#13 Go to the Mall of America 11/20/06

#13 Go to the Mall of America 11/20/2006

The most amazing mall in America! 

My family and I at the Mall of America in front of the Rainforest Cafe.

This is the mall of all malls. It was seriously incredible. It was also overwhelming because there is so much to see and do! Not only are there hundreds of stores, there is also an amusement park, a high school, a wedding chapel, and more. The best part is there is no sales tax! I loved it. 

Here are some facts about the MOA. 

• .57 miles is the walking distance around one level of Mall of America
• 8 acres of skylights allow about 70% of the natural light to enter the Mall
• 4 out of 10 visitors to Mall of America are tourists
• 4.3 miles of total store front footage
• 7 Yankee Stadiums can fit inside the Mall
• 25 rides and attractions in Nickelodeon Universe
• 32 Boeing 747s could fit inside the Mall
• 65 semi trucks were needed to transport trees to the theme park to create the outdoor feel of an indoor park
• 70 degrees inside Mall of America whether its spring, summer, winter or fall
• 86 hours is the length of time it would take to complete your visit to the Mall if you were to spend just 10 minutes in each store
• 100+ pounds of food are fed daily to animals at Underwater Adventures Aquarium - plus 90 extra pounds on the days the sharks are fed
• 258 Statues of Liberty could lie inside the Mall
• 400+ events are held at Mall of America each year
• 520+ stores are located in Mall of America
• 5,000+ weddings have been performed at Mall of America
• 11,000 year-round employees at Mall of America (13,000 during peak periods)
• 12,550 on-site parking spaces at Mall of America in two ramps
• 30,000+ live plants and 400 live trees climbing as high as 35 feet tall in Nickelodeon Universe®
• 32,000+ tons of trash recycled each year
• 170,000+ Legos have been lost in the LEGO play area
• 1.2 million-gallon aquarium at Underwater Adventures Aquarium
• 4.2 million square feet of gross building area
• 40 million visitors annually which is more than the combined populations of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa...and Canada
• 130+ million number of rides in the park since opening
• $650+ million cost to build
• Nearly $2 billion Mall of America generates in economic activity annual for the state of Minnesota

Project Wish

This is my list :) I sincerely believe everyone should make a list like this. And I think people should put whatever their hearts desire or their biggest dreams and wishes. The impossible is possible. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "We are always getting ready to live but never living." So make a list and make the effort to accomplish everything on it. It's incredibly satisfying. You should set your goals beyond what you believe your reach is so you always have something to live for. And when times get tough and you feel hopeless, look at that list and get hopeful. 

--->I'm gonna make bold the one's I've accomplished and put the date by them.

HELP WANTED...This is my list and I'd love help accomplishing things by any of you!!! 

I challenge everyone to make a list! And be committed to accomplishing it.

16 COMPLETED & 91 MORE TO GO <3

MY LIST

1. Get married in the temple.

2. Fall in love.

3. Go to Disney World 5/28/06

4. Make friends with someone I don't like.

5. Visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

6. Read the entire B.O.M. and Bible.

7. Send a message in a bottle.

8. Sleep under the stars.

9. Meet Jesse McCartney with Aubrey 8/28/07

10. Drink Fiji water in the Fiji Islands.

11. Go on a cruise 6/3/11

12. Have a Disney Princess party.

13. Go to the Mall of America 11/20/06

14. Learn to surf.

15. Visit North Carolina.

16. "Famous prank w/entourage & paparazzi" (ask me for info and I'll explain this one hahaha).

17. Model in a fashion show.

18. Publish a book.

19. Kiss in a hospital elevator like Grey's Anatomy

20. Dye my hair Little Mermaid red 8/4/11

21. Eat at CiCi's Pizza.

22. Learn to ballroom dance.

23. Do something no one else has ever done.

24. Have a star named after me.

25. Get lost.

26. Have a romantic candlelight dinner.

27. Visit the Sacred Grove.

28. Donate blood 2/16/10

29. Serve a mission.

30. Get my P.B. 8/19/07

31. Volunteer for a charity.

32. Try 10 fruits, 10 vegetables, seafood & sushi 7/20/11

33. Be in a music video.

34. Learn to play the piano & read notes.

35. Be in an episode of Grey's Anatomy (as any part whether small, big or an extra).

36. Go to prom 5/3/08

37. Swim in the ocean 7/28/07

38. Swing on a rope swing 10/19/10.

39. Ride in a canoe.

40. Fly (Go skydiving) 9/17/10

41. Write in my journal everyday for a year 7/19/08

42. Jump in a swimming pool full of leaves with a trampoline underneath.

43. Kiss in the rain.

44. Be Maria in a play of West Side Story

45. Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

46. See a real castle.

47. Be "Slimed" (like they slimed people on Nickelodeon when we were kids)

48. Be someone else for a day.

49. Throw a formal dinner party and start a food fight.

50. Beat a world record.

51. Have a real pillow fight (with feather flying everywhere).

52. Learn a new language.

53. Own my own dreamhouse.

54. Have a soundtrack playing to my life for a day.

55. Contribute to curing cancer.

56. Sleep on a Temper Pedic bed.

57. Solve a real life crime.

58. Have a sleepover with all my friends when I am older.

59. Fire a gun 8/9/08

60. Take a moonlit stroll on a beach.

61. Paint a picture (that is absolutely incredible!)

62. Vote 11/4/08

63. See the Northern Lights.

64. Love my smile and use it or get a smile transplant.

65. Learn to snowboard.

66. Graduate college.

67. Have Lasic Eye surgery.

68. Ride the fastest/biggest roller coaster.

69. Have my own love story better than the movies.

70. Visit a waterfall.

71. Conquer all my fears.

72. Be a doctor.

73. Save a life (or many).

74. Change people's lives for the better & inspire others.

75. Sleep on a beach.

76. Meet Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet.

77. Have a boy throw rocks at my window.

78. Meet a prophet.

79. Have a day of silence (no talking).

80. Feel like/be a princess for a day.

81. Become an excellent cook.

82. Learn to drive stick shift.

83. Make another person's wish come true.

84. Sew/make my own stunning dress like Rose's from Titanic

85. Dance in the rain.

86. Get in a cab and say "Follow that car!" in NYC.

87. Have a secret passage/door/room in my house.

88. Spend a weekend at a 5 star spa

89. Make the most incredible wish at 11:11:11 on 11/11/11

90. Change the world.

91. Pull an all nighter 8/7/11

92. Plant a garden & build a pond in my backyard.

93. Eat at the Undersea Restaurant Ithaa.

94. Get everyone to start singing at a restaurant like in My Best Friend's Wedding

95. Climb a mountain.

96. See real fireflies.

97. Be in the audience of an episode of The Colbert Report.

98. Have my portrait painted.

99. Experience weightlessness.

100. Rose petal covered room.
101. Kiss a stranger.
102. Create a real life bedroom like "Hey Arnold".
103. Dress like Helga Pataki for Halloween.
104. Go back to the Titanic Exhibition.
105. Go on a cruise looking like Rose from "Titanic" & wearing replicas of her dresses.
106. Donate bone marrow.
107. Meet Kate Walsh