Write a list of 100 things you want to do before you turn 100. Otherwise known as a “bucket list”.
01. Assist in the delivery of a baby.
02. Volunteer for an emergency relief program.
03. Adopt a child…or four.
04. Prevent anything bad from happening to any of my kids ever.
05. Eat a baguette and shout “bonjour!” to someone while walking the streets of Paris.
06. Shout obscenities from a New York apartment while eating pizza.
07. Give someone a puppy.
08. Hand out cash to strangers.
09. Pay for someone’s groceries.
10. Never run a marathon.
11. Bathe in a natural hot spring.
12. Write a book about what your daycare provider is REALLY thinking.
13. Have complete control of a grocery store intercom system for one full hour.
14. Be on The Ellen Show….or just have her respond AT ALL to one of the 13 letters I’ve written her so far.
15. Meet Martin Gray, author of my favorite book, For Those I Loved.
16. Sing with the Indigo Girls.
17. Be known.
18. Be present for the birth of each of my grandkids.
19. Free a dolphin.
20. Learn a song on the guitar and play it at a campfire filled with swaying friends.
21. Star in a rap video.
22. Climb a mountain.
23. Take my daughters on a girls trip.
24. Collect eggs from a Hen’s nest.
25. Be invited to attend an exclusive conference.
26. Own vacation property in Hawaii.
27. Organize a trip with my best girlfriends.
28. Eat pizza at the Summer Olympics.
29. Author a children’s book.
30. Ride a fast horse.
31. Surf.
32. Lose ten pounds.
33. Name a star after someone.
34. Eat pizza on a cruise to Alaska.
35. Get dressed up to go to the Kentucky Derby
36. Drive a boat around the Puget Sound.
37. Help a lost mom find her child.
38. Compete in a Betty Crocker cooking contest.
39. Read to old people.
40. Eat pizza in Disneyland with my kids.
41. Create a way for my husband to quit his job.
42. Watch a dog have puppies.
43. Eat pizza and play Scrabble on a blanket at the beach with my husband.
44. Learn to Hula.
45. Watch fireworks from the roof of someone’s house.
46. Play catch with my son at dusk in the middle of the street.
47. Learn an authentic Italian recipe from an authentic Italian woman.
48. Visit a Concentration Camp.
49. Take my kids inner tubing.
50. Learn how to take amazing pictures.
51. Buy an SRL.
52. Hug a Hawaiian fire dancer.
53. Have my own “verified” Twitter account.
54. Read a novel while my house is cleaned by maids.
55. Spend a week on an island with my girlfriends.
56. Go diving in a ginormous aquarium.
57. Surprise my sisters with an all expense paid shopping trip.
58. Take my kids fishing.
59. Punch a child molester in the face.
60. Hug an orphan.
61. Provide dog therapy to hospital patients.
62. House an exchange student.
63. Live in a home with a view.
64. Attend a Greek wedding.
65. Buy dinner for a homeless man.
66. Have a picnic on a black sand beach.
67. 500,000+ page views on my blog every month.
68. Be the voice of a cartoon character.
69. Eat pizza in an RV as my family road trips the United States.
70. Receive a Swedish massage.
71. Ride a donkey through the Grand Canyon ala Brady Bunch style.
72. Write an article for the Seattle Times.
73. Shop for wedding dresses with a daughter.
74. Spend one week at an all inclusive resort with my husband.
75. Lay in a field of wild flowers.
76. Pray at the Vatican.
77. Successfully complete a corn maze.
78. Attend a BlogHer conference with a friend.
79. Enter a dog into a dog jumping contest.
80. Teach someone to ride a bike.
81. Work at a library.
82. Spend a day shopping without a budget.
83. Hold a pair of newborn twins.
84. Explore a castle.
85. Sleep in a hammock.
86. Drink coffee and read a book while my kids sleep and it’s snowing outside.
87. Raise confident, happy, and well adjusted children.
88. Have drinks in an ice bar.
89. Mud wrestle.
90. Hatch chicks in an incubator.
91. Make blankets for motherless children.
92. Get my Masters Degree.
93. Read 100 books in one year.
94. Jog around a lake.
95. Have my tarot cards read to me.
96. Find my old high school English teacher…and save him for backup in case I ever divorce my husband.
97. Sing karaoke by myself.
98. Water ski.
99. Have a gay man pick out an outfit for me.
100. Go whale watching and actually see a whale.
Now it’s your turn!
Choose a prompt, post it on your blog, and come back and sign Mr. Linky. Be sure to sign up with the actual post URL and not just your basic blog URL (click on the title of your post for that URL). For good comment karma try to comment on the three blogs above your name!!
The Prompts:
1.) What would you change about your life if you could?
2.) I wish I would have…describe a time when you didn’t take action, but later wished you would have.
3.) A collector you know.
4.) Photographs can turn a house into a home. Share a photograph that is not on your wall, but should be…if you weren’t so lazy about actually putting it there.
5.) Write a list of 100 things you want to do before you turn 100. Otherwise known as a “bucket list”.
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You can cross off number 17. You are KNOWN…and loved!
Ohhh I LOVE 59!! Ohhh you had so many favorites! Now I have to make my bucket list!!
Wow! Great list! Always wanted to do one but don’t think I can last past 10… or something…
Happy Thursday from Malaysia btw! :D
Great prompts this week! I’ve been working on it for a while.
Great bucket list! I started doing mine, and discovered mine were too boring. Maybe I’ll just live vicariously through yours.
I’ve had my Bucket List going for months now but could never finish it, so thanks for the prompt! It was hard to finish mine without stealing half of your awesome ideas!
This is my first time joining up. I have a photo for my wall. I am terrible about actually printing and framing any of them. Now just to pick the best one?
Dana
Wow, you came up with 100 things, but some of them you’ve already done. Does that count? I guess. I’d love it if my husband could quit his job too. Working at a library is appealing to me now but when I was a kid I always thought it was one of the most boring jobs anyone could have! Funny how our opinions change along the way.
I get the feeling you like pizza!
Which ones have I done?
And I was JUST telling my Mom that working at a library sounds like fun. :) And then she told me about her friend who despises her job at the library and her slave driver of a boss, so I guess every job has it’s downers. Love the idea of adding it to a bucket list though!
I like so many things on yr list…
I am still going to work on the bucket list as I’ve always wanted to do one, but the photograph was actually something I just talked about this past weekend so opted to do that one.
Great prompts!
Marti
What a great list you have going on up there!
#87 really is the big one.
Water skiing and Greek weddings sound fun too!
Dude. You would be beyond awesome in a a rap video. Beyond.
thanks so much for another week of great prompts. I’m working on my bucket list, there just isn’t enough time between the little ones bed time and mine :)
Love your list and I take it you love PIZZA!!! LOL!
I have done a few of your choices (the simple ones) and love that you’ve created this list.
I however choose a different prompt this week – 1st time participating but love this idea!!!
I love your bucket list! The Ellen show, I meant to write that one on mine! Give some one a puppy. Awwww.I like #9, that is inspiring! And #48, I’d go with you. Great 100!!
I wanted to do the bucket list too but could not resist the collector theme as I live with not one but now two of them, my husband and my three year old daughter who has inherited this need to collect things!
Great list – vacation home in Hawaii I would have to come and visit!
Great prompts this week! I am so impressed that you have 100 things you can write down for your bucket list. I attempted to do that prompt, but couldn’t come up with more than 25. I have so many favorites on your list, but authoring a children’s book would be awesome, especially if you could take inspiration from your vacation home in Hawaii!
Such a fun and unique list. #5 made me laugh as the image actually formed in my head and #46 made me tear up because I have two sons and it sounds like such a simple yet memorable thing to want to do.
Have a great day.
I rode a fast horse once … the thing is that I was only about 8, and was at one of those fairs where the horses are supposed to walk slowly … this one took off, and after about 10 seconds, threw me off … I’m not a fan of horses.
I did the same prompt and it was so hard for me! But I had fun thinking about it.
Love #10 and #48…love them!!!
I didn’t even think about putting the Kentucky Derby on my list!!!!! Love everything you have, and that you could come up with 100 things, I could only do 50!
Great list. I was thinking about doing this but I did not think I would get past 12.
So Mama Kat, do you like pizza? :)
Great list. I loved this prompt.
I think I’d choose to kick a child molester in the groin.
I love that both of your city screaming scenes involved food.
I’ve never thought about it before, but assisting in a birth would be pretty amazing.
Love it! I did this one too … and we have quite a few of the same items on our list. Maybe we can team up on some of them!
Sorry, just a second… just wiping my tea off the computer screen… OMG – #12… BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I am one, that book would be banned!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
M
Yes Mishelle!! Than you know what I’m talking about! I am one too, and I’m waiting until I retire to write that book!!
IF you need any help writing I have a thought or two but I am pretty certain you’ve had the same ones!! And some entertaining others!!
Needless to say I will be buying that book.. sit down and read it with my old Boss (who owns a daycare) and drink some “teacher juice” as we have a great laugh!
M
love the list! I think everyone needs a list like this.
So many great ones but have a gay man pick out an outfit for you? Love that! I’d love a gay man to do that for me as well as design the interior of my home!! While eating pizza of course..
Eating pizza in so many places would definitely make for a great list! And getting a drink in an ice bar? I’ve always wanted to go to one of those!
:-) Never run a marathon. HA! Too funny! Happy Thursday!
I just finished For Those I Loved (thank you for the suggestion). Man that was a powerful book? And the ending? Oh. My. God.
THE ENDING!!!! I’m tearing up again just thinking about what that man has been through!
fyi I did read a follow up book of his. His home was robbed and ransacked and he was hit by a car and in critical condition for a long time. This guy is a leaving breathing Job (you know, the Bible guy?) Anyways, he DID marry and have kids. I believe he has a daughter about my age…maybe I can track her down on facebook.
The poor man! How can one man take that much pain and just keep going. I’m in awe. You should totally track her down. Let me know if you do.
That’s a really comprehensive list. I haven’t really gotten around to writing my own bucket list. I’m writing on prompt 1 this week.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your bucket list.
great list of things to do..hope that you can do them all.
What a superb list ! I was going to do one myself but I’m glad I didn’t – it would’ve felt inferior. When do you start? :)
Good question! I think I’ll take a picture of each of my bucket list accomplishments and post them. :)
wow, this is really impressive and very inspirational. makes me want to do more then just sit in front of my computer blogging. I love how you wanted to find your old English teacher! :P
I have searched the internets for that man. He’s an elusive one.
Please, please, please do #12!!! I would buy copies! Yes, copies, plural. That would be a fantastic book.
If you really want to hold a pair of newborn twins, contact your local mothers of multiples group and offer to go hold someone’s babies, just long enough for her to shower. I certainly would have taken you up on it!
Great list. I did the same prompt this week, mistakenly thinking it wouldn’t be that difficult. Boy was I wrong! But I hit 100 (complete with status updates). Now I feel compelled to actually start on some of the things. :)
I never even knew there was such thing as a group like that. I’ll look into it, but I’m thinking next time I do an infant twin session with my photographer friend I’ll insist on snagging both babies at the same time. :)
I want to do #6 too! Looks like so much fun!
“WHATSA MATTA FA U, EH?”
Whew! I wasn’t sure I could make it to 100……..And if you need help with #59 or #65, let me know. As a teacher, I can point out a couple child molesters and based on where I live, I can point you in the direction of some homeless people.
Great list.
Love your bucket list! Is it just me or is there an awful lot of pizza on there? LOL Hope you get to do each and every one and that you live to 100 to do it!
I would love to read a book about what the daycare provider is really thinking. Lucky for me, our sitter is a long time family friend – but she confides in me some of the things that parents say/do that drive her insane and I think a book about it would be funny and disturbing all at once ;)
It’s definitely not all bad. There ARE normal parents with great kids…but oh my lord, some of these other families are unbelievable. Add assistants, licensors, and the food program to the list and you’ve got the makings for a great read. :)
Thank you for the prompt! This is the first week I participated, and I am so glad I did. I love reading bucket lists, and I finally wrote mine.
Oops, sorry. I linked up twice somehow. I’ll see if I can fix that in a minute.
I can attest to the difficulty of reading 100 books in one year. I set a goal to read sixty books by the end of 2010 – and that was back in November of 09, and it’s killer. I’m almost halfway done with less than half my time left. BUT if you saved that one for when your kids are grown up a bit, it might be doable! Good luck with the whole list!! It’s a good one!
Maybe I’ll add a bunch of 100 page juvenile fiction books to the list. I fly through those ones. :)
Love your list! I only got to 50! I have the Karaoke too!
Wow! That is not easy in the least. Started having to pull things out of my rear to complete it. lol It was fun to dream, though!
Me too! I got halfway through and REALLY struggled. That must be what running a marathon feels like. ;)
pizza much? so the italian woman won’t make pizza with you?
and, uh, maybe i took my assignment too lightly.
What a fantastic list! I kept saying, yes that would be great! I loved the watch each of your grandkids be born. I would love for that to happen to me to. I would also love to be right there with you to pummel a child molester or 10. Vacation property in Hawaii, yes please!
This was my first time to join in this workshop and I really enjoyed it. Thanks for hosting. I look forward to joining again next week!
I love #91. I was gonna do a bucket list, but was nowhere near 100 things…you were right, it’s way harder than I thought!
I guess you like pizza a little, huh?! Me too ;)
This was SO much fun! Love your list!!
What great prompts this week! I’ve had a really great time thinking about my 100 things Bucket List…even though I didn’t get that one written. However, I DID write a letter to my daughters about having a voice–which I am SO GLAD I did! It was a great experience writing it, and thinking about what I want my daughters to learn from my mistakes.
This is my 2nd week to link up–I am enjoying!!!
Happy Thursday.
So much pizza, so little time! Great list!
i had fun making my bucket list, but i only came up with 20 =( lol. still working on it i guess! thanks for the prompts! very fun!
Writing a bucket list was harder than I thought and after reading yours I found some other good things I want to do. Most of mine require traveling.
Love your list! I did it….took me an hour but I came up with 100 things to do! Hmmm just thought of one more
This was my first Writer’s Workshop. I am so excited to be doing this and to read other people’s posts! I wanted to do the bucket list, but just never had enough time. I think I will keep that prompt in mind and do it another week.
You like to eat pizza, eh? :)
What a fun way to think of the future! Great idea!
I am impressed that you got to 100! I couldn’t do that for sure. And number 32…the elusive 10 pounds is the hardest to lose…I’ve been trying for several months now!
WOW! That was an amazing list! I am going to have to make a few changes to my bucket list now.
Oh and I might be able to help you with #47. :)
And don’t you already have #67!?
And I really think we should work harder at getting you on Ellen. I have an idear. ;)
Guess I don’t need to make a list now. Probably half of ours are the same! So, FANTASTIC LIST!
LOVED your bucket list—many admirable things, many quirky things!
I haven’t made my Bucket List yet, but you definately inspired me with yours.
Thanks for sharing.
By the way, I love participating in the Writers Workshop.
This is my 2nd week, and I am hooked!
Can’t comment on your blog…I followed even though we are Cowboys…GO pokes!
Thanks for bringing that to my attention, Maggie!
I’ll see what I can do to fix it.
….my two best friends graduated from OSU. There are some good things that come out of Stillwater :) I won’t hold it against you.
I am loving the posts from others. This is my first time to participate. It was difficult and fun.
Best bucket list ever! There’s a lot of pizza in there- though maybe it just seems that way because I’m hungry…
oooh writing about what I would change got very personal but it allowed me to see God’s hand at work. Loved your bucket list!
too funny, I had JUST done a bucket list post this week!
Thanks for the new prompts.
Great list! Thanks for presenting the challenge. I finally finished!
What perfect timing as I am right smack in the process of a transition. A big life changing transition. Most appear to have chosen the bucket list. I went with the 1st prompt. My bucket list is nearly all checked off, don’t know what that means, is that when people die? When they’re done doing all the stuff they wanted to accomplish?
Love your list! Can making a bucket list BE on my bucket list?? Or is that kind of like “which came first, the chicken or the egg”? (And in answer to that… I’d have to say the T-Rex. I was watching Dirty Jobs last night and apparently the chicken is believed to be the only living relative of the T-Rex.)
This was a fabulous list. You really have high hopes, my dear.
What a fun one – the bucket list wasn’t easy at first, but it got there eventually :-) haha Now I just need to start crossing stuff off!
I wanted to write a bucket list – but I ran out of time. So, #1 on my future bucket list is – 1. Make time to write a bucket list. And #2 is taken from your list: “Raise confident, happy, and well adjusted children.” May we all be able to accomplish that!
I’m totally suck on my bucket list. It’s so hard! Ick. I might be able to finish sometime today, though….
By “buy dinner for a homeless man” i think you mean “share some of my crack with a homeless man”
No what I meant is “spend a weekend sharing crack with my hobo ex assistant”.
I’m not sure if I could name 100 things I’d like to do before I die. That’s a pretty tough one.
I was just about to close this window when I saw my above comment. I meant STUCK. But that just proves that I really do suck.
I’ve only made it halfway through my list.
Fun prompts this week. I had been wanting to create a bucket list for a while, though it took longer than I had expected it would. I enjoyed reading your list – lots of exciting choices. Here’s to accomplishing items and crossing them off!
Re #51 Did you mean SLR or is it some US acronym I don’t understand. And am up for co-authoring on # 12. As for #25 you should create your own conference and make it secret invite only.
Love your list! I chose prompt no. 1 this week.. :)
lol- 96 and 99! but I gotta say kindly- Get ON IT! Lady! there are quite a few things you can do right now on that list.
This was my first time participating in your workshop.
I think I need a nap now!
The bucket list was so much fun!
Great List!! I couldn’t think of that many things! Apparently, I’m not that original! I stuck with answering #1 & #2 because for me I felt they went hand-in-hand!
Singing with the Indigo Girls is on my much shorter list-because I got bored and then depressed myself while trying to come up with 100.
Also? Having a gay man pick you out an outfit is not always fun. They’ve made me cry before. And that takes a lot.
Can’t wait for the next challenge.
Great list Kat! I think you’d be able to make the Ellen thing happen if you were to combine numbers 89 and 91. How could she resist a vlog post of you mud wrestling while making blankets for motherless children? It’s the perfect combination of entertainment and giving back!
I had a great time writing my list and would love for you to come on over and check it out when you get a chance. Have a great day.
Kristi, Live and Love…Out Loud
@TweetingMama
That is one inspiring bucket list! You are fantastic!
I think I made a bucket list of changes? Again, I kinda finagled the prompts…I think…
Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy the Workshop. Thank you.
#6 & #99 are my favorites…!!!
These were all such interesting prompts that it was hard for me to focus on just one. I didn’t do the bucket list…yet…but I’m pondering it.
Wow, you’ve got some really great items on your list. Let me know if you see a whale…lol – I’m beginning to think they only exist in photos or on television since I’ve NEVER been able to spot one on ANY of the many whale watching tours I’ve been on. Peace. ;)
Hey if you add “while watching gymnastics” to #28 we can knock one off our list together. Also, I believe there may be a pizza support group out there, just sayin’ :-). Looking forward to next week’s assignment!
Your bucket list is hysterical. I made one too and stole a few of your ideas. I couldn’t help it yours was making me laugh so much.
great list. some of them i have done, some of them I don’t want to do. I love how individual each list is. I completely agree with you on “Never run a marathon” :)
I LOVE your bucket list! Btw, I am taking cash handouts!
Ellen wasn’t number one?? I am shocked seriously.. So did your runaway camera ever return
Rudy would be a fantastic therapy dog, I’ll bet! He’s so cute, they couldn’t help but smile to see him. Great list…I started to do this, but ran out of steam.
What would I change about my life?…well, that was a post that was almost painful to write, but I wrote it! It was hard to incorporate the clown hat and the big red nose in that deep, philosophical subject matter…
I love your list! I had to laugh at “#99: Have a gay man pick out an outfit for me.” I bet THAT would be an experience!
I love that you are doing this and that I discovered your site. I’m looking forward to my weekly writing assignments!
Oh and I hope your camera goes home. Toodles!
I loved your list. I giggled and teared up a bit. I had tried this prompt first but fell far short of 100. Needless to say, I am impressed that you came up with some pretty original things to do before you die:)
Wow that’s a lot of want tos. I have to admit that most of them look pretty fun though – should I assume that your previous whale watching was … not successful?
Can you tell I’m new to this prompt writing and subsequent linking? All you can see up there in my link is my name. Guess I’ll know better next week. Looking forward to reading some of these prompt responses. Please be gentle with me. I’m new to all of this.
LOVE IT!
for some strange reason, I want pizza :)
I visited a concentration camp once. Well, it wasn’t one when I got there, merely reconstructed. It was an amazing experience. The evil atmosphere was palpable. These places serve as great reminders that ‘never again’ should this be allowed to happen in our world. Great list.
I’m joining in again after a long time. Hope it’s not too late!
Love your list!! And I too want some pizza right about now!
Thanks so much for this inspiration! I’m new to this so I look forward to many more!
This is my first time to participate and I love love love it! Thanks for this awesome idea of yours to host Writer’s Workshops. :)
I got off to a great start on my bucket list, but, as usual, life intervened.
Man you really loooove pizza LOL…
A few of those I have done like deliver a baby.. well help my 20year old sister deliver my baby on my hall way floor without out medical assistants, but close enough. I have also seen whales, wild lions and have a young and sexy man in mind for after divorce precuation… LOL. But I sooo want to go to an island, be in a rap video ( can you imagine that ) and learn to take great pics. I have to say you have soft heart, I see there are many things you would like to do for others which I greatly respect, wonderfull read.
That’s a fabulous list! You will live forever, for sure. ;-)
Love your list! Number one on my bucket list? Make a bucket list.
I love your prompts. I could probably blog daily just based on them. Wow, 100 by 100 bucket list. I was just talking about doing a 40 by 40 list. I’ll start working on this.
I’m late! But I’m here!
Ha ha! #10 is my favorite. And I’m totally with you!