finding happiness in everything

Mark that off the list!


I decided to move our completed items off the Original Bucket list. These items were all completed in 2010, 2011, & a few in 2012. We had a very productive and enjoyable year. Even among the chaos that life threw at us, we had a ton of fun!! Some of our adventures included my step daughter(s), grandbabies, the boys, friends of mine, and total strangers that we pulled into our moments as they occurred :-)  

1. See a beach on the east coast of the US. —Complete
2. Walk on sand barefoot —Complete
4. See a sun set at a beach on the east coast —Complete
5. Take the boys to the Pinnacle overlook in TN,VA,KY. —Complete

8. Be a tourist in our own home town —Complete
9. Eat authentic German food —Complete
10. Eat Sushi —Complete

13. Ride on a train—Complete

18. Eat sushi again…incase I didn’t like it the first time! —Complete
19. Touch the clouds with my boys. (Did it on Clinch mountain) —Complete
20. Stay in a hotel —Complete

22. Go to Virginia. —(Complete) Visit the ARE Museum.
23. Pet a rabbit for an hour —Complete
24. Lay in the middle of the road, stare at the stars during Autumn, with my boys. —Complete
25. Take the boys to Gatlinburg, TN around Christmas time. — Complete
26. See Cades Cove – complete

28. Rent a cabin in the mountains for a weekend. – Complete
29. Go Hiking — Complete

31. Teach the boys to properly fish. (So I don’t spend all day untangling lines, baiting their hooks, etc) – Complete
32. Attend a live concert —Complete

36. See a live dog race —Complete
37. Learn to play poker – Complete
38. Learn plumbing —Complete

43. Travel to Ohio —Complete

47. Go to a casino & gamble a tad. —Complete
48. Play a slot machine! —Complete

50. Eat real Italian food —Complete
51. Go to Disney World —Complete

53. This one is private, but has been accomplished. – Complete

55. Tour a Naval base. —Complete
56. Touch a tank!!! —Complete
57. Eat authentic Korean food —Complete

61. Take the boys to see the Iron Furnace and Warriors path in Cumberland Gap, TN —Complete

67. See the ocean from the gulf coast. —Complete

73. Understand Buddhism. –In process
74. Swim in the ocean. – Assateague Island Beach/Chincoteague Island /Ocean City Beach – Complete
75. Touch an American fighter jet.— Complete
76. Clear the clutter out of my life once a year. 2009 complete, 2010 complete, 2011 complete, 2012 complete

81. Drive underwater while having lunch in a car —Complete

83. Have a picnic on a grassy green medium in the middle of 2 roads.—Complete

87. Ride in an airplane both small and large. FLY!! —Complete
88. Travel to & spend the night on an island. – Complete

89. See Norris Dam —Complete
90. See a live horse race —Complete
91. Ride on a monorail —Complete

94. Go to the Rossini festival in the Spring —Complete
95. Dance in public —Complete
96. See a waterfall.—Complete

100. Be a prissy, fake, uptight, too good for anyone girl - wearing makeup, dress, high heels, and hair all done up for one day. THIS ONE MAY NEVER HAPPEN!! —Complete! I did it :-)

102. Move away from the swamp —Complete

104. Kiss in the rain — complete

106. Visit a metropolis — Complete

117. See a lighthouse up close, touch it, climb it – Complete
118. Wear a bathing suit in public – Complete!!

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