Becki’s Bucket List

1) Ride a musical freestyle on Wunder, and dedicate it to Mom.

2) Take real one-on-one photography lessons.

3) Open my own bakery.

4) Go on a family vacation to Disney (when the girls are a little older!)

5) Publish a children’s book.

6) Visit Alaska

7) Go on a whale-watching cruise.

8 ) Finish a 5k under 28 minutes (this would be huge for me!)

9) Complete a half-marathon

10) Be DEBT FREE!

11) Saddle break my own horse.

12) Attend a live opera

13) See the Northern Lights (preferably on horseback – is that a lot to ask?)

14) Take swimming lessons.  Seriously.  I can keep my head above water, but I’d like to be more professional.

15) Teach my children to ride and hopefully love horses.  Shouldn’t be too hard.  Its in their blood for at least the past two generations. <3

16) Have a housekeeper (what? don’t judge me!)

17) Go snow skiing with Dave (we’ll make up for your lost trip, babe!)

18) Eat at a ridiculously fancy restaurant (The Ritz.  It was horribly awkward. We ain’t fancy folks!)

19) Ride a camel.

20) Visit each of the 50 United States.

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

21) Get a tattoo if/when I turn 60 (Hi, Mom!)

22) Visit my Mother’s childhood home.

23) Learn how to use a lawnmower, and then do so!

24) Learn to pull a horse trailer.

25) Visit Greece

26) See the Kentucky Derby in a frou frou dress and ridiculous hat!

27) Ride in a hot air balloon (eeek! But so dreamy!)

28) Learn to love my body as it is.  Weight, wrinkles and all.  I never understood why my Mom worried so much about these things, and I don’t want my kids to remember MY worries when they grow up!

29) Mom and I always planned to take a horseback riding vacation in another country.  That can’t be now…but maybe one day I can take my girls on one!

30) Ride through snow in a horse-drawn sleigh (jingle bells!)