Mrs. Girard's class

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of sitting in on one of my colleagues classes to observe. Mrs. Girard is a Language Arts teacher here in Cameron who has a classroom-teaching style that I would have LOVED as a high school student. We'll put it this way: the students self-reflect regularly, she has contests over number of books read, she hates using her overhead lights, and it's a COMMUNITY. Sign me up! So when I had to observe a peer, there was no doubt where I was going!!... Across the hall to her! :)

When class started, she had the kids make a list of 20 things they want to do before they die - a bucket list. I decided to play along and make one too. After a while, she stopped the students and asked them to evaluate their list and asked them this: WHAT DOES YOUR LIST SAY ABOUT WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON???

Oh, crap.

I looked at my list and what my goals were... are these real goals I should make? Are they attainable? Is that the point of a bucket list? I ended up revamping what I'd written down and I thought I'd share with you guys what I came up with in the end.

BUCKET LIST [As of May 2015]

1. Plant and sustain my own garden
2. Backpack across Europe
3. Be a mom
4. Go fishing for the first time
5. Learn how to drive a manual car
6. Open my own business
7. Write a book
8. Take a cooking class on 3 continents
9. Advocate for education in Washington D.C.
10. LAW SCHOOL
11. Build my dream home
12. Celebrate 50 years of marriage with Ben
13. Make my mom proud
14. Bake the perfect Pumpkin Pie from scratch
15. Spend a holiday with both the Helms and the Duvalls
16. Be in 2 places at once
17. Rescue a puppy
18. Revisit where we honeymooned
19. Visit Disney Land
20. Skydive

So.... how about it?? What's on your bucket list??