My Bucket List

1. See the Aurora Borealis
2. Go to Australia
3. Go to Greece
4. Go to Italy
5. See Michaelangelo’s David
6. See the Sistine Chapel
7. See the Coliseum
8. Go to Iceland
9. Swim in a hot spring
10. See Niagra Falls
11. See Victoria Falls
12. Hike to Machu Picchu
13. Go to Chichen Itza
14. See the Big Hand in the Sand in Uruguay
15. Go up to Christ the Redeemer in Brazil
16. Go to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
17. Kiss under the Eiffel Tower (preferably Dave)
18. See the Mona Lisa in France
19. Go on a safari
20. Visit all 50 states (not just drive thru) – updated 7/13/09
21. Go on a vacation inspired by Jake’s interests
22. Go on a vacation inspired by Emma’s interests
23. Go on a vacation inspired by Dave’s interests
24. Walk on the Great Wall of China
25. Celebrate the New Year in Times Square
26. See Petra in Jordan
27. Go to the Taj Mahal in India
28. Go whale watching
29. Go rafting through the Grand Canyon
30. Cliff jump (not dive) in Hawaii
31. Sleep in a castle somewhere
32. Request more pages for my passport because I’ve traveled so much.
33. Run a 5k
34. Run a 10k
35. Do a mini-triathalon
36. Walk at least 10 miles of the Appalachian Trail
37. Hike up AND down Mount Washington
38. Do 100 modified (girl) pushups without stopping
39. Do 100 standard (boy) pushups without stopping
40. Learn to play tennis
41. Get certified in SCUBA
42. Bowl a 200 game
43. Walk down the Washington Monument
44. Walk up the Statue of Liberty
45. Take a self defense class
46. Learn to surf
47. Give $1,000 to someone who truly needs it
48. Give $5,000 to someone who truly needs it
49. Renew our vows on our 50th anniversary
50. Stand on a Broadway stage
51. Apply for The Amazing Race
52. Be on TV
53. Meet Ellen DeGeneres
54. Take a photography class
55. Get paid for a picture I took
56. Go skydiving
57. Go parasailing
58. Read all of Jane Austen’s novels (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion)
59. Read all of C.S. Lewis’ fiction (The Pilgrim’s Regress, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra (aka Voyage to Venus), That Hideous Strength, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician’s Nephew, The Last Battle, Till We Have Faces, Screwtape Proposes a Toast, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, The Dark Tower, Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C. S. Lewis)
60. Be completely caught up on my scrapbooking
61. Read 30 books in one year
62. Go on a mission trip in the U.S.
63. Go on an international mission trip
64. Get my bachelor’s degree
65. Learn an instrument again (flute or clarinet)
66. Learn sign language
67. Publish something I’ve written
68. Go skinny dipping
69. Ride in a hot air balloon
70. Watch AFI’s top 100 movies – updated 1/31/09
71. Write a love letter to Jake
72. Write a love letter to Emma