Bucket List Revisited

Well, I’ve finally gotten up the courage to edit my bucket list.  Seeing that I wrote this bucket list back in my early twenties, my priorities have changed a bit.  You can see my bucket list on some previous posts (Bucket List Part 1 and Bucket List Part 2).

So, here’s what I’m removing from my bucket list:

1. Kill Bill (um, for obvious reasons…and that damn Quentin Tarantino stole my title)
2. Eat 1 pound of grape jelly beans (don’t enjoy puking)
3. Kill 2 birds with 1 stone (again, with the killing…but I have succeeded in what it means, not the literal sense)
4. Meet Brad Pitt. (meh…)
5. Convince Janelle she’s not fat (haven’t seen her in years…)
6. Marry a rich man (but like I said, we can still become rich )
7. Drive on the autobahn (I’ve had my moments of driving 100 mph.  That was enough)

So, I didn’t really take that much off.  Here’s what is still ON the list.  And yes, some of them are pretty odd.  I kept some on just because I figured that if I wanted to do it then, why not just follow through?

1. Skydiving (I MIGHT do this soon)
2. Learn to play the harmonica (I’m planning this when I’m retired and not chasing around children)
3. Ride the skycoaster at Kennywood
4. Snow skiing
5. Water skiing
6. Visit New York City again
7. Play paintball again
8. Ride a dolphin
9. Go to Idaho (hey…why not?)
10. Blow a bubble bigger than my head
11. Milk a cow
12. Surf
13. Parasail
14. See Pearl Jam in concert
15. Build a cool sand castle
16. Pet a giraffe
17. See Letterman
18. Go to Vegas
19. Learn how to fix a car
20. Be in a talk show audience
21. Quit smoking
22. Go to Fiji
23. Get a degree
24. Scuba Diving
25. Get a bitchin’ car
26. Be on a tv show
27. See a volcano
28. Go to Seattle
29. Paint a picture

I figure that if I start planning shortly, I can knock out New York City, seeing Letterman and talk show audience all in one.  Now, here’s what I’m adding to the list:

• Be at my daughters’ graduations/weddings/important life events
• See my grandkids
• Live on the beach
• Either 1. Sell the restaurant or 2. Open another (Neither of these will happen for another three years or so.  I’m not quite sure which one we will ultimately decide on)
• Accept that I don’t have to be right ALL OF THE TIME!!!
• Weigh 130 pounds again (this may not happen until I’m in my seventies…..)
• Develop closer relationships with my family and friends.
• Hire a cleaning lady
• Replace everything in my house that is stained from the kids and dog
• Stop screaming at the kids so much
• Make enough money to afford all this crap

That’s what is in my brain right now.  I may add more.  I may take some off.  I should have my associates degree in December.  I’ll keep you posted on any updates