My Bucket List

I didn't know there was such thing as a "bucket list" until the movie The Bucket List came out in 2007. The movie made me think about the things I'd like to do and see before I leave this earth. In doing a little research, I discovered that there are websites available to get ideas for your bucket list. There is even a website to help you create, organize and maintain your bucket list - www.bucketlist.org. I don't go that far - I keep a simple master list in a Word document on my computer. When I am out and about and think of something I want to add to my list, I type it in a memo on my smartphone and add it to the master list later. 

I have accomplished a few things on my bucket list, but my list is ever-growing, and as time marches on, I realize I may not be able to check off everything on my list. Oh well, at least I have some goals and I'll have fun along the way!

Below is my bucket list (as of today, lol). I add items fairly frequently, so it's growing. The items are in the order in which I have added them to the list, so there are some toward the bottom that I'd like to do more than those at the top. The items with strikethrough type are checked off, and I've included a photo of my experience for some of them. Maybe you'll get some ideas for your list from mine!

*Visit Sugar Hill, GA (off I-985 near Buford)
*Walk behind the falls at Noccalula
*See George Strait in concert

*Visit Washington, D.C.

*Visit Ford's Theatre

*Visit New York, New York
*Visit the 9/11 Memorial (Ground Zero) in New York

*Visit Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas

*Visit Jamaica

*Go horseback riding on a beach
*Stay overnight at a dude ranch
*Go "out west" and find my families' graves
*Visit Tombstone, AZ
*Finish Grandaddy's novel
*Type Grandaddy's life story and have it published
*Visit Paris, France and see the Eiffel Tower
*Make a wish at the Fontana di Trevi in Rome, Italy
*Perform genealogy research
*Visit Branson, MO with Ellen, the two Patricias & Mom
*Ride the Alpine Coaster in Pigeon Forge, TN
*Attend the KLOVE Fan Awards and stay at the Opryland Hotel
*Write a book
*Visit Las Vegas, NV
*Grow daisies from seeds
*Learn to crochet and make hats and blankets for NICU babies
*Visit the Leydens in Austin, TX
*Visit the Leydens in Adelaide, Australia
*See Niagara Falls
*Pet a penguin
*See a play on Broadway
*Spend Christmas in the Smokies
*Go to a Major League Baseball game
 
*Read the Bible through
*Give my testimony (through speaking & singing)
*Go on a mission trip outside my hometown
*See Tenth Avenue North in concert
*Learn to play "God's Love" by Jeffa D. Hill on the piano
*Get a job in which I get to speak and/or teach regularly
*See the Grand Canyon
*Ride the London Eye
*Visit a European castle
*Visit Hawaii
*Attend a PGA tournament
*Vacation in an overwater bungalow
*Watch the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery

*Watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
*Write a list of 101 things that make me happy
*Take Leyden to Helen, GA and go tubing and hike to Anna Ruby Falls
*Go to a drive in movie
*Visit the Smithsonian

*Visit Graceland*Stay at the Heartbreak Hotel
*Own a beach, lake or mountain place
*Visit Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans, LA
*Visit the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, GA
 
*Visit the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, TN
*Visit the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, SC
*Visit the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo in Gulf Shores, AL
*Go on an airboat tour of a swamp (and see an alligator!)
*Take Brad & Leyden on the Delta Explorer boat tour at Blakeley Park in Spanish Fort, AL
*Watch the Mermaid Show at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida
*Visit the Skagit Valley Tulip Fields in Washington
*Visit Yellowstone National Park
*Visit Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico
*Take Brad & Leyden to DeSoto Caverns in Childersburg, AL
*Take Brad to Bald Rock at Cheaha State Park
*Visit Hamilton Pool near Austin, TX

As you can see, I have a lot to accomplish! I also have some pretty amazing memories from the experiences I've already had. Which gives me an idea for another blog post...