for Cave Diving
  43. Be a scuba diving instructor
  44. Go to the Grand Canyon
  45. Own a boat
  46. Go to Australia
  47. Have a garden
  48. Get electrolysis
  49. Own land
  50. Have a vacation home
  51. Beat a video game by myself (no help from people or cheats)
  52. Own a film SLR camera for my darkroom (Rachael)
  53. Get Lasik done
  54. Visit all 50 states(currently have visited 33/50 that's 66%! 1/3 to go!)
  55. Retire Early
  56. Write a song
  57. Climb a mountain
  58. Conquer the mountain bike - with clips
  59. Memorize more Scripture
  60. Learn the Foxtrot9/13/2007
  61. Learn to ChaCha10/11/2007
  62. Finish this list (before Sara does)8/24/2007 (half completed)
  63. Meet my weight goal (thanks Sara)
  64. Live debt free (thanks Sara)
  65. Dive with sharks
  66. Have a much larger and more well organized closet Larger closet as of 03/2008, organized as of 10/2008 (currently no need for a larger closet)
  67. Complete all seven BSF studies
  68. Visit South America
  69. Get a pilot's licence
  70. Get another tattoo (and then that's it!)
  71. Hire a maid
  72. Host a dinner party
  73. Spend an extended time in the Caribbean (longer than a week)
  74. Island hop in the Caribbean on a sailboat (more like a yacht)
  75. Live in the Caribbean
  76. Have a job where I don't sit at a desk
  77. Get and keep at least $1mm in the bank
  78. Set up trusts for my family like Grandad did
  79. Take my family on vacation like Grandad did
  80. Have a better relationship with my dad
  81. Have a better relationship with my brother
  82. See Sara get married
  83. See Melanie get married
  84. See Jeremy get married
  85. Take a flower arrangement class (thanks Sara)
  86. Learn to get up early
  87. Have season tickets to the symphony
  88. Own a fenced yard and a doggie door 03/26/2008
  89. Go to OSU homecoming again
  90. Spiritually influence someones life
  91. Go to Germany
  92. Go to Isreal
  93. Always be able to afford a personal trainer
  94. Go to the horse races
  95. Go to Fiji
  96. Be a member of the audience in a TV show (inspired by someone else)
  97. Get to know my neighbors (inspired by someone else)
  98. Be someone's mentor (inspired by someone else)
  99. Drive the Autobahn (inspired by someone else)
  100. See the history of the Holocaust (concentration camps, meusems, etc)
  101. Invent something useful and patent it (inspired by someone else)
  102. Solve a Rubik's Cube (inspired by someone else) 01/08/2008 - even though Dollar says it doesnt count because I "cheated" by using the instructions, but it still took me forever and tons of do-overs. I am okay with mediocity in the Rubik's Cube department
  103. Fly First Class (Sara)
  104. Eat a cupcake from Sprinkles 10/21/2007
  105. Run a half marathon in under 2:30
  106. Attend the Olympic Games