My Bucket List

Everyone has a bucket list right?  A list of things they would like to do before they leave this earth.  Well I was flipping through an old journal of mine from September of 2010 and I came across my list.  It is heavily weighted toward travel, and that has always been the case.  In fact, just this week I set up a world map with map pins stuck in all the places that I have been and want to go.  Yellow is for the places that James and I have been together, Red is for where I have been, and Blue is for where I want to go.  I actually ran out of blue pins.  Go figure. 

In fact, I have often thought about whether or not I will get to see the world once I am in heaven, because I'm pretty sure I'll never get to see everything in my lifetime. 

Anyway, here is my list.

1. Visit every state in the U.S.  Layovers don't count, and driving through only counts if you stop at a major landmark while you're there.  So far I've been to California, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, Minnesota, Vermont, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Missouri, and Oklahoma.  (Did I miss any Mom?)  That's almost a third of the states and I'm almost a third of the way through my life (assuming I live a normal life and die when I'm old), so I guess I'm about on track. 

2.  See the major state parks/landmarks/cities in the country.  I've been to Niagara Falls, Yosemite National Park, Redwood Forest, Mt. Ranier and Mt. St. Helens, Washington D.C., Estes State Park, The Arches, Disney world, The Alamo, and some other smaller ones.  I would still love to go to New York City, The Grand Canyon, New Orleans, Boston, Yellowstone National Park, the Grand Tetons, and Mount Rushmore.  I would also like to see the Aurora Borealis.

3.  Visit Prince Edward Island, Canada.  Home of Anne of Green Gables. 

4.  Travel through Europe.  I've been to London for a week and it was amazing.  I'd especially love to see Italy, Greece, France, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Russia, and Turkey.  (Is Turkey part of Europe or Asia?  I forget.)

5.  Go to Australia.

6.  Go to Israel, Egypt, and Jordan.

7.  Take a cruise.

8.  Run a 5K - hrrmmm this one has been disappointing.  I got halfway through the training and had to quit due to injury.  Now I'm just dreading trying to start up again.

9.  Have children.

10.  Adopt a child.

11.  Buy and decorate a house.

12.  Go on a mission trip - I've done this, but I would like to do it again as an adult.

13.  Have a vegetable/herb garden.

14.  Complete a genealogy study - I started on this a while back but had to stop because I no longer had the time.

15.  Take an interior design class.

16.  Can my own jam.

17.  Make a difference in the world.

What's on your bucket list?