The Bucket List (Updated)...
The list: (this is from a journal dated 9/24/02, from my divorce at age 28)...I have gotten a few more things done off my "life" list! :-) Sometimes it's best to revisit what you have done & where you are going & add some new goals. *Updated again Feb. 14, 2009*
2/16/09 Edit: Thanks, Mumsey - I had forgotten the "Screams" Mural for some silly reason! *Huge Hug*
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1. Visit All 50 states (9/24/03-Have now hit a few more states - including Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Kansas, Missouri, Georgia, Missippi, Oklahoma).
2. White water rafting
3. See Depeche Mode in Concert (*Done! Went with Katjabee in Winter 2005!)
4. Visit Yellowstone & the Grand Canyon
5. See Mount Rushmore
6. Go Camping (Completed! 7/4/05 - camping trip with Rowangolightly & TheBruce
7. Go Hiking
8. Go Fishing (Completed! 7/4/05 - camping trip with Rowangolightly & TheBruce-didn't catch anything!)
9. Ride a Motorcycle-Completed (Ben Hamby)
10. Go Boating (with the exception of a battleship & the glass bottomed ones at Aquarina Springs.... I've never done this).
11. Go snorkling
12. Go scuba diving
13. Go ice skating
14. Go snow skiing
15. Go water skiing
16. Learn to Rollerblade
17. Finish the last 20-30 hours on my Bachelor degree
18. Bake cookies for a fire station (*Done! Did this in Nov. 2005*)
19. Start a web page for my artwork (*Done in 2005 - needs updating! www.darkroomimages.net).
20. Sell artwork/prints at AggieCon or other Sci-Fi/Fantasy events
21. Visit Gettysburg (My deceased father LOVED Gettysburg & I've never seen it)
22. Go on a cruise
23. Visit Ireland
24. Photograph a castle (maybe in Ireland?)
25. Release baby sea turtles in Galveston (yep, they do this every so often!)
26. Touch a Dolphin
27. Plant a garden
28. Get out of debt & stay out! (besides car payments ....almost everyone has those!)
29. Go skinny dipping in mixed company (done the one-on-one thing, but never a group swim)
30. Go spelunking (maybe one of those "in depth" off the trail tours at Carlsbad...)
31. Ride in a limo (completed - James & Lynn's wedding in Austin, TX).
32. Visit a Jungle or go to the Everglades
33. Go experience Alaska
34. See New Orleans (Crawdaddies here we come!)
35. Visit the 6th floor museum & JFK memorial. Been to the JFK Memorial now - but need to see the 6th floor museum still!
36. Illustrate and/or Publish a child's book
37. Visit Washington D.C. - especially the Smithsonian (went at age 17 - didn't get enough!)
38. Make a sandcastle on a beach (Completed with Kari Giles, Linnea Welch, Brittney Boswell - South Padre Island, TX).
39. Watch a sunrise & sunset on a beach
40. Have a koi pond
41. Get a pedicure (*completed Spring of 2005)
42. Sing karoke (never done it... silly I know, but it sounds fun!)
43. Join SAPA for at least one season... (completed)
44. Sew something (*9-24-03-sewed my own bloomers for Scarby, 2-2-06: Official seamstress for cast & intern for Costume goddess, 2007 - Official Costume Instructor/Goddess for SAPA).
45. Learn to two step or Country Dance (completed - Country Dance at Scarborough Faire)
46. Buy a cowboy hat and wear it in public (completed - Cazadores event at Cyclone Anaya's)
47. Get another tattoo... a bigger one!
48. Fly on a first class ticket (Mick & I got upgraded to First Class - New York trip December 2006).
49. Sing a Solo in front of a group
50. Learn to play piano
51. Paint a large wall mural (Done with Mumsey - Screams Mural on the Pirate House- Oct. 2008)
52. Makes a BIG snowman or snow sculpture (lived in Texas since I was 7 - biggest snowman I've ever made was less than 2 feet tall & covered in dirt...)
53. Have nookie in a car (completed with Mick. :~D).
54. Learn to drive a stick... all the cool cars have one!
55. Read all the works of William Shakespeare.
56. Cater a meal for 50+ people (*Completed - Character Camp 2004)
57. Courier panties to someone at their office that I lust after... ummm...just to get a "rise" out of them. ;-)
58. Make Christmas gifts for everyone in a nursing home (Hoaky I know... sorry... ignore it, but it IS something I want to do).
59. Make Christmas gifts one year (from stocking stuffers up to bigger gifts). I'm creative, I have lots of art supplies & craft stuff... time to do it!
60. Stand in a dead volcano
61. Ride a Horse (9/24/03 - Did this with Smokin_Man... we gotta find time to do it again soon - it was fun! :-) ).
62. See the Redwoods/Yosemite National Park in California.
63. See at least a tiny corner of New York City. (Any one seen Snake Pliskin?)
64. Visit the Louvre museum for at least one afternoon.
2/16/09 Edit: Thanks, Mumsey - I had forgotten the "Screams" Mural for some silly reason! *Huge Hug*
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1. Visit All 50 states (9/24/03-Have now hit a few more states - including Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Kansas, Missouri, Georgia, Missippi, Oklahoma).
2. White water rafting
3. See Depeche Mode in Concert (*Done! Went with Katjabee in Winter 2005!)
4. Visit Yellowstone & the Grand Canyon
5. See Mount Rushmore
6. Go Camping (Completed! 7/4/05 - camping trip with Rowangolightly & TheBruce
7. Go Hiking
8. Go Fishing (Completed! 7/4/05 - camping trip with Rowangolightly & TheBruce-didn't catch anything!)
9. Ride a Motorcycle-Completed (Ben Hamby)
10. Go Boating (with the exception of a battleship & the glass bottomed ones at Aquarina Springs.... I've never done this).
11. Go snorkling
12. Go scuba diving
13. Go ice skating
14. Go snow skiing
15. Go water skiing
16. Learn to Rollerblade
17. Finish the last 20-30 hours on my Bachelor degree
18. Bake cookies for a fire station (*Done! Did this in Nov. 2005*)
19. Start a web page for my artwork (*Done in 2005 - needs updating! www.darkroomimages.net).
20. Sell artwork/prints at AggieCon or other Sci-Fi/Fantasy events
21. Visit Gettysburg (My deceased father LOVED Gettysburg & I've never seen it)
22. Go on a cruise
23. Visit Ireland
24. Photograph a castle (maybe in Ireland?)
25. Release baby sea turtles in Galveston (yep, they do this every so often!)
26. Touch a Dolphin
27. Plant a garden
28. Get out of debt & stay out! (besides car payments ....almost everyone has those!)
29. Go skinny dipping in mixed company (done the one-on-one thing, but never a group swim)
30. Go spelunking (maybe one of those "in depth" off the trail tours at Carlsbad...)
31. Ride in a limo (completed - James & Lynn's wedding in Austin, TX).
32. Visit a Jungle or go to the Everglades
33. Go experience Alaska
34. See New Orleans (Crawdaddies here we come!)
35. Visit the 6th floor museum & JFK memorial. Been to the JFK Memorial now - but need to see the 6th floor museum still!
36. Illustrate and/or Publish a child's book
37. Visit Washington D.C. - especially the Smithsonian (went at age 17 - didn't get enough!)
38. Make a sandcastle on a beach (Completed with Kari Giles, Linnea Welch, Brittney Boswell - South Padre Island, TX).
39. Watch a sunrise & sunset on a beach
40. Have a koi pond
41. Get a pedicure (*completed Spring of 2005)
42. Sing karoke (never done it... silly I know, but it sounds fun!)
43. Join SAPA for at least one season... (completed)
44. Sew something (*9-24-03-sewed my own bloomers for Scarby, 2-2-06: Official seamstress for cast & intern for Costume goddess, 2007 - Official Costume Instructor/Goddess for SAPA).
45. Learn to two step or Country Dance (completed - Country Dance at Scarborough Faire)
46. Buy a cowboy hat and wear it in public (completed - Cazadores event at Cyclone Anaya's)
47. Get another tattoo... a bigger one!
48. Fly on a first class ticket (Mick & I got upgraded to First Class - New York trip December 2006).
49. Sing a Solo in front of a group
50. Learn to play piano
51. Paint a large wall mural (Done with Mumsey - Screams Mural on the Pirate House- Oct. 2008)
52. Makes a BIG snowman or snow sculpture (lived in Texas since I was 7 - biggest snowman I've ever made was less than 2 feet tall & covered in dirt...)
53. Have nookie in a car (completed with Mick. :~D).
54. Learn to drive a stick... all the cool cars have one!
55. Read all the works of William Shakespeare.
56. Cater a meal for 50+ people (*Completed - Character Camp 2004)
57. Courier panties to someone at their office that I lust after... ummm...just to get a "rise" out of them. ;-)
58. Make Christmas gifts for everyone in a nursing home (Hoaky I know... sorry... ignore it, but it IS something I want to do).
59. Make Christmas gifts one year (from stocking stuffers up to bigger gifts). I'm creative, I have lots of art supplies & craft stuff... time to do it!
60. Stand in a dead volcano
61. Ride a Horse (9/24/03 - Did this with Smokin_Man... we gotta find time to do it again soon - it was fun! :-) ).
62. See the Redwoods/Yosemite National Park in California.
63. See at least a tiny corner of New York City. (Any one seen Snake Pliskin?)
64. Visit the Louvre museum for at least one afternoon.