THE BUCKET LIST

I’ve been a fan of Maggie Mason over at Mighty Girl for a few years now. Long before this list of hers ever came into existence. When she introduced her Mighty Life List, I was determined to create one of my own. You can’t introduce a list to an anally retentive person without them wanting to jump all over it. It’s like showing a kid a candy store and telling them to stand there, no, right there. Now don’t move. Don’t mo– no. What did I say. No, you can’t have any.

See what I mean?

Of course, I’m a glass-half-empty type individual, so I’ve taken Maggie’s Life List and made my own, er, um… Bucket List. Because what’s living without dying. And what’s dying without getting to the stuff in between.

Also, I am fond of blogger (and Ph.D holder, yes ma’am) Brené Brown and her Authenticity manifesto which states:

Guess I’d better get busy being me!

Take a cruise | Create a side business | Get out of debt | Write a novel | Get my kicks on Route 66 | Swim in deep water | Ride a roller coaster | Take up piano again | Buy my first home | Get a master’s degree | Meet Justin Cronin | Have a dinner party for friends | Volunteer | Mentor a young girls group | Take a pottery class | Do a cartwheel | Go skiing | Get over my fear of heights | Take up rock climbing | Walk a marathon for charity | Parasail | Ride in a hot air balloon | Visit a winery in Sonoma | Eat in the restaurant of at least one Iron Chef | Get a celebrity’s autograph | Take the girls to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter | Visit the Georgia and Shedd Aquarium | Ride a dolphin | Take a cooking class | Go scuba diving and snorkeling | Get a passport | Visit Africa | Throw a costume party on Halloween | Renew my vows | Have a honeymoon | Catch a salmon at Pike Place Fish | Eat at every Michael Symon restaurant in Cleveland at least once | Meet a famous blogger | Mardi Gras in New Orleans | Stand in Shrine Auditorium | Walk in the Grand Canyon | Make inspired, enlightened, creative friends | Lose 30 lbs. | Visit the set of LOST in Oahu, Hawaii | Take voice lessons | Enroll in a cooking class | Audition for a commercial | Take a photo with a celebrity | Eat something exotic | Learn a new skill | Become conversational in a foreign language: Spanish, French, Italian | Go to a spa | Vacation alone | Ride a bike without touching the handlebars | Learn to roller skate | Sing at a Karaoke Bar at least once