Bucket List

[LinHoov]

So what is on your bucket list?

[Christy]

Trip to Italy.

Um, I need to make it more of a "list" than a single item I guess :blush :lol

[Garyhoov]

You already know some of mine:

1. Get down to one peg on the Cracker Barrel peg game . . . DONE:yahoo

2. Be an unindicted co-conspirator

3. Eat human flesh

4. Divide a number by zero

5. Have sex while eating a sandwich and watching my Flo-TV

6. Shake the president's hand while not wearing any pants

7. Dance a waltz with Ryan at his wedding

8. Kill a canary with a fart

[LinHoov]

You already know some of mine:

1. Get down to one peg on the Cracker Barrel peg game . . . DONE:yahoo

2. Be an unindicted co-conspirator

3. Eat human flesh

4. Divide a number by zero

5. Have sex while eating a sandwich and watching my Flo-TV

6. Shake the president's hand while not wearing any pants

7. Dance a waltz with Ryan at his wedding

8. Kill a canary with a fart

We can probably take care of #5 and #8 tonight, perhaps simultaneously.

[Garyhoov]

We can probably take care of #5 and #8 tonight, perhaps simultaneously.

:thumbs :yahoo I'll go to Pet-Smart if you can pick up some Primo-Hoagies

[LinHoov]

I like the thought of going to Italy. Maybe I'll start a list with that one.
But a real visit. Not one that involves work.

[Garyhoov]

I like the thought of going to Italy. Maybe I'll start a list with that one.
But a real visit. Not one that involves work.

I want to see Rome. I've been to other parts, but never seen Rome. Tuscany might be cool also.

[Doug11]

complete a marathon. :lookaroun

[figmentmom]

I want to go to Paris. And learn to contradance.

[Katie4075]

I want to travel. I don't care where, I just want to go. And to do it without a plan. Just see where the trip takes me.

[Hooker]

Gary/Linda--you had my daughter in stitches! :rotfl

1. Take a week long trip to Canada with Joy
2. skydive
3. take a luge run

Completed:
1. whitewater rafting
2. run a marathon
3. meet Tony Dungy

[Garyhoov]

3. take a luge run



That would definitely be cool!:thumbs

And your list of not only things you'd like to do but things you've done reminds me of why I've never been a fan of these types of lists. As John Lennon said: "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." I think the coolest things are things we never really plan out or expect but are things that happen along the way. And more recently, in UP, I loved the line the kid had (not sure if I have this exactly right): "Sometimes the boring things are the things you remember most."

And I don't like making random lists of things to do because there's no point in feeling frustrated just because you didn't get to do the particular things you had planned . . . when you've done so many other things along the way.

With that in mind, here is a list of things I've done and a short list of things I'd still like to do (in vaguely chronological order):

Things I've done:

1. Saw a man walk on the moon
2. Saw the Pirates win the World Series
3. Saw the Steelers win the Super-Bowl
4. Saw Penn State win a national championship while I was attending
5. Bench pressed 300 lbs
6. Married the best woman in the world
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v22939/1276/105/n1186677456_9964.jpg
7. Met and spoke briefly with Dean Kamen
8. Worked on a component of the Space Shuttle
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/photos/sts-79/79p-065.jpg
9. Authored a book chapter
10. Worked in Bologna with the world's best motorcycle frame manufacturing company to help create the world's most unique motorcycle frame
11. Met and spoke briefly with Gene Kranz and Fred Hayes
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-350/i7-2a.jpg
12. Authored a patent
13. Drank with blues men, strippers and outlaw bikers in a hole-in-the-wall dive bar in New Orleans.
14. Owned a Ducati
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2109/241/122/1399203865/s1399203865_30084692_3291.jpg
15. Spent a week and a half in a mining camp in the extreme outback of Western Australia (and held a baby kangaroo)
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2058/241/122/1399203865/n1399203865_30076777_8012.jpg
16. Became proficient in martial arts
17. Saw my son grow from a blurry dot on an ultrasound to a fine young man
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs172.snc1/6455_1103362549813_1399203865_30278241_5305218_n.j pg
18. Saw television technology evolve from grainy, difficult to watch images to the point the quality rivals the theater
19. Saw the Phillies win the World Series
20. Ran a half marathon
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs171.snc3/19846_1199772680006_1399203865_30498655_6437114_n. jpg
21. Rescued a beaver
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs249.snc1/9634_1125682867807_1399203865_30335855_6386531_n.j pg
22. Flew in a hot air balloon
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs171.snc3/19846_1199770719957_1399203865_30498643_7188141_n. jpg
23. Turned a trip with Ryan to get chips and a soda from our hotel vending machine Saturday into an adventure he and I will remember for years to come


Things I'd like to do:

1. Run a half marathon in less than 2 hours
2. Buy a post Harley doomsday, Erik Buell designed motorcycle
3. See a post Harley doomsday, Erik Buell designed motorcycle win a World Superbike championship
4. Ride a post Harley doomsday, Erik Buell designed motorcycle with Erik Buell (preferably on a track so we can really have some fun)
5. Cruise around the world
6. See gorillas in the wild
7. See the Eagles win the Super-Bowl (Hey, a guy can dream, can't he?)

[Christy]

My list sucks :blush

:lol

I honestly can't think of anything... I want to own horses again, at my own house with my own barn and fenced pasture (so none of this boarding them nonsense) and I'd like to rescue retired race horses to make this happen :lookaroun

I want to meet Clint Eastwood.

[Garyhoov]

I honestly can't think of anything... I want to own horses again, at my own house with my own barn and fenced pasture (so none of this boarding them nonsense) and I'd like to rescue retired race horses to make this happen :lookaroun


:thumbs That sounds cool.



I want to meet Clint Eastwood.

I think you better do this one soon.:lookaroun

[Christy]

:thumbs That sounds cool.



I think you better do this one soon.:lookaroun

I was about to post... I need to hurry. :blush

I bet Andy will be thrilled with the first one. "Hey Andy, I want a horse. No no no, not some trained reliable bomb proof horse, a hot off the track 4 year old thoroughbred! ANDY! If we don't save them they will become some stinky frenchman's dinner!!" :rotfl :lookaroun

[Christy]

I want to make more money than Andy in any given year :lookaroun :rotfl

[figmentmom]

Gary, your list is tough to beat - both of things you've done already, and things you still want to do. :flower

My list, somewhat expanded, and by no means in order of importance:

1. I want to go to Paris.

2. I want to learn to contradance.

3. I want Katie to have lots of brothers and sisters, so I'll be an even busier Grandma. :love



Other than that, I just want my kids to be happy, and satisfied with their lives and loves and families and careers. I want to see peace in my lifetime, and an end to hunger. Can we cure cancer, too, as long as I'm reaching, here? :lol

[Doug11]

I want to make more money than Andy in any given year :lookaroun :rotfl

ooh, be careful about how you word that one!

I'd have a hard time putting together a true list unless I knew my time was growing short. Agreed that some of the best pleasures are the simple ones, but it is still nice to take a cruise to Mexico every once in a while! :D

[Christy]

I just meant, at the end of some year, I want my income to have been more than his.

So I need a job. So I guess "job" goes on my bucket list :rotfl It would have to be after he's retired, and even then I'd have trouble, I would imagine, making more from actual work than his retirement brings in, doh! :lol

And to go along with the horses, I guess I need my house in the country back :lol

[Garyhoov]

I just meant, at the end of some year, I want my income to have been more than his.

So I need a job. So I guess "job" goes on my bucket list :rotfl It would have to be after he's retired, and even then I'd have trouble, I would imagine, making more from actual work than his retirement brings in, doh! :lol

And to go along with the horses, I guess I need my house in the country back :lol


Where's Linda? It looks like about $40,000 for the the both of us with an ocean view room:

http://www.hollandamerica.com/find-cruise-vacation/CruiseDetails.action?webItineraryIdForAudit=WW1110&noOfFlexibleMonths=1&sourceName=byRegion&flexibleMonths=false&directionCode=W&pageNumber=1&voyageCode=A110&destCode=W

[Christy]

Oh yeah, the big "duh"... get a college degree :blush

[Doug11]

Gary, too bad you will miss that due to your Disney half marathon. Ha ha

[Hooker]

My list sucks :blush

:lol

I honestly can't think of anything... I want to own horses again, at my own house with my own barn and fenced pasture (so none of this boarding them nonsense) and I'd like to rescue retired race horses to make this happen :lookaroun


Give Andy a choice--a horse or a treadmill.

Or get both and go for that forgiveness thing!

[Garyhoov]

Gary, too bad you will miss that due to your Disney half marathon. Ha ha

:lol That's actually the first thing I thought of.:lookaroun

I think I can miss a year for that . . .

. . . or maybe do the Food & Wine that year.

[figmentmom]

Where's Linda? It looks like about $40,000 for the the both of us with an ocean view room:

http://www.hollandamerica.com/find-cruise-vacation/CruiseDetails.action?webItineraryIdForAudit=WW1110&noOfFlexibleMonths=1&sourceName=byRegion&flexibleMonths=false&directionCode=W&pageNumber=1&voyageCode=A110&destCode=W

Yep, THAT could go on my bucket list, too. :D

[Garyhoov]

Run a half marathon (maybe even a full)

:thumbs Here you go: http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?EVENT_ID=1820831&CHECKSSO=0

[Garyhoov]

Yep, THAT could go on my bucket list, too. :D

Doesn't that just look too cool? I love just going doen the list and looking at all the locations. With that one trip, you could see more places than most people see in a lifetime.

[figmentmom]

Doesn't that just look too cool? I love just going doen the list and looking at all the locations. With that one trip, you could see more places than most people see in a lifetime.

It does. :yes *adds it to personal bucket list*

[maggiegrace1]

7. See the Eagles win the Super-Bowl (Hey, a guy can dream, can't he?)

Did you see who won the Super Bowl this year?:D

Dreams do come true..;)



I want to ..

Watch Maggie grow up, have a family of her own and be as happy as she makes me.
grow old with Drew
Live in Vermont
Go to France and Italy
meet Drew Brees..:love
move out of Louisiana

I have already..

married the man of my dreams
had my miracle baby..:D
Found out what true unconditional love is..:D

:D

[Garyhoov]

Did you see who won the Super Bowl this year?:D



No, I must have missed it. Who dat won the Super-Bowl?:lookaroun

[Garyhoov]

I have to get in shape first. :goofy


It doesn't take too much strength or stamina to press the keyboard buttons required to register.:whistle:lol

. . . then you've got close to a year to get ready.

. . . and even if you can't finish, I hear the busses they put you on aren't bad and you'll be back in time to take a shower and head to our Sapphire Metropolis lunch.:punk

[Christy]

It doesn't take too much strength or stamina to press the keyboard buttons required to register.:whistle:lol

. . . then you've got close to a year to get ready.

. . . and even if you can't finish, I hear the busses they put you on aren't bad and you'll be back in time to take a shower and head to our Sapphire Metropolis lunch.:punk

I picture myself jogging to the nearest place I could find to lean and checking my watch periodically waiting for the bus. Maybe a little nap to pass the time :lol :lookaroun

[Garyhoov]

I picture myself jogging to the nearest place I could find to lean and checking my watch periodically waiting for the bus. Maybe a little nap to pass the time :lol :lookaroun

:rotfl

I remember literally having nightmares about running with the bus right behind me and gaining . . .

. . . but I think the reason the idea of taking the bus bothered me was that I had worked so hard. If I had gone into it with the attitude that maybe I'd make it, maybe I wouldn't, the idea of taking the bus wouldn't have seemed to bad.

That's what Linda's planning. She says chances are she'll run a couple miles and then take the bus and then she'll be waiting at the pool with a margarita.:lol

[Garyhoov]

And when Scott and I were watching the full marathon at mile 8, I stayed around until all 30,000 or so people had passed and I saw the two people - 1 man and 1 woman - who were dead last.

. . . but you know what? I didn't look down on them or think: "look at the losers". I realized they were out there doing more than most people ever would and giving it a try.

[Doug11]

. . . and even if you can't finish, I hear the busses they put you on aren't bad and you'll be back in time to take a shower and head to our Sapphire Metropolis lunch.:punk

:lookaroun

:lol

[Hooker]

Add swimming with dolphins to my list (but not killer whales).

[LinHoov]

That would definitely be cool!:thumbs

And your list of not only things you'd like to do but things you've done reminds me of why I've never been a fan of these types of lists. As John Lennon said: "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." I think the coolest things are things we never really plan out or expect but are things that happen along the way. And more recently, in UP, I loved the line the kid had (not sure if I have this exactly right): "Sometimes the boring things are the things you remember most."

And I don't like making random lists of things to do because there's no point in feeling frustrated just because you didn't get to do the particular things you had planned . . . when you've done so many other things along the way.

With that in mind, here is a list of things I've done and a short list of things I'd still like to do (in vaguely chronological order):

Things I've done:

1. Saw a man walk on the moon
2. Saw the Pirates win the World Series
3. Saw the Steelers win the Super-Bowl
4. Saw Penn State win a national championship while I was attending
5. Bench pressed 300 lbs
6. Married the best woman in the world
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/v22939/1276/105/n1186677456_9964.jpg
7. Met and spoke briefly with Dean Kamen
8. Worked on a component of the Space Shuttle
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/photos/sts-79/79p-065.jpg
9. Authored a book chapter
10. Worked in Bologna with the world's best motorcycle frame manufacturing company to help create the world's most unique motorcycle frame
11. Met and spoke briefly with Gene Kranz and Fred Hayes
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-350/i7-2a.jpg
12. Authored a patent
13. Drank with blues men, strippers and outlaw bikers in a hole-in-the-wall dive bar in New Orleans.
14. Owned a Ducati
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2109/241/122/1399203865/s1399203865_30084692_3291.jpg
15. Spent a week and a half in a mining camp in the extreme outback of Western Australia (and held a baby kangaroo)
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2058/241/122/1399203865/n1399203865_30076777_8012.jpg
16. Became proficient in martial arts
17. Saw my son grow from a blurry dot on an ultrasound to a fine young man
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs172.snc1/6455_1103362549813_1399203865_30278241_5305218_n.j pg
18. Saw television technology evolve from grainy, difficult to watch images to the point the quality rivals the theater
19. Saw the Phillies win the World Series
20. Ran a half marathon
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs171.snc3/19846_1199772680006_1399203865_30498655_6437114_n. jpg
21. Rescued a beaver
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs249.snc1/9634_1125682867807_1399203865_30335855_6386531_n.j pg
22. Flew in a hot air balloon
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs171.snc3/19846_1199770719957_1399203865_30498643_7188141_n. jpg
23. Turned a trip with Ryan to get chips and a soda from our hotel vending machine Saturday into an adventure he and I will remember for years to come


Things I'd like to do:

1. Run a half marathon in less than 2 hours
2. Buy a post Harley doomsday, Erik Buell designed motorcycle
3. See a post Harley doomsday, Erik Buell designed motorcycle win a World Superbike championship
4. Ride a post Harley doomsday, Erik Buell designed motorcycle with Erik Buell (preferably on a track so we can really have some fun)
5. Cruise around the world
6. See gorillas in the wild
7. See the Eagles win the Super-Bowl (Hey, a guy can dream, can't he?)

Hey! That was AWESOME!
I'm sitting here in my hotel room on a business trip and read this, and it brought me to tears! It was great!

And now I don't have to write your eulogy. Thanks! Saves me a little time.
And....I was really surprised to see there was not one mention of poo. Hmmmm...then again, there was item #23.....

[Garyhoov]

Did you see on your facebook that I think I found the beaver lodge? I thought they only built them in the middle of lakes but I saw an odd pile of sticks near those trees that are getting gnawed and, after some research, it seems the do build them on banks.

[Garyhoov]

And....I was really surprised to see there was not one mention of poo. Hmmmm...then again, there was item #23.....

I almost forgot that there was poo involved in our adventure until you reminded me.:lol

[LinHoov]

I almost forgot that there was poo involved in our adventure until you reminded me.:lol


How could you forget poo? It is one of your most favorite things in life!!

[LinHoov]

...you didn't mention the eulogy! hahahahahaha (Insert evil laughter here).

[Christy]

And when Scott and I were watching the full marathon at mile 8, I stayed around until all 30,000 or so people had passed and I saw the two people - 1 man and 1 woman - who were dead last.

. . . but you know what? I didn't look down on them or think: "look at the losers". I realized they were out there doing more than most people ever would and giving it a try.

Exactly!

Lauren sang in the school talent show and I guess one of her "friends" (that whole frenemy thing girls love to do :rollseyes) said something about her song that was... whatever. Not nice. She told Andy and I and Andy said "Oh, what did she do in the talent show?" Lauren said "Nothing" And Andy says "Sure she did... she sat in the bleachers getting SPLINTERS IN HER BUTT" :rotfl Great father daughter moment :goofy

[figmentmom]

Hey! That was AWESOME!
I'm sitting here in my hotel room on a business trip and read this, and it brought me to tears! It was great!

And now I don't have to write your eulogy. Thanks! Saves me a little time.
And....I was really surprised to see there was not one mention of poo. Hmmmm...then again, there was item #23.....

:rotfl


Lauren sang in the school talent show and I guess one of her "friends" (that whole frenemy thing girls love to do :rollseyes) said something about her song that was... whatever. Not nice. She told Andy and I and Andy said "Oh, what did she do in the talent show?" Lauren said "Nothing" And Andy says "Sure she did... she sat in the bleachers getting SPLINTERS IN HER BUTT" :rotfl Great father daughter moment :goofy

It's all about the bonding...:rotfl

[Garyhoov]

Bump

[figmentmom]

Sorry. :blush

[Doug11]

* be the father of state champions in volleyball and baseball. Check
* run a Goofy marathon and one half challenge and raise money for the American Cancer Society. Check

I like Scott's idea about hugging a grandchild. :)

[Garyhoov]

Sorry. :blush

Oh stop it. You're making me feel bad now.

Looking at the list I posted a year and a half ago, I may be making some slow progress on some of them. Some people seem to think the Eagles have a chance this year.:goofy

[figmentmom]

Oh stop it. You're making me feel bad now.

Looking at the list I posted a year and a half ago, I may be making some slow progress on some of them. Some people seem to think the Eagles have a chance this year.:goofy

The Cubs, too. :rotfl

[Garyhoov]

The Cubs, too. :rotfl

:tongue I'll have you know that the Eagles are undefeated so far this season.

[Christy]

I want to buy and restore an old house.

This one will go unfulfilled, because between us Andy and I have ZERO home improvement skills (well, I can change out light fixtures) and it would be insanely expensive to hire it all done :faint

Still, it would be cool :goofy

[Christy]

Now that's what I'm talkin about! :lookaroun

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/163-Woodland-Ave_Columbus_OH_43203_M34751-63701

(click open the pictures tab if it isn't to that one) :sick :rotfl

[pinkrose]

Now that's what I'm talkin about! :lookaroun

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/163-Woodland-Ave_Columbus_OH_43203_M34751-63701

(click open the pictures tab if it isn't to that one) :sick :rotfl I bet the inside of that home would be beautiful, once resotred. I love how homes used to have a fireplace in each bedroom. They just don't make them like they used to. :no

[figmentmom]

I want to buy and restore an old house.

This one will go unfulfilled, because between us Andy and I have ZERO home improvement skills (well, I can change out light fixtures) and it would be insanely expensive to hire it all done :faint

Still, it would be cool :goofy

No, you don't, trust me on this one. :rotfl

[Christy]

Oh I wouldn't want to LIVE in it :rotfl