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1. Celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day – 9.19.2010
2. Climb a tree – 7.4.2010
3. Compete in a Crossfit event – 9.11.2010
4. Dress up for Halloween – 10.30.2010
5. Fly a kite – 5.30.10
6. Get a massage – 3.21.11
7. Get another tattoo – 5.10.11
8. Paint the kitchen – 4.20-26.11
9. Go candlepin bowling – 5.30.10
10. Go kayaking – 5.7.11
11. Go sledding – 2.26.11
12. Go to 4 Wellelsey College sporting events – various dates
13. Go to 5 of the 125 Places to Have a Beer Before You Die – 7.22-30.10
14. Go to a movie at a drive-in theater – 6.24.10
15. Go to a Pawtucket Sox game – 7.8.10
16. Go to a Providence Bruins game – 1.21.11
17. Go to Ann Arbor and see my brother’s family – 3.31.11
18. Hold a snake – 5.7.11
19. Knit lace – 12.22.10
20. Learn to make 2 origami animals – 4.17.11
21. Opera, ballet, symphony – choose one and go – 5.27.10
22. Participate in the National Day of Silence on April 15, 2011 – 4.15.11
23. Play in net for one game (soccer or hockey) – 10.1.10
24. Read a romance novel – 8.10.10
25. Ride a rollercoaster – 7.16.10
26. Run a 5K – 10.16.10
27. Save $20 for each item on this list I complete, donate it to TRI – 5.10.11
28. Send 40 postcards to 40 different people – 8.30.10 to 4.11.11
29. Send $20 to 4 people and ask them to send me a return note telling me how they spent it – 5.21.10
30. Set up monthly donations to my favorite non-profits – 5.10.10
31. Snowshoe in the Blue Hills – 1.16.11
32. Swim in the Damariscotta River – 7.24.10
33. Teach Otter a new trick – 1.2011
34. Travel to one of the states I’ve never been to before (AK, AZ, AR, ID, KS, NV, NM, NC, OK, OR, SC, UT, VA, WY) – 5.10.11
35. Try Bikram yoga - 4.18.11
36. Try dragonfruit – 2.26.11
37. Try snowboarding – 1.8.11
38. Make beer – 5.7.11
39. Watch a meteor shower – 8.13.10
40. Wear the same outfit to work for an entire week and see if anyone notices – 6.14-17.10