Inspired by Maggie Mason, I'm putting my (evolving) life list out there. I'll cross them off as I go. Starting with 50, and working my way up from there.
- Visit New York City for Christmas
- Attend Fallas in Valencia
- Publish a cook book
- Record my own songs
- Record some ukulele covers
- Learn to play the autoharp
- Cross the Nullabor by train
- Buy a holiday house
- Plant (and maintain) a vegie garden
- Go on a cruise
- Visit Melbourne with my daughter
- Publish my Grandfather's stories
- Take my husband to dinner at Tetsuya's
- Sit for a painted portrait
- Get a portrait painted of my children
- Buy something (anything) from an grown-up toy shop
- Ice a cake with proper fondant icing
- Sing karaoke in another language (other than English)
- Watch the Tour de France with my Dad. Preferably live.
- Train a dog with Calm Assertive Energy
- Get another tattoo
- Worship at a Quaker service
- Digitise all our CDs
- Make zucchini ice-cream
- Make my children photo albums and recipe books/boxes when they leave home
- Get a pedicure
- Make a toast at a loved-one's wedding
- Restore a vintage caravan
- Get a design plan drawn up for our garden and make it happen
- Print with my Print Gocco
- Make cheese
- Take a campervan trip around Tasmania
- Go on a last-minute (Friday arvo) weekend away
- Frock up and go to the ballet
- See a solar eclipse
- Order a meal in French in France
- Fund a Kiva loan
- Participate in a flashmob
- Do an entirely hand-made Christmas that doesn't suck
- Plan a mystery trip for someone else
- Give blood
- Take my kids fishing
- Bake 7 types of Christmas cookies one year (Scandinavian stylee)
- Host a jam/pickle swap
- Join a book club
- Learn that crazy hand-clapping sequence that Jane knows
- Design a fabric and have it printed
- Become a Justice of the Peace
- Spend a whole day at a day spa
- Own and run a cafe
- Sing impromptu harmonies with a busker
- Fly long-haul business class
- Visit the National Tally Room on an election night
- Qualify and register as a civil celebrant
- Make a sourdough starter and keep it alive for at least 6 months
- Speak at a national conference
- Speak at an international conference