I did more!
I went to Harry Potter and I've taken many zumba classes
AND I own a wii!
I was looking back, and I won't delete it...but did I really want to dye my hair black?
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Number 134! How did I forget?
I haven't done much on my list....but I DID do number 134 (labeled as 35), when I was in Peru. I can't believe I forgot that. Seriously.
Had my first ever full body massage...like the kind where you are wearing nothing but underwear and you have towels and and oils and everything....crazy, but nice! (and so cheap!)
Had my first ever full body massage...like the kind where you are wearing nothing but underwear and you have towels and and oils and everything....crazy, but nice! (and so cheap!)
Sunday, August 8, 2010
55 and 194 (though it says 95, for the second time), and a bit of 9
Well, I am here to say that I have checked off 2 things on my list, and added a bit to one. I was just in Peru, so I crossed that one off! :-) I also have now been to 3 of the 7 continents! Almost half way there!
I also did actually pay, surprisingly, one time for bathroom privileges. I was not expecting to on this trip, but I did, lol. It was quite amusing. I got some teddy bear tp in return for my 30 centimos :-)
South America is an interesting place to be, let me tell ya! I only saw Peru, and I know that many cultures are different, so here is what I know from it:
Miraflores, Lima does not get super happening for Independence day, but that is ok with me, because downtown is crazy enough on it's own! It is a place, however, where you must watch your belongings, as my camera was stolen...muy triste :-(.
It is humid in Lima, even though it is winter, but still beautiful. The sound of the Pacific on the rocky beaches is so awesome!
Nazca was my favorite place to be. There is such wonderful history there. The lines are fabulous, though small planes make me very sick! The Archeologist we met was so invested and dedicated and gave the best tour of the trip. And Dune buggies and sandboards are awesome!
Arequipa has a quiet atmosphere, yet is a very popular tourist area. They have good local dishes and it was a great place to relax and enjoy the view. Some good shopping and excellent sweets were also had :-)
Puno is VERY high up...in fact we were over 12,800 feet above sea level. It is very cold, hace mucho frio! I'm glad I had gotten my hat and scarf before then. Lake Ti-ti-ca-ca, very separate, and must be pronounced as such b/c it does NOT mean excrement, but titi means puma, and caca, means rock, is the highest lake in the world! And we climbed over 500 steps higher than that on Island Tequile! It was fun, and beautiful, and worth it, but I was so sick all the days of Puno. The first night into the second day being the worst. It was so hard to breath and I got so stomach sick....yuck to altitude sickness! I even threw up once...but it was only water.
Buses are interesting. It can take more or less time than expected and still seem like forever. They keep movies very very quiet and hard to hear, but annoying music way too loud. Every bus has the same "cd" mix and it always places the same several songs, song by totally different artists and sounding all like "elevator music" in a way. Our favorites were "Under my thumb" and "Your heart, my soul"...oh man!
People can be friendly, rude, clueless, crazy, naive, or stubborn, and most are pretty laid back about time. ;-)
I will say that I am glad to take a shower without shoes, put ice in my water from the sink and sleep in my own bed....and make my own meal. It's great to try new foods....but eating out every night is not something I actually enjoy....I like a quiet meal I make myself at home...lol..
But overall it was so worth it and an AMAZING, once in a lifetime experience! Excited to have gone, glad to be back, and ready to take on a new adventure....
Well, actually, the adventure of year 4, attack of the new class of 7th grade, is starting in just a few short weeks! Excitement and energy , and nervousness of course, are building!
Ciao muchachos!
P.S. I also want to speak Spanish now...and find myself saying it in Spanish or trying to think it in Spanish, and realizing, I can say it in English! Oops!
I also did actually pay, surprisingly, one time for bathroom privileges. I was not expecting to on this trip, but I did, lol. It was quite amusing. I got some teddy bear tp in return for my 30 centimos :-)
South America is an interesting place to be, let me tell ya! I only saw Peru, and I know that many cultures are different, so here is what I know from it:
Miraflores, Lima does not get super happening for Independence day, but that is ok with me, because downtown is crazy enough on it's own! It is a place, however, where you must watch your belongings, as my camera was stolen...muy triste :-(.
It is humid in Lima, even though it is winter, but still beautiful. The sound of the Pacific on the rocky beaches is so awesome!
Nazca was my favorite place to be. There is such wonderful history there. The lines are fabulous, though small planes make me very sick! The Archeologist we met was so invested and dedicated and gave the best tour of the trip. And Dune buggies and sandboards are awesome!
Arequipa has a quiet atmosphere, yet is a very popular tourist area. They have good local dishes and it was a great place to relax and enjoy the view. Some good shopping and excellent sweets were also had :-)
Puno is VERY high up...in fact we were over 12,800 feet above sea level. It is very cold, hace mucho frio! I'm glad I had gotten my hat and scarf before then. Lake Ti-ti-ca-ca, very separate, and must be pronounced as such b/c it does NOT mean excrement, but titi means puma, and caca, means rock, is the highest lake in the world! And we climbed over 500 steps higher than that on Island Tequile! It was fun, and beautiful, and worth it, but I was so sick all the days of Puno. The first night into the second day being the worst. It was so hard to breath and I got so stomach sick....yuck to altitude sickness! I even threw up once...but it was only water.
Buses are interesting. It can take more or less time than expected and still seem like forever. They keep movies very very quiet and hard to hear, but annoying music way too loud. Every bus has the same "cd" mix and it always places the same several songs, song by totally different artists and sounding all like "elevator music" in a way. Our favorites were "Under my thumb" and "Your heart, my soul"...oh man!
People can be friendly, rude, clueless, crazy, naive, or stubborn, and most are pretty laid back about time. ;-)
I will say that I am glad to take a shower without shoes, put ice in my water from the sink and sleep in my own bed....and make my own meal. It's great to try new foods....but eating out every night is not something I actually enjoy....I like a quiet meal I make myself at home...lol..
But overall it was so worth it and an AMAZING, once in a lifetime experience! Excited to have gone, glad to be back, and ready to take on a new adventure....
Well, actually, the adventure of year 4, attack of the new class of 7th grade, is starting in just a few short weeks! Excitement and energy , and nervousness of course, are building!
Ciao muchachos!
P.S. I also want to speak Spanish now...and find myself saying it in Spanish or trying to think it in Spanish, and realizing, I can say it in English! Oops!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
My OFFICIAL Bucket List
So, I used to have a paper pencil version of this, but it seems that I have lost that. Plus, this way, my list is saved forever, or at least until the internet decides to change ;-).
I had recently decided to revisit this bucket list idea for mainly 2 reasons: One, I was google-ing something online and one link that popped up was about 50 things to do before you die. I went on a tangent search, and found another blog of someone else's list, and it definitely got me back into thinking about all the things I really want to do and accomplish in my life And second, I am currently reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth George. This is about a women's journey through life, and 3 different countries, to find pleasure on the Earth, to seek devotion out of this world, and then, finally, to find the balance between the two. So far I love it!
So, back to the list. This will of course end up being an accumulation of items over time, I'm sure, but here is a start. It has things that are fulfilling, seeking, traveling, simple, adventurous, and things that may seem near impossible…but I'd sure like to try. I'm only 26, so I hope that I have quite a few years left in me to accomplish these things, starting today. Of course, there are things that I've already done, so it seems silly to put them on this list now, but know that I have already been on some amazing adventures! And if I don't make it through all of them, let it be known it will not be for lack of trying. Everything is in God's hands, so His timing is all I can go on. I know it is large, but bare with me! I'm going to cap it at 200! 200 things do do before 100…or before I die :-P
And now, without further ado, I give you, my official bucket list!
- Learn another language fluently
- Read every Newberry and Caldecott winning book up until the year I die (so far Caldecott: 19 out of 72 so far, Newberry: 15 out of 89)
- Fall in love
- Get married
- Have at least one child
- Have at least one grandchild
- Retire
- Live in another country for at least a year
- Step foot on every continent (so far 3 out of 7)
- Step foot in every state in the U.S. and airports don't count! (so far 20 out of 50)
- See the grand Canyon
- Cross the country using only the old Rt. 30.
- Hike the entire Appalachian trail
- Be in attendance at a Super Bowl game
- Be in attendance at a Super Bowl game where the Steelers are playing
- Be in attendance at a Super Bowl game where the Steelers win
- Go to a Pittsburgh Penguins game
- Go to a Pittsburgh Penguins game where they win the Stanley Cup
- Go to at least one World Cup match
- Go to the Olympics, as a spectator ;-)
- Join a tennis league
- Run in a marathon
- Run in a half marathon
- Run in the Disney half and whole marathons
- See Aerosmith in concert
- Eat an insect
- Find my relatives in Virginia, and their histories
- Swim in the Great Barrier Reef
- Stay at Cinderella's Castle
- Backpack through Ireland
- Visit the great museums of Europe
- Go on a cruise
- Learn to operate a boat, any kind will do!
- Go skydiving
Take a Zumba class
- Go Zorbing
- Learn to water-ski
- Climb signal knob mountain
- Ride a horse
- Be at eternal peace with God
- Weigh 160 lbs
- Complete all the Yoga poses successfully!
- Run a 9 min. mile
- Watch every Disney movie ever created
- Read every book that I own
- Pet an Alligator
- Jump off a waterfall
- Walk through a waterfall!
- Stay in Hawaii for at least a week
- Cross the ocean/land bridge from Alaska to Asia
- Visit every province and territory in Canada (so far 1 out of 13)
- Teach in another country
- Inspire a child
- Give $1,000 to charity
Go to Peru (have to throw at least one freebee in there!)
- Bike across a country
- Meet a living legend
- Find a mentor for life
- Scuba Dive
Visit the Harry Potter Theme Park
- Visit DisneyLAND!
- Have an amazing signature dish (cooking)
- See the NYC Rockettes in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall
- See every Tony Award Winning Musical, somewhere in the world, LIVE (not as a movie!) (so far I'm at 9 out of 62, but the list will grow!)
- See 100 different shows on Broadway (so far I'm at 7 ;-) )
- Take the train across a country
- Take the train through the wilderness
- Walk in Yellowstone National Park
- Volunteer for an organization
- Go Camping at least once more on Assateague Island
- Go Camping in another state other than where I live, in the woods
- Run a 5K
- Learn to play the guitar
- Learn to play the piano
- Take dance lessons
- Snorkel
- Swim in the largest swimming pool in the world
- Go up as high as I can in the tallest building in the world. (And if it changes by the time I do it, go to the newest tallest building in the world!)
- Fly in a helicopter
- Fly in a hot air balloon
- Go parasailing
- Ride a parade float
- Do something life changing for a stranger
- Ride the top 3 largest Ferris wheels at the time
- Ride the top 5 tallest Roller Coasters
- Ride the top 5 longest Roller Coasters
- See a live rocket launch
- Ride the top 5 fastest Roller Coasters
- See the Aurora Borealis
- Watch the sunset and sunrise in the same 24 hours
- See a whale in its natural habitat, in person
- Write a song for someone I love.
- Sing with a famous artist
- Hug a stranger
- Walk the entire length of a beach
- Play football in an organized group
- Have a cat and a dog that are best friends
- Find a church family that are there for me the rest of my life
Go white water rafting on the Colorado (I've been on the Lehigh J)- Visit the Seven wonders of the: Ancient World, Medieval world, Modern World, New 7 wonders, USA Today's wonders, Natural World, Underwater world, and the Industrial world! Whew! At least some overlap, and one is "the internet", and I think I got that down! (is this really only one?)
- Eat a Coney Island Hot Dog, on Coney Island
- Go to at least one major festival or fair in every continent
- Climb to the top of the Statue of Liberty
- Ride the NYC subway from the southernmost point to the northernmost point
- Visit the home of a great author who is no longer living
- Meet a great author
- Plant a garden and have it last all season
- Have a bbq party and do the grilling
- Fast purposely and in prayer for 24 hours
- Get my masters degree
- Get my doctoral degree
- Completely forgive every person who was ever in my life
- Make a piece of pottery
- Bounce on a pogo stick
- FINISH all of my scrapbooks!
- Go to a vineyard for a wine tasting
- Watch AFI's top 100 movies (so far: 18)
- Watch All Academy Award winning movies for best picture (so far: 21)
- Watch AFI's 10 in 10 categories (so far: 34)
- Act/sing on stage for a production, big or small
- Be completely organized!
- Gamble in Las Vegas
- Go to the gym in the MORNING
- Memorize a famous poem
- Memorize at least an entire chapter of the Bible
- Write a Grant
- Be interviewed on tv
- Build a habitat for humanity home
- Have an article published
- Live a completely green life
- Make my family proud
- Sponsor a child
- Audition for something big, like a play or a tv show, even as an extra
Get a massage
- Go to a spa for the day
- Own a beach house, even if only part own!
- Buy something for myself in an expensive store in NYC
- Buy a present for someone else in an expensive store in NYC
- Buy a designer handbag
- Invent something
- Invest on the stock market
- Go on a honeymoon
- Create my family tree
- Swim with the dolphins
- Hike and see the wildlife of Australia
- Watch sea turtles hatch
- Own a house with a wrap around porch, rocking chairs in the front, and a backyard, somewhere leaning towards more rural.
- Stay in NYC for at least a week
- Live in NYC for a year? (With all of the other things I want to do, this may be hard…)
- Own a Jacuzzi
- Meditate in complete silence for at least an hour
- Meet and learn from a guru
- Go to the Kentucky Derby
- Take my kids to the Whitehouse Easter Egg Roll
- See the ball drop in Times Square
- Watch fireworks on every continent that has fireworks :-P
- Pay for my entire family to go on a world vacation
- Host a family reunion
- Go to a family reunion as an adult
- Go to Mardi Gras
- Learn to make a foreign dish for my family and make it well
- Make the best deviled eggs
- Learn to make fudge
- Eat at the Ithaa Undersea Restaurant
- Keep a journal
- Read the entire bible (I'm over half way through, but it's been a while)
- Go skinny dipping
- Go to a nude beach
- Write at least one letter to every person I know
- Go on a Safari
- Stay on someone's couch from "couch surfing"
- Have someone from "couch surfing" stay on my couch
- Host a foreign exchange student in my family
- Actually keep up with a blog on at least a weekly bases
- Get a pen pal
- Discover my hidden talent
- Eat Caviar
- Write down my entire bucket list! Woot!
- Find a geocache in a city
- Find a geocache in a country outside the US
- Read all the books in the book "1001 books to read before you die" (so far only 13…lol)
- Do 20 solid REAL push-ups!
- Fly a kite
- Learn to drive a stick shift
- Dye my hair black
- Get a makeover
- Make jam
- Learn a recipe from my mom and do it as well as her
- Here's a tough one: Travel from the tip of North America (northern) to the southern tip of South America, only by land.
10 more! Wooo! Own a Wii
- See a show at the Globe
- See a show on Broadway in London
- Try to get a British Guard move or crack a smile
Use a bathroom you have to pay to use
- Eat Pasta in Italy
- Go Snow Tubing
- Take the chunnel
- Truly surprise someone
- Order room service
- Find my childhood heroes, mentors, and teachers and let them know where I am and how they have touched my life!
- Visit the Seven wonders of the: Ancient World, Medieval world, Modern World, New 7 wonders, USA Today's wonders, Natural World, Underwater world, and the Industrial world! Whew! At least some overlap, and one is "the internet", and I think I got that down! (is this really only one?)
I'm not sure why....but this was 200 on my original post...but now I can't get it to go back...sorry! I will update my list on the side later, but for now, I figure you can see it well enough!
Hasta Luego!
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