Here are ideas, many suggested by family and friends, for new things to try:
Etch glass
Audition for a play
Go geocaching
Learn to crack a whip
Make latte art like a barista
Meet Tina Fey
Try out hamster ball/hamster wheel for humans
Kayak the sea caves in Lake Superior
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Try paddleboarding
Go frolfing (which I now know is frisbee golfing)
Feed backyard birds from my hand
Learn to ride a unicycle
Try limburger cheese
Visit the National Mustard Museum
Bake Grandma Molly’s air buns (The recipe makes 92 and just doesn’t work if you make only half, says my mom)
Catch a bigger fish than my brother Joe
Visit 4, 10 or ? state capitals/stadiums/presidential homes/or famous buildings. Are there 47 state parks in Wisconsin?
Drop in to visit 47 classmates/friends without calling first. Camera ready for proof.
Write letters to 47 people you respect/admire and ask for an inspirational quote and their autograph. Would make an awesome scrapbook.
Pet the nose of a baby grey whale in Luguna San Ignacio, Baja
Learn to juggle
Go rock climbing
Belly dance
Go deer hunting
Raise $1,000 for breast cancer research
Drive a racecar
Ride a mechanical bull
Fly an airplane
Go ziplining
Learn to knit
Karaoke in front of 4+7 or more people
Make maple syrup
Sing with a polka band
Play any instrument
Work a day at a food pantry
Shovel snow at Lambeau Field
Do the Polar Plunge
Become a puppy mama
Visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia
Scuba dive
Surf
Take boys to Legoland Florida
Drive a motorcycle
Make homemade soft pretzels
Swim with dolphins
Visit New York City
Go skeet shooting
Sky dive
Pole dance for my husband
Take a ride in a hot air balloon
Downhill ski
Work with hot glass
Ski the Birkebeiner
Get a Brazilian wax
Learn to hula dance
Participate in the Dirty Girl Mud Run
Walk over hot coals
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Make Maple Syrup
Sing With a Polka Band
Play any instrument
Work a day at Food Pantry
Shovel Snow at Lambeau Field
Great ideas, Mike! I will add them to the list. Thanks!
Don’t forget KAROKE (must sing in front of 4+7 or more people)
I’ll consider it, but it does seem unusually cruel to those 4+7 people!
Play golf. I can lend you clubs. An easy game to learn, a lifetime to master. And in any round, you’ll hit one or two good shots that a pro couldn’t hit better (which is what makes you come back the next time, because you tell yourself, “Hey, with a little practice I could be pretty good at this game!” And then the hook is in!
Thanks, Mike! I have clubs. I have golfed. I usually hit the ball straight…just not very far. I enjoyed it. Then I took a lesson, and it was all over. Too much thinking. I couldn’t hit a thing. May be I’ll start a different list of things to do for next year: Second Chances–Things I’ve Tried But Suck At. (No. 1 on the list: Titling Lists.)
Kayak the sea caves in Lake Superior! The Moylans will help!
Sounds awesome! I’m in!!!
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Audition for a play! Bet you’d get a part sassy! I could come see you!
Egads! I don’t think I could do it! Major stagefright. Plus I’m not so good at memorizing lines. Though maybe those are good reasons to add the idea to my bucket list. Thanks!