Hut’s Bucket List

This list is a combination of many prior lists. It is continually updated as I complete items, add new ones, or modify existing ones. Generally, I try to include the date added (“DA”) and if complete, the date completed (“DC”).

Blue = Active Black = Complete Red = Abandoned

1. Become Parents (DA 2/9/1996) (DC 7/30/2000)
2. Buy or Build our Dream House (DA 2/9/1996) (DC 11/29/2002) (Note: probably didn’t realize that our current house was our dream house until much later – the community and our kids’ friends make it THE ONE)
3. Own a dog (DA 2/9/1996) (DC March 1996) (Note: “own” a dog, in hindsight, was such an incomplete term. Boulder was such an important part of our family, the best dog I have known, and he is missed by the whole family).
4. Pass the Bar (DA 2/9/1996) (DC October 1996)
5. Tour Europe and England (DA 2/9/1996)
6. Buy a sailboat and sail around the Caribbean (DA 2/9/1996)
7. Learn to play guitar well (DA 2/19/1996)
8. Buy a Chevy Sport Utility Vehicle (Blazer/Tahoe) (DA 2/9/1996) (DC 1998) (Date Regretted “DR” 1999)
9. Stand atop Half Dome in Yosemite National Park (DA 2/9/1996 – but dates back to a missed trip in 1987). Modified to Camp in Yosemite National Park with Zac and Zoe (Date Modified “DM” 6/17/2011).
10. Break 75 on a real golf course (DA 2/9/1996) (DC – can’t remember – it was Kennedy Golf Course – during a Kennedy Men’s Club Tournament in the early 2000′s – next time I’ll keep the card!)
11. Break 75 on a real golf course AGAIN (DA 6/18/2011)
12. Shoot a hole-in-one on a regulation course (DA 6/18/2011)
13. Walk Zoe down the aisle (DA 4/2/2003)
14. Teach Zac how to drive (DA 6/17/2011)
15. See the Grand Canyon with Zac and Zoe (6/17/2011)
16. Golf 18 holes with Dad and Zac (DA 6/17/2011)
17. Retire with confidence (6/17/2011)
18. Create a Blog (DA 5/24/2011) (DC 6/15/2011)
19. Play Pebble Beach (DA 2/9/1996)
20. Take our family to Disney World (DA 2/9/1996) (DC ????)
21. Take our family to Disney World again now that they are older but before they are teens (DA 6/18/2011)
22. Go to Hawaii (DA 2/9/1996) (DC May 2001)
23. Become a pilot (DA 2/9/1996) (Date Chickened Out “DCO” – 4/02/2003)
24. Visit Joshua Tree (DA 2/9/1996)
25. Visit China (see Great Wall) (DA 2/9/1996)
26. Ski slopes of the Western US with Denise (DA 2/9/1996) (DC December 1997) (Note: skiing with our children is even more of a joy, but this item was added long before they came along).
27. Earn a black belt (DA 2/9/1996)
28. See the Pyramids in Egypt (DA 2/9/1996)
29. Be fit at forty and hopefully fifty (DA 2/9/1996) (DC – Part 1 – 12/1/2009) (Note: I am going to give myself a check mark on this one because I completed a marathon in October of 2009, but I still have a goal of being much more fit than I was even at that time)
30. Take a (photo) Safari in Africa (DA 2/9/1996)
31. Maintain a blog for at least one year (DA 6/18/2011)
32. Visit every state in the US with Denise (2/9/1996)
33. Earn over $100,000 in a year (DA 2/9/1996) (DC ?????) (Note: this one seems so much less important at 41 than it did at 26)
34. Win the lottery (DA 2/9/1996) (Note: not sure a bucket list should include, but I think it is fun to have on here so I kept it)
35. Take a trip with both our families at once (DA 2/9/1996)
36. Go fly fishing in Montana (or somewhere just as nice) (DA 2/9/1996)
37. Go on a Cruise (DA 2/9/1996) (DC September 2006)
38. Go Whitewater Rafting (DA 2/9/1996) (DC August 1996)
39. Live in the West (DA 2/9/1996) (DC April 1997)
40. Go to Mardi-Gras in New Orleans (DA 2/9/1996)
41. Stay in touch with old friends (DA 2/9/1996)
42. See the Olympics in person (DA 2/9/1996)
43. Have our own diet soda dispenser (DA 2/9/1996). In my wisdom I am now modifying to: Eliminate diet soda from my diet (DM 6/19/2011).
44. Hang out with a hero or idol like Jimmy Buffett (DA 2/9/1996)
45. Write and publish a book (DA 2/9/1996)
46. Play St. Andrews Golf Course (DA 2/9/1996)
47. Become a coach for a kids sports team (DA 2/9/1996)
48. Earn an MBA (DA 2/9/1996) (Note: not going to abandon this one just yet, but not sure I see the value in it that I once did)
49. Have an exercise room in our house – a cool one (DA 2/9/1996)
50. Ride in RAGBRAI (DA 2/9/1996)
51. Run a marathon with Denise (DA 2/9/1996)
52. Rehab a building or house (DA 2/9/1996)
53. See a baseball game in Fenway Park, Boston (DA 2/9/1996)
54. Go Hiking/Rock Climbing & Mountain Biking in the Rockies (DA 2/9/1996) (DC ongoing – one of my favorite things about living in Colorado)
61. Buy/build a hope chest (DA 2/9/1996)
62. Spend a weekend in Dells/Devil’s Head, Wisconsin (DA 2/9/1996)
63. Visit Italy (Rome and the Rest) (DA 2/9/1996)
64. Hang my own artwork because it is actually good (meaning get good first) (DA 2/9/1996)
65. Go Scuba Diving (DA 2/9/1996)
66. Visit Australia (DA 2/9/1996)
67. Take a Cross Country Train Ride (DA 2/9/1996)
68. Visit New Zealand (DA 6/19/2011)
70. Set foot on all 7 Continents (DA 6/19/2011)
71. Take Motor Home Trip through Southwest Colorado (DA 5/23/2011) (DC 7/22/11)
72. Play in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (DA 6/19/2011)
73. Drive my kids to college (DA 6/19/2011)
74. See Willie Nelson in concert before he dies (DA 6/19/2011)
75. Take my kids to a Jimmy Buffett concert (DA 6/19/2011)
76. Become Grandparents (DA 2/9/1996)
77. Visit Swiss Alps (ski?) (DA 2/9/1996)
78. Learn to Ride a Motorcycle & Own a Harley (DA 2/9/1996)
79. Own season tickets to our favorite home town team (DA 2/9/1996)
80. Visit Stonehenge (DA 7/10/11)
81. Ride in the Goodyear Blimp (DA 7/10/11)
82. See the Superbowl in person (DA 7/10/11)
83. Run a 5k race in under 30 minutes (DA 7/10/11)
84. Brew (and drink and enjoy) my own beer (DA 7/10/11)
85. Dog Sled in Alaska (DA 9/14/11)
86. Be on A Television Game Show (DA 9/14/11)