The 'to done' list

I was inspired by another blogger to comple a "to done" list. It is like a "to do" list, but instead lists things I have done in my life. It helps you look back with some satisfaction, and also might inspire others to do some of these things or for me to add to the list.

Attended:
Various weddings, including 6 in 1991 (mine, my brother's, my best man's, my brother in law's my other brother in law's, and my sister's)
Bill Clinton's first inauguration
The Minnesota State Fair
The Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC
The St. Paul Winter Carnival
The St. Olaf Christmas Festival

Celebrated:
World Series victories by the Minnesota Twins in 1987 and 1991
Christmas in Minnesota and Virginia
Independence Day in Minnesota and Virginia
New Years Eve in Minnesota, Chicago and Virginia

Dined:
At Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco
At Cafe du Monde in New Orleans
At Geno's Pizza in Chicago
Taste of Minnesota
At the Seinfeld Diner in New York City

Drank
Tropical Drinks in Key West and Hawaii
Beer on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam, the Coors Brewery in Chicago

Experienced:
Marriage and Children
Driving a Car in Europe
Backpacking in Europe
Making music in high school, college, and beyond. Performing with (a mass choir) Andy Williams; the Kneller Hall musicians in England; performing in the Royal Albert Hall in London; playing in the St. Olaf Band.

Hosted:
Various parties, including cast parties, and Thanksgiving dinners.

Purchased:
Three homes, two cabins, six cars, and a boat; an engagement ring; probably five computers.

Read:
More books than I can count, including lots of fiction, biography, and history.

Rescued:
Various stray animals
Various people by donating blood.

Rode rides at:
6 Flags mid-America
6 Flags Maryland
Walt Disney World
Disneyland
Hershey Park
Kings Dominion
Universal Studios Orlando
Cedar Point
Valleyfair
Mall of Americal

Saw:
Mona Lisa at the Louvre
Van Gogh at the Smithsonian
Liberty Bell
Hoover Dam
Grand Canyon
Pandas at National Zoo in Washington

Ball games at:
Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington (RIP)
Metrodome in Minneapolis
Yankee Stadium
Fenway Park
PNC Park in Pittsburgh
Oriole Park in Baltimore
Coors Field in Colorado
Busch Stadium in St. Louis (RIP)
Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg
Big A in Anaheim
Wrigley Field in Chicago
Comiskey Park in Chicago
Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati (RIP)
Old Indians Stadium in Cleveland
Various minor league stadiums

Saw concerts by:
Doobie Brothers
The Cars
Maynard Ferguson
Chuck Mangione
Alan Jackson
Martina McBride
Jimmy Buffett
Avril Lavigne
Green Day
National Symphony Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra
Aretha Franklin
Tricia Yearwood
Huey Lewis and the News
The Beach Boys
Amy Grant
Vince Gill

Saw Plays:
Spamalot
Les Miserables
Oklahoma
Chicago
Hello Dolly! with Carol Channing
The Mouse Trap in London
Hamlet and Peer Gynt at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis
A Shakespeare Play in Stratford-on-avon
Various plays in London, England
The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC

Survived:
Loss of a job
Death of loved ones
Moving across country
HS and college reunions
A tornado
Fires (kitchen, wedding reception)
Several small auto accidents
Witnessed smoke from the Pentagon on 9/11/01

Swam:
In the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico
In more lakes that I can count.

Traveled:
To 46 states (except Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Oregon)
The Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls
The Grand Canyon
Hiked in the Rocky Mountains
Bourbon Street in New Orleans
Canada
Mexico
The United Kingdom
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
West Germany
Austria
France
The Netherlands
Belgium
Japan
China
Switzerland

Won
Spelling Bees in elementary school
Various legal cases as an attorney
$250,000 on a TV game show

Traveled to the top of:
The Eiffel Tower
The Empire State Building
The World Trade Center (RIP)
The Sears Tower
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis

Witnessed:
The Northern Lights
The Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
A Barry Bonds home run
A Sammy Sosa two-run home run game
Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Kirby Puckett, Gump Worsley, Alexander Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Cal Ripken, Jr., Alex Rodriguez,
A NHL All-Star Game in Bloomington, Minnesota