Bucket list 2013

The last time I blogged was March 2011. I think it's time for a new one All the blame goes to Kristen Ruiz, and I thank her for that!

Now, people do these blog thingys for different reasons, some use it as an out for stress, some it is a way of communication, usually its an online journal you don't mind sharing with the world. If you know me at all, you will already know how strange and random my blog is going to be. 

Right now I dedicate myself to posting once a week.

So today's thought. 

My bucket list. 

I think everyone has a bucket list, whether they are conscious of it or not. You've said to yourself, if even in a fleeting thought: "I wanna do ___ someday.", "I wanna go to ___ someday." I believe these things are all a part of our subconscious bucket list. 
The experiences we have had and the people we have known all make up who we are, so why wouldn't the experiences we WANT to have and the people we WANT to meet make up a part of us also. 
A great example of this, and probably the simplest. 
Chris and I had been watching "Scam City." It a very eye opening program about a gentleman that revels scams in cities throughout the world. Upon watching a certain episode discussing a city in India (I can't remember which) I turned to Chris and said, "I'm not sure I want to go to India anymore." He was never interested in going to India, as for myself, I wanted for a long time to travel anywhere and everywhere. The type of city was not interesting to him, the busy streets and seemingly lower standard of living (I have never been there I can't say for sure) was not a place he wanted to spend money to go and see. I looked at it as an opportunity to discover more culture in my life. This idea had changed after the representation on this program. 

Back to the bucket list.... Chris wants to bike around Canada, I have never been overly excited about anything that seems like work, so it's not really on my bucket list, even though I would do it with him if he wanted me to. 
This is what I mean by the things we WANT to do, make us as much who we are by the things we HAVE done.

Buckets lists are a journal of the future. So here is the beginning of mine.

1. Have kids. 
Seems simple right? Well, for most families it is,but I personally know a few families that it has not been easy for. As for myself I am a Type 1 diabetic, which means I need to be at certain stage in health before I can even THINK about having children safely, for both myself and my children. My blood sugars have been a constant battle since I was diagnosed 10 years ago. It is a daily struggle to keep my sugars in range and alot of days it is not easy. I manage, but there is constant room for improvement.

2. Be a better snowboarder.

 This seems silly, but snowboarding seems to be the only "sport" I can get overly excited about (if you don't include guns). I appreciate that Chris convinces me to try new things, because this was one of them. The first time I went, I was unsure, not knowing what to expect, I was terrible and wanted to do it again. Last time I went, I made a complete idiot out of myself and came home with two VERY sore knees and a leg that looked like one giant bruise. Yet, even with all that, I promised myself I would go again. Why, you ask? I have no idea. This tells me that I enjoy it enough, even though I looked like a total moron (no one was looking at me anyways) and I still can't kneel on a hard surface, that I LIKED it. I think a huge part of this for me personally is that I have never done anything like it before, and I feel like I find the only brave bone in my body when I do it.
My mother doesn't know it, but she ruined my life. I hesitate to do things like this, because the first thing I hear is her voice in my head "you're gonna break something" "do you have health insurance" "it's a good thing your husband is a medic". Even if they are all jokes, she used to say things like that alot when I was a kid. I love my mom, but there is a time in my head when she needs to shut up. Like now, sitting at the top of this very small hill covered in snow. I'm not going to break anything, my husband is on the other hill, and I'm a big girl.
Maybe I'm a sucker for pain.

3. Stop taking things for granted

This is a very general goal, but it still applies. We live with my in-laws. Which is not horrible at all like everyone automatically assumes. I love them, we have interesting days, but I love them alot. My mother in law especially puts up with a lot from me and my husband. We would be the worst roommates ever if we lived with strangers. I can't speak for Chris but I know I take for granted that she keeps the main house very clean, considering she picks up after 3 people, she cooks, which we will come back to later, and she does the dishes. That last one pertains the most because she does ALL of the dishes. I love her, and I wish I was a bit less lazy so I could take pride in being a good room mate. 

4. COOK MORE

I capitalized this one because I love to cook and bake. I would spend whole weekends cooking if I had the house to myself. I need to do this more, because I want to both get better at it, and do it more often. Usually I don't get home from work until 6 in the evening, which makes for a long freaking day. By then, I'm starving and I want food now, not in half an hour to fourty-five minutes that I have to cook myself. I am not sure how to improve upon this other then some make ahead meals.... 

4a. pre-cooking more
I need to learn to cook meals ahead of time. Making it easier for both me and my mother in law. Anybody with any good casserole recipes let me know!!! 

 5. learn Spanish

I have always wanted to learn a new language, and since I am pretty set on retiring in Mexico, why not Spanish?! I have ordered the Rosetta Stone program which probably won't come until after we get back from Mexico (Feb 2-9) but I am really excited to get started. It's going to be more fun and special because Chris has (hesitantly) agreed to learn with me. 


So those are the start of my bucket list. 
Boring and simple, but so am I most of the time. I am excited to start this year looking at these goals (maybe not #1 quite yet).