Wednesday, February 08, 2012

The Bucket List

It seems to be an ongoing thing with bloggers that I have been reading of all the things they want to do before they or their "bucket list". I have had one for a while, since I was about 16 actually and I wanted to add more stuff to it because some of the blogger that I have been reading have some things on theirs that make me want to do more than just travel. I have obviously done some of the things on my list. So in no particular order, here they are.


  1. Get married - Completed August 2002
  2. Have children (at least 2) - half done - Completed January 2010
  3. Get a Master's Degree - Completed July 2006
  4. Go to England - Completed February 2004
  5. Go to Ireland - Completed March 2005
  6. Go to Germany - Completed July 2006
  7. Go to Italy - Completed June 2005
  8. Learn to snowboard
  9. Sell some of my pottery and/or my art
  10. Write a book
  11. Become good at sewing Completed May 2013
  12. Invent something and sell it
  13. Learn to play the piano or at least one song
  14. Finish scrapbooking old pictures (not sure this will ever get done)
  15. Go sky diving
  16. Go hang gliding
  17. Kill a turkey
  18. Go to Hawaii Completed May 2013
  19. Beat Tim and Dad at racquet ball
  20. Build my own personal library
  21. Live in a nice house - Completed October 2005, March 2008, & June 2010
  22. Build the forever house
  23. Go scuba diving (not sure this will happen either with my ear issues)
  24. Learn to refinish a piece of furniture
  25. Take up photography - Completed April 2008
  26. Learn to water ski
  27. Go skiing in the snow
  28. Get to 135 - 140 lbs. and stay there!
  29. Swim with dolphins
  30. Read the classics
  31. Drive a NASCAR/do the NASCAR experience
  32. Go bungee jumping and yell Geronimo as I go down
  33. Go to Egypt
  34. Read all the books that I own
  35. Go on a hot air balloon ride
  36. Go to France - Completed July 2006
  37. Complete my family tree
  38. Be part of a Flash Mob
  39. Eat waffles in Belgium - Completed July 2006
  40. Eat a crepe in Paris - Completed July 2006
  41. Go to the top of the Empire State Building - Completed May 2007
  42. Go to a Yankee Game - Completed May 2007 (Yankee v. Red Sox-Yankees WON!)
  43. Run a 5K - Completed July 2012
  44. Run a 10K Completed October 2014
  45. Run a half marathon (13.1 miles)
  46. Run a marathon (26.2 miles)
  47. Take Max to Disney World
  48. Get one of my layout published in a  scrapbooking magazine
  49. Make cannolis  - Completed September 2012
  50. Go see the Grand Canyon
  51. Go to the Mall of America
  52. Go to Mt. Rushmore
  53. Do all the touristy things in Washington D.C.
  54. Go see a show on Broadway
  55. Find my dream job/career
  56. Buy my first house  - Completed June 2010
  57. Be debt free
  58. See the Sistine Chapel in Rome - Completed June 2005
  59. See the Colosseum in Rome - Completed June 2005
  60. Take a cooking class
  61. Perform a random act of kindness (i.e. pay for some one's meal, etc.) Completed September 2014
  62. See the Statue of Liberty - Completed June 2000
  63. Go white water rafting
  64. Fly a plane
  65. Go to Alaska
  66. Ride a camel (preferably in Egypt)
  67. Grow my own food/have a vegetable garden - Completed June 2012
  68. Stand on the Great Wall of China
  69. Captain a boat for a day
  70. Be in a movie or TV show
  71. Make a movie of Max's first year
  72. Finish Max's baby book
  73. Get all the DVDs into digital form  (Tim accomplished this) Completed May 2013
  74. Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge
  75. Walk over the Golden Gate Bridge
  76. Go to Alcatraz 
  77. Witness the Northern Lights
  78. See a whale on a whale watch
  79. Visit Pearl Harbor Completed May 2013
  80. Get married in Vegas
  81. Go to Vegas
  82. Get a 3rd tattoo Completed May 2013
  83. Ride a really long zip line
  84. Break a world record
  85. Drive through that big tree in CA
  86. Vote (for a president)
  87. Go to the equator 
  88. Raise chickens and goats
  89. Hear Max say "I love you" with clarity Completed March 2013
  90. Take Max to Lego Land
  91. Make all handmade gifts for Christmas one year
  92. Go deep sea fishing
  93. Make wine
  94. Go to Niagara Falls
  95. Go on a cruise
  96. Visit the fish market in Seattle, Washington
  97. Celebrate New Year's Eve in New York City
  98. Go crowd surfing
  99. Ride a gondola in Venice, Italy
  100. Go the the Vatican (Rome) - Completed June 2005
  101. Go snowmobiling
  102. Ride in a helicopter
  103. Go to a St. Patrick's Day celebration in Ireland - Completed March 2005
  104. Go to LA
  105. Go to the World Trade Center Memorial
  106. Make pasta from scratch/homemade 
  107. Catch a foul ball
  108. Visit the Worlds Largest Stuff
    1. Rocking Chair - Completed June 2012
  109. Eat a meal backwards (1st dessert, 2nd entree, etc.) Completed November 2013
  110. Do a triathlon 
  111. Swim in Pacific Ocean Completed May 2013
  112. Swim with sea turtles Completed May 2013
  113. Visit all the NY sites that are made popular by TV
    1. Seinfeld restaurant
    2. Friends fountain in Central Park
  114. Knit something
  115. Donate to Locks of Love Completed June 2014
  116. Compete in a Tough Mudder
  117. Go to Disney World
I know there are more but well I think that is all for now, I'm sure there will be more things that will come up what I will want to do but for now I think 111 things is more than enough things to do. Do I think I will get all of them done...no, I don't. Do I plan on trying to get a good 90% of them done, yes I do. 

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