Showing posts with label in progress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label in progress. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

To Do 181-190

181 - see Haleakala Crater on Maui
182 - stand at the foot of K-2 in the Karakoram Mountains of northern India, the world's second-highest peak
183 - have lunch with my best friend from elementary school (done)
184 - visit the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio
185 - sleep till noon every day for a week (done)
186 - spend a stormy night in a lighthouse on a rocky coast
187 - visit every one of the national parks (in progress)
188 - dog-sled across Alaska
189 - visit all 1,000 Places to See Before You Die (in progress)
190 - start every new year with a clean house, an uncluttered desk, and a new date book

Monday, April 9, 2007

To Do 101-110


101 - help preserve a landmark
102 - smell the freshness of the desert fater a rain (done)
103 - sail a sleek white yacht into the Bay of Naples at sunset
104 - fly over the "roof of the world" - the 96 Himalayan peaks, reaching over 24,000 feet high
105 - see where the Hatfields feuded with the McCoys
106 - learn to box
107 - visit every continent (in progress)
108 - surf the big waves off Australia's west coast
109 - summer in a villa in Tuscany
110 - with the Odyssey as my travel guide, retrace Ulysses' route home

Thursday, April 5, 2007

In Progress #31 - Re-read all of the original Nancy Drew mysteries

  1. The Secret Of The Old Clock (2006)
  2. The Hidden Staircase (2006)
  3. The Bungalow Mystery (2006)
  4. The Mystery At Lilac Inn (2006)
  5. The Secret At Shadow Ranch
  6. The Secret Of Red Gate Farm
  7. The Clue In The Diary (2006)
  8. Nancy ’s Mysterious Letter
  9. The Sign Of The Twisted Candles
  10. The Password To Larkspur Lane
  11. The Clue Of The Broken Locket
  12. The Message In The Hollow Oak
  13. The Mystery Of The Ivory Charm
  14. The Whispering Statue
  15. The Haunted Bridge
  16. The Clue Of The Tapping Heels
  17. The Mystery Of The Brass-Bound Trunk
  18. The Mystery At The Moss-Covered Mansion
  19. The Quest Of The Missing Map
  20. The Clue In The Jewel Box
  21. The Secret In The Old Attic (2006)
  22. The Clue In The Crumbling Wall
  23. The Mystery Of The Tolling Bell
  24. The Clue In The Old Album
  25. The Ghost Of Blackwood Hall
  26. The Clue Of The Leaning Chimney
  27. The Secret Of The Wooden Lady (2006)
  28. The Clue Of The Black Keys
  29. The Mystery At The Ski Jump
  30. The Clue Of The Velvet Mask
  31. The Ringmasters Secret
  32. The Scarlet Slipper Mystery
  33. The Witch Tree Symbol
  34. The Hidden Window Mystery
  35. The Haunted Showboat
  36. The Secret Of The Golden Pavilion
  37. The Clue In The Old Stagecoach
  38. The Mystery Of The Fire Dragon (2006)
  39. The Clue Of The Dancing Puppet
  40. The Moonstone Castle Mystery
  41. The Clue Of The Whistling Bagpipes
  42. The Phantom Of Pine Hill
  43. The Mystery Of The 99 Steps
  44. The Clue In The Crossword Cipher
  45. The Spider Sapphire Mystery
  46. The Invisible Intruder
  47. The Mysterious Mannequin
  48. The Crooked Banister
  49. The Secret Of Mirror Bay
  50. The Double Jinx Mystery
  51. Mystery Of The Glowing Eye
  52. The Secret Of The Forgotten City
  53. The Sky Phantom
  54. The Strange Message In The Parchment
  55. Mystery Of Crocodile Island
  56. The Thirteenth Pearl

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Monday, April 2, 2007

To Do 31-40

31 - re-read all of the original Nancy Drew mysteries (in progress)
32 - drive through a dust storm in the desert (done)
33 - learn three jokes that get laughs every time
34 - run through Chicago's Buckingham Fountain
35 - celebrate Easter at St. Peter's in Rome
36 - bake croissants
37 - spend a summer in a chalet high in the Swiss Alps
38 - see a jazz funeral in New Orleans
39 - make charcoal rubbings of the stones in a ghost town graveyard
40 - canoe the lakes of the Adirondacks