My List

Maggie over at Mighty Girl started a little list. She's inspired more than a few people, myself included. I've been writing out this list for a few months and I've already been able to scratch a few things off. It feels good. Very good. 

100 things I want to do in my life. In no particular order.

1.  Have more children

2.  Become a midwife.

3.  Master pie crusts

4.  Spend one year in Israel

5.  Learn to knit sweaters for my girls

6.  Write my grandmother’s story

7.  Go sailing

8.  Create a workable household budget

9.  Take a vacation with just my husband. Anywhere. Before the children are in college.

10. Write a blog

11. Plan a weekend away with my best girlfriends

12. Build a Habitat for Humanity house

13.   Attend a film festival

14.  Dance again

15. Take a cooking class

16. Complete the fast on Yom Kippur

17.  Make a quilt for Alyce and Shira to share on the couch

18. Visit a haunted house

19. Get a dog

20. Go to Greece with my mum

21.  Learn a group sport

22. Take Alyce to her first dance class

23. Visit the Museum of Natural History in NYC

24. Learn Hebrew

25. Bake my own bread every week

26.  Learn how to take a great photo with a great camera

27. Take a first-aid class for kids

28. Get a bicycle

29. Help my girls prepare for their Bat Mitzvahs

30. Walk somewhere every day

31. Live in NYC

32. Keep a small garden alive for an entire season

33. Get that root canal done that I’ve been avoiding

34. Find a babysitter and go on long date with Matt

35. Learn how to can things like jam and tomato sauce

36. Take a sewing class

37.  Attend a fabulous party

38. Rent a house on the beach with lots of friends and children

39.  Join a CSA

40. Attend a writing retreat

41.Visit a good nutritionist

42. Eat French food in France

43. Attend the Final Four with Matt

44. Paint some furniture red

45. Run a 10K

46. Learn Talmud

47. Have a picnic once a week between May and August

48. Eat Italian food in Italy

49. Attend a regular yoga class

50. Create a birthday list so that I never miss the birthday of someone I love

51. Fly a kite

52. Sew a dress for all the girls in our house (myself included)

53. Explore castles and churches in England with Nicola

54. Learn to make tortellini from scratch

55. Find a the perfect pair of boots

56. Take my children to the ocean

57. Host a fabulous dinner party

58. Learn to speak French again

59. Plant a garden filled with tulips

60. Volunteer my time with mothers-to-be and mothers who need some extra help

61. Attend a concert in Central Park

62. Take a wine tour in France
63. Paint a mural
64. Find a way to make beans so delicious that Matt will eat them
65. Teach Alyce and Shira how to ride a bike
66. Build a tree house
67. Develop a yoga practice
68. Learn to cook with hot peppers
69. Spend time on a farm
70. Take a road trip with just Alyce
71. Take a road trip with just Shira
72. Take a road trip with just Matt
73. See Regina Spektor play live
74. Hang my pots from the kitchen ceiling
75. Find the perfect breakfast tea
76. Write a poem
78. Visit Amsterdam
79. Prepare for my own Bat Mitzvah
80. Read Harry Potter to my girls
81. Make ice cream
82. Swim in the Mediterranean
83. Overcome my fear of spiders
84. Then visit a rainforest
85. Write a letter to everyone who is important to me and tell them how much I love them
86. Learn to play chess
87. Volunteer at a museum
88. Make a Sunday brunch ritual
89. Read ten biographies
90. Organize my recipes
91. Take a drama class
92. Spend an entire day at a spa
93. Find the perfect black dress and pearls
94. Go apple picking
95. Win a costume contest
96. Climb a tree
97. Save for rainy day
98. Spend an entire day in bed
99. Stand in a waterfall
100. Say thank you everyday

Do you have a list? If so, post a link in the comments. I'm a bit of a Nosy Parker.