bucket list

*bolded statements means they've already been completed.



[written in 2005. it's long. i know. haha.]






1. write a book.


2. go to Australia and Niagra Falls. and New Zealand.


3. Pay off school loans.


4. Live outside of Texas.

5. Go skydiving.


6. be published in a magazine. [sort of. 2010. Charm mag, book review]


7. become an organ donor.


8. road trip with friends. (done this several times)


9. go skiing.


10. fall completely and deepling in love with Jesus. (summer 2006)


11. have a secret admirer.

12. work with youth girls in a church somewhere.


13. impact someone's life. [according to Parker, this has happened.]


14. receive flowers - just because


15. get a perfect score on a test.


16. go to Europe.


17. have a surprise party.


18. graduate from college [december 2006, bachelor of arts in human relations]

19. sit on the front row at a professional sporting event.


20. have a star named after me.


21. ride in a hot air balloon.


22. work for a magazine.


23. get my teeth bleached. [2008]


24. catch a fish (haven't done this since I was like 12).

25. learn and understand the major religions of the world.


26. attend a Women of Faith conference.

27. live in a loft, above a city.

28. read through and understand the history of the bible.


29. go to every state (alabama, arizona, arkansas, california, colorado, connecticut, florida, hawaii, illinois, kentucky, louisiana, massachusetts, mississippi, missouri, new mexico, new york, oklahoma, pennsylvania, south carolina, tennessee, texas).


30. fall in love.


31. learn 300 bible verses.


32. write a song.


33. adopt a child. [if Compassion International counts then I've done this!]


34. learn to play guitar.


35. travel to a foreign country to do missions.


36. own a Van Gogh painting.


37. complete a 1000 piece puzzle.


38. understand all the ins and outs of baseball. [well, i know some of them :) ]


39. have a stable quiet time [started in june 2007]


40. jump off a bridge


41. take a photography class


42. design something.


43. meet my Aunt Sandra.


44. turn my cell phone off for a week. [2006]


45. meet a celebrity.


46. have breakfast in bed.


47. go on a scavenger hunt. [dnow 2010]


48. see the northern lights.


50. learn to drive a standard vehicle.


51. see a full rainbow [Camp Fuego, 2007]


52. learn to play the piano


53. be kissed in the rain


54. go to New York [summer 2009]


55. see a Broadway Show.


56. Ride in a helicopter


57. send a message in a bottle


58. sleep under the stars.


59. learn to juggle.


60. feed the homeless [spring break 2006]


61. break a world record.


62. watch my sisters graduate from high school/college [Jessica - May 2006. Bri - May 2010]


63. learn sign language


64. witness a child come to Christ [summer 2006, Camp Newton; Camp Fuego]


65. meet my husband.


66. speak at a girls conference. [Fusion Girls Retreat, FBC Texarkana, 2010]


67. go to graduate school.


68. become a better prayer warrior.


69. be a part of a picket line. for a good cause.


70. witness a cure of cancer.


71. sing in front of people.


72. get over my fear of the dark.


73. find something important in my life to save and give to my kids.


74. attend a major sporting event: Super Bowl, Olympics, World Series, MLB Opening Day, NBA Championship game


75. have kids.


76. plant a tree.


77. learn how to take a compliment.


78. sit on a jury.


79. teach someone illiterate how to read.


80. swim with dolphins.


81. give to a charity


82. visit the Holy Land.


83. run to the top of the statue of liberty.


84. run a marathon.


85. catch a ball at a baseball game.


86. make a hole-in-one.


87. fly first class.


88. own every version of monopoly. (i don't even like to play the game. haha)


89. take an art class.


90. devote my life to things higher than myself. selflessness.


91. visit the 7 wonders of the world.


92. plant a garden [and see it grow/flourish]


93. work for a greeting card company (or just design one for them one time).


94. become someone's mentor.


95. experience a really incredible surprise.


96. movie day [back to back to back movies at a theatre]


97. go on a surprise date. [march 2011. anniversary date with Lane]


98. experience laughter every day.




...list to be continued.