92, a new friend

Making a new friend as an adult is not an easy task. Not sure if you agree but when you’re a kid you just meet someone you like, you hang out, have fun and instantly you have a new friend one that might even be a friend for life. But then you grow up and it stops being that easy… men and women being friends? Well, most people don’t think that’s possible, plus having things in common becomes more problematic and then there are all those weird habits you have as an adult that well are just crazy to most people.
So, making a new friend seemed like a simple thing to put on the list but not as easy to do. After many months of being confused about the whole men and women can’t be friends thing and even worse dealing with all my crazy and weird adult habits I think I can now say I have made a new friend and he even might be one of those that stays around for a long time.

93...

Trying to catch up on the blog. I have been able to do some things on the list just haven’t had a chance to post anything. So Number 93, walking up the pyramids. I have lived in Mexico for 9 years, have been to the pyramids over 10 times but had never walked up. Too tired, too lazy, too unfit… who knows why but I had never done it. But now I have.
Went with Becki and Kenny and managed to walk up the Sun pyramid. Pictures to prove it!!!

number 94

Visiting a new country was another one on the list and I have definitely topped that one off. In the last two months I visted three new countries. Went to Ecuador where I saw the most amazing iguanas that live in a park in the middle of the city, they just hang out while people watch and enjoy the park. Then came Colombia and that was just wonderful, loved it. Manizales was beautiful and Bogota better than I had imagined. Got to see my nephew Ricardo too!

Panama was also great, lots of fun, a couple of days of doing nothing at the beach and then hanging out with dear friends, plus a visit to the Panama Canal.

95, Sushi

Last Saturday I made sushi, I love sushi and it's something I've always wanted to learn how to do and to continue doing on weekends and for parties.

Loic taught me how to make the rice and then how to prepare the soy sauce, we put the rice on to the seaweed and added, tuna, cucumber and cream cheese to one roll and then made a second one with crab meat. Mine wasn't perfect but it was yummy...

Here are some photos of my sushi making experience.

Number 96, Skydive!!!!

OMG, I have to confess this is one of the things on the list I included but really believed I would never do.

I went to Cuautla Skydive with Marco, Darragh, Carlos, Alma O, Luis, Alma T, Alfredo, Elliot and Beto and we all jumped out of airplanes...

I had a very cute and nice instructor and the photographer was the best. I loved doing it and can now move on to easier things on the list... ;)

here are some photos of the amazing experience

97 - classical music concert

This list came about for many reasons but one that was very important to me was that I wanted to be open to new things, those things are sometimes silly and others a bit scary and then there are some that are about being open to new things like cultural events or just reading books that you know you should read but never bother to.
Number 97 was then going to a classical music concert. I went with Hened who by the way has been inviting me for years and added this item to the list. We went to see the UNAM philharmonic and I loved it. The place was beautiful, the music very interesting and varied and the experience was one I hope to repeat.
Thanks Hened for broadening my horizons.

98- Going pink

There are some things on my list that I feel you can only do before turning 40 because after that you will look plain silly. I'm sure I'll think otherwise after turning 40 but that's how I feel about it. Dying my hair pink is pretty big for me because I had never done anything extreme or wild with my hair and well it was just time to do something about it.

That one in the back... she's my boss so work is ok with the pink hair... :)

The list in no particular order

Friends have asked me to post the list that way they can know what's coming... so here it goes. The ones that I have already done, just three but that's something are in bold.
1. Skydive
2. Learn to knit so one day I can knit a scarf
3. Make sushi
4. Eat something exotic, really exotic
5. Walk up the pyramids in Mexico
6. Scuba dive
7. Go horseback riding on the beach
8. Go to dinner and the movies by myself
9. Read 10 books I should have already read
10. Take pole dancing classes
11. Ride a motorcycle
12. Ride a wave runner or Jet Ski
13. Visit a new country
14. Call into a radio show
15. Take something to get rid of my inhibitions for a night
16. Shoot a gun
17. Get a tattoo
18. See the Grand Canyon
19. Go to a photo shoot in a studio
20. Play Gotcha
21. Drive across Mexico
22. Work in a restaurant for a day
23. Take a boxing class
24. Play a round of golf
25. Take up a new sport
26. Play poker in a casino
27. Buy a guy a drink
28. Go to a music lesson
29. Ride a mechanical bull
30. Dye my hair pink
31. Attend a posada
32. Plant a tree
33. X-rated so won’t say but will do
34. Go Wall climbing
35. Do the rapids in Veracruz
36. Go Snowboarding
37. Do Mountain biking
38. Have a conversation with a homeless person
39. Compliment a stranger
40. Buy shares in the stock market
41. Take a Cooking class
42. Ride in a limo
43. Go to a Buddhist mass
44. Sleep under the stars
45. Go to a classical music concert
46. Go to a Professional American Football game
47. Whale watching
48. Take a helicopter ride
49. Make a new friend
50. Go to a Live TV show
51. Make a wish come true
52. Visit a new place in the city
53. Go to a stripper bar
54. Take a Temaxcal bath
55. Do pottery
56. Hot air balloon ride
57. Blog or video the 101 things
58. Go to a farm and pick fruit
59. Make a skirt from scratch
60. Tread grapes at a vineyard
61. Write a short story or a song
62. Go to a Music festival
63. Story tell
64. Write a poem
65. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
66 Bake bread
67. Develop own photos
68. Learn to juggle
69. Work in an animal shelter
70. Fish for my dinner
71. Have a baby
72. Fulfill a sexual fantasy
73. Take cruise
74. Help out a stranger
75. Have lobster tacos in Ensenada, BC
76. Run for a worthy cause
77. Smoke a cigar
78. Go on two dates on one night
79. Throw a champagne pajama party
80. Date a guy you met on the internet
81. Rent a convertible and go where the wind blows
82. Ask a man out
83. Go to a spiritual retreat
84. Spend a night on a sailboat at sea
85. Bet on a sports event
86. Pay off all my debt
87. Have plastic surgery
88. Go Water skiing
89. Ask for an autograph
90. Serenade someone
91. Learn a dance like the tango or salsa
92. Take one step toward my true passion.
93. Learn a language
94. Surf
95. Fast for two weeks
96. Do Speed dating
97. Learn how to meditate
98. Milk a cow
99. Reach my goal weight
100. Make my new year's resolutions for once
101. Save a year’s salary

Number 99, getting a tattoo

Getting a tattoo is something I have wanted to do but been afraid to do or that some of my traumas haven’t let me do. But that is not an issue any more. Here it is!!! I went to Miami Ink in South Beach and my tattoo artist was Jose. I didn't hurt as much as I though it would and it made me feel great. I now have another way to remember my 101 things forever. I got a very cute tattoo of a moon and a star, two of my favorite things. Thanks Mariela and Armando for being there for me.

Counting down... Number 100

Baking bread is something I have always wanted to do but had never gotten around to it. In Venezuela ham bread is a christmas tradition and even though I spent Christmas in Miami thanks to Meche and Mariela I got to do one more thing from my list.
My bread had turkey ham in it, plus olives and raisins. It was delicious!!!