Sometimes it’s the little things that make one happy. So here is a list of things that I did and I’m so very proud of:
- getting my degree
- living alone
- meeting someone special in a random way
- traveling alone
- touching the pyramids in Egypt
- going to the Vatican
- doing day tours in Napa/Sonoma valley and Okanagan
- driving the Pacific Coast highway
- ATV-ing in the sand dunes of Seaside, Oregon
- gambling in Vegas
- going to SEMA
- modeling in a Jheri Curl
- going to the Space Needle on a very windy day
- residing on a tropical island
- surviving a convent
- standing on the ‘glass’ floor of the CN tower
- spending close to 40hrs at Schipol over the course of two years
- traveling across Europe on a bus full of kids
- witnessing a near death experience at the back of a taxi cab in Cairo
- teaching many school kids the importance of hand washing during the H1N1 pandemic
- making out under the “Lover’s Bridge” in London
- putting 1000km on Tony in 28hrs
- micro-braiding my own hair (that took two full days)
- going to see “The Mousetrap” in London
- riding the London subway system
- wearing an accessory from Tiffany & Co.
- purchasing my first Lululemon sweater (before they were cool)
- learning to knit
- growing an umbrella tree (now 6 years old and 6.5 feet tall)
- making my own wine
- splashing around the Italian Riviera
- making jogging part of my daily routine
- singing in the rain
- wearing a controversial costume for Halloween
- making truffles
- getting a tattoo
- dancing to “Baby Got Back” on stage
- going to Disneyland (twice)
- having afternoon tea at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC
- joining a choir
- having multiple business cards from different jobs
- learning to swim (not well I may add)
- sleeping in an overnight train
- playing one ref on the guitar
- becoming a home owner before 24
- maintaining a cushy job
- sewing my own bra (another 2 day project)
- becoming an extra on a movie
- owning two brand new vehicles (not at the same time)
- laying on a nude beach
- completing religious rites of passage
- making my own candy from scratch
- witnessing the “Shoe House” in Smithers, BC
- leaning on the Leaning Tower of Pisa
- completing the Grouse Grind (a couple too many times)
- witnessing a moose before it charged my car
- learning numbers 1 through 10 in as many languages (currently in Patois, French, Spanish, Polish, Farsi, Bulgarian, German, Danish, Cantonese and ASL)
- buying an expensive piece of artwork
- volunteering as a driver at “Meals on Wheels” on one of the most snowiest days
- pulling off going in public with purple mascara
- buzz-cutting my hair
- inner-tubing
- riding a camel
- watching a bull fight in Madrid, Spain
- ‘flying’ on the London Eye
- seeing Michelangelo’s “David” at the Galleria dell’Accademia
- surviving living in a dorm
- going blond (never again)
- visiting Alatraz on my birthday
- going to Niagara Falls (both Canadian and American side)
- staying in a deluxe corner suite hotel over looking the coast of Alexandria, Egypt
- attending an opera
- surviving the Abbotsford Airshow on the hottest days of the year
- confronting a closet racist
- having a wine & cheese party with buffalo meat
- biking to work
- freezing my financial cards (literally)
- singing “Oh Canada” in front an entire school assembly
- going vegetarian for 9 months
- pursuing my career passion
- drinking a class of 50 year old of wine
- maintaining long lasting relationships with good people
- waiting in a 2 hour line to meet a celeb and have them sign my book
- riding in a hovercraft
- go fishing randomly