Steve Jones' Life List

This is a list of things that I want to accomplish before I leave this Earth. It is pretty much a random list in no particular order that represents things that I think are interesting, satisfying, and ensure that I love my life. I may add or remove things at any time and there is no particular number of things that I want to accomplish. Items in bold are complete.

I have divided the lists into completed and not. Completed are here.

Items I am still working on

Compete in an Ironman triathlon - It used to be The Ironman, but any one will do. Just to accomplish the feat.
Visit all seven continents
- North America - born here, so this one was easy.
- Europe - Spring 1987.
- South America - ??.
- Asia - ??.
- Africa - ??.
- Antarctica - ??.
Visit Madagascar - Can't explain this one, but I want to go.
See the Great Wall of China in person
Travel to Katmandu
Travel to Japan
Start a scholarship fund
Write a fictional novel
Earn an MBA
Work for a charity full-time
Teach school for a year
Rebuild a car engine
Own a bookstore
Acquire $1 million in assets
Ride a motorcycle or bicycle across the United States
Build a house from scratch - not by myself, but buy land and have a house built or build it myself.
Retire at 40 or 41 for six months with my wife.
Own a hot tub
Own a swimming pool - the short ones for indoor use count.
Climb as far as I can up Mt Everest in two weeks.
Climb as far as I can up Mt Fuji.
Skydive - not sure about this one. I need to wait until my kids grow some more.
Avoid wearing a tie - Last known date, 2/9/2008 - 1929 days and counting (last record: 1,763 days)
Paint a picture
Visit Alaska
Make a difference in someone's life outside my family.
Perform a major repair or renovation on my house with only my family.
Write a software application that someone else uses. For free or for profit.
Attend a fantasy baseball camp and play for a week.
Have lunch with Roger Staubach - He was a hero of mine when I was growing up. Since I have been disappointed in meeting some people (that were famous) in my life, I am not sure about this one, but I think I would like to meet him.

Items Complete

Event	Date	Notes
Fall in love and get married	May 23, 1998	I have a lovely wife whom I love more today than the day we married.
Have a child	June 1992, November 1998, May 2001	I have three great children, Kyle, Delaney, and Kendall.
Own a 911	December 6, 2006	Bought an '88 Targa, red. Also bought a 914 in 2002, which was a semi-complete purchase.
Write a non-fiction book	September 2001 and July 2006	Published (as co-author) - SQL Server 2000 Design Study Guide Published - SQL Server 2005 Maintenance Plans
Publish a book	Summer 2002	Published The Best of SQL Server Central.com 2002 in the summer of 2002
Climb to the top of a mountain - 14000 ft minimum.	August 15, 2002	Hiked to the top of Gray's Peak in Colorado.
Complete a marathon	March 1987	Shamrock marathon in Virginia, March 1987.
Complete a triathlon	September 1997	Sandman triathlon, September 1997.
Fly first class on an airplane	Jan 1999	My first time was for an interview in Colorado.
Learn to play an entire song on the guitar	Circa 1984	Completed this one in high school
Play in a band	1984	Completed this one in high school. I actually got paid to perform a few times.
Earn a college degree	Completed May 1989	BA in economics from the University of Virginia.
Publish an article	Spring 1999	I published my first article in SQL Server Update - a UK technical journal in the Spring of 1999.
Learn to ride a motorcycle	Fall 1991	I had one in San Diego and commuted with it for eight months.
Scuba dive to 100 ft.	October 1991	Completed in San Diego, La Jolla cove in October 1991.
Travel to Hawaii	March 1995.	Flew there for 2 weeks on a vacation
Own a dog as a adult	Spring 1994	We had a doberman for a few weeks when I was in high school, but then got rid of it. When my wife and I were dating we got a Great Dane and now have two.
Earn $100,000 salary	2000	Working for a startup, I got up to $110,000
See a pro Football game	1993	Saw Chargers in their miracle run to the Superbowl and a Monday night Raiders/Broncos (and a few more).
See a pro Basketball game	March 2001	Saw Knicks play in 2001 for the first time.
See a pro Baseball game	Various	Seen quite a few. Rockies in CO, Yankees, Padres, and Orioles at home.
See a pro Hockey game	March 1999	Saw an Avalanche game in early 1999 with clients for my company.
Own a house	Summer 1992	I have owned quite a few. Bought one right after college and have owned one ever since.
Write a poem	1983	Wrote a lot in high school and college.
Go on a cruise	January 2001	On Carnival. Just a 3 day to the Bahamas and not that great. Not sure if I will go on another one.
Bought a Porsche 914 Targa. A partial completion.	January 2003	See the link
Play baseball as an adult - I've missed the game and wanted to play and finally went to tryouts and joined "The Shack" in April 2006. I'm the rookie in the 38&over league with the average age on my team being like 47 with me. Quite a few 50 year olds and combined with my rusty skills, weak throwing arm, and rookie status, I've been relegated to right field in games and first base in practice. Maybe in a few years I'll get to play first in a game :)	April 2006	See the link