I’m in Ohio (o-HI-o)

 My obligatory list if things to do before I die…

 Although numbered, they are in no particular order. 

1. Hike on the Appalachian Trail for at least a week
2. Visit Alaska
3. Baptize my children
4. Learn to speak a foreign language and make sure you use it.
5. Watch the launch of the space shuttle.
6. Learn how to take a compliment.
7. Buy a round-the-world air ticket and a rucksack, and run away with my family.
8. Grow a beard and leave it for at least a month.
9. Get to know your neighbors.
10. Plant a tree.
11. Learn not to say yes when you really mean no.
12. Travel around the country in an RV
13. Visit the Senate and the House of Representatives to see how Congress really works.
14. Ride the train from Chicago to Salt Lake City
15. Sit on a jury.
16. Go to Walden Pond
17. Learn to play the mandolin with some degree of skill.
18. Spend New Year’s in an exotic location.
19. Drive across America from coast to coast.
20. Write your will.
21. Sleep under the stars with my family.
22. Learn how to complain effectively
23. Spend a whole day reading a great novel.
24. Drive the Autobahn.
25. Find a job you love.
26. Raft through the Grand Canyon.
27. Buy your own house and then spend time making it into exactly what you want.
28. Grow a garden.
29. Spend three months getting your body into optimum shape.
30. Drive a convertible with the top down and music blaring.
31. Go up in a hot-air balloon.
32. Kiss the Blarney stone
33. Go deep sea fishing and eat your catch.
34. Visit the Holy Land.
35. Create my Family Tree.
36. Catch a ball in the stands of a major league baseball stadium.
37. Ski a double-black diamond run.
38. Run a marathon.
39. Compete in a triathlon
40. Get something published.
41. Climb a mountain