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==Things to Do==
==Things to Do==


Retire
Have a baby (Complete!  January 21, 2023 Yay little Baby Charles V!)


Get in shape
Get in shape


Run the Kentucky Derby Mini Marathon! [Complete!  April 2009, 3 hours, 35 minutes!] (and 2010, 2011, 2012... 2013?)
Run the Kentucky Derby Mini Marathon! [Complete!  April 2009, 3 hours, 35 minutes!] [And 7 times after that!]


Be a Space Tourist (orbital flight, or the stretch goal:  Moon Landing) [Mars?]
Be a Space Tourist (orbital flight, or the stretch goal:  Moon Landing) [Mars?]
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Buy a Fixer-Upper house (and fixer-it-up) (then sell it or torch it or rent it)
Buy a Fixer-Upper house (and fixer-it-up) (then sell it or torch it or rent it)


Eventually successfully complete a NanoWrimo or, better, just write a book (e-books?)
Eventually successfully complete a NanoWrimo [Complete, Nov. 2014!] or, better, just write a book (e-books?)


Watch a shuttle launch [Fail!]
Watch a shuttle launch [Marking as a success after watching the SpaceX launch of SAOCOM 1A, Oct. 2018!]


Buy someone a car [Complete!  Ask [[Ang]]!]
Buy someone a car [Complete!  Ask [[Kory]]!]


Buy Ferf a yacht [Complete!  Ask [[Ferf]].]
Buy Ferf a yacht [Complete!  Ask [[Ferf]].]
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Swim in a pool filled with macaroni and cheese
Swim in a pool filled with macaroni and cheese
Retire


==Things to Learn==
==Things to Learn==
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Grand Piano (Complete!  And it's PURTY)
Grand Piano (Complete!  And it's PURTY)


Dishes (Complete! Finally!)
Murhpy Bed  (Complete -- YAY!)


Murhpy Bed  (Complete -- YAY! Now I have to get rid of it.)
A House (as in, pay-it-off) UPDATE:  I'm paying for two houses now, one rented, none paid off.
 
A House (as in, pay-it-off) UPDATE:  I'm paying for THREE houses now!!! Trying to sell one, living in one, one rented, none paid off.


MAME Cabinet
MAME Cabinet


Sailboat
Sailboat
And a Canoe or Kayak (or both!)


A Fishtank
A Fishtank


A comprehensive wood shop, so's I can make lots of other stuffs:
A comprehensive wood shop, so's I can make lots of other stuffs


*A Canoe or Kayak (or both!)
A decent telescope


*A decent telescope
Wooden replacement covers for the 4-color pens


*Wooden replacement covers for the 4-color pens
Dishes (Complete! Finally!)
 
*Wooden bicycle
 
*Flexible/bendable/softish wood furniture
 
*Chess boards and pieces (make this)
 
*Boxes and drawers and built-in cabinets
 
*Bows (as in archery)
 
*Musical instruments (violin, guitar, ...)


==Software to Write==
==Software to Write==

Latest revision as of 20:10, 13 April 2024

Chip's Official To-Do List

Things to Do

Have a baby (Complete! January 21, 2023 Yay little Baby Charles V!)

Get in shape

Run the Kentucky Derby Mini Marathon! [Complete! April 2009, 3 hours, 35 minutes!] [And 7 times after that!]

Be a Space Tourist (orbital flight, or the stretch goal: Moon Landing) [Mars?]

Buy a Fixer-Upper house (and fixer-it-up) (then sell it or torch it or rent it)

Eventually successfully complete a NanoWrimo [Complete, Nov. 2014!] or, better, just write a book (e-books?)

Watch a shuttle launch [Marking as a success after watching the SpaceX launch of SAOCOM 1A, Oct. 2018!]

Buy someone a car [Complete! Ask Kory!]

Buy Ferf a yacht [Complete! Ask Ferf.]

Recruit butter minions

Swim in a pool filled with macaroni and cheese

Retire

Things to Learn

Learn some more instruments

Learn to Ride the Unicycle

Learn to Juggle 5 balls

Songs to Learn to Play

Home Sweet Home (Motley Crue)

They Can't Take That Away from Me (Frank Sinatra)

Joy to the World (Three Dog Night)

Something to Believe In (Poison)

Things to Make, Buy, Borrow, or Steal

Grand Piano (Complete! And it's PURTY)

Murhpy Bed (Complete -- YAY!)

A House (as in, pay-it-off) UPDATE: I'm paying for two houses now, one rented, none paid off.

MAME Cabinet

Sailboat

And a Canoe or Kayak (or both!)

A Fishtank

A comprehensive wood shop, so's I can make lots of other stuffs

A decent telescope

Wooden replacement covers for the 4-color pens

Dishes (Complete! Finally!)

Software to Write

Photomosaic Software so Ferf can use it!

Some video game (at least one of the little addictive ones)

Data Visualization Software (see ChipMonkey's Coding Corner)

Android Retirement Calculator

Android Fuel Mileage and Car Maintenance Tracker