By this point we all know what a bucket list is.  Many have made one, and I got to thinking this would be fun.  On that note, I’m not sure I can come up with 100 things to do before I die – plus that seems so (hopefully) far away at this point.  I thought I’d try to narrow it down to 45 things to do before I turn 45.  With a bit over 10 years before I hit that marker, I hope nothing is too ambitious!

45 X 45

1. Take a real vacation. (Not to Buffalo, not w/ the kids)
2. Take my kids to Disney World.
3. See my name in print.
4. Have a novel published.
5. Get a degree (this is following up on a long ago promise made – I must keep it)
6. Get back to my target weight.
7. Take a photography class (or 2 or 3)
8. Perform on stage again
9. See Colorado
10. Camp – really camp in the Rockies
11. See Yellowstone
12. Grow my own garden.
13. Go to a blogger’s conference.
14. Go to a writer’s conference
15. Get on a regular exercise regime & stay on it for more than 3 months
16. Take my dad to see a show on Broadway
17. Make a complete Victorian era dress from skin out. (underthings complete, corset 50% complete)
18. Help Archie find his birth mother.
19. Read the Little House series aloud to my girls.
20. Learn how to draw
21. Get on a bike – and use it regularly
22. Pay my house off (long shot – but I can dream)
23. Get a car that is less than 2 years old
24. Have my feet fixed so I can…
25. Run a 5k (or in the mini here in Indy)
26. See the butterflies at the Indy Zoo (I always seem to miss them)
27. Be a reenactor at Conner Prairie
28. Swim with dolphins
29. Go on a hot air balloon ride
30. Play the piano again (translation – GET one)
31. Ride a horse – not a trail horse. A real ride on a horse.
32. Volunteer at Angel’s CF clinic
33. Stop drinking pop
34. Make my house beautiful (landscaping, decorating inside, everything)
35. Get a tattoo
36. Go on an Alaskan Cruise
37. Go on a wine tasting
38. Go white water rafting
39. Take my husband to swim with whale sharks
40. Fly first class
41. Read at least 50 of the 100 Greatest Novels
42. Have a real spa day
43. Visit a real haunted location
44. Sell a photo
45. Visit Salem, MA

That’s it for now.  I’ll cross things off as I get them done.  I’ll also be making a page for the list and adding to it as I think of things I’d like to do – for a full true bucket list!