The List

Here it is in all it's glory (from Swim Naked, Defy Gravity & 99 Other Essential Things to Accomplish Before Turning 30 by Colleen Rush) - with a few side notes of changes I may need to make:

1. Swim Naked
2. Break all of your parents' arbitrary rules
3. Grow something
4. Dump toxic friends
5. Speak a foreign language
6. Buy a kick-ass mattress - The husband has already done this, and being a king size mattress if I go out and spend $$ again, he'll kill me!
7. Draw & frame a self-portrait
8. Stop chronic over-apologizing - If there's one thing to know about me it's that I'm stubborn, and I rarely apologize, so this is N/A!
9. Create your own sisterhood
10. Travel solo
11. Develop a plan B.
12. Know your friends' family tree
13. Embrace your inner eight-year-old
14. Read: Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom by Christine Northrup M.D
15. Build a raging campfire
16. Make the first move
17. Know the other mouth-to-mouth
18. Be your own muse
19. Master a signature family recipe
20. Quit something
21. Find the perfect red lipstick
22. Negotiate for something expensive
23. Google yourself
24. Hold your booze
25. Track down your best friend from kindergarten
26. Masturbate
27. Write a complaint letter
28. Claim your granny panties
29. Make brownies from scratch
30. Exorcise the words "like" and "you know" from your vocabulary
31. Find your religion
32. Write thank-you notes for everything
33. Perfect your A.M. Stretch
34. Declare your birthday a national holiday
35. Stock an emergency disaster kit
36. Accept compliments
37. Minimize pointless drama
38. Unplug your TV for a while
39. Dye your hair an Outrageous color - due to my type of employment I can not do this :(
40. Invest in seriously frivolous undies
41. Own your mistakes
42. Take your hobby more seriously than your job
43. Talk to strangers
44. Get health insurance - living in Canada I've already got health insurance and life/car/house insurance too!
45. Hook something high tech up by yourself
46. Live through a blind date - Don't think the husband will allow this! So..N/A
47. Be a gracious guest
48. Escape creeps and kick criminal ass
49. Invest in earplugs
50. Lose your virginity again
51. Know your blood type
52. Confront someone who's done you wrong
53. Walk in heels
54. Write a body manifesto
55. Watch the sun rise and set on the same day by yourself
56. Disagree out loud
57. Memorize your ring size
58. Have a mantra
59. Research your family's medical history
60. Do it somewhere risky
61. Open a bottle of champagne
62. Make more money than you spend
63. Be a nudist for a day
64. Adopt an awkward teenager
65. Eat soy
66. Dress for longevity
67. Kick one habit
68. Defy gravity
69. Own a cashmere sweater
70. Use a great dermo
71. Get over yourself
72. Sleep in a hammock
73. Own a toolbox with all of the basics
74. Jettison your 'skinny' jeans
75. Collect correspondence with friends
76. Get a massage
77. Memorize your favorite smells. Surround yourself with them
78. Fall in love (or lust) without blowing off your friends - Already done! N/A
79. Dub the "greatest hits" from your childhood
80. Care about where your food comes from
81. Fly first class
82. Cultivate your own style
83. Carry something to read, a notebook, and a pen at all times
84. Forgive your parents
85. Be a dork
86. Stop slamming other women
87. Get waxed down there
88. Adopt another motherland
89. Tell someone your deepest darkest secret
90. Make a killer cocktail
91. Read your old diaries
92. Tie a few knots
93. Have your fortune told
94. Cry often
95. Give yourself flowers
96. Stop looking for a soul mate - I stopped looking September 22nd, 2005! Awwww.puke. I'm not corny like that at all.
97. Give props to a teacher
98. Learn how not to be a flake
99. Give yourself a make-under
100. Be notorious for something
101. Bounce back

So there are 7 tasks I can not accomplish - any suggestions for replacements???

These will also be completed in random order as life permits, but with only 466 days to go I better get started!!!