Day 10: Something You Wish You Were Better At

art.

All the artsy genes apparently went to my brother and sister, because I have none. My brother evewon scholarships for his drawings and paintings. I mean, I do "pretend"art- scrapbooking- but that is basically just putting putting pictures onto paper and making it look cool by adding ribbon, stickers, etc. I want some mad art skills like pottery, painting, drawing...I used to have my mom and brother draw the pictures on posters I made for school. Oh well, I work with preschoolers. Stick-figures are sufficient. :)

Day 9: Picture That Makes You LAUGH

enough said.

cassie, sonja, lindsey...being ourselves :)

we all "shared" lindsey's bowl of soup.

Grandparents' 50th anniversary! What better way to entertain ourselves on the ride in the limo down to Portland than making faces on the glass to the cars passing by?!

Halloween- Knocked up White Trash. Lindsey's expression especially cracks me up :)

Olympia convention...haha

i'm a part-time model...

Day 8: Picture of Someone Who Inspires You

my

Erica and her beautiful family- Matt, Lexis, and BrookLynn

Seahawks game 2010

BFFs- Hanging with the neighborhood kids :)

She's been through a lot and has produced such BEAUTY! If I can accomplish what she's accomplished by the time I'm 28 [2 years], it will be a miracle. I hope I can go through experiences and life with such grace. 

I ♥ YOU!! 

my never ending bucket list...

My last post inspired me to update my bucket list...it's never ending and always changing. But here is the current list. The ones in bold I've already accomplished :) 

1.       Swim with the dolphins

2.       Climb a mountain

3.       Test drive a Ferrari

4.       See the Great Pyramids

5.       Walk the Great Wall of China

6.       Hold a tarantula (High school biology, 2003)

7.       Say “I love you” and mean it (2010)

8.       Hug a tree

9.       Bungee jump (San Diego Fair, 2011)

10.   Stay up all night and watch the sun rise

11.   Go to an NBA (Portland Trailblazers), NFL (Chargers, Seahawks), NHL (Canucks), and MLB (Mariners) game...and now an MLS game :)

12.   Touch an iceberg

13.   Sleep under the stars

14.   Ride in a hot-air balloon

15.   Have a food fight

16.   See an eclipse

17.   Ride on a roller coaster

18.   Dance like no one is watching

19.   Sing like no one is listening

20.   Pretend I have an accent of some sort when I meet new people

21.   Visit all 50 states

22.   Go whale watching (Hawaii, 2010)

23.   Sing karaoke

24.   Parasail

25.   Go hang-gliding

26.   Backpack around Europe

27.   Live abroad for at least a year

28.   Visit a third-world country and experience life without conveniences

29.   Walk up to the top of the statue of liberty

30.   Ride a camel in Egypt

31.   Zipline in costa rica

32.   Go on a cruise

33.   Receive a dozen roses [I’m not even particularly fond of roses…it just seems like something I should experience]

34.   Run a marathon…or at least a 5k J

35. Mush a dog sled

36.   Visit a country I don’t really want to visit all that badly [I went to Russia in 2005…next on my list is probably somewhere in the middle-east or Asia]

37.   TRAVEL TO INDONESIA!!! [I’ve wanted to do this since I was little…not really sure why. I think I just though the name sounded cool.]

38.   Take a road trip

39.   Go rock-climbing

40.  Midnight walk on the beach (Hawaii, 2009)

41.       Go sky-diving

42. Go snow skiing

43.       Go to a movie by myself

44.       Eat a meal with a stranger

45.       Milk a cow

46.       Lounge around the house all day

47.       Go scuba diving (Hawaii, 2010)

48.       Kiss in the rain

49.       Play mud football

50.   Go to a drive-in theater

51.   Take a self-defense class

52.   Go to Jamaica!! [I’ve also wanted to go here since I was a little kid.]

53.   Bake cookies from scratch

54.   Fast for at least 3 days

55.   Ride in a gondola in Venice

56.   Go white-water rafting [the kind where you need a guide…]

57.   Perform on stage

58.   Go to Las Vegas (2002)

59.   Record a cd [I really want to do one of hymns to give to my family]

60.   Go shark-cage diving

61.   Visit Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines…

62.   Buy a house and remodel it

63.   Become fluent in a 2^nd language

64.   Get unintentionally knocked-out

65.   Randomly move to a new city/state and start fresh (Honolulu, 2009)

66.   Sing loudly in the car with the windows down in rush hour traffic

67.   Shoot a shotgun (Pullman, 2006), rifle, and pistol

68.   Ride a horse

69.   Go to the Grand Canyon

70.   Have an all-inclusive resort experience in Mexico

71.   Learn to surf (Hawaii, 2009)

72.   Ride on the back of a motorcycle (2005)

73.   Learn to drive a motorcycle

74.   Become an expert at driving a stick-shift

75.   Go snowboarding (2005)
76. Road trip across the United States and end up at Harry Potter World :)

Day 7: Something You Want To Do Before You Die

I hope Lindsey doesn't mind that I'm featuring her delightfully attractive picture on my blog :) But it was just the best picture of sky-diving that I could find...

I WILL do this before I die...providing I die after August 2011. Because that's the plan, stan. Along with James, Kim, Sarah, Kyle, and Amanda! And Tim- if I can get him over himself and his refusal to do anything fun involving heights. [Well, HE doesn't see anything fun about jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, but I do.] I don't really see that happening though. His stubbornness can rival a terrible two-year old in the midst of a supermarket meltdown.

i can't wait until august!!!

Day 6: Picture of the Best Idea You've Had in a Dull Moment

Day 5: Your Biggest Weakness

 

 As you can see from the photo montage, I have

an incredible weakness for  all things sweet.

I'm the type of person who skimps on my dinner so I don't feel guilty about chowing down on dessert. 

Monica's homemade strawberry shortcake- YUM!

And I buy candy every time I'm at the store.

I mean, why not?

Pazookie! Half-baked
cookie dough with ice cream
plopped right on top :)

pineapple ice cream from
the dole plantation

I blame it on my dad. 

He has to stop at C & L Ice Cream every time he passes it. [Or even if he isn't anywhere near it, he has to stop at it, haha.]

And he always has candy in the cupboard.