Bucket List = Life List

At some point in our lives, we all take time to reflect on our past accomplishments, and then set goals for the next thing to be accomplished.  Some call it their Bucket Lists, some call it their Life Lists... they are actually both the same no matter what you call it.  Some lists are just that... lists of things we would like to do, but really know are impossible to fulfill, other lists are things we actually plan on fulfilling.  Either way... we all have lists of what to do next.

Now that I am in my Feisty Fifties, my Bucket List/Life List seems to be growing by the day.  It's a shame that when we are young and full of zest, we can't afford most of the things we want to do, or we don't have enough life experience to know what we want, or know what we can possibly achieve... mostly when we are young... we are just too busy living life to think about the BIG future and really growing old.

I've decided to share my lists on this blog... this is where you can gracefully bail out of reading the rest of this post and not feel you have wasted any time... or... you can keep reading and get a peek inside of a feisty fifty plus year old woman's head.

Things I really want to accomplish in my life time...

1.   Celebrate our 75th Wedding Anniversary... (we married young... as of this posting... we are close to 1/2 there... 35 years!)

2.    Learn multiple languages... including sign language

3.    Earn a pilot's license

4.    Visit all 50 States

5.    Visit to Disney World... No... Joe nor I have ever been!

6.    Travel to Australia

7.    Continue college education

8.    Travel by train across the US

9.    Attend the Olympics

10.  Visit Asia

11.  Learn to sail

12.  Have a Starbucks drink named after me.... actually.... this one is in the process of being checked off... Here in teeny tiny Hutch, such things are possible... I'm actually campaigning for it, and have just begun to see results!  If you are ever in Hutch just order a "Vickie" and you will get a "venti green tea/lemonade, 1/2 sweet, extra ice in a trenti cup.  It's DELISH!!!

I have more on my bucket list.... and as I stated earlier... the list continues to grow.  It's like the more life experiences I have, the more things I get interested in and want to pursue.


Things I've done that I never dreamed of doing...

1.   Hosted a Late Night TV show live on air

2.   Have lived in 7 states... granted a drivers license in 6 of these states... which means I had to pass that darn written test 8 times.... we lived in 2 states twice

3.   Own and drive a convertible car... not being a car person, I could never care less... in fact I never liked convertibles... until I received my 50th B-day present from my husband... now I drive every single day possible with the top down... my hinnie heaters and heaters may be on, the windows rolled up... but the top is down!

4.   Went to college and graduated with a 4.0 GPA... earning my Culinary Arts Chef Certificate... at age 50!!

5.   Sat next to Tiger Woods at a Charity Dinner on my 27th Wedding Anniversary

6.   Met, and was kissed by Jimmy Dean several times... sorry Jimmy Dean fans... but this experience was a bit gross!

7.   Learned to play golf and I actually enjoy it

8.   Learned to drive my husband's Porsche Carrera 911 on a real race track... I LOVE doing this!!

9.   Have traveled around Europe the last 10 years of my life

10.  Own two homes... one with palm trees... never thought I'd actually own a palm tree!

11.  Have an autographed photo of my husband and myself with Muhammad Ali and wife Lonnie hanging in my current home

12.  Sat next to, and have a personalized autographed name place card from Astronaut/Senator John Glenn... this experience is among my very favorites... I heard from his wife's (Annie) mouth their Love story... and I LOVE Love stories!  At the time of our meeting, they had been married for 67 years, met each other at the age of 4, were next door neighbors and in love their entire lives!

I think boring you with 12 things is enough... this list too is growing by the day... and I have been blessed with many more pretty unique experiences... all thanks to my wonderful husband Joe!

But at the end of the day.... I just want to have done my best for that day and hope to be able to do my best for the upcoming day.  The more I do, the more I'm inspired to do, and the more I realize just how quickly time is flying past, and how little time there is to accomplish my entire Bucket/Life List... but I"m sure gonna have fun trying to check off each and every box on my list!