"Updating my Bucket List."
"That's like something you would hear in a movie."
Maybe having a Bucket List is cliche, or maybe actually writing it down is more than a bit neurotic. But I like to keep track of things. And make lists. And check things off lists. And have everything organized in one spot. So here begins the addition of my Bucket List to this blog. I am adding a "gadget" to help me keep track of what's on my list, should I ever have one of those "what could I be doing with this time?" moments. I'm in no hurry to get all these things completed, since I just now turned 31 and was hoping for at least that much more time to get everything done. And to add more things to the list, too, of course. Plus it would be really really weird if I was able to check off "meet my grandkids" anytime soon.
Created
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GOAL
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Completed
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DESCRPTION
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2002
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Visit the British Isles
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1/2003
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Lived in Ireland for Spring term of Junior year of
college
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2002
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Fall in love
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8/2006
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Met Alex in May 2006, fell in love with him by
August
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2002
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Hike Hawaii
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12/2009
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Did not backpack the Napoli Coast, but hiked about
10 miles along said coast
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2002
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Save a life
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2002
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Leave the world a better place than I found it
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2002
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Visit 6 of 7 continents
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So far been to North
America, South America, and Europe
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2002
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Overcome fear of flying
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12/31/2002
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Flew to London en route to Ireland for study abroad
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2002
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Summit a mountain
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9/2004
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Stacy and I hiked to the top of 14er Mount Sneffels;
with Alex hiked South Sister Labor Day weekend 2010
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2002
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Write a book/get published
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2008
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Get certified to teach yoga
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2008
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Run a half marathon
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5/2003
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Ran first half in Vancouver BC with Dad and Bri,
completed two more in the summer of 2009 with a PR of 1:52
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2008
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Complete a full marathon
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10/2003
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Walked the Portland Marathon without training with
my dad during college
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2010
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Pay the bill anonymously – food, grocery or something
else
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2010
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Have a family
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3/2012
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Francine Lynn Close was
born 3/19/2012
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2010
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Ride in a hot air balloon
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2010
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Go to Italy and bike
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2010
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Travel Ireland with Alex
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2010
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Own a home
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1/2012
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Paul and Chris helped us
to buy our first home in the Maplewood neighborhood in SW Portland.
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2010
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Eat from my own garden
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8/2012
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Alex built a planter box
and we planted tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, strawberries
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2010
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Hike the Camino (with Al)
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2010
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Go camping/backpacking alone
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2010
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Break stuff – like china or glass
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2010
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Contact a Medium
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2010
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Complete a triathlon
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2010
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Go to a swingers club
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2010
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Use a trapeze
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2010
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Do a tree climb (Pacific Tree Climbing Institute)
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2010
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Be nude - colony or beach
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2010
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Visit a community that lives off the grid/compound
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2010
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Live alone
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9/2010
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Alex moved to PDX for a new job, and I lived in
Eugene alone for three months
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2002
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Learn to fly/earn pilot’s license
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2010
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Shoot a gun
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2010
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Visit Asia
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2010
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Go to the Galapagos Islands
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2010
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Hike to Machu Pichu
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2010
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Take a trip by train
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2010
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See an African safari
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2010
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Fly in a helicopter
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4/2006
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Flew over Igazu Falls on the Argentina side with
Lauren von Bernuth when visiting Brazil
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2010
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Do a canopy tour
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5/2005
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Did a zipline tour in Costa Rica with Stacy
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2010
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Visit all 50 US states
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2010
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Go paragliding
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8/2005
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Went up once with RT in Telluride when we were
dating
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2010
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Live abroad for one year
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2010
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Drive a sports car
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2010
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Sew myself a dress
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2010
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Milk a cow
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2010
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Raise chickens
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2010
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See penguins
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1/2008
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Saw penguinos in Argentina!!
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2010
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Get married
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8/29/2009
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Married Alex in Lake Tahoe!!
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2010
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Volunteer abroad
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2010
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Go to graduate school
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5/2011
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Earned Master’s of Science in Communication
Disorders (and ASHA-CCCs in 2012
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2002
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Earn a PhD
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2010
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Go sky diving
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2012
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Meet my grandchildren
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2012
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Start a freebox
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