So a few days ago, I noticed that my Bucket List (list of things I want to do before I kick the bucket/ cash in my chips/ sail down the river of no return) was missing from its usual spot in my blog sidebar. I don't cross things off my list every day, but the list is always in the back of my mind. It's a motivation to go out and live life-- to have the courage to do things you've always wanted to do. That's why I was so sad to discover that it was deleted from my sidebar. Maybe Blogger did it, but more likely I accidentally deleted it without realizing it at the time.

You can imagine my delight when I rediscovered a copy of my Bucket List on my Wordpress blog. [ Side note: For those of you who may not know, remember, or even care... I set up another blog on Wordpress because I was doing a blogging for a professor of mine over the summer on Wordpress and it just looked cooler. I tried switching over to Wordpress, but ultimately abandoned the idea. Blogger is much simpler and suitable to my needs.]

Anyhoo... I'm putting my Bucket List back up and, in honor of its homecoming, I'm adding a few things. Here are my top ten new to-do's:

• Learn French
• Live in a beach house
• Open a free school in the Philippines for children who otherwise cannot afford education
• Send my parents on an all-expenses paid dream vacation
• Get published in The National Geographic
• Be an audience member of the Ellen Show
• Make a stained-glass window
• Visit all 50 United States
• Ride the funicular train up Mount Stanserhorn in Switzerland
• Spend St. Patrick's Day in Dublin