I'm doing 33 things
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2 months ago
Start date: 9.19.09
ruthready's Life List
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1. See the Northern Lights.
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2. Play the banjo in a band
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3. Grow corn.
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4. Make wine.
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5. Write thank-you cards.
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6. Pull up the carpet.
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7. Write a letter.
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8. Finish the back porch.
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9. Learn Italian.
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10. Live in Italy for a month.
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11. Live in the Greek islands for a month.
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12. Paddle the White River from the dam to Mountain View, in one trip.
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13. Go hang-gliding.
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14. Stay in a castle.
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15. Walk across England via Hadrians Wall.
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16. Renovate an old house.
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17. Build my own cabin.
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18. Go to a language immersion school.
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19. Put my pictures into albums.
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20. Volunteer for something.
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21. Build a really great tree house.
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22. Be an extra in a movie
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23. Get my teeth whitened.
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24. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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25. Make a movie from my old travel pictures.
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26. Loose weight.
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27. Go to a fortune teller.
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28. Go around the world, again.
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29. Build a personal web site.
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30. Quit drinking for one month.
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31. Write a book.
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32. See a ghost, or talk to somebody who has died.
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33. Get a sailboat.
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: Fly to Cairo. Go downtown to the where all the buses are. Get in a minivan that claims it is going to Giza. When it drops you off, wander around a bit until you attract attention and then ask where the pyramids are. Decline the offers from the 12 year old boys for personal tours. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I've been around the world twice. Being an American, the thought of doing this never occurred to me until I meet an Australian friend who was on a year long sabbatical. I immediately started saving my money. I was just out of college and lucky enough to have parents willing to let me live with them rent-free. A year later at the age of 24, I bought an around-the-world ticket and was off on a solo 6-month adventure.… Read how I did it…
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Well, I always wanted to do this, but it became a necessity when I had to go on chemo. Nevertheless, it was still pretty cool.
