My Bucket List

Welcome to my very first blog….

One June morning I saw a guy on television who was talking about his bucket list… a list of 100 things to do before you die. I could see my own life ticking by, revolving around work, and I started thinking of what I would have on my list. As I began writing I found myself getting excited about all the possibilities. My 11yo daughter (G) asked what I was doing and then came up with her own list. While she has many years ahead of her, I am aiming to get my list completed by my 45th birthday.  So in no particular order….

1. Finish latch hook (a project started a few years ago for G)
2. Play 18 holes of golf 
3. Sydney Bridge Climb 
4. Lose weight (in progress)
5. Travel to Perth by train
6. Build a house (completed 25/02/10)
7. Grow a vegetable garden
8. See Uluru (aka Ayres Rock)
9. Go on a “Big Things” holiday
10. Travel to New Zealand
11. Travel to Canada
12. Travel around Europe
13. Learn a language
14. Learn to play bridge
15. Be in a studio audience
16. Go to a comedy show
17. Compete in the City to Surf
18. Complete my family tree
19. Find and meet old school friends (in progress)
20. Help a stranger
21. Have a psychic reading
22. Be a “yes woman” for a day (just in the movie Yes Man)
23. Donate blood
24. Go on a Nordic Cruise
25. Paint a picture
26. Participate in Clean up Australia day
27. Have a hypnotherapy session
28. Row a boat
29. Sponsor a child (completed 25/08/09)
30. Write a song
31. Play an instrument
32. Go on an archaeological dig
33. Attend a meditation class
34. Attend a cooking class
35. Go to a State of Origin final (completed 07/07/10)
36. Go to the World Cup
37. Make a quilt
38. Go on a ghost tour (completed 22/05/10)
39. Learn how to craft with polymer clay
40. Spend a week at home without technology
41. Go to a beach resort
42. Learn to ski
43. Learn dragon boating
44. Learn first aid
45. Read all of Patricia Cornwell’s books
46. Go to a day spa
47. Go on a Walk (completed 09/05/10)
48. Be an extra in a movie/show
49. Swim with dolphins
50. Learn ballroom dancing
51. Write a will
52. Learn to scuba dive
53. Learn to say “hello” in 50 languages
54. Attend a yoga class
55. Learn to draw
56. Make a sculpture
57. Learn how to use power tools
58. Go wine tasting (completed 10/07/10)
59. Go bush walking
60. Save an animal (completed 30/06/09)
61. Go to the Olympics in another country
62. Attend past life regression therapy
63. Write a journal for a year (in progress)
64. Learn a new word every day for a year 
65. Go to an ANZAC dawn service
66. Go to the Melbourne Cup … and bet
67. Go to a grand prix
68. Join a club (completed 28/06/10)
69. Volunteer for a day
70. Finish CSI Hard Evidence (completed 23/08/09)
71. Finish Trauma Centre
72. Turn a hobby into a job
73. Compile photo albums
74. Go on a $1000 shopping spree
75. Attend Tropfest
76. Spend a night at the Zoo
77. Get a manicure (completed 24/02/10)
78. Go to a tennis match
79. Play tennis at least once a month for a year (in progress)
80. Donate to an appeal/charity (completed 16/01/10)
81. Enter an exhibit into the Royal Easter Show
82. Restore my Dad’s double base
83. Restore my Grandmother’s mirror
84. Finish scrapbook of my Dad
85. Design a garden (in progress)
86. Plant a tree (completed 18/10/09)
87. Join a library
88. Walk 10,000 steps a day for 3 months
89. Have a clean out and sell things/donate to charity (in progress)
90. Go to a concert
91. Go to a theatre/show
92. Buy … and wear … a bikini
93. Watch top 10 movies
94. Read top 10 books
95. Visit the Lourve
96. Ride in a gondola
97. Travel outback and look at the stars
98. Have a huge party
99. Photograph each item on the list (in progress)
100. Write a blog (in progress)