"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it." W. M. Lewis

October 2, 2002 I started my bucket list in my journal. Some of them I grew out of considering I made the list when I was 14. This is the updated list and I am publishing it as a sort of contract. Now that people know the list I am obligated to work on it. I have accomplished only a hand-full of the following and I’m going to get on it! Red- Done Blue- Work in progress

Ride in a hot air balloon

Get 4.0 on a semester grade

Go see the Grand Canyon

Go to Yellowstone
Go to Lake Powell
See the Statue of Liberty

Go to the top of the Empire State building
Swim with dolphins

Sell a photo I took
Visit every state (over half-way done)
See the Eiffel Tower

Plant and grow a garden of my own

Learn to surf
Go to a drive-inn movie theater

Go cliff jumping
Ride on a Snowmobile
Go camping for real. This includes a backpack, a hike, great foil dinner, and a tent.
Go Skydiving
Live overseas by myself -- Jerusalem
Learn to love reading

Learn to love to run (run a half marathon)
Teach English in a foreign country
Go to China to see the Great Wall

Ride in a helicopter
Go to a mavs game during the playoffs
Sing a solo on stage
Ride on an elephant
Be in a movie (an extra will do)
Visit all the temples in the US

Rexburg Temple

Go on an African Safari
Learn to snowboard
Sew something I can use (blanket, apron…)
Volunteer for habitat for humanity
Own a Chocolate Lab
Cook a thanksgiving dinner

See the pyramids in Egypt

It is definitely a work in progress, but it will happen! Let me know if there are any other additions that need to be made to my bucket list.