Currently, my husband and I are compiling lists of the 100 things we want, no need, to accomplish before we die. I am only about a third of the way done with my list; not because there aren’t far more than 100 things I want to do before I die-there are-but because I suck at remembering all the things I want to do when I actually get to writing them down. The other day  I remembered that I wanted to learn to ride a horse, so I went to my list to document it only to find that I’d already written it down…twice.

Apparently I really want to learn how to ride a horse.

My list is fairly simple and, quite frankly, not that personal. There are some “big ticket” ideas on there, but most of the things I want to do involve merely signing up for a class or doing some research. I’ve also noticed a pattern of listing very “country-fied” ideas. There’s a farmer in me just dying to get out.

So, without further ado; here is my incomplete list.

1.       Own a bed and breakfast

2.       Operate a goat farm

3.       Learn to herd sheep with my dogs

4.       Start an animal rescue

5.       Live in a foreign country where they don’t speak English for one year

6.       Assist in the birthing of an animal

7.       Stay in a tree hotel in New Zealand

8.       Christen a boat

9.       Champion for mental health issues

10.   Zip line over a canopy in the rain forest

11.   Rent a private island in the Maldives

12.   Renew my vows with my husband yearly (formerly or informally)

13.   Go apple-picking in the fall and make a homemade pie (that’s edible)

14.   Build a fence around acreage that I own

15.   Tour the Eastern Bloc

16.   Muck stables

17.   Take a photography class

18.   Break off a toxic friendship without feeling guilty

19.   Learn to ride a horse

20.   Learn passable Greek and Mandarin

21.   Own my dream home, complete with wrap-around front porch and acreage

22.   Landscape a yard

23.   Complete a successful home improvement project

24.   Go whale-watching in Alaska

25.   Go to the Mütter Museum

26.   Own a pair of classic Christian Louboutin pumps–Update! So, no Louboutin’s yet. But I did buy some Dior’s.

27.   Attend a gala where ladies must wear ball gowns

28.   Go to the big Jones Family Reunion celebration in Wales to meet my kinfolk

29.   Make enough money from this blog to make it a career

30.   Shop at Chloé on Madison Avenue