So what about this bucket list anyway?

Stonehenge, driving on the left, seeing the town of Lingwood... what is the whole bucket list all about?

By popular request, I've been asked to explain a little further about the now (in)famous "Lingwood bucket list". So here goes, an attempt to explain.

First, we're not like those guys in that movie. It's not like we have a ticking clock and we're trying to knock off a few "must dos" before the expry date. So, just so we're clear, we're both healthy and happy and looking at many decades of growing old together.

The list is more about the spirit of doing things you want to do, because you can and you have the choice and the power to make them happen. If someone suggested "want to go river rafting?" Well maybe that specific thing wasn't on your list, but suddenly you can't imagine going your whole life without ever river rafting so now it's on the list. And why wait until you're fifty or seventy or never? Do it now, or at least next month.

The bucket list is not something we have written down. It is not a list derived out of fear, but rather out of a love of life. Some things on the list are added on a whim (like singing karaoke at a dive....) Some are deeply personal and really not for sharing in a public space like a blog. Sometimes they are totally laughable, like seeing the cafe where Harry Potter was first drafted. Our bucket lists are separate, but we are happily parntered up in helping each other cross things off the list. I understand that Mark doesn't really care about a Harry Potter site and Mark gets that I'm terrified of driving on the left side of the road.

So the question isn't "what's on your bucket list?" although that does make for some very interesting conversations. The question is, "when are you going to have fun and check some things off?"

Ok, ok, I get that you still want a list. Here's a few travel related things from my current list:

-Visit all seven continents
-Visit all fifty states
-Learn another language fluently
-Drive my kids from coast to coast without the constant use of a DVD player, Nintendo DS, or equivalent
-Boston in the fall
-Watch the Huskies win that game that is played in Pasadena, and attend the parade beforehand.
-Beat the original Oregon Trail game

What's on your list? Do you add more things once you've checked some off?