My Bucket List

This is going to be an interesting blog for me. It will be the first, and probably only one, I will write that will decrease and increase as I add things and cross things off my bucket list. And I will add to it as I think of things. Bucket lists should be living, breathing things. I think everyone should have a bucket list. I also think everyone should publish their bucket list. Some things on your list may not be feasible without the help of others and they will never know what you want to do if you don't tell them. So, here is my bucket list. It is a work-in-progress.



(If you are reading this and I am dead, please disregard...lmao)



BUCKET LIST



1. Visit Cooperstown, NY and the National Baseball Hall of Fame

2. Vacation at a dude ranch.

3. See killer whales in the wild.

4. Vacation/work at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah.

5. Be a blaring tourist in Washington D.C. and see all the historical sights.

6. Attend a playoff or World Series game at Wrigley Field.

7. Things to See: Statue of Liberty

8. Things to See: Ellis Island

9. Visit Nelson County, Kentucky and research the Shields family history

10. Visit Webster County, MO and research the Walton family history

11. Visit my relatives in Germany

12. Visit Northern Ireland and research the Shields family history

13. Own an African Grey parrot or a Hyacinth McCaw

14. See tigers in the wild

15. Adopt and raise an entire litter of beagle puppies all at the same time

16. Things to see: The Alamo





ACCOMPLISHED THINGS THAT WERE ON MY BUCKET LIST

1. Attend a division-clinching game at Wrigley Field (September 27, 2003)

2. Attend an Olympic event (Baseball: Italy vs Australia, Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta Georgia - July 25, 1996)

3. Fly in an ultalight aircraft (circa 1985, can't remember where)

4. Things to see: St. Louis Arch (circa 1981 when my brother took us to Six Flags over St. Louis and again in 1999 when Tina Koyen and I drove to Arizona to see the Cubs in spring training)

5. See the Cubs in spring training (March, 1999 - Mesa, AZ - 6 games in 7 days)

6. But a brand new car (1994 Dodge Shadow, purchased March 2, 1994)

7. Things to see: Alcatraz Federal Penetentiary (July, 1989)

8. Things to see: Golden Gate Bridge (July, 1989)

9. Get a tattoo (Tiger with a rose in its mouth, left calf - 1993; cat silhouette with wording "This above all, to thine own self be true" on right forearm - 2010; dog silhouette with wording "The dream shall never die" on left forearm - 2010; Chicago Cubs symbol, right calf - 2010)

10. Operate a rescue/sanctuary for special needs and feral cats (2004 - 2011)

11. Have a dog named Dawson (Adopted on July 17, 2007, yellow lab; also have dogs named Wrigley, Harry, Barney, Charlie, Tucker, and Gretchen)

12. Go to Disney World (July, 1997 with Nikayla)

13. Go to Disney Land (July, 1999 with Nikayla)

14. See the Atlantic Ocean (Spring Break 1991, 1992, 1993; trip to Florida 1996; trip to Florida 1997)

15. See the Pacific Ocean (Trip to California, 1989, 1999)

16. Things to See: Legoland, California (July 1999)