My Bucket List

I have been wanting to do this for a while now, but never took the time to actually make a list. So here goes my bucket list, things I want to do before I die! Some of these things I will accomplish within the year, others it may be quite a few years; but at least I have goals. This list is in no particular order... I will add to this list... and I may even take things off my list. I will blog about each experience and try to capture photographs when I can! Follow along with me and get ready for the ride- I can imagine it will be full of fun!!!


1. Go on our honeymoon
2. Have a girls weekend
3. Go to an Essence Music Festival
4. Get my Masters
5. Go to Las Vegas
6. Visit Savannah, Georgia
7. Run a 5K
8. Sing karaoke
9. Get out of debt
10. Learn to make pottery
11. Vacation at the beach
12. Take a trip to California
13. Work out consistently, at least 3 times a week (for longer than 2 weeks)
14. Travel outside the US
15. Buy a house
16. Create a trust fund for Caileb
17. Get a complete makeover
18. Photograph NYC (which I guess includes visiting NYC)
19. Fly kites
20. Establish myself as a photographer
21. Learn to knit
22. Photograph love- capture an image that summarizes the emotion (completed 1/16/11, read about it here)
23. Photograph sunset at a beach
24. Photograph sunrise over water
25. Discover my life’s purpose
26. Learn to say “no” without feeling guilty
27. Go to movies solo
28. Help with a Habitat for Humanity build
29. Pay for a stranger’s meal at random
30. Make a financial donation to a charity
31. Plan a party (other than Caileb’s birthdays)
32. Provide a complete Christmas for a family in need- gifts & food
33. Have or go to a painting party
34. Visit a vineyard
35. Go horseback riding
36. Go skiing
37. Spend a weekend at a 5-star spa
38. Go to a UK football game (my husband reminded me that I went to a game with a friend before we moved to TN, when I locate a picture I will mark this completed- until then I'll just say IN PROGRESS)
39. Go to an NFL football game (complete 12/19/10, read about it here)
40. Raise a happy & healthy child (in progress)
41. Be a foster parent
42. Adopt a child
43. Have family rituals & traditions to celebrate holidays
44. Create my family tree
45. Renew our wedding vows for our 10 year anniversary
46. Get together with extended family at least once a year
47. Make a difference in at least one person’s life (I hope this is in progress)
48. Volunteer at a soup kitchen
49. Plant a garden
50. Join a disaster relief effort
51. Create a cookbook (not original recipes, but ones that I enjoy and like cooking, something to pass on)
52. Go to a Broadway play
53. Watch a Cirque du Soleil show in person
54. Go to the Kentucky Derby
55. Hand out money to total strangers
56. Be a member in the audience of a TV show
57. Get a henna tattoo
58. Travel solo
59. Throw someone a surprise party
60. Go to a masquerade
61. Take a 365 day challenge (a few options)
Write in a journal
Learn a new word every day
Do some sort of exercise for 20 minutes every day
Save $3 every single day
Take a photo every day
62. Learn to, and go, snorkel
63. Swim with dolphins
64. Go white water rafting
65. Go on a cruise
66. Ride a mechanical bull
67. Walk through a corn maze
68. Go- go kart racing
69. Go whale-watching (well, maybe!?)
70. Visit Niagra Falls
71. Visit the San Diego Zoo
72. Milk a cow
73. Ride an elephant
74. See the Grand Canyon
75. Visit Yosemite National Park
76. Witness a meteor shower
77. See pyramids in Egypt
78. Go to an art museum
79. Vacation in St. Croix
80. Visit the Coney Island Boardwalk
81. Visit the Hershey Chocolate Factory