bucket list

• get married in the Catholic Church
• learn to drive a stick shift
• read the entire Bible
• complete a Sunday New York Times crossword
• run a marathon
• live in the city for at least a year
• have kids
• change someone's life (for the good)
• go camping
• spontaneous road trip (cross country?)
• travel to Europe
• walk the beach at night while holding hands
• scrapbook my children's lives
• visit all 50 states
• be kissed in the rain
• get my Master's degree
• learn another language
• have sex
• sing on stage
• write a song
• write a book
• cook my way through a cookbook
• learn to play piano well
• get a dog
• learn to take amazing photos
• take dance lessons
• eat a whole pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream
• Disney World with my kids
• own my own house
• go ice skating in Chicago at night
• play a full round of golf
• sew a quilt
• build a dollhouse
• get certified to teach
• make Thanksgiving dinner for my entire extended family
• have a real Christmas tree
• make a family tree
• Times Square on New Year's Eve
• hook up somewhere I might be discovered
• high school reunion
• have a "poor phase" with my husband
• star gaze on a rooftop
• own my own espresso/ frothing machine
• overcome depression
• display my art in at least one exhibit
• inspire a love of learning
• flag a taxi