Making a good life great

During a conversation with a friend last week, I decided it's been much too long since I've written up my bucket list and really thought about some of the things I want to accomplish in my life. I've done plenty of cool things already--things that have changed my life and hopefully blessed the lives of others--but there's something about doing things because you've set a goal that just makes it so much more satisfying when you finally do it. So here it is, my official bucket list. I'm planning to have completed at least a few of these by the end of this year, so stay tuned for updates on my progress!

Also, I'm looking for inspiration for more things to do, and it's fun to have goals in common with your friends, because you can accomplish and celebrate them together. So what are some things on your bucket list?

Music/Talents

• See Michael Bublé in concert
• See Noel Gallagher in concert
• Sing with a famous musician, on or off stage
• Sing like a black woman (or just find my own voice)
• Sing in a gospel choir
• Be a backup singer (Motown-style)
• Write and record a song
• Learn to play the harmonica
• Learn to play the banjo
• Learn to play the cello
• Learn archery
• Learn how to bind books (so I can make my own journals)
• Learn how to juggle
• Earn 10 dollars playing as a street musician
• Learn to yodel
• Make a music video
• Write and illustrate a children's book
• Take tango lessons, either with my husband or in order to find one :)
• Solve a Rubik's cube in 30 seconds or less
• Learn cake decorating skills so I can make cool cakes for my kids

Adventures

• Be weightless (a zero-gravity flight would be enough, but space travel would be awesome)
• Go skydiving
• Go hang gliding
• Go rock climbing and rappelling
• Sleep in a castle
• Fly a plane (possibly even get a pilot's license)
• Go whitewater rafting
• Donate blood (I put this under "adventures" because I don't do well with needles.)
• Complete a sprint-distance triathlon (I put this under "adventures" because I'm no good at running and I can't swim in a straight line.)
• Carry the Olympic flame

Leisurely Recreation

• Go on a tandem bike ride
• Go geocaching
• Join a bowling league
• Get a fishing license
• Learn to sail
• Take horseback-riding lessons

Witnessing Beauty

• See the northern lights
• Ride in a hot air balloon
• Release paper lanterns (like in Tangled)
• Travel to Thailand and ride an elephant
• Visit India
• Visit Africa (specifically Egypt and South Africa)
• Visit South America (Argentina and Brazil)
• Visit Italy (especially Tuscany)
• Visit Greece
• Section-hike the entire Appalachian Trail
• Revisit London, Cardiff, Snowdonia, Rome, Madrid, and the Lake District

Service/Love/Future Home

• Send an uplifting message in a bottle
• Be someone's hero 
• Write "thank you" letters to all of my heroes
• Say "I love you" to someone every day
• Find the love of my life and marry him
• Sew my own wedding dress (with my Mama)
• Hold hands with my husband every chance I get--no matter how old we are
• Serve a mission with my husband when we're the cutest old couple in the world
• Have some niños
• Remodel a really old house to live in
• Have a flower garden
• Have a produce garden
• Have a wood-burning fireplace
• Have shelves full of knick-knacks in my kitchen (like Tookie's)
• Have a home library
• Make windchimes

Other

• Grow my hair out to my waist
• Restore Brownie (my favorite teddy bear) to mint condition
• Watch UNC play Duke in the Dean Dome
• Spend an entire day barefoot (and avoid getting tetanus)
• Watch sea turtles hatching and running for the ocean
• Milk a cow
• Hug a koala