The Dreamer

I have always been a dreamer - whether it's the impossible, the impractical or the simple. With that being said - I don't like to let life just pass on by - granted some of my life has not been set up to accomplish the things I hope to do before I lay my head to rest at the end of my life - but that doesn't mean it cannot be done eventually. I'm very excited about the things I've done in my life and I truly hope this is not where it ends.

A quote that keeps me going is from Lord of the Rings "  “It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”   ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings    

I would like to share my journeys currently accomplished and my journeys I truly hope to take in my future.  Many people talk of bucket lists - and I do have one a very lengthily one and one I do not take lightly because dreams - no matter how small - complete you!

So here I share  - what I've accomplished on my massive dream list:

• Go Horseback Riding - I was in high school (maybe middle school)  - but I remember that it was a lot of fun - I truly want to do this again - it was freedom!
  
• Watch the sunset on the beach. I went to Ocean City MD in 2009 with now my husband. We had a great time on the board walk, some wonderful memories to say the least. One solid week in what I thought was paradise.
  
• Feel confident without make up. Now you're reading this about a girl who could never go without a single ounce of makeup through high school, college and most of my working years thus far. It took me working as a truck unloader and sweating it off every day to not wear an ounce of it except on rare occasions. Shall we dare take a look! Nah I don't think we will. Basically because right now I'm a mess from work and being tired. But I can assure you I don't wear it anymore. I'm beautiful inside and out and it's taken many years to come to grips with that.
• To make someone less fortunate smile on Christmas - this is a biggie for me, I love to make people happy and if I can do that in a small way as getting someone something they've asked for even if it is a DVD I've done my job. I will not go in to details - I just know that every time I see them - I'm reminded that they are a bit happier in this life because of what I share.
• Be kissed under the mistletoe. Now this doesn't seem like a big endeavor for most, but for me I never was kissed until this year under the mistletoe, at least not to my recollection. However, the romance that follows is amazing. Something so stupid simple and it wasn't crossed off my bucket list until I was 32.
• Sit on a rooftop - now most people have done this even as a child maybe teen. I didn't do this until I was in my 30's - why? Because, I've been afraid to take that step off that last rung on the latter - my safety net! This is a moment in my life that taught me that I could in fact over come my fears on a most basic level. It just wasn't sitting on a roof for me, it was a moment that defined me as a minor risk taker - an achiever of something that I didn't give up on. Sure it took a few tries up and down to muster enough courage to be 8ft maybe 10ft off the ground. BUT I DID IT. It was an amazing and proud moment for me.
  
• I've always wanted to start a new tradition. So in 2014 my husband I decided every year we would put all negative things in a jar, all positive things in a jar, and all motivational quotes in a jar - on New Years eve we would read all the negative that happened to us that year and set it aflame - in a way of letting go of all the bad that happened - a way to cope and move forward and a way to close the chapter. All the positive things - we would then read and place in a zip lock bag and hold on to it. Later in life we shall look back on all the blessings we've had.
• Go to a midnight premiere. I remember this fondly, I was in college - we went to see the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe - it was the first time I'd ever been out to the movies so late.
• Marry my boyfriend/best friend. On July 2013 I was blessed enough to marry my best friend. This was my fairy tale moment - maybe nothing that movies are written about but it was my moment - our moment.

• Another moment and a proud moment was being a co-maid of honor in one of my best friends wedding on October of 2015.
  
• Visit Niagara Falls - I've been twice - once in 1999 with my grandmother and once in 2004 with some friends from college - both times I've loved it and cannot wait another return. (first picture in 1999 the second picture 2004)

• To be an extra in a movie -  now this may shock some but I was an extra in a movie titled "She's out of my League" It was a fun time on set with a few of my friends - worked two days and got a decent paycheck - not something I would enjoy to do for a life time though. 

• See a Broadway musical - I was lucky enough to go see Chicago in NYC on my 21st birthday - I had a fantastic time and a wonderful birthday. Cannot wait to go back.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Make a tie dye t-shirt - now this seems trivial but I loved tie dye since I was in high school - I wasn't really able to do something like this when I was younger because at the time it didn't seem like it was readily available so I got to tie dye my first shirt when I was in college. Had a fun time doing it too since it was a school function.
• Cuddle under the stars - I didn't get to do this until this past summer - it was a great moment by a bonfire with my husband. Another small moment in life that has made it onto my completed bucket list.
• Read every C.S. Lewis Novel. I completed his works and loved every moment of it, I hope to return back to those books here soon.
• Be a Godmother - about 5 years ago I was blessed by one of my dear friends having a baby boy and naming me his Godmother. I have a small child who looks up to me out there, such a blessing that this little one knows he can turn to me for anything and everything.
• Climb the Pinnacles in Kentucky - 4,000 ft hike but oh the view from the top was absolutely amazing - and I was amazed at myself for doing such an activity. I hope to visit those hill tops again someday.  I wish I could find the pictures of that view - but I don't know what happened to them.
• Visit New York City on my 21st Birthday - what a whirlwind weekend trip that was - I cannot wait to go back!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

This was my COMPLETED Bucket list so far - I'm 32 years old - and I haven't even scraped the surface of my dreams in this world yet. But it's only a matter of time before I begin to reach more and fully live the life I can only imagine.

 

Now let us look a head  - to my future - I dare to dream of the things this life holds. My outcome belongs to me and no one else - because only I can do these things and make them possible because until then they're only dreams.

So these are the dreams I dare to dream:

 

1. Become a millionaire
2. Learn sign language
3. Get tickets to the Ellen show
4. Walk the Great Wall of China
5. Visit Haiku Stairs in Oahu Hawaii
6. Visit Stonehenge
7. Visit Yellowstone Park
8. Ice Skate in Central Park
9. See Heaven's Trail in Ireland
10. Visit the Sistine Chapel
11. Watch the sunset in Santorini Greece
12. Name a Star
13. Catch a dandelion on fire  (apparently they burn all different colors)
14. Attend Comic-Con in costume
15. Watch the Olympics in person
16. Visit Hawaii
17. Become an Aunt one day
18. Jump on a water trampoline
19. Fly in a private jet
20. Have a paint war
21. Read the entire Bible
22. Walk Jesus's last mile (my dad did this)
23. Visit every major U.S. Landmark
24. Donate my hair to Cancer Patients
25. Go on a no budget shopping spree
26. Learn archery
27. Visit the seven wonders of the world (old and new)
28. Visit all 50 States (so far I've been to Wisconsin, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, California, Georgia, New York, Kentucky)
29. Visit a castle
30. Participate in a Color Run
31. Go to a drive in movie
32. Watch the ball drop in Times Square
33. Go to Disney World (I've been to Disneyland when I was younger)
34. Go on a girls only vacation
35. Rent a beach house for the entire summer
36. Float in the Dead Sea
37. Go to a Masquerade Ball
38. Visit the 9/11 Memorial
39. Ride in a limo
40. Get a small tattoo
41. Experience zero gravity
42. Throw a coin and make a wish in Trevi Fountain in Italy
43. Make a call from a London phone booth
44. Pay a strangers restaurant bill
45. Eat in an underwater restaurant
46. Travel first class
47. Go Zorbing
48. take a photo everyday for a year
49. Watch baby turtles go into the ocean
50. Swim with the Dolphins
51. Design my dream home
52. Let go of a floating lantern in Thailand
53. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
54. Get front row tickets to a concert
55. Stay in an overwater bungalow
56. Add a lock to the love lock bridge in Paris
57. Actually do the things on my Bucket List
58. Win the Lottery
59. Slid into the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily Italy
60. Go on a hot air balloon ride
61. See the Northern Lights
62. Get a photo/ article published in a magazine
63. Do more of what makes me happy
64. Ride in the London Eye
65. See a Panda
66. Swim at night
67. Visit the Titanic in a submarine
68. Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
69. Personally thank a 9/11 Firefighter
70. Get head slapped by Gibbs (this is just a funny one that will never happen)
71. Fly in a plane over the 4th of July fireworks
72. Paragliding
73. Have children
74. Go on the Sky Deck in Chicago
75. Strike gold in South Dakota Black Hills
76. Find my life's passions
77. Grow old with someone I love
78. Read all of the Harry Potter Books
79. Read every New York Best-Seller Novels
80. Learn to play guitar
81. Make a jar of lucky stars
82. Own a Victorian home
83. Have someone make me breakfast in bed
84. Have a Birthday party in Las Vegas
85. Party on a New York rooftop
86. Say a prayer in the Vatican
87. Get a henna tattoo
88. Visit Glass Beach
89. Own a log cabin by a river / lake
90. Visit the Mall of America
91. Have my dream wine cellar
92. Watch my children get married
93. Save $15,000
94. Drink wine in Italy
95. Change someone's life
96. Stomp in a bucket of grapes to make wine
97. Go canoeing
98. Visit Cancun underwater museum in Mexico
99. Visit the Library of Congress
100. Take up Yoga and stick to it
101. Have a song dedicated to me
102. Find a four leaf clover
103. Go on a cruise
104. Drive the Infinity Bridge in England
105. Stand under the Hollywood Sign
106. Visit Cinque Terre
107. Solve a Rubik's Cube
108. Write on the Before I Die Wall in New Orleans
109. Overcome my fear of spiders
110. Get a tattoo
111. Have a secret room in my house behind a bookshelf
112. Be part of a flash mob
113. Make my best friends dreams come true
114. See the Redwood Forest
115. Swim in an Ancient Pool
116. Stay at the Burj Al Arab
117. Have a romantic night picnic
118. Throw a dart at a map of the world and travel to that place
119. Swim with the sea lions in Mexico
120. Ride an Elephant in India
121. Adopt a puppy
122. Go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
123. Visit the Doctor Who Experience
124. Travel in a T.A.R.D.I.S
125. Meet the Doctor
126. Swim with the Dolphins
127. Get an infinity tattoo
128. Visit Multnomah Falls in Oregon
129. Tie messages to balloons and let them go
130. Eat pasta in Italy
131. Eat pizza in Italy
132. Pilot and airplane
133. Go to a spa
134. Complete an entire book of Sudoku Puzzles
135. Own a Mocking Jay Pin
136. Be Fearless
137. Visit each Beach in the world
138. Achieve all my life goals
139. Live in London
140. Take a cheesy picture with the Leaning Tower of Pisa
141. Visit Abby Road and recreate the Beatles Cover
142. Spend the night in an aquarium
143. Get into a water ball
144. Finish a bottle of nail polish
145. Stay in Cinderella's Suite at Walt Disney World
146. Learn to play the piano
147. Visit Tuscany Italy
148. Let go of 100 balloons at one time
149. Have a marriage more beautiful than my wedding
150. Work at a haunted house
151. Live to be 100
152. Put a piece of gum on the gum wall in Seattle
153. Shower under a waterfall
154. See the Roman Coliseum
155. Go on a stargazing date
156. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
157. Ride in a Gondola in Venice
158. Buy a bus and replace all the seats with beds and travel the country with a group of friends.
159. Meet the Dalai Lama
160. Run the Nikes Woman's Marathon  ( you get a Tiffany bracelet handed to you by NYC Firemen in tuxedo's at the end)
161. Dress up or a Renaissance Fair
162. Watch every movie in my collection.
163. Walk through a Star Gate

 

Now you're probably thinking what in the world! But this is life long goals! I dare to dream them!

 

See you soon! Don't let this world just pass you by! Get out there and make something of yourself in experience and joy. 

“When you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all… Grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid, and that’s it. But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It’s so much darker. And so much madder. And so much better.”
— Elton Pope, Season 2, Episode 10. (Doctor Who)