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Bucket List Update

During this Summer I have crossed SEVERAL Things off my Bucket List! 

93. Teach English in a foreign country -taught in the Dominican Republic over Spring Break)

83. Stay in a hostel-Check CHECK and CHECK Eurotrip May 2011

82. Throw a coin in the Trevvi Fountain -Italy May 2011

81. Shoot a gun (safely) -my sorority sister Devan and her bf showed me how, I am terrible haha

66. Go Backpacking -Eurotrip 2011

52. Visit a concentration camp - Dachau Germany 2011

32. Go on a international mission trip - Dominican Republic Spring Break 2011

still a lot more to cross off! :)



Jun 26th at 9AM / tagged: saras bucket list. / reblog / 1 note

My Bucket List #91-102 (completed in bold)

91. Cross a glacier on foot

92. Photograph an endangered animal 

93. Teach English in a foreign country 

94. Stand at the North Pole

95. have someone ask for my autograph

96. See where my ancestors lvied

97. Give to charity…anonymously

98. Take at least one picture every day for a year SaraSmiles Project365

99. See the inside of the White House

100. Go to Sundance Film Festival

101. Meet someone with my name 

102. Learn to Sail 

Jan 14th at 4PM / tagged: saras bucket list. / reblog / 1 note

My Bucket List #81-90 (completed in bold)

81. Shoot a gun (safely)

82. Throw a coin in Trevi Fountain

83. Stay in a hostel (I will DEFINITELY be checking this off in May)

84. Write the story of my life

85. Spend the night in an igloo

86. Brew my own beer

87. Kiss someone at midnight on New Years

88. Fast for 24 hours for a good cause 

89. Donate Blood

90. Set foot on all 7 continents 

My Bucket List #71-80 (completed in bold)

71. Have dinner with someone you only dreamed of meeting

72. Change the world

73. Go Whale Watching 

74. Dive with sharks

75. See wild horses on the beach 

76. Visit Antarctica 

77. Build a Snowman 

78. See the Oregon Trail

79. Visit all 50 states

80. Visit Dingle Peninsula, Ireland  (Where Leap Year was filmed)

My Bucket List #61-70 (completed in bold)

61. Teach someone to read

62. Scream at the top of my lungs (preferably off a mountain top)

63. Catch something and eat it 

64. Go dog sledding (or as my brother calls it “snow dogging”)

65. Walk to the crater of a volcano 

66. Go Backpacking 

67. Watch a meteor shower

68. Make a wish at 11:11 on 11/11/11

69. Pack my bags and set off to a random place

70. Climb a mountain 

My Bucket List #51-60 (completed in bold)

51. Kiss someone in the rain

52. Visit a concentration camp (not in a morbid way, German history is just very interesting to me and I took a History of the Holocaust class in college, and now I want to see it in person)

53. Create my family tree

54. Start a fire without a match

55. Drive a convertible with the top down and music blaring

56. Write a children’s book

57. Win an Award 

58. Learn to surf

59. Make someone cry…with happiness 

60. Participate in a Protest (I attended a peace rally my freshman year of college…and if you know me that really isnt my thing, but it was very interesting to observe) 

Jan 12th at 8AM / tagged: saras bucket list. / reblog / 1 note

My Bucket List #41-50 (completed in bold)

41. Swim with dolphins

42. Watch the launch of a space shuttle

43. Send a message in a bottle

44. Bike across America for a charity

45. Shower in a waterfall

46. Sing a song in front of a crowd

47. Ask someone I just met on a date

48. Accept myself for who I am (wow, this sounds really depressing reading it back, but I guess I just want to be more confident in who I am) 

49. Scuba dive at the Great Barrier Reef

50. Go on an African Safari 

Jan 12th at 4AM / tagged: saras bucket list. / reblog / 1 note

My Bucket List #31-40 (completed in bold)

31. Get a Picture with Tim Tebow 

32. Go on an international mission trip (I will be able to cross this off in March)

33. Be Teacher of the Year

34. Appear on the Today Show

35. Make a cameo in a TV Show or Movie

36. Learn to play Guitar 

37. Teach myself to use a darkroom…or get someone to teach me how

38. Draw something AMAZING

39. Inspire someone

40. Be someone’s confirmation sponsor (both my brothers picked other people…so now I am depending on the kids I babysit for to choose me!) 

Jan 11th at 11PM / tagged: saras bucket list. / reblog / 4 notes

My Bucket List #21-30

21. See NYC at Wintertime

22. See ALL of Central Park

23. Go to Washington DC 

24. Get Married

25. Go to the Summer Olympics (hopefully London 2012) 

26. Go to the Winter Olympics

27. Carry the Olympic Torch

28. Go to the US OPEN

29.  Walk on the field during a UF Game

30. See the Gators win a national championship

Jan 11th at 8AM / tagged: saras bucket list. / reblog / 2 notes

My Bucket List #11-20

11. Explore Ireland

12. Make a difference in someones life, but there is always room for more

13. Swim at Dry Tortugas National Park

14. Have one of my photographs published  

15. See the 7 Natural Wonders

16. The 7 Forgotten National Wonders

17. The 7 Modern Wonders

18. The 7 Forgotten Modern Wonders

19. Take a Road Trip Across America

20. Buy a House