Before I die...

Since my bucket list has been a major part of my life for many years, I think putting it on here is necessary. I have set many goals for myself and have every intention of finishing all of them. It may take awhile but it will happen. And the more people that are along for the ride, the better. What drives you?

Blue = completed

Red = in progress

1. Swim with dolphins

2. Skydive

3. Explore a cave

4. Buy a house

5. Go on an African Safari

6. Nose job (yeah, yeah, yeah...judge me)

7. Visit Switzerland

8. Ride on a camel

9. Eat escargot - (4/25/10 - Tried escargot at Casa Vino in Berkeley. No major taste)

10. Go to Australia and meet a koala bear

11. See an old castle in Scotland

12. Take a dance class - (4/4/09 - West Coast Swing dance class at "Two Left Feet" in Danville. Want to take another one soon!)

13. Get my passport

14. Get married - (11/3/07 - Victor =)  )

15. Ride in a hot air balloon

16. Whale watching

17. Visit the Grand Canyon

18. Donate blood

19. Learn to drive a stick shift

20. Walk on the Great Wall of China

21. Motorcycle license

22. Visit a rainforest

23. Hang glide

24. Drink champagne in Champagne, France

25. Build a snowman

26. Take a self defense course

27. Publish a book

28. Ride horses in Mongolia

29. Go on a Mediterranean cruise

30. Fly in a helicopter - (5/5/12 - Christmas gift from my lovely husband)

31. Attend a Kentucky Derby

32. Attend a World Series

33. Donate to a homeless shelter

34. Donate to a battered women's shelter

35. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Ireland

36. Experience New York at Christmastime

37. See a broadway play in New York

38. White water rafting

39. Ride a mechanical bull

40. Cage dive with sharks - (11/20/14 - Went with North Shore Shark Adventures in Oahu.)

41. Horseback ride on a beach - (5/9/09 - Sea Horse Ranch in Half Moon Bay with Victor)

42. Kiss under the Eiffel Tower

43. Go to the White House

44. Learn how to change a tire

45. See Shakespeare's grave

46. Visit the baseball hall of fame

47. Make a gingerbread house

48. Visit Mt. Rushmore

49. See an active volcano

50. Pet a tiger

51. Watch a surf contest

52. Donate money for breast cancer

53. Ride an elephant

54. Visit Marilyn Monroe's grave - (2/20/10 - L.A. trip with Marie. Grave is kind of hard to find considering it's between skyscrapers.)

55. Pet a whale

56. Plant a tree

57. Go paragliding

58. Have my portrait painted

59. Watch a fire walking ceremony

60. Experience weightlessness

61. Witness a birth

62. See a live sumo match in Japan

63. Snorkel with turtles in Hawaii - (8/3/09 - snorkeling in Maui with Victor)

64. Build up good credit - 9/16/14  Score was a LOT closer to 800. Trying to make the 800+ club!)

65. Kiss at the top of a ferris wheel - (8/18/07 - Santa Cruz ferris wheel with Victor)

66. Behind the scenes studio tour

67. Have someone tell me "you changed my life." - (Danny and Jill, Everett's adopted parents)

68. See the Northern Lights

69. Visit the "4 corners"

70. Be in a wedding - (7/20/13 - Bridesmaid in the Suter's wedding)

71. Kiss the Blarney Stone

72. Milk a cow

73. Touch a giant redwood

74. Write a message in wet cement

75. Winchester House in San Jose - (4/4/08 - my 21st birthday with Victor)

76. Shakespeare theater in London

77. See Juliet's balcony in Verona

78. Visit Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall

79. Feel confident in a bikini

80. Pan for gold

81. Collect all 50 state quarters - (Completed at the end of 2013. Took almost 4 years)

82. Ride the London Eye Observation Wheel

83. Donate a gift for a child at Christmas - (12/2009 - donated gifts to kids at my sisters school where she works. Going to donate to other organizations every upcoming year.)

84. Become a mother - (8/30/10 - Miss Amelia Rose. The love of my life)

85. Visit the Crayola Crayon Factory

86. Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz - (2/21/12 - Spent the day in Santa Cruz with Victor and Amelia)

87. Go to a taping of a music video

88. See a real mummy - (4/30/10 - went to the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose. Maybe I'll see one in Egypt one day!)

89. Send out photo Christmas cards - (12/25/08 - it's now a yearly thing)

90. Ride at the top of a double decker bus in England

91. Kiss at the stroke of midnight on New Years - (12/31/08 - 1/1/09 - Happy New Year!)

92. Adopt a whale

93. Visit Greece

94. Visit El Alcazar, the royal palace in Madrid

95. Machu Picchu

96. Carve a pumpkin - (Halloween 2013 - First time carving in over 15 years)

97. Picture with the guards at Buckingham Palace

98. Statue of Liberty

99. Giants Causeway in Ireland

100. Leaning Tower of Pisa

101. Dog sledding

102. Wine tasting in Napa

103. Cirque de Soleil in Las Vegas

104. Adopt a puppy from a shelter - (4/2/08 - adopted Winston from Pinole Animal Shelter)

105. Stand in the hall of mirrors at Versailles

106. Buy my first "legal drink" - (8/4/08 - my 21st birthday at Dave and Busters)

107. Get a meaningful tattoo

108. Go to Egypt and see the pyramids

109. See a game at Yankee Stadium

110. Eat in the 360 restaurant in the CN Tower

111. Zipline - (11/24/14 - Went zip lining in Honolulu. Amazing!)

112. Meet an author I admire

113. Attend 50 concerts

114. Have $50,000 in savings

115. Have no debt

116. Eat boston creme pie in Boston

117. Donate to a children's hospital - (12/2009 - donated two extremely large stockings to Children's Hospital in Oakland. New goal is to donate every year)

118. Donate at least $50,000 in money and supplies to charities

119. Take a picture of myself on my birthday each year - (starting at age 21)

120. Ride a steamboat down the Mississippi River

121. Own a piece of Yankee Stadium- (8/10/09 - bought a piece of the original stadium after it was torn down)

122. Murder mystery wine train in Napa

123. Watch the launch of a space shuttle

124. Sign up to be a bone marrow donor - (3/22/10 - signed up online to be a donor)

125. Watch a live taping of SNL

126. Alcatraz Island

127. Barringers Crater near Winslow, AZ

128. Make a Child Smile program - (12/2009 - Sent Christmas cards to every child in the program. Will continue to send many more!)

129. Finish a 1000 piece puzzle - (1/21/09 - Completed the "world's smallest 1000 piece puzzle")

130. Have my picture taken in Times Square

131. Take a picture in front of Lombard Street - (2/22/12 - Spent the day in SF and Marin Headlands)

132. Take a picture with the horse in downtown Pleasanton - (1/13/09 - Only took Marie and I 4 years to finally do it!)

133. Ride a tandem bike - (4/26/09 - San Francisco with Victor, and rode towards the Golden Gate Bridge)

134. Get my Paralegal Certificate - (12/2010 - Finally completed! Yay!)

135. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge - (8/2007 - Walked across and back with Victor at night. Way too cold!)

136. Learn how to do archery

137. Leave someone a $100 tip

138. Fly somewhere on a whim

139. Buy my first motorcycle

140. Meet Rascal Flatts

141. Buy a star and have it named for someone - (12/25/09 - Christmas gifts for Everett and Onessa. Each one got a stuffed animal with a star named after them.)

142. See all 50 states

143. Go shopping with $1000 in cash

144. Meet "Elvis" in Graceland

145. Go to Intercourse, Pennsylvania

146. See Mount Everest

147. Own my own horse

148. Visit the Canadian Rockies

149. Go to Mall of America in Minnesota

150. Get my breast reduction

151. Visit Hearst Castle

152. Start my own business - (4/1/09 - Becca's Bullies, breeding English Bulldogs.)

153. Make a bear at Build a Bear - (1/3/10 - Build a Bear in Walnut Creek with Victor. Made a bear named Jack)

154. Attend a real luau - (8/4/09 - Birthday celebration in Maui at the Royal Lahaina Hotel Luau)

155. Attend a protest thats for a good cause

156. Pamplona for "running with the bulls"

157. Take the Jesus YMCA picture

158. Crazy Horse memorial in Black Hills, SD

159. Washington Monument

160. Lincoln Memorial

161. Visit the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona

162. Pompeii, Italy

163. Visit the Mark Twain house

164. House of Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts

165. Salvation Mountain in San Diego, CA

166. Attend the Bridge Day Festival in Fayettesville, West Virginia

167. Dig for diamonds at the Crater of Diamonds

168. Get a free poster at Wall Drugstore in Wall, South Dakota

169. See aliens in Roswell, New Mexico

170. Fly an airplane

171. View a beautiful waterfall - (8/5/09 - Horseback riding in Maui at Maui Stables with Victor)

172. Swim in the world's largest pool

173. Gillette House in Connecticut

174. Hike the Long Trail in Vermont

175. Eat buffalo wings at Anchor Bar in Buffalo

176. Swim with manatees

177. Visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame

178. Go to Mesa Verde, Colorado

179. Donate to at least 100 different charities and organizations

180. Eat a two pound doughnut

181. Buy my dream camera and use it as much as possible - (8/2010 - Got a Canon Rebel XSI. Love it)

182. Visit the Catacombs in Paris

183. Take a picture with the Itzah C. Kret truck in Washington D.C.

184. Mail a prom dress to someone in need - (10/23/09 - Mailed an old black dress from prom plus 3 other dresses to the Glass Slipper Project in Illinois)

185. Ride the highest rollercoaster in America

186. Own an item that was in a movie - (4/7/10 - Bought a pair of goggles that were used in the movie "The Book of Eli")

187. Take a truly beautiful photo

188. See the tomb of the unknown soldier

189. See a real "shoe tree"

190. Complete a 3000 piece puzzle

191. Graduate from high school - (6/16/05 - Arroyo High, class of 2005)

192. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy - (11/3/09 - Took a week to complete the list)

193. Stay a night at the Madonna Inn

194. Go on an Alaskan cruise

195. Own a rental property

196. Visit Loch Ness Lake and try to see the monster

197. Own my own star - (2/14/07 - Valentines gift from Garin. Named "Miss Becca")

198. Stand on the center of the world

199. Go to the Museum of Death in Hollywood - (4/16/12 - So cool yet creepy at the same time)

200. Visit at least 25 different countries

201. Buy a book at Shakespeare and Co. in Paris

202. Attend the Calgary Stampede

203. Visit at least 10 of U.S.A's national parks

204. Read 10 books that have been banned

205. Build my own memory trunk

206. See Buckingham Fountain in Chicago - (6/21/12 - Our first trip to Chicago)

207. Own a nice, ridiculously expensive handbag

208. Stomp grapes with my feet

209. Visit the Sears Tower - (6/25/12 - Our first trip to Chicago. The skydeck is awesome!)

210. Get a college degree - (5/24/12 - Received my AA degree in Paralegal Studies. Not to get my Bachelors!)

211. Visit the Everglades

212. Have coffee at the first Starbucks - (1/14/15 - Surprise trip to Seattle from my amazing husband)

213. Attend a game at Wrigley Field - (6/25/12 - Amazing yet small stadium)

214. Cadillac Ranch

215. Operation Beautiful - (2/2010 - Try to leave a post it note in as many public places that I can)

216. Go on an atv adventure

217. Go hiking in Yosemite - (10/11/14 - Took a weekend trip with Victor, Molly, Claire, Fabrice, and Ben.)

218. Donate shoes to kids and adults in other countries who can't afford them

219. Get a photo of mine published somewhere

220. Ride a cable car in San Francisco

221. Write to an author and get a response - (12/16/09 - Wrote to Cameron Wright, author of "Letters for Emily." Received an email response back)

222. Visit the world's largest library

223. Do the 17 mile drive in California - (8/4/12 - Birthday trip to Monterey with Victor)

224. Go fruit picking

225. Buy something at the unclaimed baggage store in Alabama

226. See the Hoover Dam

227. Visit Arlington National Cemetary

228. Take a typing test and score at least 100 wpm - (3/27/10 - Took a free online typing test and scored 107 wpm.)

229. Visit Auschwitz

230. Go on a ghost hunt

231. Fly first class

232. Visit the crash site of James Dean

233. Have dinner at Chez Panisse - (11/3/11 - Had dinner for our 4 year wedding anniversary. Delicious!)

234. Go fishing and actually catch a fish

235. Go to the Titanic Museum in Tennessee

236. Find an amazing treasure at an antique shop

237. Walk for a cause/charity - (4/18/10 - Did a 5k walk in Walnut Creek supporting multiple sclerosis)

238. Get henna done in India

239. See a show at a comedy club

240. Gamble money in Las Vegas

241. Create my own charm bracelet, one charm at a time

242. Fill a journal with inspiring quotes, lyrics, etc... - (3/1/12 - Took over 2 years to fill the whole book)

243. Write "What if..." on a paper and flush it down the toilet - (10/22/10 - "What if I had done things differently." I need to stop always thinking about the past)

244. Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain

245. Be in a magazine - (12/2009 - Had picture and interview done for the open adoption magazine)

246. Eat the "kitchen sink" at the San Francisco Creamery

247. Have something to show for myself by the time i'm 30

248. Visit the Ben and Jerry ice cream factory

249. Visit Stonehenge

250. Research my family tree - (8/2010 - Ongoing goal. Found relatives from Germany, England, Russia and Switzerland)

251. See the Colosseum in Rome

252. Visit Niagra Falls

253. Eat lobsters in Maine

254. Visit the world's largest aquarium

255. Disneyworld in Florida

256. Visit the Grand Ole Opry

257. Row a boat on the lake in Central Park

258. Go tubing in an underwater cave in Belize

259. Own a vacation home

260. Go to the top of the Seattle Space Needle -(1/13/15 - Surprise trip to Seattle from my amazing husband)

261. See my kids graduate high school

262. Ride in a see through kayak

263. Get wooden clogs in Holland

264. See the Ruby Falls underwater waterfall in Tennessee

265. Underwater sculptures in Cancun

266. Anne Frank House

267. Build a house with Habitat for Humanity

268. Be in the audience of a talk show

269. See Ground Zero

270. Visit the Louvre Museum

271. Buy $100 worth of lotto tickets - (2/4/11 - Won $25 and a free ticket)

272. Be in 3 countries at once

273. See the Rhine Falls in Germany

274. Buy a flag from every country I visit

275. See the bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico

276. Dine in the dark

277. Attend the Kanamara Matsuri Festival in Japan

278. Go see a taping of a tv show

279. Walk through a cornfield maze

280. Carve my initials into a tree

281. Drive through a tree
282. Dance with Matt - (7/7/11 - Video was filmed in at Lake Merritt in Oakland.)
283. Take a picture with a real "Banksy"
284. Buy real, authentic cowgirl boots in Texas
285. Visit the southernmost point of the U.S.
286. Go on an innertube through a sugarcane plantation
287. Experience Disneyland at Christmastime - (12/16 - 12/19/11  - Family trip to Disneyland)
288. Route 66
289. High school reunion
290. Donate my hair - (11/12/14 - Donated 9 inches to Pantene Beautiful Lengths for women with cancer.)
291. Visit Vatican City

292. Atlantis
293. Watch an Olympic event in person
294. Knotts Berry Farm
295. Build an awesome sandcastle
296. Snowboarding trip
297. Be an auntie - (6/14/07 - Javier Carlos was born, and later in 2009 Lilliana Kristine)
298. Visit Antarctica
299. Pearl Harbor - (11/19/14 - Beautiful and historic. Would love to go back)
300. Visit the Please Touch Museum
301. Alamo in Texas
302. Cave of Crystals in Mexico
303. Color Run - (7/14/12 - Ran with Amelia, Victor, Molly, etc... at Candlestick Park in San Francisco)
304. Empire State Building
305. See a game at every MLB ballpark
306. Exercise my right to vote - (11/6/12 - Voted in my first election ever.)
307. Give Amelia a lifetime friend - (5/6/13 - Benjamin James was born and Amelia officially became a big sister.)
308. Put gum on a gum wall - (1/13/15 - Put gum on wall at Pikes Place Public Market in Seattle)
309.
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To be continued....