Updates to my bucket list!

So I have my two lists... my bucket list and my 30 things to do before I turn 30.  Made some updates since turning 25, and still have quite a ways to go!

1- Ride an elephant in the Jungle
2- Skydiving May 2011

3- Missions trip in a foreign country

4- Hike to the peak of a mountain Spring 2010

5- Take a sailing trip

6- Go on a cross country road trip

7- Learn to drive stick shift (I CAN drive a stick shift, but I want to feel comfortable at it)

8- Kentucky Derby with a big hat

9- Ice skate at Rockefeller at Christmas

10- Ride on the back of a motorcycle

11- Give everything I have to someone (can be everything I can give, everything I have at that moment… I’ll know when it happens)

12- White Water raft on the CO River

13- Run a ½ marathon OR do a sprint triathlon
14- Worship with a different culture

15- Dance freely in front of at least 10 people Enter the Haggis concert January 2010

16- Take a helicopter ride

17- Go rock climbing

18- See the Northen Lights

19- Visit and explore Rio de Janerio

20- See Victoria Falls

21- Visit all 50 states

22- Ride the biggest roller coaster in the US

23- Make my own wine

24- Read all 100 books (I have a list of 100 books to read)

25- Not be in control 2010 - the whole year

26- Spend a weekend, just me and God

27- Do God’s will, not my own Younglife again this year!! Whoooo

28- Help build a home Kevin and I helped build a home in GA and plan to return :-)

29- Spend Christmas at a shelter

30- Make a difference in someone’s life

31- Write and publish a book

32- Watch the 50 Greatest American Movies of all time

33- Be a loving mother and wife

34- Go on a safari

35- Spend mornings with my husband and coffee on the porch

36- Attend a professional tennis tournament

37- Create an art project I can proudly display

38- Live in the now

39- Start a collection of willow angels I bought the Sunshine angel this year!

40- Watch the mummers parade – live

41- Send my parents to a YL camp as adult guests Northbay Camp June 2010

42- Drop everything to help someone

43- Have a life changing conversation with a stranger about faith after giving someone a ride to the metro from the Dr's office.  A wonderful woman from Kenya.

44- Go back to school

45- Stand out of the sunroof of a moving car

46- Grow a garden

47- Sleep under the stars

48- Build or fix something

49- Explore the beaches and ocean of Australia

50- Learn to surf

Here is my more immediate list of things to before my 30th.  And with 26 coming up, I guess I need to knock a few more out of here! (Some are new and some are borrowed from the list above)



1. Build a recipe book - started this!  just need to make it prettier :-)

2. Spend a whole weekend with just me and God

3. Sleep under the stars

4. Take and survive a yoga class

5. Start my willow angel collection (see above)

6. Refurnish/re-upholister a peice of furniture

7. Ice Skate at Rockafeller Center

8. Move out of Rockville, MD

9. Grow a beautiful garden

10. Lose 20 lbs.

11. Learn to surf

12. Break 100 bowling

13. Take a gorgeous photo

14. See the Mummer's parade live

15. Join a book club

16. Take a dance class

17. Go to Indonesia or Thailand

18. Do a missions trip in a foriegn country

19. Carve a great jack-o-lantern

20. Fingerpaint with kids

21. Get married (I don't think I get to choose when that happens...?)

22. Do a photoshoot with balloons

23. Go white water rafting on the CO river

24. Wake up looking at the water

25. Manage my time and relationships better

26. Have a real snow day

27. Have a great date day with just my mom and sister Philadelphia premium outlets and dinner.  LOVE.

28. Get paid to be creative (even if it's a one-time thing)

29. Take a trip on a whim

30. Buy a house

30 before 30

I feel like a kid most days!  I feel like I am on top of the world, ready for any adventure, and that I am not only invincible, but I have the rest of my life to live.

or am I?

25.  It's older than 24.  But is it old?  Mini-crisis of feeling like life is passing by and reminding me to take advantage of every day that I have to live, love, and laugh to the max.
So it's about time I scrub up my bucket list a little bit (You may have seen this posted in my blog a few times in the past).

1- Ride an elephant in the Jungle (Indonesia)
2- Skydiving May 2011
3- Missions trip in a foreign country
4- Hike to the peak of a mountain Spring 2010
5- Take a sailing trip
6- Go on a cross country road trip
7- Learn to drive stick shift (I CAN drive a stick shift, but I want to feel comfortable at it)
8- Kentucky Derby with a big hat
9- Ice skate at Rockefeller at Christmas
10- Ride on the back of a motorcycle
11- Give everything I have to someone (can be everything I can give, everything I have at that moment… I’ll know when it happens)
12- White Water raft on the CO River
13- Run a ½ marathon OR do a sprint triathlon (Signed up for one in October.  It will be a run/walk, but still a 1/2 marathon nonetheless!)
14- Worship with a different culture
15- Dance freely in front of at least 10 people Enter the Haggis concert January 2010
16- Take a helicopter ride
17- Go rock climbing
18- See the Northen Lights
19- Visit and explore Rio de Janerio
20- See Victoria Falls
21- Visit all 50 states
22- Ride the biggest roller coaster in the US
23- Make my own wine
24- Read all 100 books (I have a list of 100 books to read)
25- Not be in control 2010 - the whole year
26- Spend a weekend, just me and God
27- Do God’s will, not my own Younglife again this year!!  Whoooo
28- Help build a habitat for humanity home
29- Spend Christmas at a shelter
30- Make a difference in someone’s life
31- Write and publish a book
32- Watch the 50 Greatest American Movies of all time
33- Be a loving mother and wife
34- Go on a safari
35- Spend mornings with my husband and coffee on the porch
36- Attend a professional tennis tournament
37- Create an art project I can proudly display
38- Live in the now
39- Start a collection of willow angels
40- Watch the mummers parade – live
41- Send my parents to a YL camp as adult guests Northbay Camp June 2010
42- Drop everything to help someone
43- Have a life changing conversation with a stranger about faith
44- Go back to school
45- Stand out of the sunroof of a moving car
46- Grow a garden
47- Sleep under the stars
48- Build or fix something
49- Explore the beaches and ocean of Australia
50- Learn to surf
So since I made this list a year and a half ago, I  have gotten rid of 6 of the 50.  That's not bad momentum, until you realize that most of them were done a year ago.  I am ready to tackle a few more.  And narrow down the list of my life to the list of 30 things to do before I turn 30.  (Some are new and some are borrowed from the list above)

1.  Build a recipe book
2. Spend a whole weekend with just me and God
3. Sleep under the stars
4. Take and survive a yoga class
5. Start my willow angel collection
6. Refurnish/re-upholister a peice of furniture
7. Ice Skate at Rockafeller Center
8. Move out of Rockville, MD
9. Grow a beautiful garden
10.  Lose 20 lbs.
11. Learn to surf
12.  Break 100 bowling
13. Take a gorgeous photo
14. See the Mummer's parade live
15. Join a book club
16. Take a dance class
17. Go to Indonesia or Thailand
18. Do a missions trip in a foriegn country
19. Carve a great jack-o-lantern
20. Fingerpaint with kids
21. Get married (I don't think I get to choose when that happens...?)
22. Do a photoshoot with balloons
23. Go white water rafting on the CO river
24. Wake up looking at the water
25. Manage my time and relationships better
26. Have a real snow day
27. Have a great date day with just my mom and sister
28. Get paid to be creative (even if it's a one-time thing)
29. Take a trip on a whim
30. Buy a house