The List

Okay, I am sure you have all seen a list come around by email, or seen other sites where people make a list of the 100 things they want to do in their lifetime. Maybe making a list and putting it out there as a reminder will help motivate me to cross some of them off. So, here is what I have come up with for a list so far. It's not a 100 things, it's not even 20 things I have added a couple so it is up to 20 (I combined a few because they will all get done at the same time)... but it's a start. If I start crossing off a bunch of these, I'll work on adding to the list. Or maybe you can give me some more ideas to add to my list. Leave me a comment with things that are or would be on your list.

Some of these are huge, some should be easy.
Things to do before I go...

1. Retire early, and have enough financial security to enjoy it
2. Rent a Villa in the French Countryside for a week or longer
3. Learn to speak a foreign language and vacation in a country where I can use that new skill
4. Spend a month in Italy
   1. See the Sistine Chapel
   2. Gondola ride in Venice
5. Run a 5k race
6. Give more to charity (not very specific, I know)
7. See a World Series Game at Yankee Stadium (or whatever they decide to call the new stadium)
8. Visit the Statue of Liberty Accomplished Sept 14^th 2008
9. Visit the monuments in Washington D.C.
10. Camp in the Grand Canyon
11. Drive cross-country… and enjoy it this time.
12. Vacation in Australia
13. Vacation anyplace that looks like this
    
14. Picnic in Central Park
15. See the northern lights
16. Go bungee jumping
17. Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich
18. Spend Christmas / New Year's in an exotic location (maybe that photo in #13)
19. Drive a Cobra (not a mustang, but replicas count) Accomplished June 16th when my mid-life crisis arrived.
20. See a game in all of the American League Baseball parks
    1. Camden Yards - Baltimore Orioles
    2. Comerica Park - Detroit Tigers
       
    3. Angel Stadium - Los Angeles Angels
    4. Fenway Park - Boston Red Sox Accomplished April 25th 2009
       
    5. Kauffman Stadium - Kansas City Royals
       
    6. Oakland Coliseum - Oakland A's Accomplished a long time ago August 25th 1991
    7. Rogers Centre - Toronto Blue Jays
       
    8. Metrodome - Minnesota Twins
       
    9. Rangers Ballpark - Texas Rangers
    10. Tropicana Field - Tampa Bay Rays
        
    11. Progressive Field - Cleveland Indians Accomplished May 29th and 30th 2009
    12. Yankee Stadium - New York Yankees We've been there once or twice
    13. U.S. Cellular Field - Chicago White Sox
    14. Safeco Field - Seattle Mariners