Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay

I finally stepped out of my comfort zone a little and did something amazing!  I did the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay.  It was so fun and I was able to show my kids that they can do great things in life too!  I had such a good time.  Here are a few pictures my hubby took of the Relay.

Me, my kiddos and my mom.

Me, my kids, my hubby and my mom.

Me and my little lady and little D.

Me with a couple of my friends who came out to support me.  Thanks Mrs. Rich and Mrs. Iverson!  :)

Some of the group at the Arena for celebrations afterwards with the medal.  We are all wearing our commerative medals that we got to keep and take home along with the jackets and hats.  :)

Bucket List

For those who are unaware of a bucket list, it is really just a list of things you would have liked to experience before you "kick the bucket", pass on...die. Thought I would share some of mine....a fellow blogger/friend posted her's so thought I would post mine as well.  :)

THINGS TO DO BEFORE I KICK THE BUCKET!

• Loose weight ideally 25-30 pounds (part way there, I was sick in the summer and lost 16 pounds -- need about 7-10 more)
• Learn to speak another language fluently, Italian or Spanish or Croatian
  Play guitar
  
• Own my own home on acreage (Done)
• Play the piano
• Learn to dance ballroom
• Go zip trekking
• Go ATVing (Done)
• Travel to: Croatia, Hawaii, Carribean, Greece, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Africa, Cuba, Peru, Mexico, All over the US, and all over Canada (Partly done -- went to Alberta this summer)
• Dance on the bar at Coyote Ugly -- would be so fun
• Learn to swim (Partly done, can swim a little)
• Learn to Kick box
• Learn to cook really well (Done -- I am a great cook)
• Go on a road trip around the US and Canada
• Learn how to horseback ride
• Own a boat (Done) 
• And learn how to drive the boat! (halfway there)
• Learn to water ski
• Own a sea-doo
• Own my own bakery/coffee shop
• Get a FULL day at spa
• Have a professional makeup artist to do my makeup
• Learn to ice skate and roller blade (I can skate a little -- doing lots this season 2011-2012
• Own a hot tub
• Be as organized as Martha
• Own and run a successful business
• Own a house on a lake with a fire pit and hot tub, with no mortgage.
• Swim with dolphins
• Go snorkelling
• Learn to ski (I have skiied but am not good at it)
• Learn to Snowboard
• Learn to Snowshoe
• Learn to paint
• Grow veggies (Done - need to learn to plant and take care of more)
• Have a big garden full of fragrant flowers
• Decorate a house
• Get involved in programs for young girls on self-esteem
• Travel the Nile in Egypt
• Float in a hot air balloon
• Ride a Harley down an open road
• Be an extra in a movie (Done)
• Horseback ride along a beach
• Conquer a fear
• Have abs and be in great shape!
• Go on a trip with a bunch of friends
• See the Egyptian Pyramids
• Have my portrait painted
• Take a culinary course/college
• Have my own IPOD -- Have over 1,000 songs on my IPOD
• Scrapbook my childhood and my future and my kids childhoods and futures (partially done)
• Get my teeth whitened
• Find a perfect hairstyle
• BE HEARD
• Don’t let people walk over me
• Stay in a 5-Star Hotel
• Eat in a 5-Star Restaurant (Done -- Cloud 9 -- Downtown Van)
• Rent a limo for a night and paint the town red!
• Go ice-skating in NYC
• See the ball drop in NYC in a hotel
• Get a Brazilian Wax (to see if I have the guts)
• Realize the only person I can control is myself
• See the Mona Lisa
• Learn to sew
• Re-learn to crochet
• Learn to play pool well
• Go wild in Disney World or Disneyland
• learn to do some hip-hop moves and dance really well
• give blood
• go Paintballing
• Help people achieve their goals -- Mainly my kids
• Learn to dance salsa
• Learn about health and be healthy
• Be fit enough by our 20th wedding anniversary -- May 2014 -- to wear a bikini in Hawaii!!!!! (I will be nearly 44 by then)
• Find a way to move back to the coast to be with my husband. I hate 100 Mile alone!!!!
• Have a housekeeper come in every week!
• Have a personal trainer!!!
• Have a gym in my house -- I have a treadmill and a Gazelle.
• Have a wonderful kitchen (Gourmet) in my house.
• Have a schoolroom/library in my house
• See my children grow up, marry and have children of their own
• See a baby be born - not my own (almost had this one done, but then my friend had to have an emergency C!)
• Help someone in need if I had the cash to help
• Help my friends!
• Own a Mercedes SL600!
• Own a BMW (Done)
• Have Horses
• Be More Self-Sufficient -- gardening, baking, making things

**The ones with red are either accomplished or partially accomplished.  Yes, it is a very long list and probably there are more that I can't think of right now!!!   I  have a long way to go!  :)