Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am

Today my sissy was thinking of me.  She remembered how much I wanted this song and so posted it on my facebook.  Heard it on the radio a while back but couldn't figure out what it was. Thanks Kelsey!!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Bucket List #35: Dance in an Empty Parking Lot

So with the help of my roomies (Kim and Jess you two rock),a pumpkin named Henry, and some Hall and Oates, I have crossed yet another item off of my bucket list.

 
Why not be silly?  Dance in an empty parking lot...no one's watching!

The Beginings of a Bucket List


  1. Become Closer to God
  2. Love myself more
  3. Visit all 50 states
  4. Save a life
  5. Fall in Love (Dan!!)
  6. Forgive Eric...forgive myself  (Completed Spring 2010)
  7. Read 150 books from the Ultimate Reading List (65 down)
  8. Road trip with friends (Minnesota, Completed March 2011)
  9. Accept Dad for who he is 
  10. Study in China
  11. Get Mom a tombstone (Completed Spring 2010)
  12. Disneyland/ Disneyworld 
  13. Call K+M 2x every month (be friends forever)
  14. Find the perfect cup of tea (Right now that's Tazo Zen green tea)
  15. Pay Jim and Hazel back
  16. Become the best nurse I can be
  17. Finish a story for Floyd (no matter how bad)
  18. Raise $10,000 for Relay for Life
  19. Visit London
  20. Visit Italy...Rome
  21. Visit Prague
  22. Visit Paris
  23. Visit South Korea
  24. Stay at Atlantis
  25. See all the wonders of the world
  26. See Wicked on Broadway
  27. Eat healthier
  28. Meet a President
  29. Relearn how to crochet (make blankets for kids in need) (Scarf - Winter 2010)
  30. Smile at a different person everyday
  31. See the Northern Lights
  32. Learn a foreign language
  33. Get a tattoo (Swallow on left foot; completed Sept. 2010)
  34. Swim with dolphins
  35. Dance in an empty parking lot (Completed 10/25/2010)
  36. See Phantom of the Opera production (Winter 2015)
  37. Run a marathon
  38. Get a pen pal
  39. Get married (August 2014)
  40. Witness a miracle
  41. Have a family
  42. Finish a scrapbook (Gram's Xmas present, December 2010)
  43. Be in two places at once (Wisconsin/Michigan border, March 2011)
  44. Go to a batting cage
  45. Try foods from 15 dif. cultures (Taiwanese, Chineses, Mexican...)
  46. Take on a mountain (Pike's Peak, August 2010)
  47. Attend a dance class (Technically completed Sept. 2010, but call redo since only attended once as friend's fill-in partner)
  48. Learn to rock climb
  49. Reread the Harry Potter series
  50. Go to the Zoo (Spring 2010)
  51. Sing karyoke (October 2011)
  52. Go out on a official date (Spring 2011)
  53. Learn to flirt (always a work in progress)
  54. Fly in an airplane/helicopter (Aug 2010)
  55. Learn to play an instrument
  56. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
  57. Visit the Sydney Opera House
  58. Visit a museum yearly
  59. Test drive a Ferrari
  60. New Years at Times Square
  61. Take a cooking class
  62. Finish a 'Purpose Driven Life'
  63. See a Gothic Cathedral
  64. Ride an elephant
  65. Experience weightlessness (Haha, every time I go swimming)
  66. See Shaun White snowboard
  67. Bowl a 100+ game (December 2011- 108 BABY!!!!)
  68. Ride in a hot air balloon
  69. See a kite fighting festival
  70. Sleep in a tree house
  71. Watch every movie that has won an Academy Award for Best Picture
  72. Travel to Tahquamenon Falls in winter to see falls frozen (March 2012)
  73. Kiss someone under the mistletoe      
  74. Go snorkling
  75. Go cliff jumping
  76. Attach a lock to the Love Bridge
  77. Be married 50+ years - just like my grandparents
  78. Slow dance in the rain
  79. Go into an airport and buy tickets for a random flight
  80. Ride a mechanical bull
  81. Have a cute guy buy me coffee (January 2012 - Dan)
  82. Have a valentine on Valentine's day (February 2012 - Dan)
  83. Throw someone a surprise party
  84. Be a bridesmaid (September 2013 - Kim,  June 2016 - Michele)
  85. Watch sunrise with someone special
  86. Watch sunset with someone special
  87. See Halley's Comet
  88. Write a letter to myself and open it in 10 years 
  89. Run a 5K