Thursday, January 23, 2014

Un-Bucket List

I know there is a movie (I have never seen) about a bucket list. I read plenty of posts about completing bucket lists. I have written my own lists of 5 year plans and goals. The thing is I try to do things I want to do rather than focus on what I haven’t done. So when I came across a blog post with a bunch of crossed off bucket list entries I thought why not an un-bucket list. Yep, a list that lists the things that some people would put on a bucket list, but I have already done. Let’s see how this idea works out.


UnBucket List:

Stay up all night and watch the sunrise.
Hike a mountain in New Mexico.
Ride an elephant.
Ride a camel.
Go on a cruise.
White water rafting.
Visit Washington DC.
Visit New Orleans.
Visit NYC.
Get CPR certified.
Visit another country.
Buy my dream car.
Complete a degree.
Find my soul mate.
Drive cross country.
Buy a house.
Go camping in a tent.
Write a script. 
Go to blueberry festival.
Go to a crab festival.
Go to the top of the Empire State Building.
Visit Sea World, Universal Studios and Walt Disney World. 
Learn to play poker.
Fly a kite.
Make a candle.
Grow a plant from a seed.
Decorate the house with lights outside at Christmas.
Ride on a motorcycle.
Sell things online.
Draw a comic strip.
Do a zine.
Get a tattoo.
Go to a movie alone.
Donate blood.
Watch a movie in a drive-in theater.
Try ice skating.
See a meteor shower.
Get my palm read.
Get a tarot reading.
Drive a manual transmission.
Use chopsticks.
Ride in a canoe.
Eat fondue.
Go to a movie set.
Volunteer.
Drive a convertible.
Eat bison.
Eat alligator.
Go to a circus.
Go to a petting zoo.
Go to an aquarium.
Make something out of pottery.
Go on a ghost tour.
Go to a zucchini festival.
Eat escargot.
Go to Nascar race.
Drive on the Blueridge Parkway.
Get married.
Own a shelf full of books.
Play an instrument.
Own an 8 track player.
Help with DIY home projects.
Live alone.
Go see Monster Truck show.
Attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Write a blog.
Become a counselor.
Have pets.
Have a float in a parade.
Go to the ballet.
Then I thought how about a list of things I have no interest of ever doing:

Skinny Dipping
Sky Diving
Perform at a Café.
Be a Bridesmaid. 
Send a message in a bottle.
Ride in a limo.
Pose nude.
Swim naked in the ocean.
Experience a tornado.
Read the entire bible.
Spend a night in jail.
Try planking.
Try owling.
Be a hipster.
Be a yuppie.
Although I came across a few I want to try:

Yellowstone Park.
Make homemade pretzels.
See the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Take a flying lesson.
Ride in a hot air balloon.
Own a rat.
Take a month long vacation to another country.
Go to a drag show to see queens from Drag Race.
Paint a picture.
Write a book. 

Monday, January 13, 2014

Gatorland and Mold-A-Rama

I finally got myself to Gatorland. They have periodically a deal for Florida residents, $10 a person. We splurged and paid $2 a person to ride the train.

This is how I always saw Gatorland:



This is how the husband actually saw it:















I didn't get my normal souvenir - a magnet. Nope. This time I finally saw what I had only seen on the internet - Mold-A-Rama. For a mere $2 I have my very own plastic gator. 

The machine

Not the clearest and I wish it was green. 



Sunday, January 5, 2014

Attainable Goals for 2014

I I thought, instead of making a 14 in 14 list, like the past couple years, why not make a list of things I can actually do and that are already on my To Do list for myself. I made this list last week and I have already done one of the things on the list: 


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     Go to a destination in Tennessee

Go to a destination in Georgia

Go to a state park

Make 5 recipes from my overloaded Pinterist boards

Read 5 books

Take a day without computer or phone

Go to one tourist destination in FL that I have never been to   Gatorland! Post to come

Go to Silver Springs because the husband has never been (and it's free entramce)

Find a couch

Paint at least one wall

Make my own laundry detergent

Go camping for more than one night

Make a holiday tradition

Give away things at least 5 times

Ride my bike 5 times

Volunteer or give to an organization 3 times

Make a craft project


     Go on a girl's trip


     See a drag show



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