Sand Pail List [Updated August 04, 2018]

Since I couldn't come up with things to fill an entire bucket...

1. meet Amy
2. meet Melissa
3. run a 5k
4. do multiple wide-grip pull ups
5. dead lift twice my body weight
6. squat 1.5 times my body weight
7. get a tattoo
8. finish The Dark Tower series
9. buy a Kindle
10. own a VW Beetle
11. super secret list entry
12. organize my massive recipe collection (I actually lost it all)
13. see the northern lights
14. watch a NASCAR race at Talladega, Atlanta & Daytona (and the Brisol night race)
15. play "The Entertainer" on the keyboard
16. inspire someone to do something good Melissa insists that I mark this one off. I disagree that I was all that inspiring, but thank you <3
17. read all of Anne Rice's books (I've only read 4 so far)
18. dance in the rain
19. have sex on a boat
20. speak in front of a very large crowd
21. meet a celebrity
22. see Cirque du Soleil
23. become a Turbo Kick instructor
24. cook with tofu
25. try eggplant again, and like it
26. complete NaNoWriMo
27. complete Script Frenzy
28. run an entire 8k - I've completed one, but not running the whole thing
29. meet Chalene Johnson
30. be debt free
31. own a business
32. give up artificial sweeteners
33. complete a triathlon 
34. complete a half-marathon
35. complete a marathon 
36. participate in multiple obstacle course races (Spartan Sprint 3/10/12, Storm The Beach 4/21/12)
37. drive up the Pacific coast
38. see a space vehicle launch or land
39. observe the International Space Station though binoculars or telescope
40. complete the 300 workout
41. see a show in Vegas
42. see a show on Broadway
43. learn the Thriller dance
44. learn the Single Ladies dance, specifically this version
45. attend a science lecture
46. finish my doctorate - or start & complete a different one
47. hike the Appalachian trail (thanks, Amanda)
48. ride in a hot air balloon
49. attend a state fair
50. go ziplining
51. complete a century ride
52. climb the Washington Monument
53. hunt my own dinner
54. not finish last on the Saturday Fitness Beatdown
55. participate in a Flash Mob (the fun kind, not the violent kind)
56. be president an organization/board
57. enter the Crossfit Games
58. be serenaded by someone who can actually sing (Bitchy, I know, but that dying moose thing my [ex]husband does is not singing!)
59. go zorbing
60. host a haunted house/Halloween party
61. Zumba
62. ride in a helicopter
63. try the Duggar Family Tater Tot Casserole recipe
64. intentionally left private - sorry :p [Hahaha, now I can't remember what this was]
65. get through Titanic without crying
66. kiss a girl
67. learn to crochet
68. learn to knit
69. learn to play the cello
70. learn to weave
71. play Nearer My God To Thee on the violin & the cello
72. make Ben Starr's Pumpkin Carrot Cake
73. drive in a demolition derby
74. see Shinedown in concert with Cat or Shelly
75. learn to ride a motorcycle
76. ask a guy on a date (I have never asked a guy out - I'm too chicken shit)
77. get in back shape and maintain for a minimum of 2 years
78. join a roller derby league
79. have a paper/story/article published
80. do a handstand push up 
81. build a computer from parts
82. be in a parade (I did this on St. Patrick's Day, 2013. I was a zombie.)
83. complete Crossfit Fran
84. do Jessica's Dark Horse exercise routine
85. slide into home base
86. do donuts in an empty parking lot

15 Albums That Rocked My World

I found this on Babycenter - here are the rules. Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you've heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Should be Albums that you can play through all the way with no skipping or few skips.

1. Hysteria - Def Leppard
2. Skid Row - Skid Row
3. The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
4. This Is War - 30 Seconds To Mars
5. Dark Horse - Nickelback
6. Thriller - Michael Jackson (or Bad, I can't make up my mind!!)
7. Greatest Hits Volume 2 - Olivia Newton-John
8. Measure Of A Man - Clay Aiken
9. Titanic & Back To Titanic (Soundtracks) - James Horner
10. Greatest Hits Volume 2 - Styx
11. Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich - Warrant
12. Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
13. Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz - Pretty Boy Floyd
14. Greatest Hits - Chicago
15. Jesus Christ Superstar

On All Fours

I found this survey on Cardio Pizza, one of the blogs I read.



Four Jobs I’ve Had

• McDonald's schmuck (loved closing with Eric and working weekend maintenance)
• substitute lunch lady (now permanent!)
• Upward Bound tutor & coordinator (best job ever)
• High Risk Intervention mentor (glorified one-on-one babysitter for behaviorally-challenged kids)

Four Places I’ve Lived

• Fredonia, NY
• Dunkirk, NY
• Corolla, NC 
• Kill Devil Hills, NC

Four TV Shows I Love

• The X Files
• Dexter
• Queer As Folk
• ER

Four Places I’ve Traveled To

• Bahamas
• Toronto
• Minneapolis
• I suck so much, I can't even think of a 4th place

Four of My Favorite Foods

• Pizza
• Mint chocolate chip ice cream
• M&Ms
• General Tso's chicken

Four Places I’d Rather Be

• Area 51
• On a boat
• High school (SAY WHAT?? Yes, I would love to start over.)
• At the gym (I skipped cardio this morning and feel like a slug.)

Four Blogs I Visit (I don't actually visit blogs anymore, unless I am checking them out for the first time. Google Reader is a handy thing to use!)

• FITBOMB - Home Fitness For Shut Ins (and Still a Stupid P90X Blog)
• This Is Photobomb - Because you never know what/who is lurking!
• Lunches Fit For A Kid - My new favorite blog!!! It makes those of us too stupid or lazy to do real bento lunches feel better!
• Peas and Thank You - I have been following this blog for a little over a year, back when Mama Pea was still slumming it on Blogger or Wordpress or whatever it was she used. 

17 Questions

Okay, so these questions were originally asked of Alex Meraz 

 by Seventeen Magazine, but I'm bored and trying to stay out of the drama.


How old were you when you had your first kiss?
I don't remember - 13 maybe? It was shortly after I started high school.

Who is your celebrity crush?
Who is NOT my celebrity crush??? Gun to my head choice right now, Chaske Spencer (Sam, of the Twilight wolf pack - hubba hubba!!!)

What's the girl fashion trend that confuses the heck out of you?
All fashion confuses me. Big sunglasses are just plain weird. 

What's the chick flick you secretly love?
Showgirls. Oh wait, that's a flick with hot chicks. I love that movie though. And I love that Sam loves that movie. Then I don't feel weird about watching it. 

What's your TV guilty pleasure?
Anything with Gordon Ramsay or vampires.

Who would play you in the movie version of your life?
Jane Lynch!

What's your dream job?
Designing online education or opening up a healthful food restaurant.

If you could trade places with anyone in the world for one day, who would it be?
"Melanie White" so I could remove the stick from her ass.

Who in your family are you closest to?
I'm equally close to most of them. I wish one of my sisters would stop being so stubborn and let the rest of us into her life. Despite what she says, I am not the bad guy!

What's your favorite Web site?
Facebook

What's the fast food you can't live without?
I can honestly say that I can live without fast food, but I do love me a Whopper!

What's your worst habit?
Spending too much time online.

What's the last song you listened to on your iPod?
New Divide by Linkin Park, at Sebastian's request. He loves it because it's from one of the Transformers movies.

What's the last thing you bought?
Milk, brown rice, Polish kielbasa, and 8 2-liters of diet pop. I spent $13.64.

What did you dream about last night?
I have a recurring dream where not only do I not get the permanent position at the school cafeteria, but I don't even get to be a substitute lunch lady anymore!!!

How much money is in your wallet right now?
$10 and some change

Fill in the blank: When I was 17, I was ________.
about to start making all the wrong decisions