20s Bucket List

Over a month ago I was speaking with my best friend and she told me that she had decided to create a 20s Bucket List with all the things she wanted to do before she turned 30. I thought it was a brilliant idea and we stayed up late one night brainstorming together our separate lists. Here's what I came up with. I'm doing 30 items and so far I've already done one! I was a secret admirer. But I can't tell you any more or else it wouldn't be much of a secret any more! Enjoy!

1. Get my concealed firearms permit

2. Go snowmobiling

3. Snow shoeing/x-country skiing to and stay the night at a yurt

4. Dance with someone under the stars

5. Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy

6. Record a CD-Even just for me and friends

7. Go to an East coast city for at least a day

8. Test drive a new car

9. Own a car

10. New hair color for at least a day

11. Subscribe to a professional association/journal

12. Hold a mystery dinner party

13. Bake a French cake

14. Have a country picnic

15. Overnight camping on horseback

16. Get a pedicure

17. Be a secret admirer

18. Go GEO caching

19. Develop my own speciality dish

20. Redo personal filing system

21. Write and illustrate a children's book

22. Go to karaoke bar

23. Compose a piece of music and share it

24. Sing at an open mic night

25. Watch a show on Broadway

26. Kiss someone on New Years at midnight

27. Take a nap in Central Park, NY

28. Visit the Smithsonian/Memorials in WA DC

29. Go to China Town, NY

30. Learn to sail a boat

Color again in Cache Valley

Okay friends. I just finished reading some blogs of some dear friends and I thought it was high time I got back to blogging. Now I'm not going to set some outlandish goal because I just don't have very much time to devote to this. But there is something about sharing a record of your life. And it just feels good to share and throw it out there for the world to see. I think it is part of the joy of creativity. I have set a goal to create something beautiful each week. Maybe this blog can be that every once in a while.

Anyway, I'm back and life has changed a bit. I'm still in Cache Valley but now I am working at an Assisted Living facility in the valley as the Administrative Assistant. I really love my job and it keeps me really busy and sometimes stressed. The other big thing that changed is that I went back to school. I decided to pursue a masters at USU in Family Relations. So far it has proved to be a very rewarding experience. I really enjoy the members of my cohort and my professors as well. The best part is learning! I'm doing my thesis on marriage preparation which is only slightly ironic because I am still not married. But maybe this will be the ticket for me! I do research on marriage preparation and then I'll finally figure out how to get married!

So let me just share a fun adventure from tonight and then I need to get to bed. Tonight my dear friend Adee invited me to join her for a Pickleville Playhouse Production of Bandito Rides Again. It was hilarious! I was laughing all night and then as we drove home and even now I continue to chuckle when I think of some of the great scenes and one liners! If you ever have the chance to see Pickleville when you are in Cache Valley, DO IT! Check out this short video. Just a clip of the fun that awaits at Pickleville!