My Bucket List

I just finished up watching Toy Story 3, and I must say it is absolutally adorable! It made me think of the little animal figures I played with for hours at a time, and in fact I still have at least 20 of them. Thinking back in my life, and also watching Andy drive off on his way to college, it made me think of my past, but also a lot about my future. My future seems to be the big theme here lately, and instead of sitting here worrying about where I will be working or living in the next six months, I want to think about the list of things I want to accomplish in my life. The title represents the movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, but the list mainly makes me think of the movie A Walk to Remember with Mandy Moore.

• Publish a book, whether it be successful or a total flop.


• Foster at least one animal in my lifetime, whether it be dog, cat, guinea pig or rat. I do not care.


• Make a quilt for everyone that I love.


• Make yarn baby blankets for every baby born to a close family member or friend, and everytime I do think of my Grandma Gebhart at least once.


• Have a small room dedicated to my yarn and fabric supplies.


• Live to see when there is a cure for cancer.


• Pass down the ring on my right hand to my first born daughter/granddaughter.


• Take Murphy with me to wherever I call home as long as he lives.


• Own as many Disney movies I can get my hands on.


• Find time to read at least one novel a month.


• Visit the beach once every five years.


• Learn how to crochet.


• Grow my hair out and donate it to Locks of Love once.


• Have a spider plant and give the "babies" to anyone who wants one, too.


• Try Sushi.


• Visit Italy or Tuscany, or both.


• Go back to school for a different degree.


• Study another novel and write an article (like Senior Seminar).


• Go to a Buckeyes football game.


• Volunteer at the animal shelter.


• See Elliot and Adelyn.


• Pierce my ears for the second time, maybe a third time.


• Make potato soup like my grandfather made.


• Keep my Grandma and Grandfather's pictures in my home.


• Make a scrapbook for each child I have from the time they are babies until they are adults.


• Swim with a dolphin.


• Touch a cub to a large cat (tiger, lion, leopard, etc.).


• Visit one of the best water parks in the USA (and be thin!)

My number one would be to live a happy life, with the people I love and care for most, whomever they may be. I want to spend my life laughing and enjoying things that make me happy.