My "Bucket List" :D

...Well, part of it, and in no particular order. I'm not going to share all. But here's a glimpse into the list I made as a young teenager, and added to over the years. Mostly unattainable, people would say, but a girl can dream! And, it's amazing how many of these were fulfilled unintentionally.

I will cross out those I've already done. Some are ongoing, like sharing the Gospel, so the fact that I've crossed out said items doesn't mean they're no longer an aim of mine.

(Note for anyone not in the know... According to urbandictionary.com : BUCKET LIST - A list of things to do before you die. Comes from the term "kicked the bucket." There ya go. :))
> learn to play guitar
> jog across the United States
> write and publish at least one book
> Polar Plunge
> share the Gospel
> jump out of a perfectly good airplane
> read all the classics
> run the Dead Sea Marathon in Jordan
> go rappelling
> learn to juggle
> learn Greek
> write my own theory on the death of the Red Baron
> know God to the point that there is no one in the world to whom I'm closer and love more
> lead someone to Christ
> live in the actual middle of nowhere
> learn to ski, ice skate and snowboard
> work in an orphanage
> find out from which tribe my American Indian ancestry was
> compete in a triathlon
> run an extreme-trail, full marathon
> be in Times Square for New Year's Eve once
> have no unforgiven person in my life
> lose 20 pounds
> meet George W. Bush
> meet the Clintons
> think of something witty and brutal to say to the Clintons upon meeting them
> learn to paint and draw
> grow my hair past waist length
> learn to be a good listener
> do an in-depth study of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
> finally learn how to whistle!
> train horses
> work at a military youth academy
> join the military
> make an actual, big difference in someone's life
> visit Arlington National Cemetery
> be a missionary
> do something incredibly dangerous> bike across the Sahara
> visit all states in the continental U.S.
> visit all 50 states
> live in Israel for awhile; work in Palestinian refugee camps
> climb a huge mountain
> have children
> homeschool them, without the stereotypical ill effects of homeschooling
> bungee jump
> learn to speak Arabic
> study and learn Arabic (I'm talkin' fluent!)
> cry completely unashamedly
> mount my own expedition to find Mokele Mbembe
> see "Nessie" for myself
> be the sunshine in the life of a person who desperately needs it
> be a huge blessing to my parents (only they would know! lol)
> become the Proverbs 31 woman that a real man deserves
> set foot on the Holy Land
> save a life
> fall truly, deeply in love; get married to the man for whom God made me
> find the balance between modest but frumpy and attractive but sexy
> have a near-death experience
> backpack through Europe
> witness a miracle
> inspire men to be who God intended them to be, by being fully who he intended me to be
> become an excellent help meet
> fall in love with a culture
> call women back to femininity
> write for a newspaper or magazine
> go to Iran
> study the life of Robert E. Lee
> learn swing dancing
> learn ballroom dancing
> clearly hear the voice of God
> learn Pashto and live with the Pashtun in Afghanistan for a time
> run for a political office
> walk in Central Park at night (with a bodyguard :P)
> do something people label impossible
> meet and thank a MOH recipient
> get medical certifications of some kind (EMT, RN, CNA, anything)
> decide for myself whether the death penalty is good or bad
> fully master the motherly running of a home
> get a job no one wants
> go back to and live in the wild of Ethiopia
> become an outstanding marksman
> support a political campaign
> be an accomplice to an arrest
> work as a secretary
> get a 5:30 mile time
> write a song
> write a song someone would actually buy
> publish my poems
> know for myself that my Jesus is really, truly all I'll ever actually need
> see Paris for myself
> stand on the actual "top of the world"
> learn how to throw a knife
> put together a women's Bible study
> enter in a pageant
> learn to drive stick shift
> learn to ride a motorcycle
> live in NYC for a time
> have dinner in Jerusalem
> go back to Jordan and visit the bedouins in Wadi Rum again
> learn depka dancing very well
> waitress
> climb Mount Everest
> go whitewater rafting
> go cliff jumping
> chat up and give a New Testament to every stranger I meet
> become excellent at racquetball
> do outreach with a mission in Iraq
> have really long hair when I'm old and gray
> float in the Dead Sea