I blogged for years at a different location, publicly. I had to go private for a while and then decided in 2011 I wanted to go public again. On the old blog, I had a bucket list of 100 things to do before I die. I have slowly accomplished things, but have a long way to go. I decided to bring it over here to my current abode to share. Of course, I have edited names in order to maintain more privacy.
Those that are highlighted in RED are the top 10 things. Some are items that may never be achieved...but what's life worth if you can't dream? So, without further ado:
1.Have a baby
2. Spend more quality time with W **Still in progress**
3. Walk the dog every day for 30-45 min. (at least)
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2. Spend more quality time with W **Still in progress**
3. Walk the dog every day for 30-45 min. (at least)
4. Clean out the office so it can be a nursery
5. Move our bedroom downstairs
6. Finish decorating the living room
7. Clean out and organize the garage
8. Visit Kirsten in Utah
9. Vacation in Ireland
10. Vacation in Australia
11. Go repelling
12. Take W to New York
13. Have devotions every morning with my family14. Go to church as a family every Sunday morning **In Progress!**
15. Go on another cruise with W and baby
16. Learn to sign language fluently
17. Read to my children every night before they go to bed
18. Say prayers with my children every night before they go to bed
19. Write a children's book (it's not published yet)
20. Write a book on my life as a Pastor's child (the ups and downs of being in the spotlight)
21. Finish the book I started in memory of BTL (bff that died)
22. Build a toy box for my child **In Progress** (We received W's that his gpa made him for B's 2nd birthday)
23. Plant a garden and keep up with it **Planted, but needs to be more kept up**
24. Have a vegetable garden
25. Go back to N.C. and get flowers from my g-mother's house to plant in my own garden
26. Cook the recipes Pop told me about before he died
27. Cook the family recipes my mom gave me for c-mas
28. Get the children's church painted like it should've been done 8yrs ago
29. Paint the downstairs bathroom
30. Paint the kitchen
31. Collect every classic Disney movie
32. Decorate the house, including lights, for c-mas
33. Take a family vacation once a year
34. Help my parents financially
35. Take a trip around the world
36. Adopt a child
37. Teach my kids how to fly a kite
38. Record a CD
39. Go part-time at my current job
40. Plan a surprise party for a family member
41. Buy a plantation house with a white wrap-around porch
42. Have life-long trust-worthy Christian friends
43. Have positive influential friends for W and I to enjoy hanging out with **In Progress**
44. Learn how to and make a quilt
45. Scrapbook my wedding pictures and W and I's life together
46. Scrapbook other memorable moments
47. Get Mocha to be calm-submissive with any situation (R.I.P. 2011) :-(
48. Get Blitz to be a well-mannered dog
49. Build an agility course for the dog
50. Go on a missions trip
51. Go on a fishing trip with my dad
52. 53. Own a horse
54. Visit Graceland
55. Visit my family in S.C. **Will happen Thanksgiving2011**
56. Renew my friendship with Jarrod
57. Stay in one of the expensive suites at the Op.r.yl.a.nd. H.ot.el
58. Live in Nashville (or in the surrounding area)
59. Meet Cesar Millan
60. Sing a duet with Michael English
61. Go on a vacation with our kids and another family
62. See another Broadway musical
63. Buy a 1956 pink convertible catty
64. Go to another Braves game
65. Go for a horse ride on the beach
66. Go on a vacation with W to a secluded island
67. Become a better wife
68. Keep the house clean
69. Change someone's life (I sorta feel like I've accomplished this with C2H)
70. Build the children's church
71. Host a dinner at my house
72. Take a tour of Europe
73. Set up my sewing machine and make clothes **In Progress**
74. Put together an infertility support group out of my church (This will be happening in 2012!)
75. Overcome my fear of being alone and attacked
76. Learn some form of martial art
77. Learn to be more forgiving and less cynical
78. Lead someone to Christ
79. Go to a rodeo
80. Travel and sing
81. Go to Hollywood
82. Go to Vegas
83. Become a better pianist
84. Learn how to play guitar
85. Write my own song
86. Go ice-skating in Central Park
87. Learn how to fly a plane
88. Become a cop
89. Own my own gun
90. Make W smile at least twice a day b/c he's happy at me
91. Bring up my child(ren) in a way that when they grow older they will know how to love and be loved
92. Be able to look back on my life and know that I have no regrets, only lessons learned
93. Become stronger in my walk with the Lord
94. Go on a picnic
95. Find a way to fix bfast and dinner every day for my family (or at least 3x's a week)
96. Start a college-savings fund (SIL started for B's first bday)
97. Make jewelry
98. See my children married and have families of their own
99. Make W cry b/c he's so happy (like he did when I told him of our first pregnancy)
100. Renew my marriage vows and have W and I on the same wavelength of what we want for our family spiritually. (Renewal will happen in 2014)
