I've been hearing about "Bucket Lists" pretty much ever since I've been in the blog world. But for months I kept wondering, "What on earth is a 'bucket list'?!" Finally I looked it up.
Basically, a 'bucket list' is a list of things you want to do before you die.
I've had one of those forever! I got the idea of actually writing it down from
this page on
this blog.
So, just for fun, here is my Bucket List. The entries are not listed in order of importance. To be edited, revised, added to, taken from, etc., as the need presents itself. Things I've done will be crossed out and dated. Enjoy ;) .
1.
Mail a package to a soldier. Christmas, 2007 - to the son of some friends.
2. Go skydiving.
3. Visit Washington D.C.
4. Go to a drive-in movie.
5.
Jump into a pool or lake with every-day clothes on. June 30, 2013 - jumped off a boat into the local lake at a church fellowship picnic.
6. Go to Scotland.
7.
Become good friends with a Christian young man - or young men - who is/are not related to me and who has/have no romantic interest in the relationship. Began in February of 2009 when my family joined Victory Rd. and I met my dear brothers there.
8.
Ice skate. Dec. 30, 2016 - Dad, Mom, Trissy, and I went together. It was a somewhat shaky experience, but fun too!
9. Mentor a teenager or pre-teen.
10. Dress in a costume from the 1800s and go in Wal*Mart (or some other public place).
11. Save a friend's life.
12. Ride a horse at full speed for as long as we (me and the horse ;D) feel like it.
13. Talk in a Scottish (or some other) accent in a normal situation to someone I don't know and will probably never see again.
14. Make a dream come true for someone I love.
15.
Give someone a large monetary gift (at least $100) without them knowing who did it. 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 - to several different people or families at Victory Rd.
16. Make some vanilla pudding, put it in an empty Mayonnaise jar and eat it in a public place.
17. Get a pet parakeet and teach it to say, "Help! I've been turned into a parakeet!"
18. Find out if there is a 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney, Australia.
19. Host an exchange student.
20.
Order letters and/or numbers on my license plate that actually mean something. Oct. 2012 - ordered a new license plate and had my name put on it.
21.
Ride/bounce on a pogo stick. Sept. 4, 2012 - at after-school at VRCA.
22.
Taste Swiss cheese. Sept 11, 2012 - a piece melted over a slice of ham on a cracker. It was very good.
23.
Ride a motorcycle. June 30, 2013 - was given a ride by a motorcycle-owning church member at a church fellowship picnic.
24.
Taste a fresh coconut. Oct. 17, 2012 - 4th grade used them in class at VRCA and one of the students wanted to share hers with me at after-school.
25. Learn sign language.
26. Rename my WiFi network: "FBI Surveillance Van".
27. Grow my hair out long enough to sit on it.
28. Spend a night under the stars.
29.
Attend a live performance of Handel's "Messiah". Dec. 6, 2013 - The music program at the college where Trissy is taking classes put on a performance, and Dad, Mom, Trissy, and I got to go.
30.
Do a 365 photo challenge. 2014
31.
Spend so much time working outside in the sun that my skin gets dark and my hair gets light. Summer, 2013 - My hair got so light that people started asking me if I'd dyed my hair or gotten highlights.
32.
Make a call from a pay phone. November 15, 2013 - On a short family vacation, we stopped at a visitor's center on the state line and there was a pay phone there. I called Ava; of all my friends, I think she is the one that would most understand the desire to do something silly like that. She was in school (teaching) so I left her a voicemail message.
33.
Donate blood.
34. Lick-test a battery.
35.
Buy lemonade from a little kid's lemonade stand. Oct. 11, 2013 - Stopped at a family's yard sale next to the restaurant after getting off work. Was looking through a box of books and one of the little girls came up and asked me if I wanted some lemonade. It was 50 cents and worth every penny. That was some of the best lemonade I've ever had - anywhere!
36. Build my own banjo, using hide for the head that I tanned myself.
37. Learn Morse Code.
38. Learn how to tap dance.
39. Get flexible enough to do the splits.
40. Slide down a banister.
41.
Try shawarma. July 21, 2014 - My cousin Jaylyn made it as part of lunch when my family visited hers.
42.
Bob for apples at a fall party. Oct. 29, 2014 - The youth class bobbed for apples and had cookies and cupcakes after church this Wednesday night, and I played too.
43.
Taste Nutella. Nov. 12, 2014 - A couple of friends shared their snack of Nutella and crackers with the rest of us after church.
44. Ring a church bell.
45. Climb a forestry look-out tower.
46.
Stay at a bed-and-breakfast inn. August 14, 2015 - For the first night and morning of a two-day family trip with Dad, Mom, and Trissy.
47. Be a Salvation Army bell-ringer at Christmas time.
48. Attend a performance of the Nutcracker ballet.
49.
Attend a Casting Crowns concert. Jan. 15, 2017 - At the
Strength to Stand conference.
50. Go to the Sundance Film Festival.
51.
Watch "The Ten Commandments". October, 2018 - Bro. Earl showed it to his high school class at the VRCA and let me borrow it when they finished it.
52. Have my (leather) shoes polished by a ‘shoe shine boy’.
53. Go to Comic Con.
