The Most Recent List :)

MICAL'S BUCKET LIST .... It's been quite a while since I posted about my bucket list, so I thought I would post my most recent list and add a post or two about what I've recently checked off my list. :D

#1 - Go hiking in New Zealand!!!

#2 - Run a mini marathon

#3 - Read through the Bible in my favorite translations - NIV, ESV, and NASB

#4 - Learn to play barre chords on my guitar

#5 - Learn to swing dance (CHECK!)

#6 - Marry an oober godly guy! (CCCHHHEEECKKK!!!!! ... As of September 15, 2012!!!) Yippeee!!!!

#7 - Homeschool my kids :)

#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 Nova Scotia with Emily!!!

#12 - Be a waitress (CHECK!)

#13 - Visit all 50 states!

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

#15 - Go Hot Air-Ballooning

#16 - Ride a jet ski

#17 - Get some Bible training

#18 - Have a quiet time with Jesus in front of the Appalachian Mountains (CHECK!)

#19 - Be a summer camp counselor

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

#21 - Make a nature calendar with the photos I've taken (CHECK!)

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

#23 - Visit Big Sky, Montana

#24 - Eat some New York Pizza

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

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

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

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

#29 - Go to London, England :)

#30 - Pass the Praxis!!!!!

#31 - Become a school teacher

#32 - Read all of the Twilight Saga (CHECK!)

#33 - Buy a drink at the SoZo cafe' in Jasper, Indiana (CHECK!)

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

#35 - Go to Sitka, Alaska

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

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

#38 - Do something BIG - something out of your comfort zone (CHECK!)

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

#40 - Gain an eternal perspective - Colossians 3:2

#41 - Go on a cruise

#42 - Learn to truly accept who I am

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

#44 - Find out more about my heritage

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

#46 - Get a manicure (CHECK!)

#47 - Take a fourth trip to Bogalusa, Louisiana

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

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

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

#51 - Drive 1-81 - Northern New York State to New Orleans or vice versa

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

#53 - Learn the Quick Step

#54 - Eat a cake truffle

#55 - Visit Sherwood Baptist Church - church that put on Fireproof, Facing the Giants, and Courageous

#56 - Read the book, Christy (CHECK!)

#57 - Visit "Cutter Gap," Tennessee (CHECK!)

#58 - Ride on a train (CHECK!)

#59 - Discover a dead hero ... in other words, read some biographies

#60 - Find a modern-day hero for myself (CHECK!)

#61 - BE a hero!

#62 - Read through the Bible in a year

#63 - Believe without seeing (John 20:29)

#64 - Read Desiring God, A Hunger for God, and Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper

#65 - Learn the dance to "Thriller"

#66 - Go see a Tim Tebow game LIVE!

#67 - Take a road trip to see Pastor Mike and Shelley

#68 - Learn to give myself grace

#69 - Get out of debt

#70 - "Give like no one else"