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Six Years Later: Stacie’s Bucket List

Stacie Brown McCullough

It’s been about six years since I wrote my bucket list, and I’d like to share my progress (and lack thereof).

I’ve simply copied it from a previous post below, with notes and additions in whatever color this and this is. (Clearly, they are not simply “red” and “orange,” but I do not know their precise terms.)

Stacie’s Wanna-Do-Before-I-Die list:

  1. Marry my “baby daddy.” ← (That’s for you, mom. Ha Ha.) P.S. He’s much more than that. Done.
  2. Get manuscript published (I have to finish it first.).
  3. Have another baby. Yep.
  4. Make a living as a writer.
  5. Build my stockpile. Slowly but surely.
  6. Build a basement/storeroom.
  7. Visit all 50 states. (21 31 of 50, if you count just driving through.)
  8. Go RV’ing and see as many U.S. historical markers as I can find.
  9. Go snorkeling.
  10. Go on a cruise.
  11. Visit the Caribbean.
  12. Go whitewater rafting.
  13. See the Grand Canyon.
  14. See Niagara Falls.
  15. Visit Yellowstone. Honeymoon.
  16. Build a hope chest.
  17. Learn how to sew. Sew done.
  18. Make a quilt.
  19. Learn how to can. Totes.
  20. Grow a garden. Yeah buddy.
  21. Can my own food. You know it.
  22. Ride in a helicopter.
  23. Research genealogy as far back as the 1500’s for at least one branch of the loony tree. (I say that with love.)
  24. Meet my biological father. (maybe)
  25. Meet any other relatives on his side of family (possible half-siblings or aunts/uncles/grandparents?).
  26. Get sufficient medical history if not meeting them.
  27. Get a horse, some chickens, a couple of cows, and maybe a cat (We already have two dogs one dog and two goats.). Cats–plural.
  28. Go gambling. Doneskees!
  29. Float the river (any river) again. Yup.
  30. Go parasailing.
  31. See the bluest, clearest water in the world (Any ideas on this? Caribbean maybe?).
  32. Go to Australia (For my Pappaw, because he didn’t get to.).
  33. Save my grandparents’ homestead from ruin. *Sigh* I think so far, so good. Things are looking up. Changes are good sometimes.
  34. Visit Mayan ruins.
  35. Go spelunking.
  36. Go rock climbing.
  37. Run naked in the rain.
  38. Go hang gliding.
  39. Ride a jet ski.
  40. Visit Africa.
  41. Have my own home office. Got it.
  42. Successfully quit smoking. D-U-N, done!
  43. Complete Associate degree. Done-skee.
  44. Get Bachelor’s degree.
  45. Visit the National Archives in Washington, DC.
  46. See the Golden Gate Bridge.
  47. Tour the White House.
  48. Visit the Library of Congress.
  49. Visit the George Bush Library.
  50. Attend a NASCAR race.
  51. Learn Spanish. Trabajo en progreso.
  52. Visit Italy.
  53. Visit Greece.
  54. Visit Ireland.
  55. See my kids graduate college, get married, and have babies of their own (if they want to).
  56. Get Master’s degree.

Perhaps not too shabby after all.

What about you? Leave a comment or link to your own bucket list below.

Published by Stacie Brown McCullough

Stacie Brown McCullough is a writer, multipotentialite, and gifted/2e advocate. Former secular homeschooling mom of two gifted/2e kids, Stacie has returned to academia to study psychology and English. She has served as GHF® Periodicals Board Director, Managing Editor of The GHF® Dialogue and The GHF® Journey, and GHF® Writing Team manager. She writes for GHF® and has published multiple award-winning essays and articles appearing in college textbooks and instructor manuals by Bedford’s/St. Martin’s and Cengage Learning, marketing campaigns, and personal blogs. In addition to her writing pursuits, Stacie has founded a trio of startups, including MMc Metal Designs, LLC and a pair of gifted startups: The Secular Gifted Network (donated to GHF® where it was rebranded and reimagined as The GHF® Forum) and SECTX Homeschool.

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