Buckets Full

I've been meaning to write all my goals/wants down and finally with this summer to do list I've had the inspiration to think about it. My bucket list is really long and some are silly and some are serious. I'm sure I'll add to it and maybe some things won't be that important when I'm older, but here it is in no particular order:

1. Catch a falling coconut
2. Getmarried in the Temple
3. Become an RN
4. Get a PhD in something
5. Order French food in France while speaking French
6. Hail a taxi In NYC
7. Hear the Dali Lama speak
8. Visit the pyramids and sphinx
9. Hike Half Dome
10. Go on a cruise
11. Serve at a soup kitchen
12. Travel somewhere by train
13. Throw a mega party
14. Go to the Great Barrier Reef
15. Take an official IQ test
16. Visit the Terra Cotta Warriors in Xian and buy tacky souvenirs
17. Dance tango in Argentina
18. Volunteer abroad for a month
19. Go to school abroad
20. Stand at the North Pole
21. Stand at the South Pole
22. See the Mona Lisa
23. See the 7 wonders of the world
24. Go on a cross-country road trip
25. Go trekking in the rainforest
26. Become vegetarian for 21 days
27. Fall in love
28. Be in love
29. Visit a castle in England
30. Get my Masters in nursing
31. Stay at the castle at Disneyland
32. Perform a kind deed to at least 5 strangers
33. Go to a Coldplay concert
34. See the northern lights
35. Leave an extremely large tip at a restaurant
36. Go in a submarine
37. Visit the top of the Eiffel tower
38. Go to a country music concert
39. Learn how to play at least one song on the piano
40. Save a life....
41. Go to china
42. Kiss a dolphin...
43. Be on the news
44. Swim with sharks
45. Learn how to play something on the guitar
46. Write a book
47. Sew a dress
48. Be in 2 or more places at once
49. Own a star
50. Sleep in a ghost town
51. Do humanitarian work in Africa
52. Witness a solar eclipse
53. Ride a gondola in Venice
54. Meet a famous person
55. Go on a safari
56. Test drive a car
57. Go on a helicopter ride
58. Go bungee jumping
59. Go to the top of the statue of liberty
60. Visit all the U.S. states
61. Ride a camel
62. Swim in the world’s largest swimming pool (off the coast of Chile)
63. Learn to juggle
64. Go indoor skydiving
65. Donate some of my hair to locks of love
66. Fly first class
67. Go dog sledding
68. Go hang gliding
69. Go jet skiing
70. Go paragliding
71. Go white water rafting
72. Go zip lining
73. Make a quilt
74. Plant a tree
75. Rock climb
76. See a holocaust camp in Germany
77. Stay in a 5 star hotel
78. Stay in a grandee suite at a hotel
79. Travel in a hot air balloon
80. Walk the wall of china
81. Build a tree house
82. Read the whole bom and bible
83. Look down a volcano
84. Visit the sacred grove
85. Visit the garden of Gethsemane
86. Catch a fish with my bar hands
87. Write a will
88. Hide in a cake and jump out
89. Jump from a cliff into deep water
90. Scuba dive
91. Drive down route 66
92. Watch turtles hatch
93. Milk a cow
94. Feed a giant tortoise
95. Swim with sea lions
96. Go deep-sea fishing
97. Brush and elephant
98. Feed a giraffe
99. Throw a boomerang in Australia
100. Go to chocolate world in Pennsylvania
101. Pet a penguin
102. Pet a koala bear
103. Go bobsledding
104. Touch an iceberg
105. Watch a meteor shower
106. Grow a garden and eat the food
107. Talk with an accent for a whole day
108. Visit Ireland
109. Try to follow a rainbow till the end of it
110. Buy a stranger a meal at a restaurant
111. Play in the mud
112. Paint with pudding
113. Go on trip to see wild horses
114. Carve an animal out of a bar of soap
115. Make a hole in one
116. Attend the Olympics
117. Send a message in a bottle
118. Take a pick with every single one of the characters at Disneyland
119. Attend the super bowl live
120. Crowd surf
121. Shoot a gun
122. Participate in a food fight
123. See how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop
124. Go cow tipping
125. Learn how to whistle
126. Churn butter
127. Make a dream catcher
128. Sling shot watermelons
129. Set foot on each of the 7 continents
130. Carve my name in a tree
131. Swim in a mermaid tail suit

A person's life is not measured by their downfalls, but by how they pick themselves up after falling. To error is Human, but to forgive is divine. And one important step to recovery is to forgive yourself, you are the only thing that can stop you from succeeding, the rest is only as powerful as you allow it to be.

- unknown

I'm supposed to be studying right now...

Attempt #1

On my summer to do list I have "write a poem" I feel as though the poem won't be written with the first shot, sooo I'm going to write poems until I get the inspiration for "that" poem. Work tonight was super super slow and to pass the time I wrote my first poem. Here is my creation:

Summer is cool, summer is fun, summer is full of the sun

However, the sad side is this:

Summer rhymes with bummer,

yes this is true

for when you're red and burned

this "bummer" is directed at you.

All day in the Sand and water and fun...is the "beach era"

but that night will suck when you run out of aloe vera.

Those waves are the best bait

and for you to swim in them they can't wait

on a hot day, they know how to lure you in

but you'll end up looking like a lobster my friend

It's a risky decision going to the beach

but in summer you just can't help it

The only decision you really must make

is do you want your skin fried or baked?

lathering of lotions in all spf's

is pretty darn hopeless

Good luck to you brave souls

fight against that bright sunshine

even though you'll be baking like oven rolls

enjoy the badge of burned skin with pride!

Welp, there you have it. Let's just hope, I'll have better inspiration for future poems.

One life to live..

"Do one thing every day that scares you."

~Eleanor Roosevelt

A friend of mine at church said to "take chances" with people and promptings. Generally, I'm up for anything new, but when he had said that and the whole context of his testimony really made me think about the chances I take and don't take, the people I want to talk to and be friends with, but I hesitate, the things I say I want to accomplish, but never really do. So I keep reminding myself, "I only have one life to live". I just want to remind myself, that I'm blessed to be here, right now with the world before me to be my playground. The Lord has given me so many things and opportunities, but sometimes I feel like I don't take advantage of things as much as I should. Soooo basically, I'm just really grateful for life, and my friends, new and old, and where I live. ( because I love southern california) and taking this new insight and applying it to create more memories, laughter and fun to my life.

I've created a Summer To Do List:

• Go to the beach at least 18 times
• Go to roscoes chicken and waffles
• Go skydiving
• Finish EMT school
• Read 20 more books (7 finished)
• Learn some French
• Volunteer
• Go to Olvera street
• Go to Chinatown
• Go hiking to the Hollywood sign
• Go on a Grunion run
• Go to a water park
• Create my own slip and slide
• Try more recipes
• OC Fair
• OC swap meet
• Buy a bike
• Go on Bike rides along the beach
• Go to the aqaurium
• Find "hole in the wall" restaurants
• Find free things to do (griffith observatory)
• Become a better couponer
• Bake things for people
• Write poem
• Watch the sunrise on Signal Hill
• Watch the sunset at the beach
• Become a better at slack-lining

If anyone is interested in helping/doing any of these things, please contact me :) Two (or 3, or 4, or 20) is better than one.

P.S. I made these brownies that were magical today. From top to bottom, it was chocolate chip cookie, oreo cookies, and brownies. SO yummy..... I love food.

P.P.S Happy 4th of July! I love this holiday Four reasons why:

1. So much yummy food!
2. No work :]
3. I love seeing people proud of our country, since 90% of the time we are complaining about it
4. Reminds me how appreciative I am for the men and women who protect and serve our country, both past and present.