Because life is too short and there is so much life to live…..AND I’m always up for an adventure.
My 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 ‘m adamant about 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! :)
* Print, organize and backup all of my personal photographs * Throw a party-Completed September 2008 * Shoot a wedding on a different continent (Destination Wedding) * No chain restaurants for 3 consecutive months * Do something nice for someone anonymously-Completed April 2008 * Transition to a paperless office-Completed August 2010 * 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 other than photography * Zip-line 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 Para-sailing * Go to Vegas-Completed March 2010 * Have my photo taken with Elvis in Vegas-Completed March 2010 * Have my photo taken with the old Vegas sign-Completed March 2010 * Ride a ride on the top of the Stratosphere-Completed March 2010 * Visit the Neon Graveyard of Vegas * Gamble on Freemont Street-Completed March 2010 * 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 * Photograph a Joshua Tree in Arizona while in Vegas-Completed March 2010 * Meet two new friends in Vegas-Completed March 2010 * Visit the Body Museum @ Carnegie-Completed March 2008 * Take a vacation and not bring my cell phone or laptop * Attend a photography expedition/seminar-specifically WPPI-Completed 2010 * 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 yards *Photograph my grandparents-I’ve been wanting to do this for a LONG time. *Take a pottery class *Get all of the grand-kids (my cousins) 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 * Visit the Castles in Ireland * Blog everyday for one month * Visit Punta Cana-Completed October 2009 * Meet a local friend half way across the world-Completed October 2009 * Locate my “Big Sister” Carrie, that I had in the Big Brother Big Sister program back in the early 90′s. * Pick one cookbook and make everything in it from front to back (My version of Julie & Julia) * Learn to drive a stick shift * Photograph someone “popping the question”* Take Mallory on a tropical family vacation
*Experience the La Mina Falls in the El Yunque rainforest of Puerto Rico
*Take Mallory Snorkeling in Peurto Rico
by jen mcken
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