* Save at least 25% of my yearly income-Completed March 2008 * Save at least 35% of my yearly income-Completed May 2008 * Save at least 50% of my yearly income-Completed August 2008 * Print, organize and backup all of my personal photographs * Throw a party-Completed September 2008 * Shoot a wedding on a different continent * No chain restaurants for 3 consecutive months * Do something nice for someone anonymously-Completed April 2008 * Transition to a paperless office * Do one thing everyday to improve my business * Go apple & strawberry picking and bake a cake/pie with them-Completed June 2008 * Pay off my school loans * Ride a camel * Purchase an antique photo booth * Plant flowers and get them to actually grow * Visit Alaska and/or Hawaii * Do an underwater photo-shoot * Shoot 2 weddings a month for 12 consecutive months * Travel to Italy to see the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel-Completed March 2004 * Have my photo taken inside of the Colosseum-Completed March 2004 * Walk through the city of Pompeii-Completed March 2004 * Eat pizza in a itty bitty restaurant in Rome- Completed March 2004 * See the Pantheon fountain in Rome-Completed March 2004 * Put my hand into the Bocca della Verit, the Mouth of Truth-Completed March 2004 * See the Gondolla’s in Venice-Completed March 2004 * See the Bridge of Sighs in Venice-Completed March 2004 * Stand in the center of San Marco Plaza and feed the Pigeons-Completed March 2004 * Shop at the Pontevecchio in Florence-Completed March 2004 * Eat a Gelloto in Italy-Completed March 2004 * See the statue of David by Michelangelo-Completed March 2004 * Climb the Bell Tower’s 463 steps to see the city of Florence-Completed March 2004 * Get my photography blog up and running-Completed March 2008 * Have my work published in a magazine-Completed June 2008 * Create a series/clique of antique doors or locks * Visit a taping of the Oprah Show * Win a contest * Zipline through the Rain Forestest of Costa Rica-Completed May 2003 * Swim in the natural hot springs of the Volcano Arenal-Completed May 2003 * Ride a horse at the Ranch of the base of Volcano Arenal-Completed May 2003 * Dance with the locals in Costa Rica-Completed May 2003 * Have a girls only weekend- Completed June 2008 * Go sky diving * See a comedian live-Completed March 2008 * Take a hot air balloon ride * Go Parasailing * Go to Vegas * Visit Mexico-Completed July 2008 * Witness a Caribbean sunset from a lawn chair on the beach-Completed July 2008 * Snorkel in crystal clear water- Completed July 2008 * Build a sand castle at the beach-Completed July 2008 * Attend and Photograph a bullfight *Take a Route 66 road trip * Visit the Grand Canyon & have my photo taken at the edge of a cliff *Take a hike down the Grand Canyon * Visit the Body Museum @ Carnegie-Completed March 2008 * Take a vacation and not bring my cell phone or laptop * Attend a photography expedition/seminar * Pick a topic I know nothing about and read a book about it-Completed May 2008 *Read 2 novels in one week-Completed May 2008 * Put together a monthly meeting where fellow photographers from Indiana Co. and perhaps surrounding Co’s so we can get together to share ideas, network and mingle. * Set up a projector in the backyard and watch movies on a bed sheet with friends and family…..then camp out in the backyard: campfire, marsh-mellows, the whole nine yardsMy sister Nicole died in a car accident back in 2003, she was 17. She was unable to accomplish a lot of things she wanted to do in life and I always preach how the things that seem so small today will be remembered as the big things later in our lives. I decided to put together a bucket list of things I want to accomplish during my time here on earth. It is by no means finished because I will be adding to it day to day, month to month and year to year, but it’s a start. So here’s to you Nicole, I miss you everyday!
Contact me if you want to help me cross any of these off!
*Photograph my grandparents-I’ve been wanting to do this for a LONG time.
*Take a pottery class
*Get all of the grand-kids together for a huge family photo-this is very doubtful b/c I have such a HUGE family LOL
*Witness the Northern Lights of Alaska
*Take a train ride through Alaska
3 Comments
August 27, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Jen –
I made her write down everywhere she wanted to see – she got through a good portion of her list, then I finished some of them for her – she wrote a book of poems about her journey through cancer, never got a chance to publish them, but I did it for her 
The Butterfly is Me is the name of her book 
Good luck on your bucket list!!!!! It is a great Idea – Before my Mom passed away in 2005 – I sent her on her own list
It was great to see you at the fair
October 22, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Jen, this list is amazing! I can’t believe how much of it you’ve accomplished so far, and what awesome things you’ve done! You’ve inspired me to make my own, although mine might contain things like “Sleep in past 9 on a weekend”, just to keep some of them attainable. ;0)
March 25, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Awww Jen, this is too cute. I just now saw it and it made me cry… RIP Nicole – boy did we have some crazy times haha. And I’m jealous – ITALY?! How was it?