Bucket List

My bucket list thus far

Have fun
  1. Build an igloo
  2. Go white water rafting
  3. Drink from a coconut that I picked from a tree
  4. Swim with dolphins
  5. Go snorkeling
  6. Ride a camel
  7. Ride an elephant
  8. Drive a NASCAR car
  9. Live like a local for a month
  10. Experience zero gravity
  11. Try surfing (body surfing in Lake Superior - Oiseau Bay - August 6, 2012)
  12. See a Cirque du Soleil show
  13. Ride a hot air balloon
  14. Skydive
  15. Paraglide
  16. Parasail
  17. Spend a whole night stargazing
  18. Ride in a helicopter
  19. Ride a motorcyle
  20. Ride in a stretch limo
  21. Climb a volcano
  22. Put my handprint into wet concrete
  23. Start a fire without matches
  24. Learn to ballroom dance
  25. Go deep-sea fishing (PEI - July 20, 2011)
  26. Meet my twin and take a picture with her!
  27. Memorize a book of the Bible
  28. Wear a two piece bathing suit in public 
  29. Dinner in the dark (June 26, 2011)
  30. Be mortgage-free
  31. Shake hands with some one who has truly changed a country (June 28, 2011 - Shook Tim McGraw's hand, Nov. 10, 2011 - Dean Allison - MP)
  32. Go sea-kayaking at the Hopewell Rocks (July 19, 2011)
  33. Rappel down a sink hole and then go spelunking
  34. Go rock-climbing
  35. Ride a Segway
  36. Live on the water
Travel
  1. Travel to Jerusalem and follow the path of Jesus.
  2. Set foot on each of the seven continents. (North America - Aug. 10, 1982, Europe - September, 2004, Australia - December, 2006)
  3. Spend a night in an underwater hotel 
  4. SCUBA in the Great Barrier Reef. 
  5. Hike the entire Bruce Trail 
  6. Visit all the francophone communities that are in my textbooks (Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Polynesia, Senegal, Tunisia, St. Pierre & Miquelon)
  7. See the redwoods in California
  8. Cross a country on a bicycle
  9. Stay overnight in the Ice Hotel in Quebec
  10. Float in the Dead Sea
  11. Go on an African Safari
  12. Drive through the Rockies
  13. Visit The Grand Canyon via donkey
  14. See the Victoria Falls (between Zambia and Zimbabwe)
  15. Witness the Northern Lights (the Aurora Borealis)
  16. Kayak in the Fjords of Norway
  17. Go ziplining/hiking through the Amazon Rainforest
  18. See a glacier 
  19. Give a Roman speech from the Acropolis in Greece
  20. Climb and go through the catacombs in the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
  21. See Stonehenge, United Kingdom
  22. Visit the Parthenon in Greece
  23. Run along the Great Wall of China
  24. Build a Habitat for Humanity’s home
  25. Filet and cook a fish I caught over a campfire
  26. See the life-size version of Noah’s ark in Holland
  27. Visit a concentration camp and the beaches of Normandy and vow never to forget.
  28. Sleep in a castle
Jobs/Education
  1. Learn sign language
  2. Learn how to skate backwards
  3. Read every book written by C.S. Lewis
  4. Learn how to bake my own bread without using a bread machine and still have it taste good!
Being creative
  1. Finish a 365 day photography project
  2. Get up-to-date on my scrapbooks
  3. Organize my cards and scrapbook a bunch 
  4. Make a creation out of pottery
Self-improvement
  1. Run a 5k
  2. Run a 10k
  3. Be a healthy weight and stay there!
  4. Lose 20 pounds (July 1, 2011 - Happy Canada Day to me!) :)
  5. Lose 50 pounds (December 3, 2011)
  6. Lose 75 pounds (October 5, 2012)
  7. Lose 100 pounds!!
  8. Get laser eye surgery and not have to wear glasses!! (June 29, 2012)