Sunday, January 5, 2014
Become a Parent-5/10/13
I gave birth to my son on 5/10/13 after an intense 7 hour labor. It was the most amazing thing I have ever done and I don't believe anything else I complete on my "Things to Do List" will compare. I am amazed by him every single day and I never knew I could love so completely.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
23) Run a Marathon-11/5/11
Completed the Savannah Marathon on 11/5/11 in Savannah, GA with a time of 4:11:45.
93) Get to my ideal weight again-Done 11/11
Not disclosing what this number is, but I am definitely happy with my weight and where I am health-wise.
62) Spend three months getting your body into optimum shape. 08/11-11/11
I started training for my first half-marathon November 2010 and ran the Berry Half-Marathon Febuary 2011. From there I continued running and training for my first marathon. By the time I ran the marathon 11/5/11, I was in the best shape of my life. Now, I have to start training for my next big race to stay in shape!
81) Ride a Mechanical Bull 04/11
Completed in New Orleans on Bourbon Street. I have to say even though quite a bit of alcohol was involved, I was pretty darn good at it. Think I missed my calling.
Update on Things to Do Before I Die
I updated my 100 Things to Do Before I Die list and I will start adding something to the list everytime I mark something off!
1) Go scuba-diving off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
2) Become a parent.
3) Visit Paris and go to the top of the Eiffel Tower. -I didn't go to the very top, but I went to the first landing 5/19/09
4) Go to a real theatre. 5/15/08 Chicago Theater to see "Wicked"
5) Take a hot-air balloon ride. -went on a hot-air balloon ride in Egypt-10/1/10
6) Climb a mountain.
7) Christmas in New York.-12/08
8) Set foot on each of the seven continents 3/7 so far (North America, Europe and Africa)
9) Visit the pyramids. -9/26/10
10) Go whale watching. went whale watching in Boston-8/10/10
11) Visit Machu Picchu.
12) See the northern lights.
13) Visit a museum in London. -visited the British Museum in London-12/31/09
14) Attend the Olympic games.
15) See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre.-5/20/09
16) Try wine-tasting. 11/7/09
17) Float in the dead sea
18) Go on a safari.
19) Walk on the Great Wall of China.
20) Take the Trans-Siberian Express across Asia.
21) Visit the Tower of London.-12/29/09
22) Eat jellied eels from a stall in London.
23) Run a marathon. -Savannah Marathon 11/5/11
24) Send a message in a bottle.
25) Visit Mt. Everest base camp.
26) Hike the Appalachian Trail.
27) See the Niagara Falls.
28) Go to midnight premiere of a movie.-went to the premier of New Moon-11/20/09
29) Cruise down the Nile.-rode overnight on a traditional felucca down the Nile-9/29/10
30) Ride a camel in the desert.-9/27/10
31) Kiss the Blarney Stone.
32) Go kayaking. 8/2/09
33) Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich.
34) See a musical on Broadway.-I did not see a musical, but I did see a show on Broadway-12/16/08
35) Throw a huge party and invite every one of your friends.
36) Swim with dolphins.
37) Skydive.
38) Learn to speak a foreign language and make sure you use it.
39) Go skinny-dipping at midnight in the South of France.
40) Watch the launch of the space shuttle.
41) Be an extra in a film.
42) Read “Anna Karenina” by Tolstoy
43) Give your mother a dozen red roses and tell her you love her.-5/9/10
44) Be a member of the audience in a TV show. --Done, I went to see a taping of Jeopardy.
45) Bake a cake from scratch.
46) See Ani Difranco in concert.-in Nashville, TN-3/5/10
47) Plant a tree. -in Costa Rica-5/21/10
48) Learn to ballroom dance properly.
49) Sit on a jury.
50) Go to Walden Pond and read Thoreau while drifting in a canoe.
51) See the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil
52) Shower in a waterfall.-3/23/08--Didn't take a full shower, but I definately immersed myself in a waterfall at the end of a caving expedition.
53) Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
54) Spend New Year's in an exotic location.-in London-12/31/09
55) Drive across America from coast to coast.
56) Visit an Amish community. 8/22/09
57) Take a ride on the highest roller coaster in the country. --currently the Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ 8/24/09
58) Go wild in Rio during Carnival.
59) Go to Savannah, GA. For St. Patrick’s Day
60) Spend Christmas on the beach drinking pina coladas
61) Raft through the Grand Canyon.
62) Spend three months getting your body into optimum shape. Spent the three months before my marathon getting into the best shape of my life. 08/11-11/11
63) Attend one really huge rock concert.
64) Give to a charity -- anonymously.
65) Lose more money than you can afford at roulette in Vegas.
66) Visit the Holy Land.
67) Go to Auschwitz
68) Learn a new word everyday for a year.-started 6/15/09-finished 6/15/10
69) Stay overnight in a Buddhist Monastery
70) Visit the Pearl Harbor Memorial
71) Milk a cow.
72) Visit Ground Zero in New York City-12/14/08
73) Protest
74) Take an archery lesson
75) Learn to water ski
76) Have coffee on a sidewalk in Paris 5/21/09
77) See Cirque Du Soleil live-2/1/09
78) Camp outside for a week
79) Go to a real Ballet
80) Enroll in a belly dancing class-done in 8/08
81) Ride a mechanical bull-New Orlean 4/11
82) Visit all 50 of the United States- visited 20/50 so far
83) Graduate college-05/15/09
84) Visit a music festival in another country
85) Help with a Habitat for Humanity Home
86) Go to a fashion show
87) Try fire walking
88) See the Acropolis in Greece
89) Watch Casablanca Completed 5/26/08
90) Learn to fly, get my pilot's license
91) Receive my black belt in Tae Kwon Do
92) Eat Chinese food in China
93) Get to my ideal weight again-Done 11/11
94) Volunteer and make a difference
95) Run with the bulls in Spain
96) Become debt free
97) See the Highland Games in Scotland
98) Stay overnight in an ice hotel
99) Drink tequila in a bar in Mexico-11/15/09
100) Ride horseback on a beach
101) Go to Scotland and look for the Loch Ness Monster
102) Give up television
103) Pub hop in Ireland
104) Ride an elephant
105) Partake in a Japanese Tea Ceremony
106) Meet Stevie Nicks
107) Visit the Taj Mahal
108) See Count Dracula's Castle
109) Complete a Triathalon
110) Walk "The Way of St. James" or El Camino de Santiago a religious or spiritual pilgrimage
1) Go scuba-diving off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
2) Become a parent.
3) Visit Paris and go to the top of the Eiffel Tower. -I didn't go to the very top, but I went to the first landing 5/19/09
4) Go to a real theatre. 5/15/08 Chicago Theater to see "Wicked"
5) Take a hot-air balloon ride. -went on a hot-air balloon ride in Egypt-10/1/10
6) Climb a mountain.
7) Christmas in New York.-12/08
8) Set foot on each of the seven continents 3/7 so far (North America, Europe and Africa)
9) Visit the pyramids. -9/26/10
10) Go whale watching. went whale watching in Boston-8/10/10
11) Visit Machu Picchu.
12) See the northern lights.
13) Visit a museum in London. -visited the British Museum in London-12/31/09
14) Attend the Olympic games.
15) See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre.-5/20/09
16) Try wine-tasting. 11/7/09
17) Float in the dead sea
18) Go on a safari.
19) Walk on the Great Wall of China.
20) Take the Trans-Siberian Express across Asia.
21) Visit the Tower of London.-12/29/09
22) Eat jellied eels from a stall in London.
23) Run a marathon. -Savannah Marathon 11/5/11
24) Send a message in a bottle.
25) Visit Mt. Everest base camp.
26) Hike the Appalachian Trail.
27) See the Niagara Falls.
28) Go to midnight premiere of a movie.-went to the premier of New Moon-11/20/09
29) Cruise down the Nile.-rode overnight on a traditional felucca down the Nile-9/29/10
30) Ride a camel in the desert.-9/27/10
31) Kiss the Blarney Stone.
32) Go kayaking. 8/2/09
33) Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich.
34) See a musical on Broadway.-I did not see a musical, but I did see a show on Broadway-12/16/08
35) Throw a huge party and invite every one of your friends.
36) Swim with dolphins.
37) Skydive.
38) Learn to speak a foreign language and make sure you use it.
39) Go skinny-dipping at midnight in the South of France.
40) Watch the launch of the space shuttle.
41) Be an extra in a film.
42) Read “Anna Karenina” by Tolstoy
43) Give your mother a dozen red roses and tell her you love her.-5/9/10
44) Be a member of the audience in a TV show. --Done, I went to see a taping of Jeopardy.
45) Bake a cake from scratch.
46) See Ani Difranco in concert.-in Nashville, TN-3/5/10
47) Plant a tree. -in Costa Rica-5/21/10
48) Learn to ballroom dance properly.
49) Sit on a jury.
50) Go to Walden Pond and read Thoreau while drifting in a canoe.
51) See the Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil
52) Shower in a waterfall.-3/23/08--Didn't take a full shower, but I definately immersed myself in a waterfall at the end of a caving expedition.
53) Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
54) Spend New Year's in an exotic location.-in London-12/31/09
55) Drive across America from coast to coast.
56) Visit an Amish community. 8/22/09
57) Take a ride on the highest roller coaster in the country. --currently the Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ 8/24/09
58) Go wild in Rio during Carnival.
59) Go to Savannah, GA. For St. Patrick’s Day
60) Spend Christmas on the beach drinking pina coladas
61) Raft through the Grand Canyon.
62) Spend three months getting your body into optimum shape. Spent the three months before my marathon getting into the best shape of my life. 08/11-11/11
63) Attend one really huge rock concert.
64) Give to a charity -- anonymously.
65) Lose more money than you can afford at roulette in Vegas.
66) Visit the Holy Land.
67) Go to Auschwitz
68) Learn a new word everyday for a year.-started 6/15/09-finished 6/15/10
69) Stay overnight in a Buddhist Monastery
70) Visit the Pearl Harbor Memorial
71) Milk a cow.
72) Visit Ground Zero in New York City-12/14/08
73) Protest
74) Take an archery lesson
75) Learn to water ski
76) Have coffee on a sidewalk in Paris 5/21/09
77) See Cirque Du Soleil live-2/1/09
78) Camp outside for a week
79) Go to a real Ballet
80) Enroll in a belly dancing class-done in 8/08
81) Ride a mechanical bull-New Orlean 4/11
82) Visit all 50 of the United States- visited 20/50 so far
83) Graduate college-05/15/09
84) Visit a music festival in another country
85) Help with a Habitat for Humanity Home
86) Go to a fashion show
87) Try fire walking
88) See the Acropolis in Greece
89) Watch Casablanca Completed 5/26/08
90) Learn to fly, get my pilot's license
91) Receive my black belt in Tae Kwon Do
92) Eat Chinese food in China
93) Get to my ideal weight again-Done 11/11
94) Volunteer and make a difference
95) Run with the bulls in Spain
96) Become debt free
97) See the Highland Games in Scotland
98) Stay overnight in an ice hotel
99) Drink tequila in a bar in Mexico-11/15/09
100) Ride horseback on a beach
101) Go to Scotland and look for the Loch Ness Monster
102) Give up television
103) Pub hop in Ireland
104) Ride an elephant
105) Partake in a Japanese Tea Ceremony
106) Meet Stevie Nicks
107) Visit the Taj Mahal
108) See Count Dracula's Castle
109) Complete a Triathalon
110) Walk "The Way of St. James" or El Camino de Santiago a religious or spiritual pilgrimage
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Movies of 2010
Breakfast at Tiffany's-5/5
Brideshead Revisited-3/5
Burlesque-3.5/5
Cheri-4/5
Couple's Retreat-3/5
Dinner for Schmucks-5/5
Due Date-4/5
Eclipse-4/5
Food, Inc-5/5
Grown Ups-3/5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince-4/5
Hotel for Dogs-3/5
Inception-4.5/5
Ironman 2-4/5
Me Without You-4.5/5
Megamind-5/5
My Life in Ruins-4/5
Orphan-4/5
Paranormal Activity 2-4/5
Religulous-5/5
Repo Man-3/5
Run, Fatboy, Run-5/5
Sex and the City 2-4/5
She's Out of My League-3/5
Shutter Island-4.5/5
Silk-3/5
The Back-Up Plan-3/5
The Bounty Hunter-4/5
The Box-1/5
The Kids Are All Right-4/5
The Lovely Bones-3/5
Toy Story 3-5/5
Wolfman-3/5
Young Victoria-5/5
Brideshead Revisited-3/5
Burlesque-3.5/5
Cheri-4/5
Couple's Retreat-3/5
Dinner for Schmucks-5/5
Due Date-4/5
Eclipse-4/5
Food, Inc-5/5
Grown Ups-3/5
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince-4/5
Hotel for Dogs-3/5
Inception-4.5/5
Ironman 2-4/5
Me Without You-4.5/5
Megamind-5/5
My Life in Ruins-4/5
Orphan-4/5
Paranormal Activity 2-4/5
Religulous-5/5
Repo Man-3/5
Run, Fatboy, Run-5/5
Sex and the City 2-4/5
She's Out of My League-3/5
Shutter Island-4.5/5
Silk-3/5
The Back-Up Plan-3/5
The Bounty Hunter-4/5
The Box-1/5
The Kids Are All Right-4/5
The Lovely Bones-3/5
Toy Story 3-5/5
Wolfman-3/5
Young Victoria-5/5
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