I'm Leavin On A Jet Plane...

If you're reading this, it means that I am currently soaring through the air en route to the city of lights - PARIS!

This is a post full of things I hope to see and do while I'm in France, with one of my best friends and Phi Mu sisters, Sydney!

The Eiffel Tower. Duh. I hope the city looks this springy and beautiful this week!

I hope to have lots of cups of coffee, crepes and croissants at a little cafe like this one.

I want to visit the Louvre and see Mona Lisa up close and personal.

Since I'll be in town for Easter Sunday, I hope we can go to services at a big, fancy cathedral! Maybe we'll even be able to get into this one, Notre Dame!

Everyone I've talked to whose been to France tells me I absolutely MUST visit Sacre Coeur, the Basillica of the Sacred Heart. It looks amazingly gorgeous.

And of course, I hope to do some good old fashioned SHOPPING! Probably not at Chanel though, unfortunately...

Does anybody know anything else that a Parisian visitor just MUST do before she leaves???

List of 99

As I said before, I've been having some trouble thinking of things to blog lately. However, when I found this list on Risley's blog, I thought it would be a great opportunity to take a little walk down memory lane. A trip which you all know I always up for!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
oh college and 24 hour teeter totter a thon nights!
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disney World 8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
yes, I was a choir nerd in high school...
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visit Europe
I'm going to say this counts since I will be leaving for Paris tomorrow!
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
mmmm tomatoes and squash in the summertime!
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
This will also count in less than a week!
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
Just a couple of the most beautiful ones I've ever seen in my life! From Acapulco Mexico and Siesta Key, Florida
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
We used to go when I was little... those people sure know how to cook!
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David in person
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
ALMOST!!!!
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
Well, sort of. Antonio & I tried to snorkel in FL but it was really dark and scary
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
Does hair wrapping in my neighborhood when I was 11 count? 58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
When Antonio & I first started dating, he brought me flowers to the restaurant I worked at on Thanksgiving because he knew I was stressed and angry to be at work. Knew he was a keeper right then...
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
Visiting NYC to see Wicked this past summer!
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Well, I guess I still have a lot to get done in this life! Time to get started... on the agenda today: running last minute Europe prep errands, hanging out with my work ladies one last time before leaving the country, and avoiding packing a long as possible.