the bucket

this is where i'll be editing my bucket list/tracking my progress.

1. write a book
2. marry the man of my dreams
3. take my mom to the grand canyon
4. learn to surf
5. live in ecuador for longer than a year
6. visit Mama at Fatima
7. go to Mass with my whole family
8. become a nurse practitioner
9. read the top 10 novels of all time
10. run a marathon
11. learn how to use makeup
12. visit the following countries: new zealand, ireland, italy, china, india...
13. do mission work in africa
14. bear children (with my amazing husband of course)
15. pay my parents back (somehow...)
16. meet Gianna Emmanuela Molla (St. Gianna's daughter)
17. start a foundation (or at least participate in one started by friends)
18. go 6 months without caffeine
19. learn how to play the guitar
20. participate in a world youth day
21. invent something useful
22. drive up the coast of california
23. volunteer in a youth ministry program
24. overcome my fear of fish (seriously)
25. spend an entire day, sunrise to sunset, on the beach with someone i love
26. attend a championship professional sporting event
27. go on pilgramage to the holy land
28. do an 8 day silent retreat
29. purchase a brand new car (june 22, 2010)
30. see an active volcano
31. visit all 50 states before i turn 50
32. become a halfway decent dancer
33. drive a monster truck, or at least go to a monster truck event