Friday, October 17

My Bucket List

I've spent the last few days writing and perfecting my Bucket List! There are so many things I say I want to do, should do, will do...so I wrote them all down. There are some pretty lofty wishes and here, but there are also a lot of very simple things I have just never got around to doing. Check out my list...

WITH THIS LIFE, I WILL…

Compete
1. Run a Marathon

See the USA
2. Drive across the country
3. Drive across Route 66
4. Go to New York to see:
Central Park, Times Square, the Statue of Liberty and ride the subway
5. Eat a Philly Cheese steak at Pat’s and Geno’s in Philadelphia
6. Go to the Mall of America
7. See the Grand Canyon
8. See Niagara Falls
9. Visit the Florida Keys
10. Visit all 50 states

Travel the World
11. Go to Italy to see:
Pompeii, The Canals of Venice and The Roman Colosseum
12. Go to Jamaica
13. See all 5 oceans
14. Go to Mexico
15. Go to England to see:
Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Westminster Abbey,
the city of London and Stonehenge
16. See the Tikal Ruins in Guatemala
17. Live in the Bahamas


Get close to some animals
18. Swim with the dolphins
19. Go whale watching
20. Go horseback riding on a beach
21. Go on a Safari


Just have Fun
22. Be a member in the audience of a TV show
23. Spend New Year’s Eve at an extravagant party
24. Sleep on a beach overnight
25. See a Cirque de Soleil performance
26. Go ice-skating
27. Go skiing
28. Ride a mechanical bull
29. Go camping


Make Myself Proud
30. Celebrate my 10th, 25th, 50th wedding anniversary
31. Get passionate about a cause and start a non-profit organization for it
32. Start my own business
33. Have an article published in a magazine or newspaper
34. Write a children’s book


Just Do It, already!
35. Go through a corn maze
36. Learn to knit
37. Make a quilt
38. Learn yoga
39. Start a collection of something meaningful
40. Plant an herb garden in my windowsill
41. Watch a sunset
42. Watch a sunrise
43. Refinish a piece of furniture
44. Build something
45. Volunteer in a children’s hospital
46. Bake a cake from scratch
47. Enter a photography contest
48. Enter a chili cook-off
49. See a waterfall (besides Niagara)
50. Plant something…and eat it (besides herbs)


I have been talking about running a marathon for a while now. I think 2009 will be the year! That's why I made it #1 on my list. I can't wait to cross some things off!

Does any one else have a Bucket List?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good list... Um I think you need to wake up early tomorrow and watch the sunrise. Have you never done that?
I love some of those on the list. And the marathon. You can totally do it. Once you can run 5 miles you can run 26! Great job! H

Colleen said...

Your list is impressive! I've had a rather vague, very short list in my mind for years; write a book, go on a sleigh ride. LOL! However, I can check off several from your list; 4, 14, 15, 22, 26, 27, 29, 35, 38, 41, 42, 46 and 49. I think #1 on my list right now is to find a way to bring one more baby into our family. :)

"Gorgeous Mommy" said...

I totally love your list. It's so inspirational!

Anonymous said...

Marathon is on my list, too. I am a sahm with 4 kids and now that my youngest is in school, I am training to run the Venice Marathon in 2009...I will be 45!

I say...go for it!