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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Bucket List

"What are you doing?"

"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
GOAL
Completed
DESCRPTION
2002
Visit the British Isles
1/2003
Lived in Ireland for Spring term of Junior year of college
2002
Fall in love
8/2006
Met Alex in May 2006, fell in love with him by August
2002
Hike Hawaii
12/2009
Did not backpack the Napoli Coast, but hiked about 10 miles along said coast
2002
Save a life



2002
Leave the world a better place than I found it



2002
Visit 6 of 7 continents


So far been to North America, South America, and Europe
2002
Overcome fear of flying
12/31/2002
Flew to London en route to Ireland for study abroad
2002
Summit a mountain
9/2004
Stacy and I hiked to the top of 14er Mount Sneffels; with Alex hiked South Sister Labor Day weekend 2010
2002
Write a book/get published



2008
Get certified to teach yoga



2008
Run a half marathon
5/2003
Ran first half in Vancouver BC with Dad and Bri, completed two more in the summer of 2009 with a PR of 1:52
2008
Complete a full marathon
10/2003
Walked the Portland Marathon without training with my dad during college
2010
Pay the bill anonymously – food, grocery or something else


2010
Have a family

3/2012
Francine Lynn Close was born 3/19/2012
2010
Ride in a hot air balloon



2010
Go to Italy and bike



2010
Travel Ireland with Alex



2010
Own a home

1/2012
Paul and Chris helped us to buy our first home in the Maplewood neighborhood in SW Portland.
2010
Eat from my own garden

8/2012
Alex built a planter box and we planted tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, strawberries
2010
Hike the Camino (with Al)



2010
Go camping/backpacking alone



2010
Break stuff – like china or glass



2010
Contact a Medium



2010
Complete a triathlon



2010
Go to a swingers club



2010
Use a trapeze



2010
Do a tree climb (Pacific Tree Climbing Institute)


2010
Be nude - colony or beach



2010
Visit a community that lives off the grid/compound


2010
Live alone
9/2010
Alex moved to PDX for a new job, and I lived in Eugene alone for three months
2002
Learn to fly/earn pilot’s license



2010
Shoot a gun



2010
Visit Asia



2010
Go to the Galapagos Islands



2010
Hike to Machu Pichu



2010
Take a trip by train



2010
See an African safari



2010
Fly in a helicopter
4/2006
Flew over Igazu Falls on the Argentina side with Lauren von Bernuth when visiting Brazil
2010
Do a canopy tour

5/2005
Did a zipline tour in Costa Rica with Stacy
2010
Visit all 50 US states



2010
Go paragliding
8/2005
Went up once with RT in Telluride when we were dating
2010
Live abroad for one year



2010
Drive a sports car



2010
Sew myself a dress



2010
Milk a cow



2010
Raise chickens



2010
See penguins

1/2008
Saw penguinos in Argentina!!
2010
Get married

8/29/2009
Married Alex in Lake Tahoe!!
2010
Volunteer abroad



2010
Go to graduate school

5/2011
Earned Master’s of Science in Communication Disorders (and ASHA-CCCs in 2012
2002
Earn a PhD



2010
Go sky diving



2012
Meet my grandchildren



2012
Start a freebox






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