Mr and Mrs Wright

Write a list of 100 things you want to do before you turn 100. Otherwise known as a “bucket list”.

1. Write a novel.
2. Publish a novel.
3. Be on the New York Bestselling Authors List
4. Provide a way for neither Stephen and I to have to work.
5. Finance the renovation of my mom’s house and the full clear of her 23 acres of cedar trees.
6. Assist in the birth of a horse.
7. Get all dressed up for the Opera.
8. Travel to Germany and visit the places I went to as a baby.
9. Buy a cabin for Stephen’s parents.
10. Send my brother-in-law to Japan and go with him for a long visit.
11. Buy a cabin for Stephen and I.
12. Send my brother and his wife on a nice vacation sans children.
13. Have a day of shopping with no budget.
14. Adopt a German Shepherd.
15. Adopt a Great Dane.
16. Plant a vegetable garden.
17. Buy a home big enough to grow a family and have a workshop for Stephen.
18. Get my Masters Degree.
19. Achieve Master Sommelier.
20. Learn to sew.
21. Learn to knit.
22. Learn to crochet.
23. Make all sorts of fantastic items using the above methods and sell them to clamoring buyers.
24. Adopt a child.
25. Raise respectful and fantastic children.
26. Own a cupcake bakery.
27. Build a home.
28. Lose 15 pounds.
29. Get a tan.
30. Eat pasta with Mario Batali.
31. Yell at other drivers from a cab in New York.
32. Swing in a hammock on the beach with some ice cold Coronas nearby.
33. Cure migraines.
34. Achieve 100,000+ blog views a month.
35. Have another baby….or three.
36. Invent something super cool that no one can live without.
37. Be listed in the Guiness Book of World Records for something ridiculously awesome.
38. Surf.
39. Go diving in Belize.
40. Own a villa in Spain.
41. Own a swanky treehouse in South America.
42. Visit a space station.
43. Ride a camel in the desert.
44. Wear my baby in a really beautiful wrap while sitting on a cliff overlooking the ocean.
45. Make it so none of our parents have to work so they can spend time visiting grandchildren and going on trips.
46. Spend a day at the spa with no budget.
47. Drink a glass of ’92 Screaming Eagle ($80K a bottle).
48. Have an amazingly romantic dinner at Altitude in Sydney, Australia. http://www.36levelsabove.com.au/
49. Have a beach picnic with Ina Garten.
50. Be a judge on Iron Chef America.
51. Shop for wedding dresses with my daughter without a budget.
52. Learn photography.
53. Paint something beautiful.
54. Spend the afternoon with my kids, a bare driveway, and a bucket of chalk.
55. Get dressed up for opening night on Broadway.
56. Protect my children from all harm.
57. See all my grandchildren born.
58. Hold my great grandchildren.
59. Grow old with Stephen.
60. Sell my own produce at a neighborhood Farmer’s Market.
61. Read 100 books every year.
62. Go on a cruise.
63. Watch the sun set while laying on the hood of a Jeep in the plains of Africa.
64. Go on an archeology dig.
65. Find dinosaur bones.
66. See the pyramids.
67. Teach my kids to read.
68. Cuddle with my husband in front of a fireplace.
69. Have drinks with Liam Neeson.
70. Be the voice of a Pixar character.
71. Attend the Oscars wearing a designer dress.
72. Go clothes shopping with my mom sans budget.
73. Eat at Pinks and Street in Hollywood.
74. Visit a diner with Guy Fieri.
75. Own a restaurant.
76. Spend a year in Europe.
77. Eat sushi with Morimoto.
78. Send my kids to any college they want.
79. Get Lasik.
80. Bake cookies with my kids.
81. Eat breakfast in bed served to me by my husband.
82. Own a horse.
83. Go on a wine country tour in Napa.
84. Be an amazing mom.
85. Live closer to my family.
86. Be debt free.
87. Have dual citizenship with England.
88. Send my parents on an all-expense paid trip to England to visit family.
89. Own an island.
90. Name a star.
91. Have a maid.
92. Attend an outdoor concert.
93. Throw an opening pitch.
94. Get 8 hours of sleep in a row.
95. Read a book sitting in a window seat, drinking a glass of wine while my kids nap.
96. Drive on the Autobahn with Stephen.
97. Attend PAX in Seattle.
98. Be a bridesmaid.
99. Plan a friend or family member’s wedding.
100. Swim with dolphins.