Friday, March 16, 2012

Day 153: Bucket List

Here is my Bucket List as of today:
1.       Learn to play guitar
2.       Go to a hockey game
3.       Stay in a cottage in Ireland
4.       See the Hollywood sign
5.       Write a book
6.       See the pyramids in Egypt
7.       Eat gelato in Italy
8.       Go to Time Square at New Year’s
9.       Learn to confidently drive a stick shift car
10.   Be on Family Feud
11.   Gamble at a casino
12.   Message in a bottle
13.   Go to Mall of America
14.   Do a pinup photo shoot
15.   Ride in a helicopter
16.   Visit all 50 states
17.   Go on the Jaws ride at Universal Studios
18.   Go to a monster truck show
19.   Go to Mount Rushmore
20.   Paint a picture
21.   Go on an undetermined road trip..just get in the car and drive
22.   Stay in the haunted Colonial Inn in Massachusetts...shown on Ghost Hunters
23.   See the mystery GA stones
24.   Grow a tulip
25.   Learn to do a real pushup, not the girly kind
26.   Go mattress surfing down a flight of stairs
27.   Go to Disneyland
28.   See a celebrity’s house
29.   Get a spray tan, just because
30.   Get laser hair removal on my legs
31.   Visit an Amish or pioneer town
32.   Join a church
33.   Take pictures with the Hollywood sidewalk stars
34.   Lead a charity organization or drive
35.   Go to Venice
36.   Share my abuse story and help someone
37.   See Lion King: the Broadway show
38.   Go to a ballet
39.   Go to the circus
40.   See Cirque du Soleil
41.   Take my nephews to a theme park
42.   See a Picasso exhibit
43.   Create and maintain a blog with at least 100 readers
44.   Teach at a university
45.   Get my PhD
46.   Got to a small Mexican village
47.   See the Great Wall in China
48.   See a bull fight or run in Spain
49.   See a kangaroo in Australia
50.   Go on a safari ride
51.   See the Northern Lights
52.   Volunteer with children
53.   Go to a shooting range
54.   Play paintball
55.   Be in the audience of a taping of a talk show
56.   Visit Germany and meet my family that lives there
57.   Have a quilt made of all my old t-shirts to pass down in my family
58.   Go on a spiritual mission
59.   Go to a German festival
60.   See a meteor shower
61.   See the Statue of Liberty
62.   Go to a wax museum
63.   Go to a pottery making place
64.   Go to a wine tasting
65.   Volunteer at a soup kitchen
66.   Shop on Rodeo Drive
67.   Have a child or adopt
68.   Go whale watching
69.   Eat escargot
70.   Ride in a ferry   In Istanbul, 2010
71.   Take a cruise Dinner cruise in Istanbul, 2010
72.   Get marriedDecember 23, 2011
73.    Lay out and watch the stars
74.   Get something pierced  belly button, 2009
75.   Name a star  “The Nana”, for Mom, February 14, 2012
76.   Lay on a beach in Europe   2010 with Leslie Merritt
77.   Take a train ride    In Greece, 2010 with Leslie Merritt
78.   Own a pet   Ella and Lady
79.   Go on a horse and carriage ride  Helen, GA
80.   Fall in love  
81.   Go on spontaneous road trip   to Folly Beach, SC 2011
82.   Make my own piece of clothing 
83.   Be on a game show  Mexican game show in Miami, 2009
84.   Watch the sunrise on the beach
85.   Kiss underneath a waterfall 
86.   Be a designer in a fashion show  2008
87.   Learn to cook
88.   Cook a meal for my family 
89.   Get a professional massage
90.   Have a snowball fight with strangers Athens, GA snowstorm 2010
91.   Hike a mountain  Chimney Rock, NC
92.   Lose weight
93.   Learn to check the oil in a car Poppie taught me
94.   Throw a party  2010
95.   Go to a baseball game
96.   Graduate college  SCSU and UGA; 2008 and 2010 respectively
97.   Create my own recipe beans
98.   See a dinner and a show  with Mom, Pigeon Forge, TN; Dixie Stampede
99.   See an impersonation act
 100.                        Kiss in the rain
101.                        Build a snowman
102.                        Go to a petting zoo 
103.                        Watch the sunset on the beach
104.                        Drive a speed boat
105.                        Witness a lunar or solar eclipse 2008
106.                        Eat duck 2012
107.                        Learn yoga 2012
108.                        Start meditating 2012
109.                        Get a tattoo  first one: angel wings when I was 19
110.                        Go to Paris  2010
111.                        See Shamu at Sea World 
112.                        Be on a TV show 2011 BET’s “The Game”
113.                        Go tubing 
114.                        Get a master’s degree 
115.                        Go to Miami
116.                        Sing karaoke
117.                        Go camping
118.                        Ride a mechanical bull
119.                        Go to the Louvre
120.                        See an ancient Greek god’s temple  
121.                        Save an animal 
122.                        Pet a dolphin 
123.                        See a panda 
124.                        Fly on a plane 
125.                        See Broadway’s Cats