First Day Posting About My Bucket List

A friend suggested that I write a blog about my new bucket list. So, here I am blogging away publicly about my new bucket list.

Well, you see, I used to have a Bucket List and I've done just about all of those things on my list. What were they, you say? Things like taking a glider flight. Not only did I take one, but it was spur of the moment while I was on vacation in Scotland at the Deeside Glider Club. Iit was on a gorgeous, clear (almost unheard of in Scotland) day. I was making my way to the Burnett family castle and saw a sign that said, "Deeside Glider Club". I turned a quick U-turn, paid a fee and had the most lovely time flying quietly in the air with a quirky glider pilot from Scotland. The heather was in bloom and you could almost taste the sweetness of it. Sad thing?  My batteries in my camera stopped working just before we went up.

What else? I've traveled to so many places that start with "I". India, Indonesia, Italy, Ireland and Isreal. Other places? New Zealand, Australia, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ukraine, all over Europe with just a few exceptions. I've hiked the beautiful Alps in Switzerland, gone sailing in Fiji, spent 18 months on an LDS mission in Venezuela and adopted two daughters from Ukraine. This parenting thing has stretched me further than I could have ever imagined!

I've worked on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, gone hot air ballooning twice, bought a home all on my own and have been improving it ever since. I've seen many ancient wonders of the world like Machu Pichu in Peru, walked in the steps of Jesus in Isreal, and eaten Guinea Pig in Ecuador.

So, now those are finished. What else to do in my life?  I had sort of forgotten how to dream with all of the intense parenting that I've been doing the past 10 years. They are nearly grown now and it's time for me to begin to dream big again.

Things like running a full marathon. You now ask, "do you even run Diane?" Errr. No. I don't. (chortle, chortle) But, the question is that if I don't dream big, how can I ever begin?

So, I've posted my current Bucket List to the left and will be working on each thing, piece by piece.

Diane