Stuff I have done

Sometimes, I focus too much on the things I want to do, the things I would like to see, and the way I would like things to be.  I forget the things I have accomplished already.  I decided for this post to list 100 noteworthy things I have already accomplished in my life.

1. I have danced on my toes in pink satin slippers.  It looked lovely, but yes, it did hurt.
2. I have flossed daily for about 15 years.  I can't even remember the last time I forgot to floss. 
3. I have lived in a house with five bedrooms, two baths, and 11 people.  
4. I cooked and cleaned for those 11 people, when it was my turn.  (I don't miss those days.) 
5. I learned to sew.  I sewed a few dresses that vanished long ago, and one skirt that is still my favorite (since 1998) that I wear more than any other skirt.  
6. I have climbed to the tops of several mountains. 
7. I have hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. 
8. I have given up hiking, realizing that it gives me a migraine.  
9. I have driven miles and miles and hours and hours across the Nevada deserts.  
10. I have written programs in C, C++, and Java.  
11. I have forgotten how to program, but I will learn again.
12. I have painted with oils, watercolors, and acrylics.  I like oil paints the best, but they are the most expensive (it figures).  
13. I have planted tulips, tomatoes, and onions.  
14. I've grown the bushes, picked the berries, and made my own jam.  Although really the bushes grew themselves.  
15. I have vacuumed.
16. I have also laundered, often.
17. I have read hundreds of books, if not thousands.
18. I have scrap-booked.  But not recently.  
19. I have learned to knit, and forgotten, and learned again, and forgotten again.
20. I have carried on a conversation in a language that is not my native tongue.  
21. I have played the first movement of a piano concerto from memory.  
22. I have touched my toes with my knees unbent.
23. I have learned to whistle.  
24. I can tell time on an analog clock.
25. I have run a 5K.  Do not inquire as to my timing.
26. I have fixed a flat tire on my bicycle.  
27. I have driven a stick shift.
28. I have purchased stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.  
29. I have lived a year as an adult without a car.
30. I can fill in a map with 50 states.  
31. I have taught children, weekly.
32. I have taught adults, daily.
33. I have sung alto in a choir.  
34. I have also sung tenor.  But never soprano or bass.
35. I have given haircuts.
36. And twisted hair into French braids.  
37. I have written grant proposals.
38. And have been awarded grant money.
39. I have paid taxes in four states and two countries.  
40. I have done the splits.  Several years ago.  
41. I have written two novels, though I have published zero. 
42. I have recited poetry from memory.  
43. I have had braces.
44. And glasses.
45. I have darned socks.  But you know it makes much more sense to just buy new ones.  (What a wasteful society we live in!)
46. I have cleaned a refrigerator.
47. And baked a cake.
48. I touched my tongue to my nose.
49. I learned to dance the Charleston, and wore a flapper dress.  (What became of my flapper dress?)
50. I have integrated, differentiated, and taken limits.
51. I have written essays, and discussed literature.
52. I have had my wisdom teeth pulled.  
53. I have discovered all the heart pieces in Majora's Mask.
54. I have read the entire Bible, and many of the works of Shakespeare.  (But not all the histories.)
55. I have designed and created a web page.
56. I have tied a quilt.
57. And patched the knees of jeans.
58. I have learned to swim.  
59. And I swam in the Great Salt Lake.
60. I hold the family high score on Tony Hawk's skate boarding game.  
61. And I beat Mike Tyson's Punch Out.
62. I have held my breath for 60 seconds.  
63. I have canned fruit.
64. I have sealed grout.  
65. And eaten clotted cream with scones in Cornwall.  
66. I have been in a canoe, a sailboat, and a motor boat.  
67. I have taken an overnight train.
68. I learned to type.  
69. I spoke at ninth grade promotion. 
70. I attended prom.
71. And I have kissed a boy.
72. I have hung pictures. 
73. And curtains.  And curtain rods.  
74. I have graduated.  Four times.  
75. And I have attended graduation more times.  
76. I have counted by sevens to 1400.  
77. I have added fractions.  
78. And written online quizzes.
79. I have mowed and weeded and mulched.  
80. I have slept through my alarm.  
81. I have published research.  
82. I have eaten escargot.
83. And sushi, in Japan.
84. And pasta in Italy.
85. I have seen a bear, a coyote, and many many bison in Yellowstone. 
86. I have parallel parked.
87. I have donated food and clothing and money.
88. I have sewn patches.  
89. I have asked for and given directions.  
90. I have supervised student theses.  
91. I have attended group meetings.  
92. I have boogie boarded in Oregon, California, and Hawaii.
93. I have built a sandcastle.  And a sand turtle.  And other sand things.  
94. I have had my picture on the front of a flyer.  
95. And my name on the back of a program. 
96. I have curled my tongue.  
97. And cleaned my teeth.
98. And captured the flag.
99. I have overcome failure.
100. And today, I won an award from the faculty women's association.

Life is pretty complete.