My Bucket List (in it's entirety)

I have updated my bucket list.The ones in bold are done.

1. Ride on a gondola in Venice

2. Take a trip in a hot air balloon

3. See my children succeed in something that brings them joy

4. Write a book

5. Make a gingerbread house

6. Learn to cook risotto

7. Kiss my grandchildren

8. Remodel the kitchen

9. Drink coffee in Seattle

10. Stand at the base of a California redwood and look up

11. Visit the Saychelles islands

12. Watch a family of robins hatch and grow and fly away

13. Own a pair of Louboutins

14. Relax on a beach in Hawaii

15. Hike the Inca Trail in Machu Picchi

16. Drink in an pub in Ireland

17. Learn about and visit the birthplace of my Swedish ancestors

18. Get a physic reading (just for fun)

19. Mentor someone

20. Own the perfect piece of art

21. Take a picture of the world’s largest frying pan (Longbeach, WA), the worlds largest ball of sting (Darwin, Minnesota) and the world’s largest Shoe (Hallam, Pennsylvania).

22. Drive a Ferrari

23.Perfect a signature dish

24. Host an exchange student

25. Shop in Paris

26. Protest something I care passionately about

27. Wear a hat…..and look good in it

28. Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans

29. Own and run a bed and breakfast

30. See the Grand Canyon

31. Ride a mechanical bull

32. Square dance in a red-neck bar

33.Take the kids to Toys-R-Us in NYC

34. See Billy Joel in concert (I wouldn't mind doing this again)

35. Take a ride on the London Eye

36. Spend a week at a Dude Ranch in Arizona

37. Learn a second language

38. Plant a vegetable garden

39. Join a CSA

40. See an opera at the Met

41. Have a picnic lunch in Central Park

42. Make love on the beach

43. Take a road trip with no destination in mind

44. Hike the Appalachian Trail

45. Ski – just once

46. Drive a Jet Ski

47. Take a cruise

48. Learn to play tennis