I'm so cheating today. I'm sick, sick, sick. So, here's my list of things I want to do before I die, a la Mo, Dorothy, et al.

Michelle’s Missions

1. See an iceberg

2. See the aurora borealis

3. Kiss the blarney stone

4. Write a novel

5. Get a B.A. (in English so I can teach junior high school)

6. Get an M.A.

7. Get a Ph.D.

8. Attend a Rosemary Clooney concert in NYC.

9. Shake her hand

10. Learn sign language

11. Get a tattoo

12. Get married (I married Stephen in a lovely ceremony on November 1, 2003.)

13. Become fully Catholic (make first confession, communion, confirmation)-completed 4/14/01

14. Dye my hair purple

15. Get my nose pierced (hoop, not stud)

16. Spend the night in a “real” convent

17. Become a foster parent

18. Take an Alaskan Cruise

19. Buy an original Andrew Wyeth painting

20. If not one of his, then a Jamie Wyeth painting

21. Visit a real observatory; stargaze

22. Make a pilgrimage to Graceland

23. Attend a black-tie gala

24. Learn to crochet; make something.(4/29/02-still attemping this. I suck very badly)

25. Visit the Chicago Art Institute; see Seurat’s Grande Jatte in person

26. Tour a penitentiary (I did Alcatraz in 99, but I want to see a CURRENT one)

27. Purchase a brand new car (I am currently agonizing over buying a Hyundai this month-I bought an 01 Hyundai Accent in mid April! Go me!)

28. Visit Birkenau, Dachau, Auschwitz

29. Learn to ride a bike (Stephen taught me to ride my brand new bike in under an HOUR on 6/2/02. It only took me 20 years to learn!)

30. Fly a kite on the Outer Banks, North Carolina

31. Shop at a Lush store in Canada. (completed 6/4/01-Toronto-Yonge St.)

32. Own a dog

33. Experience a day of pampering at a spa

34. Take a trip on Amtrak-(completed April 8-11, 2001-Washington, DC)

35. Look for Nessie in Loch Ness

36. Take a photography course

37. Spend at least one day in Semur en Auxois in Bourgoune again.

38. Visit Middleham Castle in Leyburn, England.

39. Make a quilt

40. Learn to rollerblade

41. Tour the White House

42. Tour the FBI

43. Visit the gynocologist without the aid of tranquilizers (I will be able to do this in May, especially after my surgery this past June. Completed 4/22/02-soon to be its own entry)

44. Throw a coin in the Trevia fountain in Rome

45. Play the slots in Vegas (Stephen and I spent 4 days in LV in March 03. We won 80 bucks at the Venetian after seeing Lord of the Dance!)

46. Learn to drive a stick shift

47. Be a clinic escort at an abortion clinic

48. Live at least one year in a “big” city

49. Visit Anne Frank’s house

50. Take a hot air balloon ride