We’re still here! Life has been hectic and super busy at my job but things are slowing down now which means I can start cranking out some more blog posts hopefully over the next few weeks. Instead of going completely silent until then, I want to sneak in a fun, casual post about making my bucket list.
I’ve wanted to write one for over a year now, but never got around to it. Instead of keeping it in my notebook, I thought it would be cool to share it with you all.
Some of it may seem a bit outrageous (just wait until you see the last part!) but as the title of this post says, it’s a bucket list of big dreams! And speaking of dreams!
Have you ever heard of making a vision board? I made one a couple of years ago and placed it on the wall in my office (at my job since I spend most of my time there) and I like to look up at my board and visualize all of the places I’d like for my family and I to visit. Some of them actually came true!
So anyway, here goes my bucket list. Please don’t judge me LOL
Personal Life
- Finish redecorating our house, change the flooring to anything other than carpet (so bad with dogs!)
- Donate to those in need and be active in our community by being involved in the schools Tristan will attend
- More date nights!
- Rebuild our deck
- Decorate our backyard (maybe a gazebo, stone walkways, a recreation of something that inspired us from our travels)
- Buy Tristan a car when he gets his driver’s license (or he could have our old one)
- Keep our blog up and running for years to come
- Continue adopting dogs from animal shelters
- Buy a DJI drone for awesome aerial footage in our travel videos
Local Travel
- See the fall foliage at Blue Ridge Parkway
- Visit Grandfather Mountain and cross the Mile High Swinging Bridge
- Visit Beaufort (Blackbeard’s old stomping ground)
- Eat at Poe’s Tavern (one opened in Wrightsville but would be cool to eat at the original one on Sullivan’s Island)
- Go to the annual hot air balloon festival
- Take Tristan to the OBX (Outer Banks) he’s never been
- Ride the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad
- Take Tristan to the Morehead Observatory in Chapel Hill with lunch at my favorite Indian food spot – Guru India (Meshach and I ate there a lot!)
Travel
- Return to Bay Creek Resort in Cape Charles (they’re always booked!)
- Return to Williamsburg, VA (such a cute town)
- Take Tristan to Italy (we went pre-Tristan and want to go back to show him what we saw)
- Take Tristan to Paris (he’s obsessed with the Eiffel Tower and would love to see it in person)
- Return to Ireland and visit all of the Wild Atlantic Way next time
- Visit the French Riviera
- Visit the Great Wall of China
- Visit the monasteries of Meteora
- Go on a Croatia and Greek Isle cruise
- Vacation in Santorini
- Visit the Czech Republic
- Stay in a castle
- Visit Spain
- Visit England
- Take Tristan to Hawaii to see my old stomping grounds on the island of O’ahu (spent a few years there when I was a kid)
- Visit Seattle to see old friends, my dad and maybe take Tristan to see Mt. Rainier
- Visit Yellowstone Park
- See the Pitons in St. Lucia
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- Take Tristan to Disney World, Legoland and Universal Studios (we love Harry Potter!)
- Visit the Kennedy Space Center and would be so cool if we happen to be in Cape Canaveral during a launch
- Visit Washington D.C. (yes, we have never been to our country’s capitol!)
- Go on a foodie trip to New Orleans
- Take another foodie trip to Charleston, SC
- Play tourists in NYC with Tristan who has never been
- Go on an Alaska cruise to see the glaciers
- Take Tristan to Quebec (we went without him)
- Go on a Sound of Music tour in Austria
- Lots of castle hopping in Germany
- Tour the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
- Visit Anne Frank’s house
- Go on a Viking River Cruise to St. Petersburg, Russia
- Take a hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia, Turkey
- Visit Colombia
- Visit San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Return to the Bahamas to visit Exuma (so dreamy!)
- Visit Trinidad, where Meshach is from
Thinking Very Big
- Buy a castle or chateau and possibly rent it out as an event venue or vacation rental
- Cruise on a super yacht
- Buy a condo in Myrtle Beach since we love visiting it so much and possibly rent it out as a vacation rental when we’re not there
- Attend the annual Grand Masked Ball at the Palace of Versailles
- Build a house we designed ourselves
- Fly first class on a long haul flight (at least once!) Maybe rack up enough miles to do it for free LOL
I’m sure the list will have more additions over time or maybe even delete some that I later feel is not worth keeping.
Wow, looking at all of this stuff! I’m 35 years old and feel like there’s not going to be enough years (and money) to do everything. Man, life goes by fast!
Do you have a bucket list of wild dreams or ever made a vision board? What are some of the things you’d like to do? Comment below and share this post!
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