Bucket List

I got bit by the bucket list idea 

last night 

and stayed up really late 

working on getting 100 things that I want to do in this life. 

I tried to be realistic - 

no "wish" type things - 

tried to make them based on things I can do - 

not based on others - like meeting stars or being rich and famous etc.

Along the way, I discovered, much to my surprise,

I have many things already done 

that were on people's lists... 

so I did a been there done that list too.

(most of them are art related but I still count them :)

I am a little surpised at how happy 

this makes me to think about what I have done 

and to get busy thinking about all I want to do.

Bucket List:

1. Drive a Zamboni (this is what started this whole thing)
2. Read all the Pulitzer Prize winning books - all 83 of them...
3. be a full time artist who makes money at it
4. try Encasutic painting
5. illustrate a children’s book - and publish it
6. sell a painting to a stranger 7-1-2011
   
7. walk through a corn maze
8. do a zip line
9. try fencing
10. Learn archery. (this one is coming soon) 4-9-2011
    
11. Learn boxing.
12. fire a gun
13. milk a cow
14. watch an animal being born
15. be close to my kid even as she is an adult - be a good mom
16. be a teacher
17. hang art in a gallery
18. stay happily married
19. Write a letter to your children telling them what you want them to know about your life and the lessons you've learned.
20. Have a house with a garden tub and art studio with natural light
21. own a mountain home
22. Spend a week at a Silent Retreat
23. volunteer at a homeless shelter
24. Build a Habitat for Humanity Home.
25. run a half marathon
26. Go mountain biking.
27. Learn to roller blade.
28. Go sailing.
29. Ride a jet ski.
30. Learn to play tennis.
31. Go horseback riding along the beach.
32. Take singing lessons.
33. see all the academy award winning movies
34. learn to surf
35. grow and eat a whole meal from my garden
36. attend an Olympic event
37. skydiving
38. invent something
39. learn to meditate
40. write a book
41. have the body to wear a 2 piece bathing suite and get over the stretch marks...
42. Go Dog Sledding
43. change the oil in a car
44. learn to weld
45. go 1 month without tv
46. dig for oysters/clams and have a clam bake
47. get certified in CPR
48. make clothes that no one would guess i made
49. pickle something
50. paint every day for a month
51. censored....:)
52. fly a kite
53. be in a picket line and stand up for something i believe in
54. play a whole game of golf - 18 holes
55. kill and prepare an animal for eating and eat it
56. eat caviar
57. Have my portrait painted/drawn 9-7-2011 in Paris...
58. Sent a message in a bottle
59. create a time capsule
60. sit on a jury
61. leave 100% tip
62. have room service
63. play paintball
64. spend a week of vacation doing random acts of kindness
65. do a wine tour in wine country
66. read to kids in a library 
67. See the Eiffel Tower 8-29-2011
68. See the Sistine Ceiling
69. see stone henge
70. eat gilato in Italy
71. visit Australia
72. get to every continent
73. visit every state in the US
74. take Mira to Disney
75. Take mom on a trip  8-2011
76. go on a cruise
77. hike a 14er
78. hike in a rainforest
79. Drive down Route 66
80. See Mount Rushmore
81. see the grand canyon
82. Go to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
83. Go to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC.
84. Winnebago across the country
85. see giant red woods in CA
86. Hike the Appalachian Trail (some of it anyway)
87. Go to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.
88. Go to a jazz club in New Orleans' French Quarter.
89. visit Leaning Tower of Pisa
90. see burning man
91. see a volcano
92. see a glacier
93. see Cirque De Solei
94. Shop in Rodeo Drive
95. see northern lights
96. go on a pick-nick with the whole basket - blanket under a tree with ants etc.
97. fly first class
98. Fly in a helicopter
99. visit the Louvre 9-2011
100. see the fall colors back east