BUCKET LIST

I recently turned the ripe old age of 29 and it prompted me to go over my good ol' bucket list that I have had in my journal since I was 13 (I have added onto it since then). 
 My thoughts: 
1. Luckily I've accomplished a few things in the past 15 years.  
2. Some of my goals make me laugh.  
3. I apparently have a lot to get done before I bite the dust. 
4. Ironically, I have 29 things yet-to-be-accomplished on this list (though I'm sure I'll keep adding to it). 

So in honor of turning the eternal age of 29 (I'm sure going to love being 29 forever ;)),
I thought I'd share my list on here......

~ Donate my hair to locks of love
~ Take a flight-seeing tour around Mt. McKinley
~ Own land
~ Build my dream home
~ Be able to recite from memory the following documents: "The Declaration of Independence", "The Family: A Proclamation to the World", and "The Living Christ".
~ Go sea kayaking (August 2008)
~ Hike the Swiss Alps
~ Try out for Young Ambassadors at BYU (never happened, and now never will!)
~ Go on a study abroad (May 2006)
~ Hike Pioneer Peak
~ Get a college degree (BSN in Nursing, Dec. 2006)
~ Visit Italy and see the "Pieta" sculpture in person
~ Take a family name to the temple
~ Learn how to sew (2010, 2011, 2012....it's ongoing!)
~ Be a part of a non-profit organization
~ Complete the Young Women's Personal Progress Program for a second time
~ Make a quilt
~ Hike Mt. Timpanogos (August 2006)
~ Serve a mission
~ Get married in the temple (Aug. 4, 2007)
~ Play the lead part in a musical play
~ Take my family to Disneyland/Disneyworld (Disneyland, February 2013)
~ Learn to snowboard (2011?)
~ Learn to play the 3rd movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" on the piano
~ Run a half marathon (not so sure I want to do this one anymore! Maybe a mini triathlon someday instead?!)
~ Work as a Labor and Delivery Nurse
~ Learn how to spike a volleyball
~ Read the Book of Mormon from cover to cover (May 2002)
~ Ice skate in Central Park in New York City
~ Compete in Miss Alaska (2002, 2003)
~ Learn to scuba dive (umm, the desire is kinda gone.  My shark phobia has increased tenfold since I wrote this goal down!)
~ Become a Yoga instructor
~ Take a painting class
~ Learn how to do a back flip (Jan. 2006)
~ Have a successful (meaning that it produces edible food) vegetable garden and greenhouse
~ Take a dance class (Ballroom 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
~ Be able to do 10 pull-ups (.......Bahahahahaha!!!)
~ Dye my hair (went auburn for a few months in 2011)
~ Learn to play the cello
~ Learn how to hunt for and process my own meat
~ Provide service with my family in a foreign country
~ Learn how to french braid (Nov. 2011)
~ Stop popping my knuckles
~ Become a mom (July 2, 2009)
~ Give birth without any medication (2011--OUCH.)
~ Refinish a piece of furniture (2011)
~ Build a piece of furniture
~ See a production of Les Miserables (June 2007, best night ever!!)
~ Go on a cruise (Aug. 2007)
~ Introduce the gospel to a friend (Sept. 2000)
~ Introduce the gospel to a stranger (Feb. 2012)
~ Perform with a choir that sings Eric Whitacre's "When David Heard"
~ Learn a 3rd language (French, 2000)

Everyone needs a good old bucket list, right?! :)