create my bucket list

now I must endeavour to complete everything on it!

Well after speaking to “the Boss” who is also known as “the Bloke” or “my husband” I have decided that this is going to be a lengthy affair.

First step is to do some snorkling (on his advice) to get used to wearing the mask and fins and blah blah. So we’ve decided to start buying the things we need now wetsuit, fins, mask, snorkle and get them ready for use as the weather warms up. Then we’ll spend the summer holidays (Dec- Jan) out swimming and snorkling around. If and only IF I can handle that then he is prepared totake some time off work and we’ll go together and do the Dive course.

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Open Water
The PADI Open Water Diver course provides a safe and enjoyable introduction to the world of scuba diving. The course includes theory tutorials, pool training and open water training, incorporating both shore and boat dives. The most modern training methods, teaching aids and dive equipment are used by experienced instructors, whose qualifications are recognised in over 100 countries throughout the world. Upon completion of the course you are quealified to the PADI Open Water Diver standard, and will recieve your internationally recognized certification card.

Course Pre-requisites
For safety we recommend that you be able to swim at least 200 metres and tread water for 10 minutes. A Medical Clearance as per Australian Standards(AS 4005.1) is required within 90 days prior to commencing your course. The minimum age for participation is fifteen (15) years although a Junior Open Water certification is available between the agesof tewlve and fifteen.

Course Duration
The PADI open water course conducted be Melbourne Diving School is ordinarily conducted over two nights and three weekends. This means in just weeks you will have completed your course! Full time course are also available over four consecutive days. Private courses are also avalialbe for an addtion fee.

A one-off all inclusive fee: $630
This includes your own text book, your own logbook, colour passport photograph, certfication card, all theory tuition, all pool training and entrance fees, four open water dives, two boat dives from one of our own charter vessels and use of all gear, including wetsuit, and air fills to Australian Standards, for the duration of the course.

The Scuba Equipment
Equipment, as per Australian Standards, consists of Tank, Regulator, Submersible Tank Pressure gauge, Digital Depth gauge with Timer, Buoyancy Control Device (B.C.D.) with whistle, and Alternate Air Source (Octopus regulator).

The Wetsuit
Melbourne Diving School supplies 7mm thick wetsuits, with weight belts, for the course duration. Should you wish to purchase the suit at the end of the course $40 will automatically be deducted from the price of the suit.

Personal Equipment
For personal fit, comfort, and hygiene, it is necessary for you to supply your own Mask, Snorkel, Fins and Boots. Our staff will be only too happy to assist you with professional advice on the appropriate equipment. Don’t forget that as a Melbourne Diving School Student, you will receive a student discount on any purchases.

Special Offer
Combine your Open Water Course & Equipment in one easy package. For more information contact the Heidelberg Centre.

Class Size
The size of each course is restricted to ensure that you receive the maximum individual tuition and supervision. To secure your place on the course, a booking fee of $200.00 is required.

Enrolment
To ensure your place on the P.A.D.I. OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE, simply complete the application form and return it, with your deposit, to Melbourne Diving School Pty. Ltd. Confirmation of your course will be sent to you 10-14 days prior to the commencement of the course.

Dive Course Application Form
To Enrol into an MDS Course fill in the MDS COURSE APPLICATION and bring it with you to the Heidelberg Store

I have found a place up North that offers a 3 hour ecoadventure tour which includes a scenic cave walk, suspension bridge crossing and a zip line finale! The cost is $95 which seems reasonable for the experience but hubby is not interested in doing it and I’m not sure what kind of arrangements I could make for the kids….hmmmm….

I’ve decided to add “learn to scuba dive” to this list.
My bloke always talks about diving so fondly and with such awe, and I think this would be another good thing for us to do together. I want to do this fairly soon before I start travelling so we can dive all over the world.

- parasail
- zip line
- learn to surf
- learn to play the drums
- ride a motorcycle again (in full leathers – I don’t know why but it just completes the picture in my head – lol) – but this time as the driver
- drive a race car on a track
- be my ideal weight again (pre-kids) & maintain a very healthy and active lifestyle
- wear a two-piece bathing suit & have toned abs (heck, toned everything)
- have a New York style wardrobe & the shopping trip to match
- knit like a pro so I can teach my kids how to (a.k.a. knit something other than a scarf or a blanket)
- complete all my craft memory projects (baby/child journals, shadow boxes, art books, family tree, etc.)
- take ice skating lessons (my kids are now better than me!)
- continue running and become good at it (run another 5K and better my time)
- become a more confident swimmer & learn how to dive properly
- re-learn CPR & keep it updated
- become an educational assistant or something in the medical field
- brush up on my French and learn Italian & Spanish…
- travel (Hawaii, Europe – again, but with hubby and kids, south seas, Australia, West coast USA, and more)
- go to the top of the Eiffel Tower (because I didn’t last time I was there)
- visit the Grand Canyon again
- kiss my hubby in a gondola in Venice
- have a girl’s spa vacation at one of those chi chi spa places in the U.S. or Europe
- help to raise awareness and the need to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes
- be a good wife & daughter
- be a great mother to my two little ones & maintain a close relationship with both of them as they grow up
- play with my grandchildren and be at their weddings

Is this too much? I guess I just have to take care of myself so I can live long enough to do it all! lol :)

Okay, I am re-evaluating my goals here again & this one defenately should be at the top of my “list”.

I have to say, I have done a lot of amazing things in my life. If I were to die tomorrow, I think I would have no regrets. Other than past mistakes, I have made great strides to correct my path and make better choices.

Some of the things on my Bucket List, I know, can not be done right now. Time and money prevent that, but they will continue to be a pleasant dream.

I’ve decided to put the most important into an immediate list, as there are times I feel I need to get through these…

Immediate List:

1. See my dad soon
2. Get a comfortable boat
3. Get a new Kayak
4. Surf, Surf, Surf!
5. Plan our next trip to Hawaii
6. Decorate our home to make us feel as though we are home, feel comfortable & take refuge in the fact this is where we will be for a long time.
7. Go vegetarian
8. Find local zip lines
9. Fly our kite & learn to control it!
10. Decide if we should move back or not…

• Open a gallery of my work
• Create a masterpiece painting
• Open a franchise of my business
• Experience a past life regression
• Parasail
• Sail to the South Pacific
• Tour Europe
• Retire to Maui
• Get back to my ideal weight
• Adopt a child
• Have a Las Vegas girls weekend
• Publish my main book
• Finish my dad’s Biography
• Meet Oprah
• Become full Buddhist
• Run a marathon
• Drive a race car

More to come I am sure.

Okay, I’ve heard about the movie and it sounds like a great one to watch. The conversations that I have had about the movie really have been interesting to say the least. I have found out things about my friends and family that I didn’t have a clue about, their dreams.

Some are so simple to achieve but haven’t taken the time to do it or so far out there that I’m stunned that they even thought of wanting to experience it. LOL. :)

I’ll continue to be amazed by others “Bucket List”. Mine, I’m going to start with the few I have in mind and hopefully, list some that will be exciting and that even amaze myself in wanting to experience it.

My Bucket List:

1). Visit the Grand Ole Opry

2). Vacation in Morocco.

3). Walk a 5k marathon

4). Spend time at a quiet lake-house and read in a hammock.

5). Attend a women’s spiritual Bible retreat.

6). Own a car that fits me – one that I pick out the make and color.

7). Have a girls only weekend filled with laughter, drinks, fine food and great conversations about the past and future.

8). Grow roses – Plant and grow beautiful roses. Each bush in memory of a loved one.

9). Make great margaritas.

10). A romantic get-a-way with Raymond.

11). Teach a Woman’s Bible Study

12). Celebrate August 27th – In a loving, passionate and meaningful way.

• These are in random order.

Skydive and so I found a place in my state where I can go do it.
www.commandoskydivers.com.au

I’ll go for the Tandem dive to start with.

That’s where my list lives. I’m actively pursuing a lot of my life goals ever since I found the guts to write them down and make them public.

Set up a link to me, and I’ll do the same!

And I laughed and I cried and I really loved it, so now I’ve decided I’m not going to wait until I’m about to die, so now I’m seriously making the bucket list and will aim to cross as many as possible off as soon as possible. I’ve cancelled my goal “Do 43 things before I turn 43” and I’ll add those to this here list and so here goes….....

Do a fishing tour- catch an edible fish, clean it, cook it and eat it, after Ive had my photo with it, and then Ill say this is done!

Tour the Cadbuy Chocolate factory in Tasmania

Do a Brewery Tour at a Boutique Brewery

Do a reallllllly good pubcrawl

Go to a Football game

Go to see Melbourne Storm Rugby play live

Do an Art Course (I have since started this course- Pastels)

Go on a long weekend with just my husband and the motorbike

Go to The Mongolian restaurant for dinner/lunch again

See a play on the stage

Go and see every sport in the world played live.

Finish seeing those places on the list of places in Victoria I havent been to. (Will attach list later)

Be more adventurous.

Save diligently for a yearly family holiday (Ok that would involved getting off ebay and so far that hasn’t happened I’ll highlight this listing to work on more dilligently!!!)

do some more writing

do a writing course

See a Movie once a month (Jan we saw “The Golden compass, March- The Bucket list, April- step up 2-back to the streets))

Be braver- do more on my own

Go on a holiday to Western Australia

Go and find a Sapphire in Northern Queensland.

Go and find myself an Opal in South Australia in my Dads memory.

Be daring..(Not sure in what way but step outside my comfort zone)

For my Michigan friends…. I will go to the snow!

Travel around Australia in a live on Bus, so we can stop and start when we like.

Travel Around parts of Australia on our Motorbike.