My Bucket List just got bigger.... WAY BIGGER! I have been recently inspired by Jenny Meyerson (http://www.jennymeyerson.com/) and have re-written my Bucket List. Her list is WAY BIGGER and much better organized, but I am pleased to have done it. (I continue to add items to my list and am documenting My Bucket List HERE.)
- Now, I just need to start completing some of these items off of My Bucket List...
- See the Statue of Liberty
- Hold a hand-made sign outside of the Today Show in New York City
- Walk in Central Park - New York City
- Drive through a redwood tree
- Polar Bear Expedition in Churchill, Manitoba
- Banff National Park in Canadian Rockies
- Witness a whale swimming in the ocean
- Swim in the Gulf of Mexico - October 2004
- Swim in the Atlantic Ocean
- Swim in the Pacific Ocean
- Participate in a bell choir - even if it is just a practice session
- Take a walking tour of a city
- Trolley Ride in Dubuque, IA
- Attend a Comedy Club
- Watch a movie at a drive-in theatre
- Serve food in a food shelter
- Create a family tradition, like a December advent calendar, wrapping holiday books & movies and opening one as a family each day - inspired by Ali Edwards
- Complete a December Daily album - inspired by Ali Edwards
- Have a weekly family night - IN PROGRESS
- Eat dinner together as a family (no eating dinner in front of a tv)
- Take each kid on a special weekend trip on their 16th birthday
- Learn ballroom dancing
- Learn to play the piano
- Take a pottery class, use a pottery wheel
- Learn how to knit a scarf
- Take a tour of the White House
- See a Globetrotter’s basketball game
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Learn a foreign language
- Take up water walking for an entire season
- Tandem bike ride
- Safari Ride at the Wild Animal Park in SanDiego, CA
- Ride a SanFrancisco trolley/cable car
- Eat in (one of) Paula Dean’s restaurant(s)
- Write a book
- Learn to strip paint and refinish something
- Recover the seat of a chair with a fun fabric
- Learn to change a flat tire
- Learn to eat with chopsticks
- Take a cooking class
- Join/participate in a book club - IN PROGRESS
- Take a tour of the Chateau St. Michelle winery & vineyard (Mike's favorite) near Seattle
- Take a cake decorating class
- Learn how to make cake pops
- Host a progressive dinner party (Round Robin)
- Make homemade jam
- Learn to skate backwards on ice skates or roller skates
- Watch a sunrise in a beautiful location
- Try accupuncture
- Visit Maquoketa Caves - and maybe leave my hooded sweatshirt at home (to overcome my fear of bats)
- Visit Door County, WI
- Learn how to edit and make a video on my computer
- Learn web design (maybe to customize my blog?)
- Complete a 365 photo project where I take one photograph each day for a year
- Host a Cinco de Mayo party
- Plant a tree on Arbor Day. (Did you know that the date of Arbor Day varies depending upon which state you are in? Check out the website for each state here: http://www.arborday.org/arborday/arborDayDates.cfm)
- Attend an Adult Halloween Costume Party in costume
- Visit Navy Pier in Chicago
- Witness the changing of the Guards
- Take a candy making class
- Brew a batch of homemade beer
- Complete an obedience training class with a dog
- Visit a Bed & Breakfast in each state of the continental US
- Witness the free roaming buffalo herds in/near Sequim, WA
- Make homemade popsicles with the kids
- Take the kids to a rodeo
- Take the kids to a circus
- Take the kids to Disneyworld or Disneyland
- Take the kids to the Wild Animal Park in SanDiego, CA
- Make homemade ice cream
- Participate in a backyard campout
- Take the kids to see the monuments in Washington DC
- Take the kids to see the Statue of Liberty
- Take the kids to see Niagara Falls
- Take the kids to see Mount Rushmore
- Eat a breakfast (served to me) in bed
- Go “midget bowling” with my brother
- Hot tub - snow bank - hot tub once in my life
- Read the Hunger Games trilogy
- Read the Harry Potter series
- Read the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy
- Read the Twilight series
- Read all of James Patterson’s Alex Cross novels in order
- Take an RV vacation somewhere
- Walk and/or bike around the entire lake of Geneva Lake in Lake Geneva, WI
- Take an Alaskan Cruise
- Take a helicpoter ride, but NOT a Flight-for-Life/Life-Flight situation
- Take a ride in a seaplane
- Learn how to sew - make a dress to wear
- Take a honeymoon
- Visit all of the National Parks and make an AWESOME coffee table book/set of photojournals
- Take a lodge-to-lodge dog sled trip
- Attend a girl’s only retreat
- Photojournal (at least) one year of my life
- See Crator Lake
- Go to the Field of Dreams
- Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC
- Lilac Festival on Mackinac Island, MI
- Visit Greece
- Visit Italy and eat real Italian food
- Take the kids to Sesame Place, PA
- Witness the incredible beauty of Aurora Borealis/Northern Lights
- See a MoonBow at Cumberland Falls, Kentucky
- Visit the Canadian Side of the Niagara Falls
- Get a passport and go somewhere that we NEED IT
- Ride in a gondola
- See the Tulips in Holland
- Follow the Seven Falls trail to see the Seven Falls in Tucson, AZ - DONE
- Parasailing - DONE October 2004
- Train for and run a 5K
- Train for and run a 10K
- Train for and run a half-marathon
- Swim with dolphins
- Learn to kayak
- Learn to play golf and join a ladies group - DONE at Muskego Lakes Country Club in Muskego, WI
- Play golf as a family (someday)
- Snorkel in an exotic place
- Learn how to fly fish
- Learn how to spearfish
- Take a self-defense class
- Witness the end of a RAGBRAI race
- Try to surf
- Take a rafting trip
- Try rock climbing
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Experience the awe of the Grand Canyon and do some hiking on the rim
- Try to go sailing
- Sleep overnight on a boat
- Learn the art of massage
- Pay it Forward in a restaurant (selecting someone inside and secretly paying for their entire meal) or in a drive-thru (paying for the order behind me, as well as my own.)
- Try yoga
- Take up a healthy lifestyle - eat well, take time for exercise, floss daily
- Travel to France - See the Eiffel Tower, Musée du Louvre, Château de Versailles, L'Arc de Triomphe and the Beaches of Normandy - DONE June 1994
- Climb Camelback Mountain in Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ - DONE
- Live to see my kids graduate from high school
- Live to see my kids graduate from college
- Participate in the Mother/Son dance at the wedding of Sydney
- Participate in the Mother/Son dance at the wedding of Silas
- IF my children decide they want kids, live to meet my grandchildren
- Learn to square/line dance and do it in a public place, hoping NOT to look like a frog in a blender.
- See Céline Dion perform LIVE - DONE at Chicago's United Center in the late 90's with Mom, Sue, Rachel and Kristen.
- Attend a high school prom - DONE 1992 and 1994
- Ride in a limo - DONE at high school prom 1994 and our trip to see Céline Dion in Chicago.
- Donate blood at least once in my lifetime.
