The Bucket List

A few years ago, I created a "before 30" bucket list. It's in my private blog. But I'm thinking it's time to get a little more serious about it & move it over here. Some things are simple & a little trivial. Others are big dreams that simply may not happen within the next 7 years. But it's going to be fun to try. It's neat to look at what I've done so far & I'll post pictures when I can.

• See Dolly Parton live.. preferably from the front row.

So it wasn't front row... but it was still DOLLY & it was still super close. Best

23rd birthday present in the world :) 10/5/2010

Climb a real mountain for a bird's eye view of God's beauty... but only a small one.

Visit LA & New York.

Take the London/Paris/Rome trip I've been planning since I was 17 (the next few go with this)...

Drink champagne under the Eiffel Tower at night.

Visit the Louvre.

Ride the London Eye (the really big ferris wheel).

See Michaelangelo's work in the Sistine Chapel with my own eyes.

Take a picture on the Sydney Harbor bridge in Australia.

Go to the NASCAR race in Daytona, Charlotte, & Bristol. One of which MUST be a night race.

Kiss in the rain (come on, every girl wants to once in her life).

oh Wisconsin. What a fun & memorable night of great music,

even better friends & amazing memories. 6/26/10

• Go to Fan Fair/CMAfest.

No one better than my best friend Laura to cross this one off with. Nosebleed

seats for Jamey Johnson (below), Martina, Lee Ann Womack & THE JUDDS!

June 2009

• Learn to cook at least one dish really well.


• Go skinny dipping (let's face it, your body just won't be like this after kids).


• Attend a concert at the Ryman.

I can thank my friend Shawn for helping me discover a great love for the Pixies.

We went to see them at the Ryman in September 2010.

• See a musical on Broadway.


• Experience a ride along in a NASCAR car.


• Completely finish Mere Christianity & The Four Loves.


• Run a marathon... or maybe just a half marathon.


• Continue learning & practicing my Spanish until it's conversational at the very lest.


• Go to Austin for at least part of South by Southwest.


• Go white water rafting.


• Take a canopy tour in Mexico (where you ride zip lines through the trees).


• Ride a mechanical bull (just once).


• Pay all my own bills with NO help from anyone.


• Send a stranger a message in a bottle.


• Finally make it to Chicago & go ice skating.


• Sponsor a child through Compassion International.


• Be an extra in a major motion picture.


• Volunteer with the Nashville Rescue Mission.


• Go to a drive-in movie.


• Celebrate a birthday in Vegas.


• Swim with Stingrays in the Cayman Islands.


• Make a nursing home friend & visit her regularly.


• Be 100% out of debt by the time I turn 30.


• Buy the '66 mustang & fix it up myself.


• Ride a motorcycle.


• Go to a game at Fenway Park