31 Things on My Bucket List

Have you seen the movie The Bucket List? Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson play two guys faced with their own mortality who decide there are a lot of things in life they want to experience before kicking the bucket. It is funny and inspiring and it launched a lot of Bucket Lists when it came out. Here's a portion of mine.

Windsurfing

1. Learn to start a fire without using matches.
2. Visit all 50 U.S. states.
3. Start a scholarship.
4. Get a Master's Degree (or equivalent).
5. Ride a snowmobile.
6. Teach a child to read. (Okay, to be clear, I do realize I have two children, with hopes for more, and, yes, I intend to teach them all to read!)
7. Grow a vegetable garden. Compost.
8. Create a recipe.
9. Learn five different birds by their calls.
10. Master five complicated recipes.
11. Learn to use my camera on manual.
12. Speak at a conference.
13. Ride a camel.
14. Ride an elephant.
15. See the Northern Lights.
16. Build a tree house.
17. Restore something - house, car, boat, etc.
18. Ride a horse on the beach.
19. Visit the Grand Canyon.
20. Travel to Rome.
21. Tour The Louvre.
22. Visit Blenheim Palace.
23. Learn woodworking.
24. Hang an original canvas in my home.
25. Give all handmade gifts for Christmas.
26. Try windsurfing.
27. Visit Israel.
28. Make a full-sized quilt.
29. Write a book (writing is not the same as being published!).
30. Go to a writing conference.
31. Take a class at Le Cordon Bleu.