Bucket List

A few weeks ago, I made a conscious decision to start LIVING. And there's no way to do that without some concrete goals. Maybe this is only a start, but it's a good start. So here they are:

1. Learn to fly a plane
2. Run a marathon
3. Have a pool in my backyard
4. Skydive
5. Party at the Cabo Wabo Cantina
6. Learn to play chess
7. Spend the night (or a week of nights) in Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom
8. Thru-hike the Appalachian Trail
9. Adopt a WLBT Wednesday’s Child
10. Return to post-baby weight!
11. Write all the stuff that stays in my head
12. Start the blog I’ve been squatting on for over a year
13. Visit all 50 states
14. Take a cross-country train trip
15. Ride a mechanical bull
16. Start a girls’ poker club
17. Get laser eye surgery
18. Watch a centre court match at Wimbledon live
19. Watch Gone with the Wind
20. Memorize the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)
21. Win my March Madness bracket
22. Bartend
23. Quit my day job
24. Live on a boat
25. Take ballroom dance lessons and actually use them
26. Write and have granted a petition for certiorari to the SCOTUS
27. Drive to the airport, buy a ticket to anywhere, and go!
28. See a classic rock show at Red Rocks
29. Learn the guitar
30. Plant a garden and sustain it to harvest
31. Spend a month on Jost Van Dyke
32. Have my own original artwork hanging in my home
33. Beat @TDubb at scrabble (and have him acknowledge it)
34. Learn to be on time
35. Find a life where being on time is irrelevant
36. Spend a week at the Neshoba County Fair
37. Homestead under the lights
38. Have fluent conversations with my son in a non-native language
39. Take a ride on the Orient Express
40. Build and own a little cabin in the woods of south Pike County
41. Wear a big hat to the Kentucky Derby
42. Sleep in an open-air bedroom on the beach
43. Attend a football game at all 12 SEC stadiums
44. Attend the Mississippi picnic in NY
45. Dance all night at Billy Bob’s Texas
46. Jimmy (Buffett), James (Taylor) & Kenny (Rogers)
47. Ride cross-country on the back of a Harley driven by a good-looking man
48. Sit for a boudoir photo session
49. Enjoy a Blues-weekend in the Mississippi Delta
50. Meet the President