- Go to Scotland. (July 9-17, 2005)
- Go to Paris, France. (March 14-24, 2010)
- Kiss someone at the top of the Eiffel Tower. (Katrina, March 16, 2010)
- Go to Disney World when Katrina is 8-years-old. (July 7-15, 2007)
- Visit the Great Wall of China.
- Sky dive! (May 26, 2008, March 2013)
- Bungee jump! (June 4, 2008)
- Ride in an untethered hot air balloon.
- Ride on a ski lift. (March 2004, July 23, 2007)
- Raft the Colorado River.
- Ride a passenger train. (Durango-Silverton Rail, Summer 1996)
- Scuba dive. (Spring of 2015)
- See Mt. Everest.
- Swim with dolphins. (November 2015)
- Climb a mountain. (Loveland Pass, March 2004; Gwanaksan, Fall 2014)
- Learn to cook shrimp like my mother. (August 2009)
- Plant a tree for someone. (For Aunt Debbie, August 2018, Blanco River)
- Find that wheat field from my dreams.
- Be in a movie.
- Get published. (Through the Broken Window, Austin Chronicle, 1998; Elsekind, April 2016; Cherry Squid, June 2017)
- Write a novel. (Summer 2009 -Reprieve; Elsekind, 2014-2016)
- Write a fanfic novel. (Wishes and Regrets, begun April 28, 2005; Anywhere Out of This World;
- Go on a pirate cruise ship.
- Dance on a cobblestone street in Italy. (with Katrina, June 2014)
- Go to Mardi Gras. (February 1994)
- See Pearl Jam in concert. (September 2001)
- See the Foo Fighters in concert. (May 2018)
- See Peter Gabriel in concert. (18 October 2023)
- Visit all 50 states. (States list)
- Meet Robert Smith.
- Visit New Zealand.
- Visit Vancouver. (September 8-11, 2018)
- See the Statue of Liberty. (June 15, 2008)
- Eat a New York hot dog. (Nathan's Hot Dogs, Coney Island, June 16, 2008)
- See a Broadway play. (Spamalot, June 17, 2008; Les Miserables, West End, England, March 16, 2012)
- Sing karaoke. (New Year's 2013)
- See the Leaning Tower of Pisa. (June 2014)
- See Tuscany. (June 2014)
- See the Berlin Wall.
- Go to Barcelona, Spain. (June 2014)
- Fly in a helicopter. (In childhood, at the Winnie Rice Festival)
- Go to outer space.
- See the Sydney Opera House.
- See Ayer’s Rock.
- Visit Stephen King’s house in Maine.
- Ride on the London Eye (March 13, 2012).
- Record one of my Grandmother’s stories. (June-July 2010)
- See Niagara Falls.
- Spend the night in a (European) castle. Airth Castle, Scotland (25 May 2022; it was haunted!)
- Tour a dungeon. (Edinburgh Dungeon, Scotland, July 11, 2005)
- Tour a haunted house. (Myrtles Plantation, March 2016)
- Meet James Marsters. (November 12, 2011 - Austin Comic Con)
- See the Grand Canyon. (Summer 1989, South Rim. June 1996, North Rim)
- See the Golden Gate Bridge. (August 9, 2009, Girl Scouts Trip to San Francisco)
- Explore the Pyramids. (Tulum, Playa del Carmen - July 1995)
- Eat Moroccan food. (Disney World, 1997)
- Fly first class.
- Hang glide.
- Ride in a glider plane.
- See Big Ben (March 2012).
- Visit Tokyo, Japan. (Christmas break, 2014)
- See the Louvre. (March 18, 2010)
- See a cathedral. (St. Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland, July 16, 2005; St. Patrick's
- See the original Starry Night. (Houston, TX, Impressionist Exhibit, January 1, 2005)
- Take a camping/canoe excursion.
- Spelunk a cave.
- Take the Hershey, Pennsylvania, chocolate tour.
- Spend time in a Canadian city. (Vancouver, September 8-11, 2018)
- Take the cross-continental train tour over the Canadian Rockies.
- Go deep sea fishing.
- Take a Mediterranean cruise. (June 2014)
- See the White Cliffs of Dover.
- Ride in the Chunnel.
- Walk across the Royal Gorge.(July 20, 2019)
- See Stonehenge (March 17, 2012).
- See the Parthenon.
- Go to Chichen Itza.
- Watch a shuttle launch. (Or rocket launch, since the shuttle has been retired...)
- Go to the Academy Awards.
- Ride horseback in a trail ride. (October 18-19, 2008 Blue Streak Stables)
- See an African savanna.
- Go Parasailing. (July 3, 2001, Tampa Bay, Florida, with my Mom)
- See Neil Gaiman. 9 May 2022, Austin)
- Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.
- See the aurora borealis.
- Visit Mackinac Island.
- See New England in the fall.
- Explore the Florida Keys.
- Visit a place where we can see whales swimming. (Port of Edmonds, Washington, September 7, 2018)
- Buy the land in Woodville that my Grandfather used to own.
- See Yosemite. (August 9-11, 2009, Girl Scouts Trip)
- See Devil’s Tower.
- Visit the Redwood Forest. (August 9-11, 2009, Girl Scouts Trip)
- Go to Yellowstone National Park. (Summer 2021)
- Take my daughter to a symphony. (February 2016)
- Name a star.
- Sleep in a hammock on a tropical beach. (The Bahamas, Summer 1997)
- Go to Ocho Rios, Jamaica. (November 2015)
- Learn to kayak. (Saturday, May 11, 2008)
- Go to Norway.
- Ride on a streetcar in San Francisco. (August 9, 2009, Girl Scouts Trip)
- Pet a baby tiger.
- Visit every Disney theme park. (I've been to Tokyo DisneyLand and DisneySea, and all of the Orlando Disney parks.)
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