15. Overnight camping on horseback BECAME Ride in a parade

So I know I'm going to be able to do overnight camping on a horse real soon but not before my birthday this Friday. But I have also always wanted to ride in a parade and I got that done at the Arivaca Independence Day Parade on Wednesday! It was fun and about 4 blocks long! :) Maybe next time I'll get to do a bigger parade!

9. Own a car

May 8th-Red Subaru Outback 1997-75,000 Miles. Great car! Goodbye Passat, you've been a great ride!

Hello to my new ride!

30. Learn to sail a boat

Here's pictures for now, I'll tell you the story later.

2. Go snowmobiling BECAME Flying

This was a great substitute! Since I missed the winter sport of snowmobiling, I determined that substituting it out for another large machine....say, an airplane...would count. I did this one with Rachel Schultz, who had a dream after my own of flying. It was so much fun! June 7th we headed out to the Logan Airport and paid a fee to have instructor Tom take us up for an hour. Rachel flew up front at first but then we landed and switched places and I got to take off! I did about 80% of the flying while I was in the front seat and it was great! I even got to land the airplane with little help from the instructor. I did get a little queasy during the flight but they say that wears off. So I'm going to get that private pilot's license before I die! Thanks Rachel for the adventure!

26. Kiss someone on New Years Eve midnight TURNED INTO Float the Logan Canal at Midnight

So I didn't manage to kiss anyone on New Year'e Eve because it was my brother's wedding in WA and although I was in Seattle that day, and did try to find a suitable man to kiss, that evening I barely made it to midnight before crashing at a cabin on Orcas Island where the family stayed for a few days after the wedding. So, I was going to substitute becoming a TRUE AGGIE for this one on June 4th, but that night turned into a float down the Logan Canal at midnight. And since they all had to be done at midnight, I've determined that it counted. This was also an adventure with Dave Cook. I was so glad that he was in an adventurous mood that night because it had to be one of the coolest things I have done in Logan in the four years I have been there! Plus it was my final way of sticking it to the city after they fenced off the entrance of the canal because the Logan Country Golf Club doesn't want anyone floating through their precious golf course. Well, I say it is TRADITION! And a classic summer pass time! I'm glad I got to do it one last time!

14. Have a country picnic

This one I have to attribute to the kindness of my good friend Josie! June 2nd was the beginning of an epic week and a lot of play time with Josie, which is part of what made it so much fun! I ran the Cache Vally Super Sprint Triathlon in the morning and Josie came out to see me finish even though she was on a date! Then she put the whole picnic together. She knew I wanted a classic country picnic and that is what we got! It was out in the middle of Cache Valley at her father's property in Amalga. Right next to the river and with tall flowing grass. We had fried chicken, corn on the cob and just about anything else you would imagine at a great picnic. I had wanted to have a shotgun shooting contest and it ended up dominating a good portion of the evening. The contest took so long because there were four of us that just couldn't miss! We had to change the game up a few times to try and increase the challenge so someone would miss. In the end, Michael Hansen won. But I just have to insert a disclaimer here. I only missed because I wasn't using my own gun, and to add to it, I was using a short barrel shotgun that I had shot only three rounds from. But no excuses, Michael was the better gun that night! Thank you to all the great friends who came to enjoy perhaps the most epic picnic ever!

 Oh and I got to finally learn how to shoot a compound bow that night!

Great friends are an amazing treasure!

8. Test Drive a New Car

This was pretty cool the way this worked out. So on April 28th I flew to Tucson, AZ to interview for a possible new job at a residential treatment center for boys running their equine program. I flew in early in the afternoon and decided to rent a car for the day so I could get around the city and have a better feel for things if I decided to move there. Well, I rented a brand new 2012 Ford Fusion with all the bells and whistles! So I not only got to drive one, I got to drive it for 24 hours and it was pretty fun! Great power and a good looker and all, but I think my favorite part was the A/C!

4. Dance Under the Stars-DONE

So April 20th we had a goodbye party for Supe before he flew out to Peru for the summer and his new job. We started the afternoon rock climbing and then went up right hand fork in Logan Canyon for a bon fire and campout. I took advantage of the opportunity to excite a dance party under the stars! It was pretty random and pretty fun. We couldn't get everyone involved but a few choice souls joined me and I'll love them forever because of it. You know who you are!

The story doesn't end there however! The following Monday my dear friend Dave Cook made the bucket list item even better by dancing with my under the stars on the 16th Green of the Logan Country Club Golf Course. I won't tell the whole story but let me just say that playing golf at dusk is perhaps the best thing since sliced bread.

19. Develop my own speciality dish

Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of this one and I should go back and find out what date it was exactly. Just a sec....
Okay, a little digging into my planner and I found the date. This was on Sunday, March 18th when I made my very own delicious version of Honey Balsamic Baked Chicken. I included steamed broccoli and rice and have to say it was quite lovely. Supe came over for dinner and enjoyed it with Jon and I since the family was out of town in Argentina picking up my brother Ben from his mission. Chicken is such a staple around my house it was nice to find another way to make it!

3. Snow shoeing to and stay the night at a yurt

Thursday night (1.19.12) I got this one done. It turned out to be a little more dramatic than I would have liked. I had 11 people interested in joining us in a yurt that sleeps 12 but on the day before all but 4 dropped out! Then on the day of, another girl joined us so in the end there were 5 of us up there. The first mile of the trail up Green Canyon in Cache Valley we had rain and we were hiking on ice. But we were glad to be out! Finally we got to some snow and strapped out snow shoes on for the rest of the hike. Needless to say, when we finally got to the yurt we were kinda wet. The yurt was fully equipped with cooking supplies and a wood stove that quickly heated the space and begin to dry our wet clothes. The rest of our party (Will and Supe) joined us a little later and we enjoyed dinner and played games before hitting the sack. We each had our pick of several mattresses so we all were pretty comfortable despite the unexpected noise of the snow sliding off the yurt roof all night. Ear plugs fixed that about 2am and we slept better. We got about 6 inches in the night and made the first snowman of the season in the morning before packing up and hiking back down.

So the weather could have been better and it would have been nice to have snow for the whole trail so we could x-country ski in but it was a good experience all the same. Thank you to Josie, Kathy, Supe, and Will who were willing to roll with the punches and make it fun despite it all! I'm excited I have done it so now I know what to expect next time. And there definitely will be a next time, just with more snow!!!

Supe all warm and toasty!

Kathy

Josie

The infamous snowman! The snow was perfect for snowmen!

The yurt is well equipped with kitchen stuff and sleeping pads. Means you don't have to pack quite as much. Pretty nice!

Thanks for another awesome adventure!

20. Redo personal filing system

This was a big one! I had a stack of papers on my desk about 10 inches high and it was time to finally clean this all up. So, last weekend I spent Friday night well into the night, watching movies and going through all my files and throwing out what was old or no longer needed. I created files for new stuff and got rid of old bank statements, etc. Now, there still is a box of papers in my room waiting to be shredded but we are going to call this done! It is so nice to have a space for everything and now be able to find the things I need. Plus it helps to have a desk top again! In addition to this I cleaned my room to get ready for a new semester and then bought myself flowers to reward myself. The lilies are still blooming on my bed stand and I love it! Yeah for bucket lists!

21. Write and illustrate a children's book

I'm going to have to post pictures for this one! Back in October when my best friend was in town, we went and spent some time with my sister and her cute girls. While there, we got them to tell us a story! Naturally it was about cowboys and indians and my friend carefully typed up their creative narrative. Well, for Christmas this year I did just a little bit of editing and then illustrated their story for Christmas gifts for all the girls! It turned out to be a zinger when they all opened their books and we sat down and read the story together. I left the pictures un-colored so they can have some fun with that adding their own imagination to the pictures of "The Indian Princesses." I'll have to post some of the pics.

18. Go GEO caching-DONE

Here I am playing catch up again! Well this is just to let you know that I am making progress on my bucket list. Back in November I told a good friend, Supe, about wanting to go GEO caching. So, one late night (11.10.11) with a full moon we went to try our hand at it. We tried for two difference caches. The first we found okay. It was carefully hidden up in a street sign! The second was a little more tricky. We actually never found it and it snowed the following week. We'll have to try again in the Spring. Anyway, as soon as I get an iPhone I think I'll have to try it again. The GPS ap for GEO caching is pretty cool!