Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Already Completed Bucket List Items

My bus buddy is retiring soon so we've been talking about bucket lists. I decided I should write one but as I was looking at other lists, I realized I've done a lot already so I want to take a moment to recognize all I've accomplished. I looked at two lists: bucketlistjourney and daringtolivefully and marked down which ones I could check-off:
  1. Go to Vegas – June 2002 (21st birthday), August 2010 (honeymoon)
  2. Golfing on active volcano – July 2008 (Mt. Etna, Italy) (original item was climbing active volcano)
  3. Become a parent – July 2012, May 2014, October 2015
  4. Get married – August 2010
  5. Ride a Gondola in Venice – July 2008
  6. Plant a tree – April 1996 (Belarus)
  7. Create your family tree
  8. Live in a foreign country – April/May 1996 (Belarus)
  9. Create your own website/web blog – I have 4 blogs
  10. Give a speech in public – church, work
  11. Visit Hawaii – March 2006 with Matt
  12. Learn to play golf
  13. Learn to play a musical instrument - trumpet and drums (I sucked but I played them)
  14. Fall in love – Matt
  15. Visit Moscow – April 1996
  16. See the Coliseum in Rome – July 2008
  17. Visit London – July 2008
  18. Learn the Heimleich Manuever
  19. Ride on the back of a motorcycle
  20. Learn a card trick
  21. Finish 1000 piece puzzle
  22. Zip Line – Malibu
  23. Police Ride Along
  24. Body Piercing – ears and belly button
  25. Snowboard – 2005
  26. Make a snowman
  27. Stand under a waterfall – Malibu
  28. Swim in the ocean
  29. Attend a same-sex wedding
  30. Be a bridesmaid
  31. Have a meaningful conversation with a stranger
  32. Meet someone famous
  33. Reconnect with an old friend
  34. Tell Dad I Love him
  35. Decorate a blank t-shirt – for Malibu camp
  36. Make a handmade gift – cross stitch
  37. Make an origami animal
  38. Paint something at a ceramic store
  39. Sew something you can wear (I made an apron in Belarus)
  40. Attend a wedding in a different country (Italy)
  41. Go to a dinner theater (Vegas)
  42. Go to a drive-in move (Mission:Impossible in Wenatchee with Matt)
  43. Have my picture in the newspaper (sports, Belarus trip)
  44. Host a game night
  45. Make a house of cards – as a kid many times
  46. Master a video game – Lego Star Wars
  47. Learn a line dance
  48. Ride on a ferris wheel
  49. See a 3-D movie (Avatar with Matt in Alabama)
  50. See a ballet (in Russia and Belarus)
  51. Cirque du Soleil Show (Vegas)
  52. See a Foreign Film (Amelie)
  53. See a Vegas Show
  54. See my favorite band/artist play live (Garth Brooks, Alabama, George Straight)
  55. Sit front row at basketball game (Battle in Seattle – Zags)
  56. See an opera (Phantom of the Opera)
  57. Get a foot massage
  58. Get a makeup lesson
  59. Get a spa pedicure
  60. Get acupuncture
  61. Get fitted for a bra
  62. Get a professional body massage
  63. Get my nails schlacked
  64. Go on a clothes shopping spree
  65. Have a facial
  66. Have a professional photo shoot
  67. Wear fake eyelashes (high school dance team) 
  68. Order room service
  69. Sell something on the internet (Amazon)
  70. Attend a pig roast
  71. Bake a cake for someone special
  72. Catch, cook and eat a fish
  73. Cook a dish from a different culture
  74. Eat alone at a restaurant
  75. Eat at a food truck
  76. Eat a Southern BBQ in the South
  77. Fillet a fish
  78. Have a dinner party
  79. Have a progressive dinning experience
  80. Shuck oysters
  81. Do a wheelie on a bike
  82. Haggle at an open market (Belarus)
  83. Have a collection
  84. Have a white Christmas
  85. Ask my spouse 20 questions
  86. Be an organ donor on my license
  87. Be present at a birth (3 of them)
  88. Build [part of] a house with Habitat for Humanity
  89. Do a charity walk (Komen, Buddy Walk)
  90. Do a Random Acts of Kindness
  91. Donate books
  92. Donate toys
  93. Donate clothes
  94. Get a college degree
  95. Learn to play a song on an instrument
  96. Meditate
  97. Read a classic novel
  98. Serve food at a soup kitchen
  99. Volunteer
  100. Complete a Ropes Course
  101. Do a handstand
  102. Fly a kite
  103. Golf 18 holes
  104. Kayak
  105. Play badminton
  106. Play Racquetball
  107. Rollerblade
  108. Snorkel (Florida)
  109. Tap Dance
  110. Ride in a limo (College)
  111. Ride in a scary roller coasters (all roller coasters are scary)
  112. Ride on a subway
  113. Ride on a train
  114. Attend a Luau
  115. Attend a small town festival (Fathoms of Fun, Apple Blossom)
  116. Celebrate a holiday in another country (Independence Day in Belarus)
  117. Fly first class (Alabama)
  118. Go to an aquarium
  119. See a spectacular fountain (Trevi Fountain in Italy)
  120. Sleep in an overnight train (Belarus to Russia)
  121. Sleep in a Bed and Breakfast (Italy)
  122. Travel Internationally
  123. Visit a tour attraction in my town
  124. Visit my state capitol
  125. Wear a fresh lei
  126. Walk the Hollywood Walk of Frame
  127. Explore the Everglades
  128. Learn the Hula
  129. Walk the Las Vegas Strip
  130. Multnomah Falls
  131. Pike Place Market
  132. Thomas Jefferson Memorial
  133. White House
  134. Watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace
  135. Make a wish in the Trevi Fountain
  136. Pose with the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Now to write my bucket list....