Bucket List

Major Life Achievements

Earn my master's degree


Other Life Achievements

Be featured in one of my favorite magazines (BH&G, Coastal Living, Martha Stewart...)
Become a successful blogger
Benchpress my own body weight
Buy and own my own car
Complete a race (5K, 10K or half marathon)
Earn my open water scuba certification
Establish my own business
Have zero debt in my name
Have zero credit card debt in my name
Medal/win in competitive singing
Live completely on my own
Write/photograph a book with my father

Financial

Pay off my student loans
Pay off DH's student loans
Pay off a mortgage


Family

Get engaged
Get married
Renew our vows with my husband
Have a child
Adopt a child
Have my children baptised
Meet (at least one of) my grandchildren
Adopt a dog

Celebrate Christmas in our hometowns with our children
Pass a family heirloom on to my children
Send our children to college
Take our kids on a tour of our hometowns
Take our kids to Disneyworld
Take our kids to my hometown's Octoberfest
Host a family Thanksgiving in my own home
Host a family Christmas in my own home
Host a proper Lowcountry Boil

Home

Have a basement
Have two bathrooms
Have a kitchen with a window
Have a library

Places to Visit

Arizona
Australia
Austria
Bali
Bahamas
Belize
Charleston (South Carolina)
Colorado
Costa Rica
Dry Tortugas
Eygpt
Fiji
France
Kauai 
Ibiza (Spain)
India
Ireland
Italy
Key West
Madiera (Portugal)
Montana
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oregon   
Pacific Northwest
Palau
Riviera Maya (Mexico) 
San Francisco
Savannah (Georgia)
South Africa
Thailand
Washington DC

Acadia National Park
Cedar Point
Denali National Park
Disneyland (CA)
Disneyworld (FL)
Georgia Aquarium
Glacier National Park
Glacier Bay National Park 
Grand Canyon 
Grand Ol' Opry
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Hotel del Coronado
Kruger National Park (South Africa)
Monterrey Bay Aquarium
National Aquarium (Baltimore)
Olympic National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park

Sequoia National Forest


The Smithsonian
Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)  
Yosemite National Park


Experiences & Things to Do

Attend a beach bonfire
Attend a concert at the Grand Ol' Opry
Attend a gay pride parade
Attend a masquerade ball
Attend a music festival
Attend a Cleveland Browns football game
Attend an Ohio State football game
Attend an Ohio State football game in OSU Stadium
Attend Comic-Con
Be an extra in a SyFy Channel movie
Climb to the top of a rock wall without assistance
Climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower
Dive in the Caribbean 
Dive the Great Barrier Reef 
Dive/snorkel with sharks 
Dive through a shipwreck
Dive with Great White Sharks
Dive/snorkel with whale sharks 
Drink a beer in a pub in Ireland
Drink wine in a European cafe
Drink out of a coconut
Drive a convertible sportscar with the top down
Drive the Pacific Coast Highway
Eat pasta in Italy
Experience Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Experience St. Patrick's Day in Ireland
Fly first class
Gamble (and win) at the slots in a casino (half done - just need to win!)
Go hiking in the Pacific Northwest
Go horseback riding on the beach
Go horseback riding in the mountains
Go on a motorcycle ride
Go repelling down a cliff 
Go whale watching
Get a tattoo
Go skydiving
Have an ongoing, old-fashioned pen pal
Have a kiss at midnight on New Year's Eve
Have a reunion with "The Internationals"
Meet Eugene Clark
Meet all the UBs (9/14)
Photograph a wedding 
Pray in the Sacre Couer
Pray in St. Patrick's Cathedral 
Ride an elephant
See a Broadway show on Broadway
See a Cirque du Soleil show
See Dave Matthews Band in concert
See Fleetwood Mac in concert
Swim with dolphins
Stay in a cabin in the mountains
Stay in a hut over the water in the South Pacific
Take a girls-only vacation
Take an African safari
Take an Alaskan cruise
Take a helicopter ride
Teach a dance class
Throw an EPIC Halloween blowout 
Travel through Europe
Two-step in a Nashville country bar
Visit Axel in Europe
Visit every state in the United States (21/50)
Visit where my ancestors came from (Germany & Ireland)
Watch the sunset on the water on a boat
Wear a bikini (and feel comfortable doing so)
Witness the Northern Lights
Zipline through the jungle

Life Skills & Personal Development

Learn American Sign Language
Learn archery
Learn how to cook
Learn how to fly a plane
Learn how to knit/crochet
Learn how to play chess (learned once, lost the skill, need to re-learn)
Learn how to play guitar
Learn how to play piano
Learn how to play poker
Learn how to sail (learned once, lost the skill, need to re-learn)
Learn how to salsa dance
Learn how to sew
Learn how to speak a foreign language (learned once, lost the skill, need to re-learn)
Learn how to surf
Learn how to tango
Learn how to two-step
Learn yoga

Bake my own bread from scratch
Bake & decorate a layer cake from scratch
Build a piece of furniture with my own two hands
Can my own produce
Conquer my claustrophobia
Conquer my fear of guns
Make a piece of clothing
Make a quilt
Master a family recipe and pass it down to my children
Read the Bible cover-to-cover
Take ballroom dancing lessons
Take a cooking class
Trace my family geneology and ancestory (both sides)