bucket list.

so, lately, i've been trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life.

that sentence looks so funny to me, because it's such a simple thought written out. ha- ironic.
anyway, all i can seem to think of are things that someday i want to do or accomplish, but i can't necessarily do right now, or for the rest of my life. hence the title, bucket list.

i've never actually written these things down before, but i felt like this is a good time to do it, and maybe it will help me sort out my thoughts on more attainable, short-term goals. so here goes, the list of things i want to do in my life (this really is going to be never ending):

1. get married & have a family (obviously)
2. visit every country i can possibly get to
3. own a coffee shop/bakery/bookstore. preferably in london or europe somewhere
4. work with adopted children/adoptive families
5. live in london
6. go to culinary school/learn how to cook really well
7. run a marathon
8. climb a mountain (yes, i'm serious)
9. travel with my grandma
10. scuba dive
11. get a massage
12. live in my own apartment
13. see new york city, maybe even live there
14. learn another language fluently
15. meet the president
16. go skydiving, again
17. go cliff-diving/bungee jumping/parachuting (all those crazy things)
18. learn how to surf
19. go on a safari
20. hold a monkey
21. swim with dolphins
22. ski somewhere crazy
23. go to greece/italy/france with my husband
24. send my kids to college- or at least get them started
25. found an international charity or ngo
26. go back to the cabin
27. go to a superbowl (hopefully the first one the vikings win!)
28. go to the world cup
29. see brazil
30. go to israel, and walk where Jesus once walked
31. see my dad worship the lord
32. have my family to my (future) house for thanksgiving
33. milk a cow (i know, random, but i have wanted to ever since i read the little house books)
34. learn how to dance
35. go to the olympics (just to watch, obviously)
36. learn how to take really good photos
37. see the northern lights
38. read lots and lots of books (can't even begin to list them)
39. learn to play the piano
40. learn how to roll my r's
41. have a garden
42. see the penguins in argentina
43. have a perfect new years
44. canoe somewhere
45. go white-water rafting
46. see an eclipse
47. research my genealogy
48. drive up the california coast on the pch
49. visit all 50 states (less than half to go!)
50. start a journey without a destination

there are many more, but this is all i'm going to write for now. however, i'm sure there will be more added frequently as i think of them. some of them may be improbable, but i'm so thankful that i at least have a chance to wish for them. this gift of life is an incredible blessing.