the bucket list

Adventures

• Head to a berry farm to pick my own, fresh strawberries. (June 2015)
• Have "pizza on the farm" at A to Z Produce Farm.  I read a review on a different blog and it sounds great.
• Golf with my husband at St. Andrews
• Give birth in a foreign hospital (i.e. not in the U.S.) (Feb 2011)
• Go on a hot air balloon ride
• Go to a taping of "Ellen" 
• Participate in a flash mob
• Go on a ropes course
• Learn how to ski
• Go Jet-ski'ing
• Host an Oscar viewing party
• Go to a bingo hall; play game with real bingo cards & bingo daubers {and yes, I did have to look that word up on online.  ha}
• Do a geocache
• Keep a plant alive!
• Explore Minnesota treasures I haven't in the past
• Minnesota Historical Society
• Grumpy Old Men Festival in Wabasha 
• Hot Sams Antique Junk Yard (Lakeville) 
• Carlos Creek Winery (Alexandria) 
• Camper Cabin camping!

Travel

In Scotland

• Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh (June 2013)
• Edinburgh Castle
• Glasgow (March 2012)
• Lochness 
• Loch Lomand
• Golf in Scotland

In the U.S.

• Go to a concert (or something) at the Hollywood Bowl
• Go to a concert (or something) at Red Rock Ampitheater in Colorado
• New Orleans
• Charleston, South Carolina (again, for a longer time)
• Alaskan cruise
• Lake Jenny, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
• Lake Joseph, Catskills, New York

In Europe (& other)

• London (December 2010)
• Paris, France (April 2011)
• Ireland (May 2011)
• Scotland (May 2011)
• Berlin, Germany
• Munich, Germany (again)--for Oktoberfest 
• Amsterdam (February & March 2011)
• Rome, Italy (December 2012)
• Switzerland
• Austria
• Scandinavia (July 2012)
• Greece
• Go on an African Safari

In Holland

• The Hague  (August 2011)
• Madurodam (a.k.a. "Holland in a nutshell") (August 2011)
• Den Bosche  (April 2011)
• Rotterdam (September 2011)
• Kinderdijk (September 2011)

& more...

• Visit each of the continents (although probably not Antarctica)
• North America
• South America (Argentina, Brazil, Peru or Chile)
• Europe
• Africa
• Asia
• Australia

Cooking & Eating

• Learn how to bake my own bread
• Successfully create a Thanksgiving dinner (pretty much on my own)
• Learn how to make jam
• Learn how to make omelets (December 2011)
• Finally make popovers (I have had a pan for like 5 years & they are one of my favorite foods!) (March 2011)
• Try to eat oysters

& All these other things too!

• Learn how to take better photos (August 2011)
• Create my own blog and keep it active for at least one year (January 2012)
• Write a book  (November 2011)
• Learn how to sew (at least pillow covers)
• Participate in an organized sporting event (i.e. biking event, 5K walk/run) (Thanksgiving 2011)
• Participate in a race where I can get a medal for completing
• Go on a run through Central Park, NYC
• Read through the bible in 90 days (July 2011-October September(!) 2011)
• Learn how to play the piano
• Complete a 14-day Sugar Detox (November 2014)
• Fit comfortably into a size 14

Notes:

• None of these are in order of priority (just as I thought of them)
• Those items crossed out are done & I have noted when I finished them.  Yeah!