Saturday, October 23, 2010

My Bucket List

So, I've been working in a "bucket list" for a while- things I really desire to do before I die. Some of these I have already done, but I have a whole lot more to check off. The way I see it, life is too precious and short to waste around doing nothing. I only have one life to live, and I want to fill it with as much adventure and fulfillment as possible.

1. Fall in love
2. Marry my soulmate and best friend
3. Be a mother
4. Help teenage girls through recovery
5. See a butterfly emerge from a cocoon
6. Look myself in the mirror, tell myself I am beautiful, and really believe it
7. Help someone who is helpless
8. Go exploring through the woods with just me and God
9. See the sunrise from the top of a hill
10. Get a Master's Degree
11. Go to Italy
12. Go on a cruise
13. See Jason Upton and Misty Edwards in concert
14. Go on an African safari
15. Go bungee jumping
16. Swim with dolphins
17. Do a 5K for a cause
18. Read the Bible through in a year
19. Play the violin in front of a large audience
20. Go on a blind date
21. Get a full body massage
22. Get a tattoo
23. Shoot a really big gun
24. Ride in a helicopter
25. Wear 4 inch heels
26. Dye my hair a crazy color
27. Ride a camel
28. Relax on the beach at night
29. Go on a wine tasting
30. Change a tire by myself
31. Plant a tree
32. Get a pug
33. Dance in front of an audience
34. Spend a day doing absolutely nothing
35. Eat a foreign delicacy
36. Make a stuffed animal at Build-A-Bear
37. See the pyramids in Egypt
38. Learn to make cheese
39. Plant a flower garden
40. Go to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
41. Get a mud bath
42. Swim underneath a waterfall
43. Chase a rainbow
44. Visit the Greek Isles
45. Visit the Holy Land in Israel
46. See a tornado
47. Own my own home
48. Spend the night at a homeless shelter
49. See a meteor shower
50. Go to Disneyworld and feel like a kid again
51. Send myself flowers on Valentine's Day
52. Pick out a classic novel from the library and read it
53. Go on a boat ride in Venice
54. Visit a concentration camp
55. Spend an entire day with my dad
56. Spend an entire day with my mom
57. Buy myself a piece of real silver jewelry
58. Be able to do the splits
59. Ballroom dance in the street at night
60. Take a pottery class
61. Take a painting class
62. Play the violin at Carnige Hall
63. Learn to play the drums
64. Go to a film festival
65. Cook something without following a recipe
66. Enter something in a cooking contest
67. Get glamor shots done by a professional photographer
68. Be in a play
69. Run through a field of poppies
70. Ride a motorcycle on the highway
71. Dance around a fire
72. Ride in a hot air balloon
73. Go to a drive in movie
74. Get kissed in the rain
75. Go to England and see Stonehenge