On Bucket Lists.

     I think a bucket list is one of the best inventions ever! Not only does it guarantee lots of adventures throughout your life time, you can look back on it and reflect on the adventures you've already had! My only problem has been making a bucket list that lasts more than a few weeks. I might feel really inspired and jot down 10 to 15 things on a scrap of paper and claim it's my new bucket list, but I have no idea what to do with that piece of paper, so I end up losing it and then I'm left bucket-list-less.
     Well the past few days I decided to end that cycle! I spent hours looking for old bucket lists in wallets, old notebooks, journals, etc, and compiled everything onto my computer. That's one of the beauties of modern technology, I can save all the papers and lists I want into one little hard drive!
     Side note: fun fact about Lindsey. I'm obsessed with lists. I love them to death. I make a list for everything. Shopping lists, bucket lists, lists of other lists I need to make, to do lists, to don't lists, and every other kind of list you can think of.
     So anyways... I've come up with my bucket list so far. It surprised me how many things I could think of that I want to do.   

 Run a marathon

   Pet a zebra

   Shake the prophet’s hand

    Get married in the temple

    Visit Africa on a service trip

    Move to Europe solo for 6 months with just a back pack

    Foster parent dogs

    Kiss a complete stranger
    Ride a hot air balloon

   Play hide and seek in IKEA

    Take a train ride that lasts over 24 hours

    Have a pen pal I’ve never met

   Own a nice camera

   Drive a corvette

   Attend a real masquerade

   Go a week without any electronics

   Meet Lady Gaga

   Climb to the base of Everest

   Donate blood

   Donate hair to locks of love

   Live by the beach

   Learn to drive manual

   Play messy twister

   Visit Antarctica

   Walk on the great wall of China

   Play a part in a movie or TV show

   Take a yoga/meditation retreat in India

   Run the Color Run

   Run the Warrior Run

   Serve a full time mission

   See a Broadway show in NY

   Visit all 50 US states

   Go shooting, try different kinds of guns

   Attend the Olympics

   Go to drive in movie on a date

   Visit the walk of fame

   Watch the running of the bulls in Spain

   Snorkel in Hawaii (Done, February, 2013)

   Go apple picking

   Get a real henna tattoo

   Go to the top of the Eiffel tower (Done, June, 2005)

   Go bridge jumping

   Hold a tarantula

   Hold a giant python

   Ride an elephant

   Take a trapeze class

   Go to a soccer game in full body paint

   Do a cart wheel

   Shop at the Mall of America (Done, most of my childhood I grew up in MN)

   Go to a music festival dressed as a dirty hippie

   Spend Halloween in Salem

   Go para-sailing

   Buy something at the Tiffany store

   Have a picnic by a river and feed the ducks

   Visit the Globe Theatre (Done, June 2005)

   See the Mona Lisa (Done, June, 2005)

   Write on the Bucket List wall in New Orleans

   Participate in a big food fight

   Fly on any European airline

   Have temple-work road trip in Utah

   Buy (and wear) a claddagh ring

   Own a pair of louboutins

   Get a picture with every princess at Disneyworld/land

   Swim with a wild shark (Done, Feb, 2013)

   Go one month eating only fruits and veggies

   Be in the audience for the Ellen show

   Go to Carlos bakery and have a cannoli

   Do a Chinese fire drill

          So there you have my bucket list so far! I'm sure I'll add to it throughout my life, as well as check things off! My advice to anyone making their own bucket list: dream big! Don't be afraid to write down something you think might never happen, because if you want it enough and it's worth it, you'll make it happen. Also, put a variety of big and little adventures on your list. As you can see my adventures range from going to Africa to doing something as simple as a cartwheel (which I've still never done!). That way you can always be progressing on your list. You don't have to wait until you can take 6 months off of work or school to back pack around Europe, you can say to your friends "hey, messy twister is on my bucket list, come over tonight!" 

         So enjoy your bucket list experience, dream big, and follow through! If you've already done something really awesome, put it down on your bucket list and check it off! It will remind you of the adventure and how it might have been a once in a lifetime chance!

         Thanks for reading! Come back soon for more awesomeness!

         PS: for anyone who watches the Bachelorette.... I just watched the first part of the finale on Hulu. I'm really glad Brooks left, I didn't like him at all. Team Drew right now, even though Chris seems like a sweetheart as well! Sorry, had to get that off my chest!!

          Don't be afraid to email me any questions at sistersparhawk@hotmail.com or comment below!