Saturday, April 7, 2012

Bucket List (What?! Really?!)

Miss Vickie's List:
This list is a combination of frivolous pursuits (but enjoyable) and those that I find soul filling.

1- Machu Picchu
2- The Swiss Alps
3- Great Wall of China
4- Easter Island
5- The Smithsonian's
6- Learn conversational spanish
7- Learn to say "hello" in 50 languages
8- Go paragliding
9- Go white water rafting.
10- Learn to fly a plane
11- Take canon tour (traversing between trees on a zip line)
12- Go to the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
13- Visit Germany and drive or ride on the Autobahn
14- Visit Norway
15- Visit all 50 states
16- Learn how to use a pogo stick
17- Learn to play chess (teach someone)
18- Learn more about astronomy
19- Make a piece of furniture you are proud of
20- Find the parents of Helena Jonsson and find my ancestors. (family history)
21- Learn how to embroider
22- Learn how to make my own earrings
23- Build a Habitat for Humanity Home
24- Volunteer at a soup kitchen
25- Finish one of my short stories
26- Be a good (in terms of religion- all good things come from God therefore being good denotes a characteristic of deity) person in all of my roles in life.
27- Own a piano
28- Learn how to properly tune a piano
29- Own a pet (preferably a cat but I do enjoy dogs too)
30- Go whale watching
31- Ride a gondola
32- Witness an eclipse
33- Learn archery
34- Take a basic self-defense class
35- Learn how to belly dance ( the traditional belly dancing)
36- Go rock climbing with my brother
37- Visit the Tillamook Cheese Factory
38- Visit the Salt Lake City Zoo while listening to Shakira's "Waka waka (This Time for Africa) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0
39- Learn how to play "Lord I would Follow Thee" or "I Feel My Saviors Love" on the guitar. (Learn how to play the guitar.)
40- Accumulate 5 extra miles of walking in a day.
41- Make it to the top of an outdoor climb
42- Go skiing in 2014
43- Go cross-country skiing
44- Take more photos
45- Write in journal at least 3 times a week