Bucket Lists!!!

nursevee
nursevee Posts: 344 Member
edited September 21 in Chit-Chat
OK, so I know it's probably overly morbid to think of falling gracefully from this mortal world BUT I have a bucket list. Sure, I want to make sure I complete these things before I kick it (the bucket - pass on - DIE!) but a lot of them are a little more short term.

So regardless what we call it, I wanna know what everyone has on their list. What to you want to do with life? What goals do you have (weight loss or not)?

Here's a few things from mine:

- Cycle in the MS 150 - Houston - Austin TX. (It's a 150 mile bicycle ride that raises money for MS). - APril 2011
- Compete in a Triathlon
- Compete in an Aerobics comp.
- Hike to the top of a "14'ner" here in Colorado (that's a pretty big mountain for those who don't know!)
- Run the NYC Marathon
- Ride a motorcycle West to East and North to South of the U.S (and then Australia too!).
- Make it into the All Stars Roller Derby Team
- Get that Roller Derby team to Nationals!!!!
- Sit on a Beach in a remote part of the world with my Hubby.
- Complete my Personal Trainers Certificate.
- Complete my Masters in Nursing and Midwifery.
- Live in NYC for a year (and I mean Manhattan baby)... FYI: I lived in Brooklyn when my husband was stationed there and while it was cramped and crowded, I miss the sights and sounds and tastes and smells. I'd also like to do this once the kids have grown up!
- Be able to say I have been to every continent in the world.

Sooooo that's just a few things. If I wrote the whole list down we'd be here all day. I suppose this one includes some of my fitness ambitions too (since it's relevant to the site).

So... What are yours????

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  • obifatkanobi
    obifatkanobi Posts: 190
    Make my wife's life a fairy-tale come true
    Make her smile every day
    Tell her how beautiful she is, at least daily
    Remind her how much I love her, at least daily
    Get myself back into shape so I can have a lot of years to work on this list...
  • andreadavis
    andreadavis Posts: 2
    Really??!!!! Mine is to learn how to swim, Walk a 5k for MS and learn how to fire a gun!! But my #1 is to see my Hubby and my daughter baptized as Disciples of Jesus Christ. Prayfully and faithfully keep on walking the path! You are quite the adventurer. Yo Go Girl!!
  • Buccinator
    Buccinator Posts: 79
    I have an autoimmune disease, or maybe two, my doctors can't make up their mind, and for a while (Before I started eating healthy and exercising!) I was REALLY sick and I honestly thought I wouldn't live long, so I figured I should make a very serious bucket list. That is why the first two on my list are so serious/lovey dovey.

    Help someone.
    Tell family and friends how much I love them and how much they mean to me.
    Hot air balloon ride.
    Visit a giant aquarium.
    Chicago/New York trip - for pizza comparison.
    See my first ever beach/ocean! (Stinkin' Missouri, where ARE your beaches?!)
    Tour Jelly Belly jelly bean factory.
    Go to a concert.

    I have a few others, but like you I don't want to be here all day. Luckily a few of them are weight-loss rewards! :smile:
  • ToughMudderAddict
    ToughMudderAddict Posts: 290 Member
    Buccinator, it sounds like you need to get your butt out here to Seattle! Get your aquarium crossed off and see the ocean! Not to mention all the other fun things Seattle/Washington has to offer! You could even get your concert crossed off while you're here! :)
  • pressica
    pressica Posts: 361
    * Visit all 50 states by age 50 (I am only on state #14)
    * Go in a hot air balloon
    * Go skydiving
    * Visit Europe
    * Graduate school
    * Run a 10K
    * Go to a beach without feeling self-conscious
    * Ride to Sturgis
  • Buccinator
    Buccinator Posts: 79
    Buccinator, it sounds like you need to get your butt out here to Seattle! Get your aquarium crossed off and see the ocean! Not to mention all the other fun things Seattle/Washington has to offer! You could even get your concert crossed off while you're here! :)

    Don't even tell me that. I SO wanna go to Seattle. My boyfriend's best friend is moving out there in about a year. Hello there, couch to crash on! :wink:
  • emoodze
    emoodze Posts: 15 Member
    I'd like to visit all 50 states. (Currently on #35.)
    Take a month long vacation visiting as many national parks in the southwest, west, northwest, and midwest that I can! (I just realized that's a lot of wests!)
    Go on a cruise with my husband and feel beautiful.
    Get to my goal weight, maintain it, and share with the world that I have conquered my addiction to food!
    And most importantly, have children.
  • nursevee
    nursevee Posts: 344 Member
    LOL @ Buccinator and Iarepocket!

    Can I one up you?

    Seattle is lovely BUT The Great Barrier Reef in Australia just sorta takes the cake.

    Sorry... I might live in the U.S but there's a "whole new world" out there!!!! :laugh:
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    Culinary Institute of America
    Retire
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
    Find my Viking in Shining Armor, marry, have 1 child and 2 girlfriends/boyfriends
    Participate in a fully functioning large active Kindred
    Go to Europe
    Send my girl to college

    Is that it?
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
    Visit Morocco
    Visit some more US states
    See Mount Rushmore
    Visit Rio de Janiero and see Christ the Redeemer statue by airplane
    Go on several more cruises

    Be alive to see my daughters graduate college
    Play with my grandkids

    Run in a 5K is a new goal
    Look like I'm 35 at age 50.
    Be debt free.
  • donya35
    donya35 Posts: 166
    I don't have any particular order for mine.....

    -I definitely want to ride in a hot air balloon.
    -I want to visit New York
    -Finish my degree
    -travel up and down both the East and West coast
    -See the Niagra Falls
    -Swim in the ocean one more time.
    -Go to Europe (for several reasons, but mainly for the artwork)

    I've already crossed off a couple of things that I haven't listed, so I guess I'm off to a good start!
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
    I've been wanting to do hot air balloon rides, but they are $100 per person in my area. My daughters want to go, but my husband does not.
  • PhillyDerbyDoll
    PhillyDerbyDoll Posts: 6
    Great topic!

    My bucket list, off the top of my head...

    *Find my real Father
    *Travel to Alaska
    *Have a cabin by the lake where I can swim, canoe and relax
    *Run in a 5k
    *Get recertified as a fitness instructor
    *Go to school to become certified in Colonic Hydrotherapy (hey, someone has to do it!!!)
    *Go to a Dude Ranch
    *Have an HBO comedy special
    *Jump out of a plane (with a parachute!!!)
    *Buy a nice classic car from the 50's/60's
    *Drive cross country
    *Go on a Safari.....mainly because I want to have people call my phone and hear "So sorry I cannot take your call, but you see I'm on Safari"

    That's all for now!!
  • FitJoani
    FitJoani Posts: 2,173 Member
    Five Fitness Bucket List Items

    1. Run Boston at least ONCE
    2. Qualify(even if I dont go thru with it) for the Ironman
    3. Run the Athens-origional-marathon
    4. Become a Personal Trainer
    5. Be fit when Im an old folk

    Five Other Bucket List Items

    1, Skydive
    2. Visit Australia
    3. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower, space needle, or empire state building
    4. Visit Hawaii and learn how to surf
    5. Voice over on the Simpsons
  • 7senough
    7senough Posts: 3
    My #1 is enjoy a long life with my hubby, didn't meet till we were older, so we have a lot of loving in about half the usual time.
    Be thin before I'm a month in the grave.
    Get my legs fixed.
    Hmm, maybe a bucket list isn't the place for such vanity, but it is what it is.
    Publish my book
    Finish and publish the other three in the computer, 1/2 done.
    Be more of a Grandma before my oldest grandkids are adults.
    See grandbabies from all 7 kids.
    See them all graduate and get married and have babies
    Guess I better stick with this program and be healthy. This may not be a big list, but it may take some time
  • missyhse
    missyhse Posts: 189
    I love this topic! I've had a revolving list for years now but here are a few off my list

    1. Have kids (naturally or through adoption)
    2. Travel: Peru, Moscow, and Morocco
    3. Become a trainer/physical therapist
    4. Start dancing again
    5. Set PR's in next year's races and triathlons
    6. Lose this last 12-15 pounds...
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    Make my wife's life a fairy-tale come true
    Make her smile every day
    Tell her how beautiful she is, at least daily
    Remind her how much I love her, at least daily
    Get myself back into shape so I can have a lot of years to work on this list...

    What an awesome husband you are! I hope she realizes what a gem she has.
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