One womans journey to find herself and make the most out of life






Bucket List

Everyone has a bucket list and I'm no different. I had a post of my list, but I want it as a page so I can see it all the time. Some things on this list are realistic and others are far fetched but hey why not right? There are things like see and eclipse and go white water rafting that I did long before this list was created that I had always wanted to do. I will probably update this list as I think of other things I want to do. I have tried to categorize the items into specific areas, some could go in multiple categories. The numbers were from a list the I had created and then decided to split into categories.

TRAVEL
1. Howl at the moon on  Bald Head Island, NC
10. Travel around USA via already created plan
12. Cruise coast to coast across Canada
19. Follow my favorite band on tour
24. Touch all 50 states (27/50)
29. Be in Times Square for New Years
35. Lay on the 4 corners
39. Stand in front of the church where Luther nailed the 95 theses
50. Raft down the Colorado River
51. Stand on a glacier in Alaska
52. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
53. Climb an active volcano
54. Canoe the Boundary Waters
55. Go to the Calgary Stampede
57. See the wild horses of Chincoteague
58. See the lost city of Machu Pichu
61. See Old Faithful
63. Visit as many of our nations forts as possible
66. Visit the Jamestown settlement
68. Tour the White House
69. Retrace history in Philadelphia
70. See a musical on Broadway
72. Go to Yale and trod where the Gilmore Girls did
73. Walk the beaches of Cape Cod
74. Touch Plymouth Rock
75. Find some witches in Salem
77. Visit Paul Bunyan in Bangor, ME or Bemidji, MN
78. Visit the quaint town of Burlington, VT
80. Fall driving tour of New England
82. Go to Glacier National Park
83. Hang ten in Big Sur
85. Walk the San Antonio River Walk
86. Remember the Alamo
89. Be haunted in Savannah
92. Watch the sunrise in the easternmost city of US
97. Die in Death Valley (not literally)
98. Stand in the Parthenon in Greece
99. Make friends with statues of Easter Island
100. LIsten to opera at Sydney Opera House
101. Walk the Great Wall
102. Have an imaginary gladiator fight in the colisseum
103. Cruise the Audobon
104. Stay at the Ice Hotel in Sweden
105. Climb the State of Liberty
113. Vacation on Isle Royale
114. View wildlife in Costa Rica
116. Go on safari
122. Get my kicks on Route 66
132. Go to each continent (1/7)
138. Drive from N. America to S. America
139. See Stonehenge
140. Oktoberfest in Germany
143. Walk where Jesus walked
145. Smooch the Blarney Stone
150. Swim in all of the oceans (2/5)
186. Sleep in a hammock on the beach
189. Spur of the moment vacation
191. Walk down Abbey Road to pay homage to the Beatles
194. Drive I-80
195. Leave my handprint at Graumans Chinese Theater
196. Cruise the Greek Islands
197. Summer in a villa in Tuscany
198. Celebrate St. Patty's in Dublin
200. Utah's Bryce Canyon
201 Haleakala Crater in Maui
202. Visit the Taj Mahal
203. Float on the Great Salt Lake
206. Stand on the equator
211. See Angel Falls
212. Attend an elegant New Years Eve ball
213. Snorkel in Bora Bora
214. Visit the worlds highest capitol- Quito
222. Kiss my love in Paris
224. Float on the Dead Sea
227. Tour wineries in Napa

ADVENTURE/SPORT LIST
2. Learn to stand up paddleboard
5. Go to a big college football game
6. Go to a Packer game
7. Go to the Stanley Cup final
20. Swim with sharks
21. Learn to surf
25. Compete in a sport again
31. Learn to snowboard or ski
38. Attend the winter and/or summer Olympics
40. Go skydiving
42. Learn to fish
60. Run with the bulls
62. Find polar bears in Canada
64. Ride a horse on the beach
65. Ride a camel
76. Camp in Acadia
81. Dig for dino bones
95. Take a self defense class
96. Go whale watching
115. Walk England from coast to coast
117. Scuba in the Great Barrier Reef
133. Soar in a hot air balloon
134. Zipline
136. Learn to rock climb
147. Learn to tango in South America
149. See the Scottish Highland Games
162. Walk a suspension bridge
165. Hold a monkey
166. Watch turtles hatch and return to the ocean
167. Ride an elephant
184. Go in a submarine
185. Ride a motorcycle
192. Kayak the Maine Islands
193. Run through Chicagos Buckingham fountain
199. Mud slide in the rain
207. Climb the Matterhorn
219. Climb Diamond Head in Hawaii
220. Carriage ride in St. Augustine, FL
221. Swim in Lake Baikal

PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIST
3. Graduate college
11. Walk the Appalachian trail
13. Complete a 5k
14. Complete a half marathon
15. COmplete a marathon
16. Complete a triathalon
17. Get married
18. Have children
22. Be fluent in another language
23. Volunteer a lot
28. Be able to play another instrument
32. Read the entire Bible
33. Have my own travel show
36. Figure out my ancestry/geneology
45. Read the books on the BBC 100 book list
46. Find a cure for cancer
47. Start my own non-profit/fund
48. Learn to knit/crochet
49. Go to grad school
88. Accomplish all tasks on Boom Boom cards
108. Be ok with making mistakes, learn to not regret
109. Find inner peace
118. Write my own song with music
119. Create my own receipe
123. Create a piano masterpiece
124. Make furniture
125. Lose 25 lbs
151. Work for Habitat for Humanity
152. Write a letter to someone who has inspired me
155. Complete a 365 day photo challenge
173. Write a letter to my future self
175. Do a body cleanse
183. Sweat at Bikram yoga
204. Volunteer at a hospital
210. Assist Red Cross after a disaster
217. Be named employee of the month


RANDOMS LIST
4. Get the best job working with children
8. Shake the hand of a president
9. Meet tons of famous people
26. Be part of a Guiness record
27. Witness a tornado and/or hurricane
30. Be on TV
34. See the Northern Lights
37. Go to a big concert like Grammy's or CMAs
41. Go ghost hunting/ghost tour
43. Learn to change a flat tire w/o the aid of a man
56. Participate in a powwow
71. Pay my respects at Ground Zero
79. Rock out in the Rock'n'Roll HOF
87. Dance to zydeco music in Cajun country
93. Ride a ferry
94. Ride a unicycle
110. Find aliens in area 51
120. Ride in a helicoper
127. Go to a honky tonk
128. Go to an old fashioned barn raising
129. Ride in a ferrari
130. Complete the cinnamon challenge
131. Open a hat store w/ my sister
135. Skinny dip (ha, why not right?)
137. Participate in the Polar Plunge
148. Hug a Redwood
156. Wear the most absurd outfit in public
161. Be in a flash mob
163. Streak in a public place
164. Get a tattoo
168. Have a meaningful converstaion with a stranger
169. Surprise someone
170. Attend a highschool reunion
171. Kiss a stranger
172. Write my own vows
174. Pay a toll for the person behind me
176. Get a bikini wax
177. Have a facial
178. Have a professional photo shoot
181. Throw a themed party
182. Smoke a hookah
187. Dine and dash
188. Smoke pot
205. Play steel drums
208. See all Oscar winning movies since 1927
209. Watch Star Wars in one sitting
216. Visit all 16 Smithsonian museums
218. Spend a summer going from music fest to music fest
225. Attend fashion week in NYC
228. Get arrested...not convicted

FOOD & DRINK LIST
44. Cook through a 365 day cookbook
59. Drink an Amstel Light in Amsterdam
84. Drink in the Haunted Head Saloon in Oceanside, CA
90. Eat at Ben&Jerry's ice cream factory
91. Eat LImberger cheese
106. Have a hotdog at Coney Island
107. Be in a food fight
111. Attend a Murder Mystery Dinner
112. Tour America's top 10 breweries
121. Make a nice cake w/fondant like on Ace of Cakes
141. Drink a pint in Ireland
146. Eat Italian while in Italy
153. Do a pub crawl
154. Visit a winery
157. Eat at a Gordon Ramsey resaturant
158. Drink my way through France
159. Eat Alaskan king crab in Dutch Harbor
179. Create my own cocktail
180. Eat alone at a fancy restaurant
215. Close a flamenco bar in Granada, Spain
223. Reserve one night a month to go out with old friends
229. Eat a donut from Voodoo Donut in Portland, OR

FINANCIAL/MONEY LIST
126. Pay back all student loans in 15-20 years
160. Succeed at budgeting
190. Design, build, decorate my dream house
226. Extreme coupon for at least a month