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Begin date: May 5, 2012
End date: May 5, 2014
My BUCKET LIST
Begin date: May 5, 2012
End date: May 5, 2014
1. Pass the Bar & Get a Job
2. Join Colorado Bar Association
3. Get Pregnant (sure did!)
4. Buy a new car
5. Pay off at least 1/3 of my school loans
6. Lose 15 pounds
7. Learn to salsa dance
8. Go camping (overnight) (05/25/12)
9. Tour the Coors Brewery
10. Take snowboarding lessons
11. See a Rockies game at Coors Field (05/05/12)
12. See MNSU (my alma mater) play Colorado College in D1 Hockey (03/02/13)
13. Read 20 books from my list
14. Go on a honeymoon (finally!)
15. Put together a Shutterfly wedding album (arrived 6/1/12!)
16. Renew my First Aid/CPR certification
17. Get my conceal & carry/license to carry
18. Organize and label all our important family documents (system created!)
19. Attend the 2013 Milblog Conference (Canceled)
20. Build bedroom bench
22. Get another tattoo
23. Take a cruise
24. Participate in the Denver Warrior Dash
25. Sew pillow cases for the living room pillows
26. Purchase a domain and redesign my blog
27. Ride a mechanical bull
28. Visit the Wizard of Oz museum in Kansas
29. Go to a winery and help make my own wine
30. Take a cooking class
My BUCKET LIST
Begin date: May 18, 2010
SCHOOL AND EDUCATION
1. Graduate law school (5/20/12)
3. Get published
4. Perfect my German
5. Get my notary public
6. Get a job in Colorado (8/1/12)
8.Get my conceal and carry permit/license to carry
9. Start my own law practice
10. Teach at a law school
11. Get my PhD
9. Start my own law practice
10. Teach at a law school
11. Get my PhD
FINANCES
12. Have over $3000 in savings when I graduate (yes!)
13. Set up a separate “car and travel” savings account – Get over $500 in it
14. Pay off my car(Last payment sent 6/18/10)
15. Invest some money
16. Be debt-free (other than school loans)
RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY
17. Go on a Honeymoon
18. Have a wedding reception (finally) - Maybe 5-year vow renewal
19.Buy a House (9/14/12)
20.Put together a wedding album (6/1/12)
18. Have a wedding reception (finally) - Maybe 5-year vow renewal
19.
20.
FUN AND LEISURE
21. Drive a Zamboni
22. Go sky diving
23. Take a hot air balloon ride
24. Learn how to surf
25. Go scuba diving
25. Go scuba diving
26. Go rock climbing (for real)
27. Learn how to salsa, ballroom and swing dance
28. Get another tattoo
29. See Aerosmith or Bon Jovi (or BOTH) in concert
30. Get my fishing license and go fishing
FITNESS AND HEALTH
31. Stop drinking soda
32.Stop smoking (1/1/13 - Quit cold turkey!)
32.
33. Run a 2 mile in under 20 minutes
34. Learn how to box
35. Fix up bicycle and find bike trails to ride
TRAVEL
36. Fly First Class
37. Visit all 50 state in the US
I've visited 23/50 + D.C.
(The states: AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IL, IA, KS, MD, MA, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, RI, SD, TX, VA, WI)
38. See all 7 places on my travel list
39. Visit the Baseball Hall of Fame;
40. Graceland; and the
41. Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame
42. Put my hands and feet in Judy Garland’s star on Hollywood Blvd.
43. See NYC at Christmas
44. See a Broadway show in NYC
45. Road-trip to Chicago for a game at Wrigley
46. See a baseball game in at least 3 other ballparks
1. Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs
2. Coors Field, Colorado Rockies
47. Spend a day at the spa
48. Go on a cruise
1. Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs
2. Coors Field, Colorado Rockies
47. Spend a day at the spa
48. Go on a cruise
CHARITY AND SERVICE
49. Help build a house for habitat for humanity (1/26/12)
50. Renew my CPR and first aid certifications
COOKING/FOOD
51. Learn how to make homemade sushi (Completed, Summer 2011)
52. Learn how to make 3 amazing meals (1/3)
1. Chicken a'la King & Biscuits
2. Enchiladas
1. Chicken a'la King & Biscuits
2. Enchiladas
53. Have one go-to dessert
54. Put together a recipe book
55. Have a full set of pots and pans
56. Buy a crock pot – learn 2 crock pot meals (2/2)
First meal: Potato Soup - made 6/24/10
Second meal: Beef Burgundy - made 12/15/11
First meal: Potato Soup - made 6/24/10
Second meal: Beef Burgundy - made 12/15/11
57. Find a favorite red wine and white wine (2/2)
Red: Little Pinguin Pinot Noir
White: Barefoot Moscato
Red: Little Pinguin Pinot Noir
White: Barefoot Moscato
AROUND THE HOME
58. Be able to set a beautiful table for 6
59. Have a usable tool kit
60. Buy a plant and keep it alive for an entire year
(yes! Next I want to try something other than bamboo...)
(yes! Next I want to try something other than bamboo...)
61. Build my dream closet
MISCELLANEOUS
62. Own a Michael Kors bag and a pair of Jimmy Choo's
63. Get a go-to black dress for ANY occasion
64.Own a real string of Pearls (Mama gift from Al!)
64.
65. Stop biting my nails (done!!)
66. Put together a family calendar of birthdays, events, etc… (done! 1/20/12)
67. Own and fix up a 1970 Ford Turino or 1968 Pontiac GTO
67. Own and fix up a 1970 Ford Turino or 1968 Pontiac GTO