My Bucket List Journey: October 2010

Date Accomplished: October 23rd, 2010

What a wonderful day - the wedding of my best friend since kindergarten: Ashley Dropsey.

"The List"

1. Go skydiving

2. Meet someone famous

3. Tour a vineyard

4. Try out for a reality show

5. Cook every recipe in a cookbook

6. Swim with dolphins

7. Hike the Appalachian Trail

8. Create a personal recipe book

9. Professionally record my voice

10. Learn to play the guitar

11. Go to a major sporting event

12. Take a mission trip to India

13. See the "Hollywood Sign"

14. Camp at the Grand Canyon

15. Own a pet

16. Bike through wine country

17. Visit a castle in England

18. Have an annual get together with friends

19. See the Mona Lisa in the Louvre

20. Go on an African safari

21. Go whitewater rafting on a Class 4/5 river

22. Learn to snowboard

23. Golf 18 holes

24. Visit the Great Pyramids

25. Go on a cruise

26. Visit NYC around Christmas time

27. Make a difference in someones life

28. Attend Oktoberfest in Germany

29. Be in the wedding of a good friend

30. Get my CCW license

31. Swim in the Mediterranean Sea

32. Get an advanced qualification/degree

33. Go repelling

34. Visit the Ancient Ruins in Mexico

35. Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef

36. Buy my first home

37. Try zip lining through the woods

38. Ride a horse on the beach

39. Make my own sushi

40. Visit the Great Wall of China

41. Design an article of clothing (and wear it in public)

42. Fly first class

43. Be physically fit and healthy

44. Plant my own garden (and watch it grow!)

45. Learn to ballroom dance

46. Dive with sharks

47. Visit a volcano

48. Run a marathon/triathlon

49. Visit the rain forest

50. Ride a camel in Egypt

51. Attend the Opera all dressed up

52. Get married to the love of my life

53. Attend a Renaissance festival (in costume)

54. Visit every state in the U.S.

55. Become fluent in another language

56. Read 100 works of classic literature

57. Ride on a dog sled

58. Visit the Hollywood Walk of Fame

59. Travel to the ten major National Parks of the U.S.

60. Attend the Sundance film festival

61. Have a baby

62. Send a message in a bottle

63. Get my portrait painted or drawn

64. Start a collection of somesorts

65. Hang my own painting in my home

66. Go to Halloween events in Salem

67. Adopt a child

68. Eat fish and chips in London

69. Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans

70. Sew a quilt

71. Take a cooking class

72. Eat crepes in France

73. Brew my own beer

74. Take a "Ghost Tour" in Gettysburg, PA

75. Be debt free

76. Attend the Indianapolis 500

77. Shake hands with a U.S. President

78. Read all of Shakespeare's plays

79. Write a song

80. Go shopping on Rodeo Drive

81. Visit the Holy Land

82. Have all my students get A's (one semester)

83. Lead worship at church

84. Test drive an expensive car

85. Take a cross country road trip

86. Be able to do 10 pull-ups/chin-ups

87. Give a stranger a $100 bill

88. Go to the Kentucky Derby

89. Build a piece of furniture (and use it)

90. Stand in front of the "Friends" apartment in NYC

91. Eat pizza in Chicago

92. Write a book (even if I'm the only one to read it)

93. Throw a surprise party

94. Go on a helicopter ride

95. Live in a foreign country for 6 months

96. Take a trip on a train

97. Go Paintballing

98. Be in Time's Square on New Years Eve

99. Go whale-watching

100. Go on a random, unplanned trip

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

29. Be in the wedding of a good friend