Since 2011 is about to begin, I thought today would be a great time to pen my first bucket list. I hope that this will be a list that I can come back to, add to, check things off, and even delete items if I change my mind about them later. This is just meant to be a place to add some cool things that I would like to do. So here goes:

1. Run a 5K (Race for the Cure, Seattle)
2. Run a 10K (Peachtree Road Race, Atlanta)
3. Run a 12K  (Bloomsday Race, Spokane) 
4. Run a Half Marathon (Nov. 2010)  
5. Run a Full Marathon or Half Ironman 
6. Complete a Sprint Triathlon 
7. Be on the field at Sanford Stadium (Aug. 2004)
8. Climb the Great Wall of China (Summer 2006)
9. See an active volcano (Dec. 2008)
10. Get married (Dec. 2008)
11. Eat gelato in Italy (Summer 2002)
12. Have the Frozen Hot Chocolate at Serendipity in NYC
13. Climb the Eiffel Tower
14. Go on Medical Mission trip
15. Send Bibles to an unreached people group 
16. Be a Sunday School teacher  
17. See the Pyramids
18. Visit the Holy Land (Jerusalem, Isreal)
19. Go back to St. Lucia for Honeymoon #2
20. Go to Hawaii with Jason
21. Learn how to play the guitar well 
22. Start a supper club
23. Join a book club 
24. Do Bible Study Fellowship 
25. Go backpacking 
26. Re-upholster a piece of furniture 
27. Learn how to sew 
28. Ride a Hot Air Balloon 
29. Get a dog
30. Be a mom
31. Be a grandmother
32. Pay cash for a car
33. Pay off my home 
34. Be debt free but the house (Dave Ramsey Style)
35. Get my Real Estate license
36. Own 10 rental homes 
37. Celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary 
38. Start a blog (October 2010)
39. Read through the whole Bible (2006) 
40. Take a photography course
41. Knit a scarf 
42. Go to the Louvre in Paris 
43. Drive across the country 
44. Go on an Alaskan Cruise (see the Northern Lights) 
45. See Victoria Falls in Africa
46. Visit Venice, Italy
47. Visit Barcelona, Spain
48. Visit the Amazon Rainforest and the Amazon River
49. Travel to: (Canada, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Spain, China, Poland, Italy, France, England, Australia, South America, and Germany)
50. Visit all 50 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut,Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota,Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia
51. Visit all the continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia