Day Zero

I was introduced to this project by Ray, and was inspired to start my own list.  Some of these are the suggestions that the site offers, and some are my own goals.  But all have to be completed by May 30, 2013.  Not all of the goals have to be new things.  In fact, there are a number of things on this list I have done before, but would like to do again.

1. Assemble an emergency kit for the house 

2. See Niagara Falls 

3. Go on a rafting trip 

4. Make homemade sushi 

5. Bake a souffle 

6. Go to see an Opera 

7. Document one month of my life in photographs 

8. Go hot air ballooning 

9. Make a list of my 25 best qualities 

10.  Watch all of Audrey Hepburn's movies 

11.  Go electronic free for a weekend (no cell, tv, internet, computer) 

12. Learn to say 'hello' in 15 other languages 

13. Climb to the top of a lighthouse 

14. Turn off my phone for 24 hours 

15. Meditate once a week 

16. Get a golf lesson by a pro 

17. Eliminate all clothing that does not currently fit 

18. Take a pole dancing class 

19. Try a new recipe each month 

20. Eat 5 things I've never tried before 

21. Visit a state I've never been to before 

22. Influence a person to make a day zero list 

23. Learn how to take a compliment 

24. buy a condo 

25. Write a list of 100 things that make me happy 

26. Send in a postcard to PostSecret (I've done this once already, but want to do another)

27. Crash a wedding 

28. Go horseback riding (it's been years)

29. Go kayaking 

30. learn to sail

31. Back up all my music and pictures

32. Go to Disney World

33. Learn to play three pieces on the ukulele 

34. Listen to 26 bands I've never listened to starting with each letter of the alphabet 

35. Go laser tagging 

36. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years 

37. Buy an amazing bed 

38. Get a hot stone massage 

39. Change my name for a day and do things I wouldn't normally do 

40. Take a cooking class 

41. Become financially stable (almost there, baby!)

42. Learn some basic sign language

43. Get a psychic reading

44. Make my own wine

45. See a shooting star and make a wish

46. Go to LA (other than the airport)

47. See 10 classic movies I've never seen

48. Go to an NBA basketball game

49. Pay for someone else’s food behind me at the drive-thru

50. Become CPR certified

51. Watch all the movies I am ashamed to say I haven't actually seen, though often pretend I have

52. Visit a national park

53. Lose 25 pounds

54. Visit Napa Valley

55. Learn the Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” dance

56. Take a road trip with friends

57. See a movie alone

58. Make a list of 101 things that I don't ever want to do again

59. let a guy pursue me

60. Watch a movie in 3D

61. Save a 6-month emergency fund

62. Design and name a cocktail

63. Watch all of the Godfather movies

64. Listen to Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

65. Play in the snow

66. Go on a spontaneous roadtrip

67. Visit Sea World

68. Sing in the shower

69. Go out dancing

70. (REDACTED- you don't get to know everything, kiddos)

71. Drink beer at noon on Tuesday in a bar that faces a giant car wash

72. Dance in the rain

73. Try Chatroulette

74. Attend the midnight premier of a movie

75. Learn to say thank you in 10 languages

76. (REDACTED)

77. Live by myself for a year

78. Wear fake eyelashes 

79. Give a 100% tip 

80. Act like a tourist in my own town 

81. Go on a road trip to at least 5 different states 

82. Visit Savannah, GA 

83. Grow a bonsai tree 

84. Try and finish 5 ideas from Instructables 

85. Help raise money for a cause that will not benefit me in any way 

86. Go rafting 

87. Try 5 new cocktails 

88. Go on a hike 

89. (REDACTED)

90. learn to be more patient 

91. Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor 

92. Don't complain about anything for a week 

93. Find out my blood type 

94. Write all my bad memories on paper, burn this paper afterwards 

95. Put change in someones expired parking meter 

96. Expand my vocabulary by 100 words 

97. read at least 5 classics I claim to have read 

98. have Starbucks only once per week for a month 

99. Stay off IM all day at work for 1 day per week 

100. Sell something on eBay 

101. Go to a firing range