The Bucket List

The Bucket List. Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not.

To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, do the list and tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
If you don't see the Tag people in the upper right hand corner you are in the wrong place.)
Things you have done during your lifetime:
() Gone on a blind date
(x) Skipped school
(x) Watched someone die
() Been to Canada
() Been to Mexico
(x) Been to Florida
() Been to Hawaii
(x) Been on a plane
(x ) Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
() Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers
( ) Recently colored with crayons
(x) Sang Karaoke
(x) Paid for a meal with only coins
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't.
(x) Made prank phone calls
() Walked down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( ) Danced in the rain-naked
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(X) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(x) Made a snowman
(X) Gone to the movies
(x) Been deep sea fishing
(X) Driven across the United States
() Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
() Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
() Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle - been but too cloudy to go to the top
() Been on a cruise
( ) Traveled by train
(x ) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
() Ridden on a San Francisco Cable Car
(x) Seen the Liberty Bell / Independence Hall
(x) Been to Disneyland --- or Disney World
(x) Truly believe in the power of prayer
( ) Been in a rain forest
() Seen whales in the ocean
() Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Been to the Sydney Opera House
() Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
(X) Been water-skiing
() Been snow-skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Visited the Vatican
( ) Been to the Taj Mahal
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game
() Visited Mt Rushmore
() Looked out over the Grand Canyon
() Visited all 50 states
(x) Been to a Nascar Race

Hitting It BIG!

With all the economy in the tank and most of us living paycheck to paycheck we all wish we had a couple of $$’s more. On March 6, 2007 the biggest payout in any lottery was paid out, $390 million. For the sake of this list let’s make it an even $400 million.

List the top 25 things you would do or purchase if you won the lottery and your payout was $400 million?

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  WELL, the first thing would be to get that money into my Fidelity Account so it would continue to make me more money!!!
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  Then, I would go buy his and hers custom made H-D screaming eagles - for my honey and me.
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  Then, I would buy my mom and honey's mom and dad a new home of their choice, where-ever they would want it to be.
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  Then, I would buy all my neices and nephews a car of their choice and of course all their educational dreams would come true.
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  Then, I would try my best to make all my and my honey's bro's and sis's dreams come true.
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  Then, I would buy about a hundred or so acres somewhere in North Arkansas.
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  Then, I would build a really big modern house, complete with all the most up-to-date appliances and technological toys.
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  It would also have a state of the art kennel and doggie friendly grounds for my babies.
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  Then, I would retire from my L/A job and move there.
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  Then, I would hire a very reliable staff to take care of all the maintenance and up-keep of my house and my babies.
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  Then, my honey and me, we would hit the road and travel the good ol' USA for the next 2 or 3 years or so on our new bikes.
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  Then, we would do all of it, again.

OMGosh!, can anyone spend 400 million dollars in one lifetime?

• I would donate funds to non-profit kennels and wild-life sanctuaries, to Susan G. Komen's, to the transplant center at UAMS, and a little bit to the Red Cross.
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  I would also give major bucks to some of my friends that really need a little help - but they would never know it was me that gave it to them.
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  Then, I would buy my honey a really big boat and not just a slip, but a whole dock - at the LR Yacht Club.
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  Then, we would set sail up and down the AR, MS rivers, of course our boat would have a bay just for our HD bikes, so we could ride when got to where were going.
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  Of course, every year I would host a huge family/friends reunion. It would be a catered affair at my big house in the hills of AR.

I don't think I made 25, I think I ran out of money. :-(

But, I sure had fun while it lasted.....

AHH! Retirement!

Some people are just the luckiest duckies ever…and the duckies I’m referring to are my Mom and Daddy-Bill.

Last week was their last week to have to “punch the time clock!” Although, they’re not “officially” retired until the end of the year – they don’t have to report to work – EVER.

I think that this is the ultimate accomplishment in life.

To be able to sleep to 7 am, or go to Eureka on a whim – what a life that would be. To stay home, maybe dig a garden, or give the dogs a bath on a Wednesday, or go to the early movie. There are so many new liberties that come with retirement.

So CONGRATULATIONS! Mom and Daddy-Bill – YOU’VE EARNED IT, SO ENJOY!

I love you both – SOO MUCH!