Bucket List

I made a bucket list a few years ago and since then it has just taken off.

Creating a bucket list was more difficult than I thought it was going to be. That being said, I'm having a blast adding to it. I really had to let go of all of my fears about money and distance and just realize that this list is about a lot more than completing it.

I know for a fact that I will never complete everything on my list, and I'm 100% okay with that. My silly dream of writing this bucket list is to inspire my daughter to accomplish her dreams. In fact, I think it'd be a great story if she were to one day take my bucket list and complete the things that I wasn't able to and add on some of her own.

The following is my list as of today. I would like to continue to add to it, despite Patrick's teasing about how long it is already. I've highlighted what I've already accomplished and italicized those that I'm working on.

1. Complete a 5K
2. Complete a 10K
3. Complete a half marathon
4. Complete a marathon
5. Complete a tri-athalon
6. Complete the Dopey Challenge
7. Donate hair to Lock's of Love
8. Write a book
9. Learn to drive a stick shift
10. Go wine tasting
11. Ride a zip line
12. Ride in a hot air balloon
13. Learn to water ski
14. Horseback ride on the beach
15. Ride a mechanical bull
16. Learn to ski
17. Jump off a cliff into deep water
18. Swim with sharks
19. Swim with dolphins
20. Swim with sea turtles
21. Milk a cow
22. Ride a camel
23. Ride an elephant
24. Watch an animal being born
25. See killer whales in the wild
26. Visit the Grand Canyon
27. Visit the Galapagos Islands
28. See the Northern Lights
29. Visit the Amazon Rain forest
30. Visit Yosemite
31. Visit Yellowstone
32. Witness a meteor shower
33. Visit Mount Rushmore
34. Watch a sumo wrestling match
35. Go to Disney world
36. Take a pottery class
37. Fly a kite
38. Make a quilt
39. Complete a cross stitch
40. Get out of credit card debt
41. Earn a black belt in martial arts
42. Be on the kiss cam at an Angel's game
43. Fly in a helicopter
44. Watch it snow
45. See the Rose Parade floats
46. Get a tattoo
47. Learn how to make sushi
48. Travel solo
49. Learn a new language
50. Write in a journal every day for a year
51. Read for 20 minutes every day for a year
52. Adopt a pet from a shelter
53. Go on a safari
54. Have my photography showcased
55. Climb up the Statue of Liberty
56. Go to the National Cherry Blossom Festival
57. Bike across the Golden Gate Bridge
58. Hit a bucket of balls
59. Volunteer at an animal shelter
60. Start a blog
61. Take one picture a day for a year
62. Go to a World Series game
63. Try escargot
64. Go to Time's Square for New Year's
65. See a psychic
66. Mud Wrestle
67. Jump into a pool fully clothed
68. Go to Ireland
69. Go to Australia
70. Go to Japan
71. Go to Africa
72. Go to Italy
73. Bowl a perfect game
74. Win big in Vegas
75. Take a cake decorating class
76. Organize photos into albums
77. Make one recipe a week for a year
78. Go apple picking
79. Buy a piece of Tiffany's jewelry
80. Go to a movie by myself
81. Go to dinner by myself
82. Complete a coloring book
83. Climb Mount Everest
84. Host Thanksgiving dinner
85. Visit Ground Zero
86. Go dirt bike riding
87. Learn to play an instrument
88. Join a softball league
89. Go kayaking
90. Learn to surf
91. Sing karaoke
92. Take a pole dancing class
93. Go scuba diving
94. Break a Guinness World Record
95. See the Leaning Tower of Pisa
96. See the Eiffel Tower
97. Play in a poker tournament
98. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
99. Build a birdhouse
100. Watch a chrysalis turn into a butterfly
101. Learn how to change a flat tire
102. Hike down the Grand Canyon
103. Go white water rafting
104. Learn how to meditate
105. Take a yoga class
106. Read every book by Jodi Picoult: Songs of the Humpback Whale, Harvesting the Heart, Picture Perfect, Mercy, The Pact, Keeping Faith, Plain Truth, Salem Falls, Perfect Match, Second Glance,  My Sister's Keeper, Vanishing Acts, The Tenth Circle, Nineteen Minutes, Wonder Woman, Change of Heart, Handle With Care, House Rules, Over the Moon, Sing You Home, Lone Wolf, Between the Lines, The Storyteller
107. See "The Star" by Edgar Degas at Musee d'Orsay, Paris
108. Open a martini bar
109. Drive a boat
110. Visit the Pearl Harbor museum
111. Go para sailing
112. Go snorkeling
113. Go rock climbing
114. Pay off someones layaway
115. Run and/or walk 1250 miles in a year
116. Complete 30 Day Shred
117. Ride a mountain bike down Mammoth Mountain
118. Marry my best friend
119. Have over 50 followers on my blog
120. Complete a marathon in under 6 hours
121. Ride Lex Luthor's Drop of Doom
122. See the Grunion Run
123. Crochet scarfs and sell them
124. Ask for a raise and prove that I deserve it
125. Cross stitch my photography using PC Stitch
126. Buy a house
127. Own a corgi
128. See Ingrid Michaelson in concert
129. See Snow Patrol in concert
130. Visit all 50 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
131. Run a mile straight
132. Complete Jillian Michael's Ripped in 30 (Four weeks- 5 days each week)
133. Complete Jillian Michael's Body Revolution
134. Be a spectator at a marathon (with a sign and preferably at mile 16, where I hit my wall)
135. Eat a bug
136. Finish 12 or more half or full marathons in a year
137. Complete the Coast to Coast Challenge (Dopey and Dumbo)
138. Volunteer at nearby races
139. Run consistent sub 9 minute miles (minimum 2 miles in a row)
140. Run a 5K distance straight through (does not need to be a race)
141. Run a marathon in another state
142. Run at least 1 mile (intervals) every day for 50 days
143. Run at least 1 mile (intervals) every day for 100 days
144. Run at least 1 mile (intervals) every day for 250 days
145. Run at least 1 mile (intervals) every day for a year
145. Run at least 1 mile (intervals) every day for 500 days
147. Complete a 50K
148. Bike 1800 miles in a year
149. Elliptical 600 miles in a year
150. Complete the New York Marathon
151. Complete the Boston Marathon
152. Complete the Rock N Roll Las Vegas Half marathon
153. Run a half or full marathon in all 50 states (and DC)
154. Run a race on my birthday
155. Run a race on the 4th of July
156. Run a Turkey Trot
157. Track calories using MFP for 365 days
158. Run a race in a costume
159. Read 24 books in a year
160. Sleep under the stars
161. Get a Rock N Roll Heavy Medal
162. Run in an inaugural race
163. Have legacy status in a race for 5 years
164. Have legacy status in a race for 10 years
165. Reach a net worth of $500K