I haven’t ever seen the movie The Bucket List, but I always have had an informal “bucket list” wandering around in my head. Not because I’m going to die, but a list of things I would like to accomplish at some point in my life. I had made out a list back in the beginning of the year, and I thought that I should share what’s on MY bucket list.

This list isn’t in any particular order.

Bucket List

1. Learn German
2. Hike the Pacific Crest Trail (Partially  completed Sept 2013)
3. Pay for a stranger’s groceries
4. Run a sub 30:00 minute 5k
5. Live abroad
6. Own and ride in a horse drawn sleigh during snowfall
7. Stay in a fancy suite at a fancy hotel
8. See Machu Picchu
9. See a bristlecone pine. Then I would have seen the oldest (bristlecone), largest (sequoia), and tallest (coastal redwood) trees on earth.
10. Trace my Cherokee heritage.
11. Visit Tahiti
12. Visit “Pemberley” aka. Lyme Park
13. Go on a camping trip with Missy
14. Read the whole Bible
15. Go on a short solo backpacking trip
16. See a Civil War reenactment at one of the battlegrounds
17. Go on a foreign mission trip again
18. See Orcas in the wild (June 2012)
19. Go on a multi-day kayak trip
20. Be debt free
21. Run a half marathon
22. Read a thousand books
23. Have a collie or sheltie (October 2012)
24. Own my own home
25. Go sailing
26. Camp in Alaska
27. Go on a cruise
28. Visit Jane Austen’s house
29. See a wolf in the wild
30. See the pyramids at Giza
31. Bake bread from scratch
32. Visit Sweden
33. Visit Scotland
34. Own a professional camera
35. See a Mayan or Aztec pyramid
36. Watch the sun rise from a beach on the East Coast
37. Bike 100 miles in one day
38. Become Freshly Pressed on wordpress.com
39. Get married
40. Run a marathon
41. Get one of my photos published
42. Go on a safari in Africa
43. Visit all the National Parks (10 out of 58)
44. Drive a sports car (a corvette would be wonderful!)
45. Hike Yosemite Falls (July 2012)
46. Own a horse
47. Become a mother
48. Visit all 50 states (17 out of 50)
49. Vacation in Maine
50. Go on a multi-day back packing trip.
51. See the Southern Lights
52. Go skinny dipping
53. Visit Pompeii
54. Publish a children’s book
55. Try snowboarding
56. Fly a plane
57. Own and play an Alpenhorn
58. Snorkel/SCUBA in the Great Barrier Reef
59. Visit Rome
60. Run in an race with my dog
61. Visit where my grandfather was shot down over France in WWII
62. Do an endurance ride (50-100 miles) on horseback
63. Try snowshoeing
64. Record music
65. Be able to land a decent sized jump on snow skis
66. Attend the Olympics
67. Participate in Dog Agility
68. Grow a bonsai tree
69. Go to a 49’ers game
70. Fall asleep in a hammock on a beach (sounds like a good honeymoon idea!)
71. Create a website
72. Hike Mt. Lassen
73. Mush a dog sled team
74. Get a bull’s-eye in archery
75. Own the complete work of Chopin (sheet music)
76. Lose a few dress sizes before my HS reunion
77. Own the complete work of Chopin (cd’s)
78. Visit Patagonia
79. Watch an animal give live birth
80. See the Great Wall of China
81. Fly first class
82. Visit the Lincoln Memorial
83. Visit a spa
84. Sleep on an overnight train
85. Serve as a missionary for 6 months to a year
86. Sleep in a hostel in Europe

So that is my list for now. I know that I’ll cross things off, and probably add a few as life fluctuates.

Question

What is on YOUR “bucket list?” Which ones of mine would we share?