Hi.
It's been a while. I'm still here, but carving time out for things that don't involve the feeding or hygeine of others has been incredibly difficult. I've been thinking, lately, about a bucket list and finding the time to start crossing off more items on it.
Here's what I've got so far. What does your bucket list look like? I'd love to see!
Bucket List so Far:
1.Take my kids to Disneyland
2.Take my kids out of the country
3.See London again
4.Re-Learn Spanish
5.Hold a conversation in Greek without mentioning lamb or the Turks
6.Learn the Lord's Prayer in Greek
7.Go 1 week without the internet
8.Become a published author
9.Walk a half-marathon
10.Spend a day in the Smithsonian
11.Spend a day at the British Library
12.Spend a day at the British Museum
13.Travel to every continent (but Antarctica)
14.Visit India
15.Have an international pen pal
16.Have someone put henna on my hands
17.Kiss my husband at the Taj Mahal
18.Parasail
19.Memorize a recipe
20.Be intimate with my husband daily for 30 days
21.Travel by helicopter
22.Travel by airplane
23.Travel by hot air balloon
24.Travel by boat or ferry
25.Travel by subway
26.Travel by pedicab
27.Travel by train
28.Travel by ATV
29.Travel by single engine plane
30.Travel by double decker bus
31.Travel by city bus
32.Travel by Segway
33.Read a presidential biography
34.Go roller-skating with my kids
35.Teach my kids to read
36.Witness childbirth
37.Go hiking
38.Camp out overnight
39.Learn to navigate by compass
40.Start a fire without a match
41.Learn to tie five knots by heart
42.Grow, harvest, cook, and eat 3 vegetables
43.Sew a kid's Halloween costume
44.Learn to fly a kite
45.Learn to barbeque something other than hamburgers and hot dogs
46.Ride a horse at a canter and at a run
47.See the Grand Canyon
48.Memorize the locations of the countries of the world
49.Get in a food fight
50.Release 500 balloons
51.Hit someone in the face with a cream pie
52.Sit in a wading pool full of noodles
53.Go behind a waterfall
54.Learn to salsa
55.Bake bread from scratch - and do it well
56.Pull taffy
57.Build something out of wood
58.Learn to Photoshop portraits
59.Learn the manual functions of my camera
60.Do a home improvement project
61.Host a gourmet meal for adults
62.Learn to play one song on a guitar
63. Visit Spain
64.Visit Ireland
65.Visit Mexico
66.Visit Hawaii
67.Visit Canada
68.Visit Egypt
69.Visit France
70.Find a friendly French person
71.Visit Costa Rica
72.Visit Greece
73.Visit Buckingham Palace
74.Visit Rome
75.Visit Cambodia
76.Visit Istanbul
77.Visit the Utah Shakespearean Festival
78.Visit San Francisco
79.Visit Seattle
80.Visit New York City
81.Visit a nude beach
82.Zip-Line in the rainforest
83.Zip-Line in Boulder City
84.Fly first class
85.Learn to shoot a gun
86.Watch someone else run with the bulls in Spain
87.Go snorkeling
88.Safari in Africa
89.Throw a block party
90.Volunteer at my kids' school
91.Volunteer at church
92.Volunteer at a soup kitchen
93.Write a basic computer program
94.Travel alone
95.Hold a parrot on my shoulder while wearing an eye patch
96.Moon someone
97.Have a drink at a swim-up bar
98.Celebrate Holi with someone
99.Celebrate Passover with someone
100.Attend an Opera
101.Attend a professional Theatre production
102.Attend a music concert
103.Attend an orchestral concert
104.Ride a multi-person bike
105.Update the design of this blog
106. Learn to throw a football and not look too girly in the process
107.Shoot a bow and arrow
108.Fire a crossbow
109.Roll down a grassy hill with my kids
110.Go paddleboarding
111.Ride a camel
112.Teach myself to hula-hoop again