Bucket List

01. Take pictures of things/events as I cross them off the list.

02. Consistently work out every day for a month. (0/30)

03. Attend a Dallas Cowboys home game.

04. Get married.
05.20.2011  

05. Become a mother.
02.20.2012: Meet Miss Presley Rose
06.30.2014: Meet Miss Molly Lou 
10.06.2016: Meet Mister Crosby Thomas

06. Celebrate New Years in Times Square.

07. See a Broadway in New York.

08. Donate my hair.

09. Put away $10 for each completed item. (4/49)

10. Give Blood 5 times. (1/5)
06.25.2011 Annual Marissa Merideth blood drive.

11. Visit ten new zoos. (5/10)
St. Louis Zoo: Spring 2007, Peoria Zoo: June 2009, Milwaukee Zoo: June 2010, Chattanooga Zoo: Christmas 2010, Nashville Zoo: Christmas 2010

12. Go on a cruise!

13. Wear false eye lashes without looking stupid.

14. Graduate college with Bachelor's Degree.
07.27.2012 FINALLY graduated!

15. Have a bachelorette party and go crazy!
04.20.2011 in Tunica, MS - thank you in-laws!!!

16. Buy a house and make it our home.
03.28.2014 Closed on our house - now to check off the second part!

17. Purchase a brand spankin' new car.
10.13.2012 We are proud owners of a 2013 Honda Fit!

18. Upgrade to a king bed.
03.30.2014 Purchased our new bed set!

19. Join a couple's bible study with my husband.

20. Go without pop for a month - for no one else other than myself. (0/30)

21. Complete a 5k without stopping!

22. Get involved in advocating human rights.

23. Unplug for an entire weekend for no reason.

24. Adopt a dog/save a life.

25. Read Malcom X's autobiography.

26. Go back to school for an additional degree.

27. Get a big girl job and put my degree to use.

28. Leave the US and fully experience another culture, no matter what length of time.

29. Create my own recipe.

30. Have fondue for dinner at home.
January 2020: FINALLY put our fondue pot to good use and had some cheese fondue with bread and various vegetables. Cleaned all the pieces and then donated it. I wanted that fondue pot SO badly when we got married and we got it as a gift. Held onto it for 8.5 years and used it once. 

31. Go to five unassuming local restaurants that look cool. (3/5)
08.26.2011: Smokey's Country Diner in East Moline, IL
02.13.2016: Fuel Cafe in Memphis, TN
2017: Las Palmitas in Bartlett, TN

32. Go to a work out class.  
became OBSESSED with Zumba in preparation for the wedding.

33. Dress up in a couple's costume for Halloween with Tony.
10.29.2011: Juno & Bleeker

34. Cook our own Thanksgiving feast and host Slapsgiving at our house.

35. Go back to Anna Maria Island with Tony.

36. Reenact famous kissing sailor picture.

37. Start an annual "sisters weekend getaway" with Amanda & Ashley.

38. Plant a flower & veggie garden.

39. Participate in a flash mob.

40. GO TO A TAPING OF THE ELLEN SHOW!!!!

41. Collect postcards from the all over the world -  places friends/family visit or that we visit ourselves!

42. Make it to an Olympic event!

43. Go on a romantic second honeymoon with the love of my life.

44. Visit another Disney park other than WDW! Visit all 6 Disney Parks.
Disneyland Resort -- Anaheim, California
Walt Disney World Resort -- Orlando, Florida
Tokyo Disney Resort -- Tokyo, Japan
Disneyland Paris -- Paris, France
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort -- Hong Kong, China
Shanghai Disney Resort -- Shanghai, China

45. Run a Disney race!

46. Do something crazy, spontaneous, and romantic with my husband AT LEAST once a year.

47. Write and publish my own book series.

48. See the United States, one State at a time. Layovers & driving through do not count... must experience the State! (13/50)

Pink: Have lived
Blue: Currently living
Green: Have visited

49. Work at a zoo! 
July 2013-November 2013: Niabi Zoo Receptionist (included conducting the Giraffe Encounter!!!) 

50. Get to Paris! 

Visit the Champs-Elysees & Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, mass at Notre Dame, Disneyland Paris, see some castles, and do French things.

51. Go see one of the BIG Dave Matthews Band shows.

52. Work for Disney.