The Bucket List

So here is a bucket list of things to do before you die. I will bold the ones I have done. I challange all my friends to do this, it was pretty fun.

Started your own blog
Slept under the stars
Played in a band
Visited Hawaii
Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford to charity
Been to Disneyland
Climbed a mountain
Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris-no but I will get there someday!
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Adopted a child-nope but I want to do this as well
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Grown your own vegetables
Slept on an overnight train
Hitch hiked
Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a Marathon
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset
Hit a home run
Been on a cruise
Seen Niagara Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Seen an Amish community
Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol
Seen Michelangelo’s David
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal
Visited Africa
Walked on a beach by moonlight
Been transported in an ambulance
Had your portrait painted
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gone to a drive-in theater
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Taken a martial arts class
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout Cookies
Gone whale watching
Got flowers for no reason
Donated blood, platelets or plasma
Gone sky diving
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp-not yet, but this is definately high on my priority list
Bounced a check
Flown in a helicopter
Saved a favorite childhood toy
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten Caviar
Pieced a quilt
Stood in Times Square
Been fired from a job
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Been on a speeding motorcycle
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
Published something
Bought a brand new car
Walked in Jerusalem
Visited the White House
Had chickenpox
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one
Had a baby
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Ocean
Owned a cell phone
Been stung by a bee
Seen Mount Rushmore in person
Learned to play an instrument
Held a tarantula
Touched an iceberg
Changed a baby’s diaper
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
Had a food fight
Had a snowball fight
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Ridden a roller coaster
Visited all 50 states
Taken a road-trip
Milked a cow
Been in a movie
Crashed a party
Made cookies from scratch
Gotten a tattoo
Rafted the Snake River
Performed on stage
Been to Las Vegas
Eaten shark
Bought a house
Been in a combat zone
Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
Touched a stingray
Broken a bone
Ridden a horse
Eaten sushi
Had your picture in the newspaper
Gone back to school
Eaten fried green tomatoes
Killed and prepared an animal for eating
Dyed your hair
Caused a car accident
Saved someone's life- thank you Cole for jumping in the deep end of the pool and allowing me this opportunity!

Wishing, Hoping, and Praying!

So as tomorrow is the first day of a new presidency I am filled with hope, concern, and a myriad of other feelings. I hope that a new president will help the American economy feel a little more at ease. I am concerned at the way it looks like our nation is headed. It makes me scared for my future, and my future children's' futures. Yet, as a look forward with faith and with an immense amount of prayer, I know that our nation will continue to be the amazing place that our forefathers wanted it to be.
I am concerned that I will not be able to find a job after I graduate. All the state jobs that I would want have a hiring freeze on. The budget for most health and human service jobs are being cut left and right. But, in spite of all this I have hope that after doing all that I can to better myself and my situation in life, that the Lord will bless me and my efforts. I feel for the next president of our great nation. He has an immensely hard job which I think nobody envies. I do not support all his ideas, but I don't hate him. I pray for him as I think all people should do, whether you agree with him or not.
So I am wishing, hoping and praying that our nation will continue to be the great nation it was founded to be!

Why I married my husband........

'Cause he is sooo incredibly smart!!!
So a funny sorta scary thing happened to Jon and I last night. We went and had dinner with some friends of ours and had a great time with them. Then we got to the office I clean a bit later than usual, about 11:30. I was tired and we were both just ready to get the office clean so we could come home and go to bed. I started emptying the trash and Jon took on cleaning the bathrooms. Not much was said, we just went to getting the job done as quickly as possible.
Once we were both out in the lobby I asked him where the key was so we could let ourselves back into the offices. (It is secured from the visitors getting back to the offices for the safety of those that work there.) He turned to me and said, "I thought you had it, you were the one doing the trash." Then I told him, "You are always the one that has the key." Panic that we might be stuck here all night began to set in. We then thought to call my boss cause he has a key and could get us out, but I realized I didn't have my cell phone and I don't know his number. We thought of different ideas and surprisingly enough, we didn't even yell at each other this whole time, which is a big deal for us. We ALWAYS yell when we get mad at each other.
Anyways, then Jon remembered the door to the back part of the offices has a motion sensor and if he could get something in the door long enough to trip the sensor, then he could get back in and get the key and we could would be saved from having to spend the night there. So he found a piece of cardboard in the trash and went around to try to see if it would work. No luck it wasn't quite long enough. Then we found another piece of cardboard just long enough and BINGO he got in!!! Yay!!
After about 30 minutes of being upset about the possibility of having to sleep there, but because of my lovely husband we were able to get out. This made me extremely happy to get out, but also when I thought about being there alone late at night it made me kinda scared that it could be that easy to break into the office. The lessons Jon and I learned from this experience is to always make sure somebody has got the key and tell someone if you have taken it somewhere. Also, to always carry my cell phone at work. And lastly, to learn the number combination on the doors to make sure this doesn't happen again. As for me, I learned I married one really smart, ingenious dude that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world! I love you Jon!!