#45 :)

MICAL'S BUCKET LIST .... ha! Someday, I'll start checking more of 'em off!

#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

#13 - Visit all 50 states!

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

#15 - Learn to Country Line Dance

#16 - Learn Hip Hop!

#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!