#68 ... will it ever end??

MICAL'S BUCKET LIST .... Oh, buddy! I'm excited!!!

#1 - Go hiking in New Zealand!!!

#2 - Run a mini marathon

#3 - Read through the Bible in each of my translations - NIV, NASB, ESV, NKJV, NLT, and The Message

#4 - Learn to play barre chords on my guitar

#5 - Learn to swing dance (CHECK!)

#6 - Marry an oober godly guy!

#7 - Have at least 4 kids and homeschool them

#8 - Take a 3-day solitude trip! (CHECK!)

#9 - Visit my sponsored child in Bolivia

#10 - Read all of Mere Christianity and The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis

#11 - Take a BBF trip to the Bosom Buddies Cottages in Canada with Emily!!!

#12 - Be a waitress (CHECK!)

#13 - Visit all 50 states!

#14 - Go to a Gaither Vocal Band concert (CHECK!)

#15 - Learn to Country Line Dance

#16 - Take a hip hop dance class

#17 - Go Hot Air-Ballooning

#18 - Ride a water motorcycle ... otherwise known as ... the jet ski ... hahaha!!!

#19 - Get a Bible degree

#20 - Have a quiet time with Jesus in front of the Appalachian Mountains

#21 - Get my biography of Judy Nilsen published in some way, shape, or form

#22 - Be a summer camp counselor

#23 - Stand outside in a lightning storm!!! (CHECK!)

#24 - Make a nature calendar with the photos I've taken

#25 - Get FLOOR seat tickets to a Gaither Vocal Band Concert!!! (CHECK!)

#26 - Visit Big Sky, Montana

#27 - DANCE on the Ellen DeGeneres Show!!! What? Oh, yeah!

#28 - Eat some New York Pizza

#29 - Visit the Home of Hope Orphanage in China (where the Goddard's are!)

#30 - Go to the Iowa-80 truck stop ... the largest truck stop in the world!!!

#31 - Go to Mountain Top Ministries in Haiti (where Willem and Beth are!)

#32 - Go to Europe with Hannah Baker!!!

#33 - Write a book ... yes, that's right - a BOOK!

#34 - Visit Juliet's house in Verona, Italy

#35 - Go to London, England :)

#36 - Pass the Praxis!!!!!

#37 - Become a school teacher

#38 - Read all of the Twilight Saga

#39 - Buy a drink at the SoZo cafe' in Jasper, Indiana

#40 - Listen to the wind blowing through the columns at the Parthenon in Greece

#41 - Go to Sitka, Alaska

#42 - Stay on Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine

#43 - Learn to ride a horse

#44 - Go to Loocachooca, Arizona to visit the Navajo reservation there

#45 - Do something BIG - something out of your comfort zone

#46 - Have a picnic on the grassy hills of Ireland

#47 - Gain an eternal perspective

#48 - Go on a cruise

#49 - Finish the Gold level at Arthur Murray

#50 - Learn to truly accept who I am

#51 - Record a CD in Uncle Mike's music studio

#52 - Find out more about my heritage

#53 - Collect as many different colors of crocs that I can!

#54 - Get a manicure (CHECK!)

#55 - Take a fourth trip to Bogalusa, Louisiana

#56 - Visit all the mountain ranges in the U.S.

#57 - Rent a cabin by the lake for a couple of days

#58 - Spend an afternoon on the beach of each of the Great Lakes

#59 - Be an "extra" on a dance movie

#60 - Try out for "American Idol" or "So You Think You Can Dance"

#61 - Drive 1-79 through West Virginia in the Fall

#62 - Take on a food challenge (Man vs. Food)

#63 - Learn the Quick Step

#64 - Become a dance instructor

#65 - Take a dance lesson at an Arthur Murray not in Indiana

#66 - Take a dance lesson at one of Maksim Chmerkovskiy's dance studios in New York City

#67 - Eat a cake truffle

#68 - Visit Sherwood Baptist Church (church that put on Fireproof and Facing the Giants)