My Life List
Welcome To My
‘List Of Things To Do Before I Die’
If you think you’d like to assist me in crossing something off of this list, please get in touch!
Check out these posts if you’re interested in reading about the items I’ve already crossed off.
This list will be added to over time until it reaches 1,000 things
1. Stop biting my nails
2. Visit the Toronto Zoo
3. Hold a spider (of the non-poisonous variety)
4. Teach a workshop
5. Reach my goal size
6. Do 5 chin ups
7. Run a 5K marathon
8. Plant a garden
9. Take photography classes
10. Volunteer for a good cause
11. Fire walk
12. Make myself a koi fish teapot
13. Learn a second language
14. See New York City
15. Backpack across Australia
16. Fit into my pin-stripe skirt
17. Use all my tile scraps to create something beautiful and unique
18. Learn glass blowing
19. Become a life coach
20. Spend a day naked outdoors
21. Write a book
22. Teach myself to pee standing up
23. Learn to roller blade
24. Take belly-dancing lessons
25. Touch a giraffe
26. Hike The Appalachian Trail
27. Ride a camel
28. See the pyramids
29. Learn to kayak
30. Go whale watching
31. Take my kids horseback riding
32. Go white-water rafting
33. Visit Norway
34. Scuba dive
35. Coach at Choices
36. Try deep-sea fishing
37. Go to Disneyland
38. Own my own coffee shop/bakery
39. Ride on an actual train
40. Send a message in a bottle
41. Take tango lessons
42. Learn to play a musical instrument well
43. Ride in a hot-air balloon
44. Attend a really huge rock concert
45. Fast for 3 days
46. Camp in a tent by myself for (at least) 1 night
47. Eat something really bizarre (like animal testicles)
48. Pilot an aircraft
49. Get my motorcycle licence
51. See the Great Wall of China
52. Have a pet ferret
53. Sell my art to a stranger
54. Drive a Dodge Viper
55. Have a pet dove
56. Visit a monastery
57. Eat bread and cheese in Paris
58. Visit Stonehenge
59. Walk through the Historic District of Quebec City
60. Visit Prince Edward Island
61. See the Moai of Easter Island
62. Give money to a cause I feel strongly about
63. Write my will
64. See Stomp perform live
65. Try surfing
67. Donate blood
68. Attend a Gay Pride Parade
69. Taste Foie Gras
70. Go to Vegas
71. Donate bone marrow
72. Keep tree frogs as pets
73. Go to a Drive-In movie theatre
74. Visit Thailand
75. See Cirque Du Soleil live
76. Have a food fight
77. Buy a sport bike
78. Take pole-dancing lessons
79. Steal someone’s lawn gnome or animal trinket and take it on vacation with me. Complete with it’s own website and lots of photos of it doing tourist stuff
80. Play paintball
81. Go to a spa for a massage
82. Take my mother on a trip back to Singapore, just the two of us
83. Sleep in a hammock for a night
84. Try welding
85. Ride in a limousine
86. Make out in a library
87. Buy fresh produce at a farmers market
88. See the Grand Canyon
89. Spend a day in Bangkok
90. Visit the Parliament Building in Ottawa
91. Tour The Louvre
92. Take a road trip across Canada with friends
93. Witness the birth of a child (yes I’ve had two of my own but you can’t really ‘watch’ with all the screaming and pushing)
94. Spend an afternoon drifting in a small boat and reading a fantastic book
95. Save up and buy a really good digital camera
96. Watch leatherback sea turtle babies hatching and then heading for the sea
97. Meet someone with my first name (not an easy task since it’s a rare name)
98. Play poker at a casino
99. Order a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne
100. Buy an old character home and completely renovate it
101. Get the fourth tattoo I have planned (a symbol of my marriage)
102. Go up to the observation deck of the CN Tower
103. Make my Great-Grandmothers fudge recipe (by myself, no assistance, which is harder than it sounds)
104. Grow my own vegetables
105. Build a fountain/pond in my back yard
106. Buy a bicycle
107. Learn how to change the oil in my vehicle
108. Live near an ocean
109. Bake homemade bread
110. Finish my kids First Year scrapbooks
111. Learn to snowboard
112. Sell my pottery
113. Take my kids to a water park
114. Ski the Alps
115. Take a wine tour
116. Eat at the revolving restaurant in the Calgary Tower
117. Go to the Niagara Ice Wine Festival
118. Get the third tattoo I have planned (for my children)
119. Take a girls-only vacation to Mexico
120. Get the tribute tattoo I have planned (for my Grandfather)
121. Walk through ByWard Market in Ottawa
122. Make food for the homeless
123. Go sailing
124. Become totally debt-free
125. Tour the National Arts Center
126. Get a passport
127. Renew my wedding vows in some eccentric way/location
128. Learn American Sign Language
129. Become a massage therapist
130. See The Rideau Canal Waterway
131. Have my own pottery studio
132. Take a ride in a Gondola in Venice
133. Spend the night some place haunted
134. Experience Canada Day in our nation’s capital
135. Visit Quebec
136. Ride a dog sled
137. Read A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
138. Visit New Brunswick
139. Spend at least a weekend in Tofino camping with friends
140. Successfully grown a plant from a seed that came from a fruit that I have eaten (like a lemon or mango)
141. Visit Newfoundland and Labrador
142. Cook pheasant
143. Hike up the side of a volcano
144. Go snowmobiling in the mountains
145. Visit Nova Scotia
146. Read Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
147. Go to a bee farm, eat honey directly from the hive
148. Visit the Yukon
149. Touch a glacier
150. Visit the Northwest Territory
151. Learn to use Microsoft Excel
152. Own my own skidoo
153. Visit the Nunavut Territory
154. Make steak tartar
155. Prepare a dish that incorporates truffles
156. Tour the Museum Of Civilization
157. Work at Starbucks
158. Spend a night at the Banff Springs Hotel
159. Get a manicure
160. Learn how to make paper
161. Teach my kids to downhill ski
162. Eat at Susur
163. Make soap from scratch
164. Go for a hot stone massage
165. Eat at a restaurant owned by a celebrity chef
166. Make my own candles
168. Tour a brewery
169. Watch the Changing of the Guard at Parliament Hill
170. Have dinner with Jack at The Rainbow Room in New York City
171. Ride a double-decker tour bus
172. Go to Caribana in Toronto
173. Read The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe
174. Publish a children’s book
175. Spend a weekend in Ottawa without my kids
176. Have poutine in Montreal
177. Live on a different continent for at least a year
178. Work at a library/bookstore
179. Celebrate New Years Eve in Times Square
180. Host a fancy cocktail party
181. Read Life of Pi by Yann Martel
182. Work as a bartender
183. See James Blunt in concert
184. Start a club or organization
185. Take Jack to Radium Hot Springs
186. Drive a sea-doo
187. Read Marriage: A History by Stephanie Coontz
188. Make Christmas dinner all by myself
189. Learn to play chess
190. Buy an iPod
191. Start my own cake-making business
192. Watch The Passion Of The Christ movie
193. Take tap dancing lessons
194. Go on a trip alone
195. Swim with dolphins
196. Send a postcard to PostSecret
197. Decorate my entire house exactly the way I want it
198. Throw someone a big surprise party
199. Create a big piece of art for my home
200. Lay in a field at night and look at the stars (either alone or in good company)
201. Read The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
202. Go to a Taste Of [Insert City Name Here] event
203. Take an afternoon tea with friends at a little tea shop (large hats and broaches are required attire)
204. Be part of a flash mob
205. Stand on the equator
206. Take my kids to the jungle (I promised my son that I would)
207. Spend Chirstmas Day on the beach
208. Attend a demonstration
209. Complete the Monopoly Board Pub Crawl in London
210. Try riding a unicycle
211. Visit the World’s Largest Pysanka
212. Go to a swingers/sex party
213. Learn to make glass beads
214. Have sex in a public bathroom
215. Photograph zebras in Africa
216. Have sex in the rain
217. Climb the Mayan Ruins
218. Dive for pearls in the Persian Gulf
219. Ride a zip line
220. Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
221. Have a MFM threesome
222. See the Blue Man Group perform live
223. Watch all of the Star Wars movies in a row
224. Build my own bondage furniture
225. Take erotic photos professionally
226. Visit the Viking landing place in Newfoundland
227. Boil eggs in the natural hot springs of Mt. Fiji
228. Learn tribal drumming
229. Have my fortune told
230. Try archery
231. Ride a mechanical bull
232. Eat vegan for a month
233. Make homemade ice cream
234. Stay awake from Friday morning to Sunday night
235. Experience life in a third world country
236. Visit the SPAM museum in Minnesota
237. Go to Burning Man
238. Build my very own dot.com website
239. Eat according to the 100 Mile Diet for at least a month
240. Eat raw for at month
241. Go two weeks without using a computer
242. Give $100 to someone in need
243. Spend a night in the Ice Hotel in Sweden
244. Float in the Dead Sea
245. Slow dance under the stars
246. Watch the entire Lord Of The Rings Trilogy in one day
247. Drum with the Dragon Ritual Drummers
248. Visit Canada’s Wonderland
249. Attend part of Pride Festival in Toronto
250. See the Chinese Lantern Festival in Toronto
251. Eat at Tantra Restaurant in Miami (it has a grass floor)
252. Visit the Tiger Temple in Thailand
253. Learn Poi and become proficient enough to do Fire Poi
254. Go to a Full Moon Partyin Koh Phangan
255. Visit the BioDome in Montreal
256. Play in public at a Kink party
257. Eat a bug
258. Hang out at Foufounes Electriques
259. Receive a bouquet of Shasta Daisies
260. Collect a jar of star sand
261. Have lunch at The Red Tea Box
262. Be part of a Polar Bear Dip
267. Take home a pastry from Dufflet
268. Swim from Alcatraz to the main land
269. Make a podcast
270. Do at least one vlog post (video blog)
271. Ride the GO Train
272. Learn to play tennis
273. Try outdoor bondage
274. Trade spouses with someone for a weekend
275. Give up fast food for 6 months
276. Make a wedding cake for someone
277. Ride a segway
278. Have hot wax poured on my naked body
279. Send a message via carrier pigeon
280. See a ballet performance
281. Meet Padme in person
282. Participate in a triathlon
283. See the World’s Largest Penguin
284. Bet on a horse race
285. Throw a ‘Politically Incorrect’ party
286. Send someone flowers or a gift anonymously
287. Go to the Opera
288. Participate in a Pagan celebration/ritual
289. Throw a Kink Play party
290. Have a coffee with Daryl
292. Ride a horse on the beach
293. Take a photo of Chicago from the Skydeck of the Sears Tower
294. Have a grown ups pajama party
295. Make jam from scratch
296. Watch all of the Harry Potter movies in a row
297. Make dill pickles
298. Visit Kalamazoo
299. Stay in the best suite at a five-star hotel
300. Go to a nude beach
301. Take my kids to a Rainforest Cafe
302. Ride in a helicopter
303. Paint on someones nude body
304. Play strip poker
305. Organize a huge scavenger hunt (for adults)
306. Take Mz. F out for a wild night of drinking, partying, and risque adventures
307. Play ‘Bitch Or Loon’ again and this time not end up passed out on the floor in my underwear
308. See a Broadway musical
309. Throw a big housewarming party
310. Have every single box in my house unpacked (seasonal decorations aside)
311. Try raw oysters
312. Go rock climbing
313. Go on a second honeymoon with Jack
314. Teach Jack to ski downhill
315. Take Jack horseback riding
316. Go to a Hamilton Tiger-Cats game in Hamilton
317. Make caramel apples
318. Go trail riding on horseback through the mountains at least one more time
319. Stand under a waterfall
320. Start and grow a bonsai tree ‘from scratch’ (meaning do not buy it already potted)
321. See Niagara Falls from on board the Maid Of The Mist
322. Make popcorn balls
323. Walk through a real castle
324. Visit the Wings Of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory
325. Make beef jerky from scratch
326. Spend a week on the street, living as a homeless person
327. Drive a Smart car
328. Make ‘Beer Can Chicken’
329. ‘Live off the land’ in the wilderness for a week
330. Have sex in the back of our Nitro
331. Throw a wine tasting party
332. Dive off of a cliff
333. Take a photo of a turtle crossing sign
334. Visit the Art Gallery of Ontario
335. Go to Legoland in Denmark
336. See the Tian Tan Buddhain Hong Kong
337. Visit the Colosseum in Rome
338. Watch a bull fight
339. Stand on Hoover Dam
340. Visit the Bombay Sapphire (Gin) Distillery in England
341. Bench press my own weight
342. Make my own bath bombs from scratch
343. Slide down the pole at a fire hall
344. Keep a tadpole until it turns into a frog
345. Remain totally silent for a week
346. Spend a Saturday being a window model at MissBehav’N
347. Wear my grad dress one more time
348. Buy a drink for a stranger
349. Have henna done
350. Make prison hooch in a garbage bag
351. Get a double labret/snake bite piercing
352. Go to the Valley Zoo in Edmonton
353. Join a roller derby team
354. Spend a night in an igloo that I built with friends
355. Make out at a drive-in movie
356. Have a drinking contest with Jack (and whoever else might care to join)
358. Spend a day shopping on Queen Street W in Toronto
359. Go to the Toronto Film Festival
360. Wander through the Textile Museum Of Canada
361. Read Different Lovingby William Brame & Gloria Brame
362. Foster animals who are waiting to be adopted
363. Make homemade chocolate truffles
364. Go bobsledding
365. Experience cupping
366. Go to a monster truck rally or demolition derby
367. Read When Someone You Love Is Kinky by Dossie Easton & Catherine A. Liszt
368. Go ice skating at Rockafeller Center
369. Taste ostrich meat
370. Buy a bottle of $100+ wine
371. Collect a set of coins that were minted in the year I was born
372. Build a bat house
373. Learn to skateboard
374. Visit the Elephanta Caves
375. Watch someone get a tattoo
376. Take a cooking class with a friend
377. Take a pee in the robot potty in Calgary
378. Go to a high school reunion
379. Participate in a ‘Free Hugs’ Day
380. Read The Myth Of Monogamyby David P Barash Ph.D & Judith Eve Lipton M.D
382. Make a scrapbook for someone as a gift
383. Go to the Just For Laughs Festival
384. Play a round of golf with Jack
385. Meet CunningMinx in person
386. Touch a stingray
387. Make donuts from scratch
388. Take my kids mini golfing
389. Go off-roading/4x4ing
390. Eat butter chicken and naan bread in India
391. Throw a tailgate party
392. Get a Blackberry or iPhone
393. Take a spinning class
394. Make my grandma’s homemade playdough with my kids
395. See The Vagina Monologues (again)
396. Go back to school
397. Make creme brulee
398. Smoke pot in Amsterdam
399. Take a cruise
400. Dive The Great Barrier Reef
401. Photograph penguins in the wild
403. Swim with sharks
404. Spend the night on a boat
405. Have a smoked meat sandwich in Montreal
406. Watch the RCMP Musical Ride
407. Eat sushi in Japan
408. Start a fire using only sticks and kindling
409. Dye my hair blue
410. Make pysanky (again)
411. Try hookah
412. Tour the Smithsonian
413. Have a Violet Wand used on me
414. Go spelunking
415. Rappel down a cliff
416. Go to a Super Bowl
417. Help build a Habitat For Humanity house
418. Have a part of my body casted
419. Try fire play
420. Jump in a big pile of leaves
421. Receive a lap dance
422. Eat Chicago deep dish pizza in Chicago
424. Close my eyes, throw a dart at a world map, and then travel to where the dart lands
425. Learn more about tantric sex
426. Live out of a van for a week
427. See The Door To Hell in Russia
428. Get a photo by the Cloud Gate/Giant Bean
429. Lick the Giant Lobster
430. Spend a night at an undersea hotel
431. Try uni (sea urchin roe)
432. See the Body Worlds exhibit
433. Learn to water-ski
434. Make bannok
435. Drink sake
436. Draw more often
437. Take a trip somewhere with my sister
438. Make pasta from scratch
439. Make wine jelly
440. Learn to paint with watercolors
441. Go to TOnightmarket in Toronto
442. Climb the stairs at the Eiffel tower
443. Taste caviar
444. Stay overnight at a Bed and Breakfast
445. Walk on the beach under the moonlight with someone I love
446. Check out the Toronto Pottery & Glass Show
447. Ride The Mindbender at West Edmonton Mall
448. Tour Alaska
449. Ride on the back of a motorcycle through the country
450. Smoke a cigar
451. Dip my toes in each of The Great Lakes
452. Have a Tubby Dog
453. Have buffalo chicken wings at Anchor Bar in Buffalo, where they were invented
454. Be some body’s Maid Of Honor
455. Collect a vial of water from the Nile River
456. Celebrate Holi Festival in India
457. Visit the Lotus Temple
458. Canoe down part of the Amazon River
459. Go to a dinner theater
460. Chew on fresh sugar cane
461. Try suspension bondage
462. Make pirogi from scratch
463. Buy a violet wand
464. Eat at Nobu
465. Learn to preform fire play
466. Walk through a corn maze
467. Go to Shibaricon
468. Drive a convertible
469. Make the trek to Washington for Black Rose
470. Do electrical play on someone
471. Visit a science center
472. Make cheese from scratch
473. Go to Tease
474. Take a guided tour of Toronto
475. Learn to hula dance
476. Go to St. Jacob’s Farmers Market
478. Make a ‘sand angel’ in the Sahara Desert
479. Vote in an election
480. Go to a poly camp
481. Make pumpkin pie from scratch
482. Weave fabric on a loom
483. Read The New Bottoming Book by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy
484. Ride a bicycle from the west coast to the east coast of Canada
485. Have a pint at Wheat Sheaf, the oldest bar in Toronto
486. Rollerblade, walk, or bike the Toronto Waterfront Trail
487. See a show at The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Center, the last double-decker theatre in the world
488. Learn to juggle
489. Solve a Rubik’s Cube
490. Learn to play Sudoku
491. Walk on stilts
492. Take a helicopter tour
493. Take someone(s) on a surprise picnic (again)
494. Go to TESFest
495. Get a pedicure
496. Have a party with V and a ton of our pals in the penthouse of the Shore Club Hotel in Miami
497. Hike the Huashan Trail
498. Visit John Wayne’s grave site
499. Make chocolate-covered bacon
500. Ride a wooden roller coaster
501. Tour a chocolate factory
502. Play the slots in Las Vegas
503. Drive a vehicle while naked
504. Travel to the Arctic
505. See the water show at the Bellagio
506. Drink a yard-long margarita
507. See a polar bear in the wild
508. Party at Studio 54
509. Touch an iceberg
510. Ride an elephant
511. Go to Folies Bergere
512. Learn to play the harmonica
513. Go heli-skiing
514. Try indoor skydiving
515. Enter Boston’s Tough Guy Competition
516. Visit a wax museum
517. Get a family dog
518. Drive the autobahn
519. Camp in the winter
520. Have sex on the beach
521. Donate my hair to Locks Of Love
522. Visit the Vatican
523. Climb a mountain
524. Compete in the Eco Challenge
525. See the Devil’s Bible
526. Change a tire
527. Taste fresh mozerella
528. Eat cheesecake in New York city
529. Collect sea shells on the beach
530. See the light show on Freemont St.
531. Bungee jump
532. Tour Auschwitz
533. See the salt flats
534. Walk through the Bone Chapel
535. Go to the Kentucky Derby
536. LARP
537. Participate in a sweat lodge ritual
538. Complete a multi-day thru-hike
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