Another big year for my Life Bucket List, when we purchased our first home in August! We have been very happy getting it together and truly making it feel like ours. I’m really looking forward to all of the memories we will create here!

Additionally, I was somehow able to cross off four things from the list below! They were: Visit Québec, go snowmobiling, go parasailing, and run a half-marathon.

We visited Québec in mid-January, and while I’m not sure if I would recommend going at that time of year, I would highly recommend visiting at some point in your life. Freezing temperatures aside, the city was absolutely beautiful, and I am glad we visited during a time when Christmas decorations and winter activities were still in place.

A few weeks after we visited Québec, I went on a bachelor trip to Vermont, and one of the activities was snowmobiling in Stowe! To be completely honest, I was kind of nervous before getting on. Yes, my hangover was still lingering, but I also just didn’t want to crash or drive off a cliff. Luckily, the backcountry tour was very well put together with a quick lesson to start, followed by hitting the trails for almost two hours. I totally felt I got the hang of it within about 10-15 minutes. It was super cool traveling through Mount Mansfield State Forest and I’d totally do it again!

In March, we traveled to the French side of the island of St. Martin. And on March 27th, we were able to go parasailing! We opted not to on the first day we were there, and sure enough, the day after we did it, parasailing was not an available activity. So had we not done it when we did, we would not have been able to do it on that trip at all, and that totally would’ve bummed me out. It was a true reminder to always “seize the day”! I felt very secure, but also free. It was so exhilarating, even if it was only about 10 minutes!

(You cannot take your phone with you, so here are some pictures from St. Martin)

On November 2nd in Cambridge, MA, I ran my first half-marathon! Putting it into perspective, it was probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I’m not only talking about the race itself; I mean the training leading up to it, battling injuries, and getting up at the crack of dawn that morning and actually running the whole thing. It’s not often we express pride in ourselves, but after I finished, I had a chance to quickly reflect on the accomplishment. You should do hard things, or at least things that really challenge you.

My Bucket List

Climb a mountain
Climb Croagh Patrick
Do a triathlon
Drive a Lamborghini
Drive a Maserati
Drive a moped
Drive an Aston Martin
Eat at a Michelin-starred restaurant (Hotel Lorelei Restaurant)
Fly first class
Fly in a helicopter
Fly in a hot air balloon
Get a hole-in-one
Get a tattoo
Go bungee jumping
Go hiking
Go parasailing
Go scuba diving
Go sky diving
Go snorkeling
Go snowmobiling
Go to a game at the L.A. Coliseum
Go to a game at Lambeau Field
Go to a March Madness game (Elite Eight: Texas Tech v. Villanova)
Go to a Michigan football game at The Big House
Go to a Notre Dame football game in South Bend
Go to a Red Sox Spring Training game in Fort Myers
Go to an Olympic event
Go to an SEC tailgate & football game (South Carolina v. Arkansas)
Go to Disneyland
Go to every Major League Baseball park
Go to Madison Square Garden (Bruins v. Rangers)
Go to Napa Valley
Go to Oktoberfest
Go to Preservation Hall in New Orleans
Go to the Caribbean (St. Lucia, St. Martin)
Go to the Galway Races
Go to the Hockey Hall of Fame
Go to the Kentucky Derby
Go to The Masters
Go to The Ryder Cup
Go to the Super Bowl
Go to the US Open (2018 Shinnecock Hills,  2022 The Country Club)
Go to the Winter Classic (2019 Bruins v. Blackhawks)
Go to Wimbledon
Go white water rafting
Go ziplining
Learn to play tennis
Learn to ski
Learn to snowboard
Learn to surf
Play golf at every Cape Cod golf course
Play golf at St. Andrews
Play golf in Ireland (Lahinch, Galway Bay Golf Resort, Ross Golf Course)
Play golf in Scotland
Ride a horse
Ride a jet ski
Ride a motorcycle
Ride a snowmobile
Road trip cross country
Run a half-marathon (Cambridge)
Run the Falmouth Road Race (10x)
Run the stairs at Harvard Stadium
See a concert at Red Rocks
See Christ the Redeemer
See Mount Rushmore
See Saturday Night Live (3/10/12 & 11/18/23)
See the Grand Canyon
See the Northern Lights
See the Southern Lights
See the Taj Mahal
Shoot a gun/Go to a shooting range
Shoot under 90 (legitimately)
Skate at 30 Rock Plaza
Travel to all seven continents
Visit all 50 States
Visit Australia
Visit Brazil
Visit Chicago
Visit Greece
Visit Hawaii
Visit Iceland
Visit Ireland
Visit Italy
Visit Las Vegas
Visit London
Visit Los Angeles
Visit Mexico
Visit Nashville
Visit New Orleans
Visit New Zealand
Visit Portugal
Visit Québec
Visit San Diego
Visit San Francisco
Visit Scotland
Visit Spain
Visit Switzerland