Coming home after a week of holidays in my home country (Happy New Year, btw!) I found yet another reminder from Natmag Rodale to remind me that a regular reader like me doesn’t usually lapse the renewal of a subscription (yadeeyadeeya).
I promised myself to try to be more clear and straight-forward this year (no, that’s not really true, but in this particular situation I really did want to), so I sent them a mail – again! – that didn’t really leave any room for misunderstandings.

But to get on a more positive note, I copy-pasted this list from here and decided to give it a go myself… It’s a list of to-dos / want-to-dos (italic) / have-dones (bold) which apparently is circulating in blogolonia, so I can’t leave it undone.

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked (unfortunately no one picked us up, so we ended up calling someone to pick us up anyway *LOL*)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (over and over again…)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (do you need money for that, really?)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (unfortunately for me and for everyone around, except for the guys at my bachelor’s party; they loved me singing I’m a barbie-girl all dressed up…)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud (every self-respecting kid should’ve!)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (hmmm… does a tv commercial count? Otherwise it’ll have to be italic, because I would definitely like to give it a go!)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (I guess this also counts for other kinds of cookies?)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (don’t really have a choice when your better half is a research scientist…)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in a newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone (doh!)
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Ridden an elephant