Saturday, January 15, 2011

The bucket list

The Bucket List. Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not. Comment on the ones you'd like to do, but haven't, or any other comment you think is relevant.

Things you have done during your lifetime:
(x) Gone on a blind date
( ) Donated Blood
(x) Skipped school (Well, if you call skipping a college class as "school" yes)
(x ) Watched someone die (car accident)
(x) Been to Canada

(x ) Been to Mexico

(x) Been to Florida lived there twice

(x ) Been to Hawaii*twice

(x) Been on a plane (actually, I was IN the plane)

( ) Flown a plane

(x ) Been on a helicopter

(x) Been lost(in London, Cambridge, Birmingham, Naples, Frankfurt, etc.)

(x) Gone to Washington, DC

(x) Ridden in a Police Car (I wasn't in trouble

(x ) Hugged a homeless person
(x) Swam in the ocean

(x) Swam with Stingrays

(x ) Been sailing in the ocean

(x) Sang Karaoke

(x ) Volunteered at a soup kitchen

(x) Paid for a meal with coins only
(x ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch

(x ) Seen the Northern Lights

( ) Been Parasailing (Never)

(x) Been on TV

(x) Did something you told yourself you wouldn't

(x) Made prank phone calls (I am old enough that caller ID was not invented when I was a kid. So, yes, a 100 times, yes! =)

( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans

(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose

(x) Fed an elephant

(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue

(x ) Fired a gun

(x) Danced in the rain

(x) Been to the Opera

(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus

(x ) Serenaded someone

(x ) Seen a U.S. President in person and seen motorcades.

(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe

(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
( ) Driven a race car

(x ) Been to a National Museum

(x) Been to a Wax Museum

( ) Eaten caviar
(x) Blown bubbles

(x) Gone ice-skating (I even skated on a frozen pond)

(x) Gone to the movies

(x ) Been deep sea fishing

(x) Driven across the United States AZ to Florida

(x ) Been in a hot air balloon

( ) Been sky diving (NEVER will)
(x) Gone snowmobiling

(x) Lived in more than one country

(x) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars

(x ) Seen a falling star and made a wish

( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser (Really want to!)

(x ) Seen the Grand Canyon

() Seen the Statue of Liberty

( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
(x ) Been on a cruise

(x ) Traveled by train

(x) Traveled by motorcycle

(x) Been horse back riding

() Ridden on a San Francisco cable car

(x) Been to Disneyland OR Disney World (both)

(x) Truly believe in the power of prayer (Absolutely!!)

( ) Been in a rain forest (Does Rain Forest Cafe count?
(x ) Seen whales in the ocean

() Been to Niagara Falls

( ) Swam with dolphins

( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
(x ) Been spinnaker flying (I don't know what this is)

() Been water-skiing

( ) Been snow-skiing
(x ) Been to Westminster Abbey

( ) Been to the Louvre

( ) Swam in the Mediterranean Dipped my toes in, it was the dead of winter!

(x) Been to a Major League Baseball game
( ) Been to a National Football League game

(x ) Swam with sharks (sand sharks, but they were sharks!)

() Been White Water Rafting

() Ran a marathon (Bawahahaha)

(x) Written a book or screen play (Had to write a Children's book in college)

( ) Been to a Tournament of Roses Parade
(x) Lived in more than one state (IA, AZ, FL, GA)(x) Become a parent (Yep!)

( ) Been Bungee Jumping

(x ) Been on a zip-line

(x) Been to Vegas
(x) Been to a minor league baseball game
(x ) Worked on a political campaign

() Been to the top of the World Trade Center or Empire State Building
(x) Ridden a Subway
(x) Been to your High School Reunion

1 comment:

Michael said...

Nice posts on bucket lists. I am a big advocate of finding things which stroke your passion. You have made some great progress on your list. Keep knocking them off the list. Don't forget to keep adding more.