Monday, November 14, 2011

A List

Me and Markus - Hawaii swimming with dolphins

What do you want to do before you 'kick the bucket'? I started my own Bucket List (or things to do before I die) a few years ago and wanted to share these life goals - that way I will be more accountable for action. Here goes:

X Start my own blog
X Race in a triathlon
X Sleep under the stars
X Play in a band
X Swim in a waterfall in Hawaii
X Watch a meteor shower
X Give more than I can afford to charity
X Go to Disneyland
X Climb a mountain
X Hold a praying mantis
X Sing a solo
X Perform live in Madison Square Garden
X Visit Paris
X Watch a lightning storm
X Teach myself to read
X Adopt a dog
X Walk to the top of the Statue of Liberty
X Grow my own vegetables
X See the Mona Lisa in France
X Sleep in a yurt
X Have a pillow fight
X Go on a hut bicycle tour of Colorado
X Take a sick day when I'm not sick
X Build a snow fort
X Learn how to telemark ski
X Go skinny dipping
X Run a Marathon (2)
X Ride in a gondola
X See a total eclipse
X Watch a sunrise
X Ski a couloir
X Go on a cruise
X See Niagara Falls in person
X Visit the birthplace of my ancestors
X See an Amish community
X Learn to speak German
X Have enough money to be truly satisfied
X See the Eiffel Tower at night
X Go rock climbing
X See Davinci’s other famous painting Ginevra de’ Benci
X Sing karaoke
X See Old Faithful geyser erupt
X Buy a stranger a meal at a restaurant
X Visit Spain
X Walk on a beach by moonlight
X Have my portrait painted
X Surf in Hawaii
X See the Sound of Music sites in Salzburg
X Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
X Go scuba diving or snorkeling
X Kiss in the rain
X Play in the mud
X Go to a drive-in theater
X Be in a movie
X Walk the Ramparts of Neuschwanstein
X Start a business
X Take a martial arts class
Visit Portugal
X Serve at a soup kitchen
X Buy Girl Scout Cookies
X Swim with dolphins
X Get flowers for no reason
X Donate blood, platelets or plasma
X Go sky diving (indoors)
X Visit a Nazi Concentration Camp museum
X Bounce a check
X Ride in a search and rescue basket
X Learn Salsa dancing 
X Save a favorite childhood toy
X Visit the Lincoln Memorial
X Eat Caviar
X Piece a quilt
X Stand in Times Square at night 
X Tour the Everglades
X See the Changing of the Guards in London
X Break a bone (or 4)
X Be on a speeding tandem mountain bicycle 
X Ride the same tandem over the Hoover Dam
X Write my story
X Visit Notre Dame cathedral 
X Buy a brand new car
X Walk in a cast
X Have my picture in the newspaper
X Read To Kill A Mockingbird
X Visit the White House
X Kill and prepare an animal for eating
X Have chickenpox
X Save someone’s life
X Ride in an ambulance
X Meet someone famous
X Join a book club
X Have a baby (or 3)
X See the Alahambra
X Swim in the Great Salt Lake
X See Mount Rushmore
X Learn to play piano
X Keep a journal
X Shop the Magnificent Mile
X Experience natural childbirth
X Close my eyes during a movie
X Shoot a gun
X Build a backyard shed
X Sleep in a castle in Scotland
X Visit Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Hawaii 
X Volunteer as President of the Oncology Nurse Society Local Chapter
Horseback riding on a beach at sunset

That's all updated for now. Start living your very best life, today.