The Bucket List - What Would Be On Your Wish List?

i would take vacations, shop until i drop

Beate - vacations where - be specific - and shop where with how much money - try to really visualize this. Thank you. Salud

that is a good movie. I would want to travel to places throughout the world!

That was a great movie. Hmmmm...what's on my list. Visit all the fascinating places. Egypt's pyramids and the birthplace of the Nile. Africa for it's wildlife...but that could be sad. Moscow. The Great Wall of China. Paris.
That's the selfish side, isn't it?
Maybe, on second thought, do something to help the world's forgotten children.

Ellie - I know you're already begun that quest as you've adopted children - Maybe start planning those trips now! Salud

I loved that movie! I have many things on my bucket list. There are many places I would like to travel, but I would love to see Greece, Tuscany and Venice. I would like to fly in a hot air baloon. Fly a plane. And so much more!

A great movie. To be able to play baseball once more with the quality that I was able to play it in my youth.

Are you planning to do that soon, Michael? Salud

Sue, start learning now - flying a plane takes a while - hot air balloon flights are fun - I've done it and it's amazing. I've been to Greece - all over the Islands and Athens too - beautiful and Venice as well - haven't made it to Tuscany but it's not on my list!! I would like to sing the National Athem somewhere but I need to learn to sing first - lol...oh good ole reality sets in! Salud

Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson were excellent in The Bucket List.

I would spend more time playing the piano. I just love playing the piano.

The only thing I think is to continue finding places I can reach out to others and ways I can help. The only other thing I want in my life is a soulmate, and you can't force that to happen.

and I wouldn't want to put somebody through falling in love knowning you are going to lose them that soon.

If you're sick enough to die in 6 months, you probably don't have the energy to do much! However, I would really lilke to take my niece and goddaughter on a trip around Spain. I'd show them the glorious rchitecture, beautiful ancient towns and great rt hidden in tiny places. I'd tell them the grand stories--Dona Urraca in Zamora, El Cid in Burgos and Valencia... I'd introduce them to all the wonderful foods and wines of Spain. We'd visit all 50 provinces.

I'd really have to think about this. But this definitely makes me want to see the movie. Probably I would want to stay home and do my best to prepare my daughter and give her a sense of having had enough time with me to go on. Definitely have more, well never mind on that.

Climb a mountain, trek the Canadian wilderness in a canoe, learn to ski, get a degree, ride a motorcycle in the snow in the mountains, surf the Mexican Pacific, feel th suns warmth as it rises at Haleakala, see the eye of a hurricane, marry a beautiful woman that loves me.

Looks like I'm good to go.

Great movie...

I wanted to see this movie when I first saw it advertised, but then it came out and I read some awful reviews so I put it off. My husband and I finally rented it a couple of months ago... me with NO expectations that I would like it... and we both loved it.

I just can't seem to wrap my mind around that "if I only had a year to live" thing. My mind doesn't work that way. I'd like to think I've done "enough."

It's such a wonderful movie, isn't it? I really enjoyed it.

I think I would do some travelling... Scotland, The Netherlands and Australia would be at the top of my list. I also think I would want to make amends with anyone I had wronged over the course of my life. I'm not a real thrill seaker and am scared to death of heights - So skydiving is absolutely out ;-)

Sing on Broadway...write a bestseller...see my son married and happy...hold a grandchild.

Greetings Folks, I appreciate all of the comments but I guess I'm too realistic - most of the things yall have listed take a lifetime to accomplish for any normal person so get busy now and start crossing off your goals!

I just posted this to make folks think! I notice many folks just aren't time conscious. If you want to write a novel and have not even thought of a title for it - believe me, that process takes about ten years for your first novel from brain stem to shelf...please proove me wrong!

Thanks folks! Salud

Oh...one or two of those things take longer than six months!

Climb a mountain, trek the Canadian wilderness in a canoe, learn to ski, get a degree, ride a motorcycle in the snow in the mountains, surf the Mexican Pacific, feel th suns warmth as it rises at Haleakala, see the eye of a hurricane, marry a beautiful woman that loves me.

Looks like I'm good to go.

d.g. let's pretend that you only have 30 years left on the planet - can you show me how you divide these years up to do all of the above. I thought you were already married, by the way...lol...Salud

Ok, mariana. 6 months. I would want to go to Italy, Rome in particular, and sit in the collosseum (Sp?) and drink proseco (not sure what that is but isn't it romantic?) under the moonlight. Then I'd be off to Greece, Athens...and Santorini to get a tan and ponder my life as I looked out over the Aegean. And I would want to do this all with all of my family and friends...maybe on a cruise tour of the Mediterranean. And I'd want to kiss Johnny Depp...better?

It's better - ok Patricia - is your passport current - that takes six weeks to receive in the mail after you take current pictures...check and see how much the price of tickets are and see if you have that much saved up with enough money for food...we're talking reality and how bad do you really want to do this? Why wait until you only have six months, plan to go now! It's getting better...Johnny Depp...well, best hurry that one up! Salud

That movie makes me cry so much! I just lost my Mom to cancer on December 26th.
On my list would be many travel destinations. Thailand, Singapore, Costa Rica, Brazil, Australia, etc.
I would also love to work with women &children in Costa Rica, helping them to read, learn skills, etc.

That's a tossup - my heart wants to go "home" to the Cape, where I can glory in the sky and smell the fishing boats unloading. But the other part of my heart is my children and grandchild. I'd spend a good deal of just holding hands and smiling.

6 short months....hmm -
- I'd visit once again those special places of my youth and childhood - the woods in Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota, being sure to take my daughter and husband along to tell them the stories.
- I'd gather my friends, and spend a couple hours a week just singing together.
- I'd get my little family together and talk & talk, label some photographs, cook together.
- I don't think I would go for visiting new places or trying something I had never done before - creating new memories doesn't seem right. Finding ways to cherish and hold the special times already shared appeals to me more.
- And, I would spend a good amount of time alone, talking with God before I 'went home'.

Thanks for asking this.....
Blessings!

In the movie, there was an actual list made - and each of those things written on the list was fulfilled! Yes, it was a great movie and made folks think - I would highly recommend it to everyone! Thank you Judy, Katria, Priscilla - it's interesting to see what folks would do! Salud

I honestly try to live each day like that. I don't think I would do anything different other than try and be with my friends and family even more than I am now. That's what's most important to me.
Maybe it would give me a kick in the butt to finish some things I've started........

wE HAVE BEEN WANTING TO WATCH this movie. I started by bucket list but I don't remember what I put on it.

Mariana ~

I have seen this movie twice and loved it both times. The bucket list becomes interesting when you have a rich and zany friend like Jack Nickelson (One of my favorite actor).

My bucket list is in the Bucket ;)

One on that list is to spend a couple of weeks in Italy and Santorini island.

Salud

They don't seem to give you a time frame, do they. (not a question). At least they did not give me a time frame. Someone stated that you may be too ill to do many activities, and that is true.

What was important to me was getting "my affairs into order."

That meant making sure -- you know -- the will was what I wanted. Then there was someone that I needed to tell something. I wanted to say, "thank you", for everything that he had been to me over the years.

Realistically speaking, unless you are physically capable of all the other things -- well, even if you are, they seem relatively unimportant. What does become important is the love and closeness of family and friends. Then too, I pity those who have done a bit of evil in their lives. To face death with these things in them? It would be better to die instantly, than to endure lingering death, where you might have to reflect on all the wickedness, hurt, and pain you've inflicted over the years, knowing you were not in a position to resolve it.

I thank God a million times that at least I did not have to face that. The torment of one important "thank you" left unsaid was enough.

I am not presenting an hypothetical situation, here. Doctors really thought my lights were going out, and so did I, or so I had hoped. It turned out to not be my time, though.

Harriet Beecher Stowe said:

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."

It also works in the reverse. In my mother's wisdom, she made sure that her children resolved all issues with our father, and with her before they both died. My mother called her OWN death, called a meeting a few months BEFORE it to resolve all issues, even though her health was fine at the time. I didn't attend, because I was in denial -- that is was all morbid. Still, I had the opportunity to say my goodbyes to her. It makes a world of difference.

I would love to go see the Pyramids, visit Ireland, and Rome. I would also like to get back to Edenton and Windsor, North Carolina. There is a house in Windsor that was built by great x 5 grandfather in 1763. I would like to see it again. Here is a link about it if you are interested.

http://www.albemarle-nc.com/windsor/history/kingbaze.shtml

Dear Lady Neee - I'm so glad that you'll be here on Earth with us for a while! I think the main lesson there is to always live as if you've only got one day left on the planet anyway and make amends if you feel they are in order- and regarding the wicked and evil, they don't have a conscious, so it doesn't matter to them one way or other about their acts...or if they are forgiven...I'm glad you were able to say goodbye to your beloved and wise mother. I know how much you still miss her and of course, I miss mine especially at this time of the year. Thanks for coming by - it's always nice to see you Neee,Salud

David, wow - that's impressive - now, there was one house and then another - two houses - was one moved to the ground of the other one? They're both lovely - why don't you make plans to go on your vacation soon. You can really enjoy traveling around the South and seeing all the Civil War places. I think you would love the cemetery in Calumet - It may be partially restored now from damages from Katrina. It was a Fort in the war of 1812 - Battle of New Orleans and there's a huge graveyard there - very interesting. Thanks for dropping by! Salud

I've been doing my own bucket list. The reality is, when you are sick there are some limitations, but the important things are easy. Love the ones you love, make them prepared for what's to come but don't make it the focus of your relationship. Surround yourself with beautiful things, look back and be assured that you have accomplished many of the things that were close to your heart. That is what I've done.

I also enjoy my friends, I write, read, sing and laugh a lot. When my body needs to rest, I do it.

Extravagant wishes and dreams are nice, but the things that are most important are the ones that own your heart.

Blessings.

Thank you Sharon, and I agree. I made a list when I was 22 and working at Associated Pipeline down a country road - I had to drive through the cane fields to get to work! It was fun. I still have the list and have accomplished all those things one thinks of when they're 22! Now, I am going to make another list to accomplish in the next 20 years - we all should live everyday as if it's our last and be realistic...when one is sick, believe me travel is the last thing on one's mind but in the movie, Jack Nicholson had tons of money and Morgan Freeman was happy to be flown around and stay in first class accomodations! Most of us are not in that position nor will we ever be - but there's many good deals going on with the airlines and railways - so take advantage of them now if you really want to travel.
I agree Sharon - Extravagant wishes and dreams are nice, but the things that are most important are the ones that own your heart.
beautiful!!! Salud

My bucket list wouldn't be anything extravagant as my life has been full of travels around the world and I have lived a very full life.

I would want to spend my last six months with my Family and Friends. I would want to talk to them, love them like never before, make any amends to anyone who may have felt slighted by me, and make sure that my will was in order. That is all that I would want. I would hope and pray to be able to go quickly so as not to have my family upset or sad.

Dear Mariana,
Greetings

I will check this movie...

travel! swim! NOT WORK. ;)

I'd finish writing my third novel, finish editing my first, and upload them both to Lulu.

I do want to see this movie!!!

I do not think I would do anything different except every minute with my family and dear friends....they are life to me!!!

Spend as much time as I had with my animals, my family and friends. Make sure critters and Miss M and my mom would be taken care of. Finish the documentary that I have been dragging my feet on. Take up drinking?