My Bucket List

Following are some of the items on my bucket list ...


Family/Relationships

• Fall in love and get married - done
• Have a happy marriage and be a good wife - ongoing
• Have children-become a mother - done
• Be the best mother I can be! - ongoing
• Enjoy every moment with my family - ongoing
• Teach my children to enjoy life and see the positive side of things and know they can achieve any item they put on their own bucket lists!
• Plan family vacations to bring my family along on my bucket list adventures - ongoing
• Be a good daughter, sister, granddaughter, niece, cousin, friend, coworker, etc...- ongoing
• Be there with and for my children through each simple moment and milestone
  
• Become a grandmother and even a great grandmother

Health

• Be Healthy - mind, body and soul - ongoing
• Exercise - ongoing
• Lose weight (again) and keep it off -- ongoing
• Practice mindfulness, maintain balance and practice gratitude - ongoing 
• Try yoga - done - loved it, do it again!
• Try tae kwondo - done (became an orange belt)
• Go for walks  - ongoing
• Try a variety of new fitness routines - ongoing

Travel

• Fly in an airplane - done
• Fly in a plane all alone - done
• Ride on a train/Amtrak - done
• Ride on a subway and various modes of transportation- done 
• Walk on a beach and swim in the ocean - done
• Take a cruise on a ship on an ocean - done
• Be on the Today Show - done
• Be in photo in Sports Illustrated - done
• See Henry Winkler in person (in OHare Airport) - done
• Travel to Canada
• Travel to Bahamas, Grand Turk - done
• Visit as many states in the US as possible -- ongoing as follows:
• Travel to Arizona - done (ongoing since Rob lives there)
• Travel to South Dakota -- experience Sturgis - done
• Travel to Chicago/Illinios - done 
• Travel to Washington DC - done
• Travel to New York City and sightsee - done
• Travel to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Missouri -done
• Travel to Pennsylvania - done
• Travel to New Jersey - done
• Travel to California -- done
• Travel to Florida - done 
• Travel to Georgia - done
• Travel to Kentucky - done
• Travel to Tennessee - done
• Travel to Detroit - done 
• Travel to Oregon, Washington - done
• Travel to Maryland - done
• Travel to Hawaii
• Travel to Alaska
• Travel to Europe
• Travel to Las Vegas
• Take a family drive up coast (Hwy 1) California to Washington (through Oregon)- done
•  Site see in various cities, states, countries - on going.
•  Attend major league baseball games in all 30 stadiums - ongoing
• Chicago Cubs - done
• Milwaukee Brewers - done
• Chicago White Sox - done
• Arizona Diamondbacks - done
• Minnesota Twins - done
• St Louis Cardinals - done
• Kansas City Royals - done
• Pittsburgh Pirates (Opening Day against Cubs) - done
• New York Mets -Opening Week - done
• New York Yankees - opening week - done
• San Diego Padres - 2014 - done
• Los Angeles Angels - 2014 - done
• Los Angeles Dodgers - 2014 - done
• Tampa Bay Rays -  2015 - done
• Miami Marlins - 2015 - done
• Detroit Tigers - 2016 - done
• Atlanta Braves - 2016 - done
• Cincinnati Reds - 2016- done
• Attend a playoff game - done - Watched Cubs play/win in St. Louis 2015
• Attend a World Series - done - Chicago Cubs 2016 from Wrigleyville Rooftops
•  Attend an All-Star Game
• San Francisco Giants - 2017 - done
• Oakland - 2017 - done
•  Seattle Mariners - 2017 - done
• Washington Nationals - 2018 - done
• Baltimore Orioles - 2018 - done
• Philadelphia Phillies - 2018 - done
• Attend games in remaining 6 major league stadiums

 Just For Fun

• Go sailing on Lake Michigan - done
• Ride in a jeep in the desert - done
• Go snorkling - done
• Go ziplining - done
• Go parasaling
• Go white water rafting
• Ride a camel - done
• Ride a horse - done
• Ride in a helicopter - done
• Go up in a hot air balloon - done (tethered)
  
• Be on TV - done (commercial and on Extreme Makeover Home Edition) - done
• Eat sushi - done
• Eat calamari - done
• Eat escargo - done
• Eat buffalo - done
• Eat deer - done
• Eat lamb - done 
• Eat dundenous crab in California 
• Eat alligator - done
  
• Eat various unique foods - ongoing
• Bake a pie - done -- one was plenty!
• Experience college life/live in a dorm etc..- done
• Get a 2-year degree - done
• Get a 4-year degree - ongoing - almost done
• Watch a sunrise and sunset (and take pictures) - done - ongoing
• Go camping - done
• Make pottery -- done.  Learned to throw pottery on a pottery wheel and ended up with a small, lopsided "dish?"  Now need to try a few more times and get better at it!
• Drink coffee on the porch - ongoing - my favorite
• Drive a tractor - done
• Drive a stick shift
• Ride in a semi - done
• Go to a dinner theater - done 
• Learn to play piano -- done (not well, but the basics)
• Learn a foreign language (Spanish) - done
• Eat at a Hibachi Grill - done
• Eat at a Brazillian Steakhouse - done
• Tour a Federal Reserve Bank - done 
• Make salsa  - done
• Tour a Chocolate Factory - done
• Tour Football Hall of Fame in Canton Ohio - done
• Ride a cable car up steep hills in San Francisco
• Get a tatoo  - done
•  Skydive
• Try new hobbies - pool, golf, etc .... done/ongoing
  
• Many things I haven't thought of yet ...

Writing/Creativity

• Write poetry - done/ongoing
• Have my poem read on the radio - done
• Write and publish a letter to the editor -- done
• Write a coffee table book - done
• Publish coffee table book -- done (I'd Give You My Life: A Mother's Wish For Her Children)
• Become a great photographer (daughter Karissa is a great photographer instead)
• Journal the kids' lives - ongoing
• Keep picture book of kids' lives - ongoing
• Write a blog - done/ongoing
• Compile my poems into a book to share with my family
• Write my life story 
• Publish a short story in a Chicken Soup for the Soul
• Publish a feature article in the newspaper - done (thanks to Grandpa Einck for the great story)

Culture/Events/Things to See

• Attend NFL football game - (Arizona Cardinals) - done
• Tour Kansas City Chief's Football Stadium (Arrowhead stadium) - done 
• Tour Daytona Speedway - done
• Attend NBA basketball game
• Attend Hockey game - done.  Enjoyed an Arizona Coyotes game 2014
• Attend a concert - Sawyer Brown (done), Martina McBride (done), More to come.
  
• Go to an opera
• Go to a ballet
• Go to a jazz concert
• Go to a symphony orchestra
• See the President of the United States - done (kids and I saw Obama in Decorah from front row)
• Participate in a Democratic Caucus - done
• Participate in a Republic Caucus
  
• See the White House - toured inside - done
• Drive in a city - done
• See the Blue Man Group - done 
• Watch a play in a Theater in the Park outside theater (Urinetown in Kansas City) - done
• Ride a tram to top of Gateway Arch - done
• Become a Notary Public - done 
• See a show on Broadway (Lion King)- done (awesome!)
• Attend NIT Final Four Iowa Hawkeye Basketball Game at Madison Square Garden/NYC-done
• Ride Subway from "Grand Central Station" and other places.
• Site see in Nashville, tour Johnny Cash Museum, Country Music Hall of Fame, etc. - done 
• Drive up the west coast with family on Highway 1 - done
• Take a girls trip to San Francisco with my mom and my daughter - done

And lots of things I haven't thought of yet ...(and many things I am not remembering that I already did)