I'm doing 25 things
charityalonso's Life List
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1. Run A Marathon
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2. Go Skydiving
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3. write a book
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4. learn to fly a plane
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5. Do a triathlon
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6. fly in a hot air baloon
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7. Learn French
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8. Backpack through Europe
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9. ride a vespa with an Italian man
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10. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
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11. Go To Haiti
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12. live abroad for a year
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13. take a boat ride down the nile
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14. Walk the Great Wall of China
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15. fall in love again
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16. Bicycle through cambodia
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17. learn how to make wine
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18. have someone paint my entire body from head to toe
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19. do 100 crunches a day for 100 days
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20. take ballroom dancing lessons
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21. get through college
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22. Learn To Cook Fish So I Actually Want To Eat It
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23. drive VERY fast (200 mph) or faster (on the autobahn??)
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24. Throw a dart into a map and travel to where it lands
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25. run a marathon in every state
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How I did it: I bought tennis shoes and put one foot in front of the other! I had decided that I wanted to start running again, after running 7 years earlier in high school. I used to love running, and I wanted to get back into it. I bought some shoes and started training.About a month later, I went to my first race.This was my first 5k, and I drove 3 1/2 hours round trip to go to this particular 5k..since it was a benefit for Uganda, and I have a… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I did my research and headed to the local bike shop to get measured. Then, instead of spending $500 on a low-level new bike at the cycling place, I went on Craigslist (we lived in a bigger city) and found an extremely nice road bike, that was just my size for $400. It even had tons of bells & whistles. After that, II made friends with some guys from the local cycling club, and they showed me some tricks..to get me started. The next da… Read how I did it…
How I did it: When my husband and I set out to adopt we wanted a baby girl. We found out she had a sister, and adopted her as well. When I got to Africa to pick up my kids, I met a little boy who was dying from heart failure. We made the tough decision to let our baby girl be adopted by another family(everyone wants babies) so that we could adopt this little boy and give him a chance at life.He had heart surgery this past summer, and is healthier than … Read how I did it…
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