Life List

Inspired by Mighty Girl.

1.  Adopt a puppy
2. Foster a pit bull
3. Run in the Bordeaux Marathon
4. Explore Ireland
5. Dine at a Michelin star restaurant
6. Go back to school
7. Wear a bikini in public
8. Celebrate my thirtieth year in a truly memorable way
9. Learn to speak French
10. Ride on a zipline
11. Learn to scuba dive
12. Jump out of a plane
13. Raft on the tidal bore
14. Finish reading Ulysses and Don Quioxte
15. Read War and Peace – Loved it!
16. Fly first class
17. Attend a performance of a Beethoven symphony
18. Make a pie from scratch that actually tates good
19. Ride in a hot air balloon
20. Learn to drive without fear
21. Donate blood
22. Go on a whale watching tour
23. Ride a camel
24. Create home-made gifts for my friends and family
25. Volunteer at an animal shelter
26. Try 100 new things – 1. Watched a 3D movie 2. Ate a wasabi pea 3. Walked home through Shubie Park 4. Ate a whole jalapeno pepper 5. Tried a canned oyster 6. Ate at the famous Chicken Burger Restaurant 7. Tasted quince 8. Took a ride on the Harbour Hopper 9. Killed a lobster with my bare hands 10. Visited Grand Desert, NS 11. Ate fish and chips off a truck at Fisherman’s Cove 12. Navigated friends around the twisty roads of Nova Scotia during several long road trips 13. Climbed the rocks at Smuggler’s Cove 13. Visited the Grand Pré Museum 14. Watched the tidal bore come in 15. Went canoeing with my dog and husband 16. Ate at Boondocks Restaurant 17. Attended a dog agility trial 18. Took my dog to Sea View Park 19. Started a flyball class 20. Tried a donair pizza 21. Camped in Pictou County 22. Tried a real donair 23. Made angel food cake (it was a mix, shhh!) 24. Made pumpkin pie from scratch 25. Took video of Shiva chasing birds 26. Tried Muenster cheese 27. Tried a finger-hot pepper 28. Walked over MacDonald Bridge with Shiva 29. Finally watched When Harry Met Sally 30. Took my dog to get her photo taken with Santa 31. Visited the Halifax Seaport Farmer’s Market 32. Fell in love with quark 33. Tried Glen Breton Scotch 34. Tasted fresh honeycomb 35. Sampled mole sauce 36. Devoured grilled halloumi cheese 37. Tried foie gras 38. Was underwhelmed by black truffles 39. Made sushi at home 40. Made oatmeal from scratch 41. Splashed in mud puddles at the age of 28 42. Ate a crab cake 43. Attended Saltscapes Expo 44. Tried Gluten-Free beer 45. Changed my blog design 46. Sat at a table of strangers during a networking event 47. Explored Crystal Crescent Beach 48. Discovered the Salt Marsh Trail 49. Head-butted a Boston Terrier with the scar to prove it 50. Danced on a table 51. Tried pork belly 52. Ate at the Brooklyn Warehouse 53. Explored the sea caves at Ovens Natural Park 54. Tasted my first lobster roll 55. Walked the new trail in Bayer’s Lake and decided it was quite lame 56. Ran a full agility course 57. Participated in an agility demonstration at a dog show 58. Camped on an island 59. Figured out the coding behind social media buttons for my website 60. Ate at Boneheads BBQ 61. Enjoyed grilled eel 62. Tried Oka cheese 63. Attended Integrated Pet Health Expo 64. Tried real Caesar salad 65. Tried escargot 66. Ate at Burrito Jax 67. Ran the 5K in the Blue Nose Marathon 66. Went skating on Halifax Oval 67. Tried flying fish roe 68. Went climbing at OnTree Park 69. Camped at Scotia Pine Campground 70. Ate at Finbar’s 71. Tried Grappa 72. Tried futo maki 73. Joined an agility club 74. Attended swanky party at the Westin 75. Ate at Rudder’s Pub in Yarmouth 76. Had a scallop dinner in Digby 77. Toured Luckett Vineyards 78. Checked out Five Islands Provincial Park 79. Sat on the giant chair at Forchu Lighthouse 80. Sampled rum cake at Rumcake Factory 81. Toured the Georgia Aquarium 82. Attended BarkWorld 83. Wore a wig in public
27. Tip a restaurant server $100
28. Live in a house with a covered porch and sit outside during a rainstorm
29. Play the stock market
30. Make at least two new things from every cookbook I own – Nippy Cheese Bread, Baked Rice Pudding, Buttercream Cupcake Frosting, Blueberry Tarts, Tiramisu Cake, Chicken Parmigiana, Old-Fashioned Rice Pudding, Chocolate Cheesecake, Mascarpone Cheesecake
31. Raise $1,000 for a charity
32. Get over my fear of math
33. Fill my home with photos of friends and family
34. Attend a book reading
35. Compete with my dog in agility
36. Help Shiva pass the Canine Good Neighbour test – Received 10 out of 12, June 2011
37. Spend a night in a fancy and famous hotel
38. Move into a house with a fenced yard
39. Milk a cow by hand
40. Wear my pyjamas all day long during a blizzard
41. Ride on a really big rollercoaster that goes upside down
42. Visit Napoleon’s place of birth
43. Spend a full day in the British Museum
44. Pay homage to Napoleon at Leipzig
45. Stomp grapes at a vineyard
46. Eat sushi in Japan
47. Play five pieces on a musical instrument
48. Visit the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg
49. Watch the sunrise in St. John’s, Newfoundland
50. Visit at least one of the Canadian territories
51. Play blackjack in Vegas
52. Drink beer out of a giant mug at Oktoberfest
53. Go swimming with my dog
54. Grow my hair really long again
55. Swim naked outdoors
56. Have professional family photos taken
57. Identify every country and its capital on a blank world map
58. Cook dinner every night for a whole week
59. Discover a form of exercise I love and look forward to practicing. (And it can’t just be walking!)
60. Walk up and introduce myself to a perfect stranger
61. Build a snowman in our backyard – Snow Bunny!, April 2012
62. Return home for Christmas
63. Make a quilt
64. Finally marry my husband
65. Teach my dog ten new tricks – 1. Bow, 2. Crawl, 3. Play Dead, 4. Find her tail, 5. Wave, 6. Tilt her head, 7. Close a door, 8. Stand in a box, 9. Walk Backwards, 10. Turn in a circle while moving forward (both sides!)
66. Teach my dog ten more tricks. 1. Jump 2. Crawl under my legs 3. Peek between my legs 4. Hide her face with her paw 5. Move backwards while sitting 6. Move backwards while laying down 7. Walkies (Perch-work) 8. Lift her bum up 9. Weave through my legs while walking 10. Pee on it
67. Plant and maintain a wildflower garden
68. Go ice skating on a lake
69. Foster cats
70. Ski a Black Diamond run
71. Take a trip to a new place alone – Atlanta, 2012
72. Buy a hot dog from a street vendor in New York
73. Take a martial arts class
74. Spend the night on a train in a sleep-car
75. Pull all of my books out of storage and put them on shelves
76. Shoot a gun
77. Help run a political campaign
78. Ride on a San Francisco street car
79. Learn to juggle
80. Walk down St. Catherine’s Street in Montreal
81. Go for a drive in a ridiculously expensive sportscar
82. Blow up a balloon
83. Embark on a pub crawl
84. Stand under a waterfall
85. Go backpacking in Kejimkujik National Park
86. Buy a fish from the Seattle Fish Market
87. Attend a music festival
88. Become well read in classic literature 1. Vanity Fair 2. Anna Karenina  3. Lady Chatterley’s Lover 4. Middlemarch 5. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 6. The Turn of the Screw 7. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
89. Perform a perfect cart-wheel
90. Take a trip with my sister
91. Saber a bottle of Champagne
92. Wear all the hats in my closet so that buying them wasn’t a mistake – and I want to buy more!
93. Attend an event wearing a ridiculously large hat
94. Cut my hair pixie-short
95. Change a flat tire
96. Make brioche
97. Sing solo in public
98. Perfect my dog’s recall
99. Build something with power tools
100. Teach my dog how to jump in the air and spin around at the same time
101. Make Angel-Food cake from scratch
102. Make a balloon animal
103. Cheer for someone during the Pumpkin Regatta
104. Self-host my website
105. Get Shiva to perform a handstand
106. Earn some sort of dog training title
107. Train a cat to walk on leash
108. Read Moby Dick
109. Make my own cheese
110. Complete The 13 Project