My Bucket List

As the little girl I was babysitting last night so sweetly pointed out, "whoa, you're getting old!", I figured I should perhaps make a bucket list of things I want to do before I die.  My friend who turned 30 this year had a list of 30 things he wanted to do before he turned 30, but I'm not that ambitious.  I'll settle for 30 things I want to do before I go to the pearly gates in the sky, where every angel looks like Ryan Gosling and there are unlimited salt & vinegar potato chips.

1.  Drink a glass of milk in Scotland.  My grandfather said he drank the best glass of milk of his life when he was there during the war and I want to do the same thing to honor him.
2.  Stomp grapes at a winery.
3.  Go scuba diving...even though I'm terrified of having to breathe out of my mouth.
4.  Go on a safari.
5.  Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain.
6.  Pay for someone's meal at a restaurant without them knowing.
7.  Own a West Highland White Terrier.
8.  Get married.  At least once.
9.  See UK play in the National Championship game in person.
10.  Go to Harry Potter World.
11.  Visit the home in Sicily where my grandmother grew up.
12.  Visit Mount Rushmore.
13.  Go hang-gliding.
14.  Hold a baby right after it's been born.
15.  Help an old lady across the street.
16.  Sit courtside at a pro basketball game.
17.  Own a vacation home.
18.  Be able to put my kids through college.
19.  Donate money each year to the ASPCA and the humane shelter wherever I live.
20.  Get a tattoo.
21.  Close my eyes, point to a map, and visit wherever my finger is pointing to, no matter where it is.
22.  Get my picture taken with John Calipari.
23.  Own UK basketball season tickets.
24.  Finish the two books I've written.
25.  Meet the President of the United States.
26.  Give money to the Belmont...preferably enough so they build a new library.
27.  Learn a second language.
28.  Dance with someone I love in the rain.
29.  Grow my own vegetables in my garden.
30.  Make Tina Fey laugh.

Some are silly, some are fun, and some are downright insane (as if I could ever make Tina Fey laugh)...but it's my bucket list and I can put anything on there I darn well want.

Till next time...