The List

A bucket list.  It is kind of a morbid concept, and is a constant reminder of your mortality.  However, I think that ignoring the fact that truly the only thing every living thing experiences is birth and death, it is much better to be aware and do something with the time we are given.

The items on my bucket list are in no particular order, especially not in order of importance.  It covers the adventures I want to have, the joys I want to experience in my personal life, the good I want to do in the world, the ways I hope to make my faith stronger, and the techniques I want to master.  

 One of my favorite quotes is...

What are you going to do with your one and only life? - Oliver

Here is my answer!

To Do:

#1 - Ride a zipline

#2 - Ride on a motorcycle

#5 - Complete a Wreck This Journal

#6 - Become a black belt in martial arts

#9 - Kiss under the 'Bean' statue in Chicago

#11 - Donate blood

#12 - Learn calligraphy

#13 - Juice fast for three days in prayer

#14 - See the Northern Lights

#15 - Volunteer in a political campaign

#16 - Build a Tesla Coil

#17 - Dye my hair hot pink

#18 - Go to the Venetian Masquerade in Venice

#19 - Make and donate 10 dollhouses to Safe Passage

#20 - Take a bus trip by myself

#21 - Foster a dog

#22 - Do the splits

#24 - Hike in New Zealand

#26 - Buy property at a deed sale

#27 - Have a defaulted tax lien

#28 - Play World of Warcraft without sucking

#29 - Go to a comic convention in costume

#30 - Learn the cello

#31 - Sew a 10 layer petticoat

#32 - Flip a coin in the airport to determine a trip's destination

#33 - Jump off of a cliff into the ocean

#34 - Sky dive

#35 - See the Aztec pyramids

#37 - Sing in a choir

#38 - Learn to spin on a wheel

#39 - Knit a fisherman's cabled sweater

#40 - Learn to tat lace

#41 - Raise a heifer

#42 - Learn potting

#43 - Learn to cook

#44 - Sit still in meditation for 1 hour

#45 - Take a train ride through Quebec

#46 - Raise pigs

#47 - Raise chickens and build the coop

#48 - See Isreal

#49 - See Jerusalem

#51 - Eat sushi in Japan

#52 - See the pyramids at Giza/Kiss the Sphinx photo

#54 - Own a farm/ranch

#55 - Breed fish

#58 - Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

#60 - Have my custom knife cross made (custom jewelry)

#61 - Pose in a Vintage photo shoot

#62 - Learn belly dancing

#63 - Learn knife throwing

#64 - Learn archery

#65 - Catch a fish from a lake

#66 - Watch a horse be born

#68 - Have a pain free day

#69 - Live abroad for one year

#70 - Go to Russia

#71 - See the ruins of Pompeii

#72 - Eat at a cafe in Paris

#73 - Make and install a stained glass window where I live

#74 - Foster a child

#75 - Sew a complete 12 - piece line in modesty

#76 - Be on a game show

#78 - Go on a mission trip to Africa

#79 - Go on a mission trip to Thailand

#80 - Knit a lace shawl

#81 - Learn to play the harp

#82 - Sing karaoke
#83 - Make Home Made Ice Cream

#84 - Run a 5K

#85 - Read the Bible cover to cover

#88 - Learn to waltz

#89 - Dirty dance

#90 - Have a staircase moment

#91 - Host a formal dinner party

#92 - Buy an investment property

#94 - Have a baby

#95 - Convert someone to Christianity

#96 - Study design at Parsons

#97 - Graduate with a Doctorate

In Progress:
#101 - Have a successful vegetable garden
#98 - Graduate college
#86 - Learn Farsi
#85 - Read the Bible cover to cover
#53 - See every state in the US
                I have seen 15 so far:  Colorado, California, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Kansas, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, New Jersey, and New York.
#10 - Read 1,000 books and document the titles
#59 - Sponsor a child until they age out
#3 - Keep a journal of all of my completed Bucket List items, complete with pictures

Completed:
 #23 - Study Astronomy at the Collegiate Level
#101 - Rescue a horse
#102 - Make someone's wedding veil Want to learn how?  Click here!
#103 - Do hot yoga every day for one month straight
#104 - Make myself a ball gown
#105 - Have a birthday I enjoy
#107 - Learn to shoot guns
#108 - Learn henna art
#109 - Make a true to form Victorian Corset
#110 - Go to a ball
#111 - Have my Teenage Dream
#50 - See Times Square
#87 - See the Metropolitan Opera
#36 - Attend a black gospel church
#67 - Volunteer 100 hours in one year
#77 - Have true love's kiss
#93 - Buy a house
#100 - Get Married
#106 - Try traditional Iranian Food
#99 - Graduate high school
#7 - Watch Back to the Future Part 2 on New Year's Eve, 2014.
#8 - Listen to jazz in New Orleans
#25 - Watch all of the Harry Potter movies back to back
#56 - Cuddle a wolf
#57 - Apprentice a budding seamstress
#4 - Finish a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle
#112 - Go on a Segway Tour

Whew, that is quite the list!  It also has some of the items I have completed from my original list, written several years ago.  To cover the completed items, I will do 'blast from the past' posts so you can see it all.

Buckle up, because we are in for an interesting and slightly random ride!