Her Dreams

My obnoxiously long bucket list in no order whatsoever:

-to fly to Europe  (8.9.16)

-to travel out of the continental USA  (1.21.14  - stepped off a plane in Montego Bay, Jamaica) 

-to read 6 of Jane Austin's  novels ( I've read Pride and Prejudice and half of Sense and Sensibility)

-to go to a live concert (11/12/13 - Steven Curtis Chapman concert)

-to win a photography contest

-to shoot a wedding  (12/1/12)

-to have 50 followers on this blog (5/18/12)

-to do a newborn shoot (6-6-12)

-to own a laptop  (11/23/11)

-to see a show on Broadway

-to have more than 20 comments on one post (8/31/11 : New Obsession)

- to have more than 45 comments on one post

-to walk across the USA (I know, I know, this would take an insane amount of time and energy)

-to meet my future husband

-to marry my future husband

-to shop in NYC (6-1-12)

-to own a macro lens (5-31-12)

-to own a Canon L series lens (10-10-13 I bought 70-200mm lens)

-to own a better Canon DSLR (10-13-13 Finally own the 5Dmkiii!!)

-to hang glide

-to go on a cruise

-to visit Hollywood  (8-1-12)

-to see the Grand Canyon (7/22/12  -I saw it from a plane which I am counting :)

-to take a successful lightning photo  yay! completed (8/18/11)

-to visit all 50 states (driving through a state counts so I have been to: Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, California, Delaware, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, Lousiana and Florida. 24 down, 26 to go. [And technically I've been to New Mexico, but I was 2 years old so it doesn't count since I can't remember])

- to read Pilgrim's Progress 

-to read Utopia (because of the amazing movie, Ever After) (3/14-18/12)

-to see a shooting star yes! finally saw a shooting star (8/22/11)

-to print and frame several of my pictures (12.19.13)

-to swim with dolphins

-to ride a horse bareback

-to take underwater photos

-to do a sunrise photo shoot with someone

-to win a blog giveaway (10/4/11 - Dramatic Elegance Sept. Giveaway)

-to bike around Europe (I don't mean around all of Europe, I just mean when I'm visiting Europe I want to ride a bike somewhere in Europe) (8.15.16 -biked on the Aran Islands in Ireland)

-to be a bridesmaid

-to see a rodeo

-to ride in a helicopter

-to have a Harry Potter movie marathon and watch all 8 movies

-to go to the Olympics (just to watch)

-to own an Apple product other than an iPod (8-17-14 bought a macbook pro)

-to hike up a mountain (August 2016 - hiked Book Mountain in Gaming, Austria)

-to go to World Youth Day

-to see an old castle in Europe (August-November 2016 - saw 11 castles while studying abroad in Europe)

-to see New England in the fall

-to own photoshop (Jan. 2012)

-to own a Canon 50mm lens  (11-28-11: My New Love)

-to own this awesome camera bag (7-16-12)

-to own a tripod (6-2-13)

-to sew myself a dress

-to only wear skirts/dresses for a whole week  (May 2015)

-to go to college (8-22-15: left for freshman orientation at Franciscan University)

-to visit Australia

-to visit Japan

-to visit Bahamas

-to be picked as a favorite in a photo challenge (8/22/11: New Obsession)

-to do a senior photo shoot (5-26-12)

-to visit San Francisco

-to complete the 365 Photo Challenge

-to blog for over a year (7-24-12)

-to have 100 followers

-to see Niagara Falls (2.18.14)

-to make my own soap

-to have at least 5 kids

-to own and read YouCat (10/9/11)

-to go on a silent retreat (September 16-18th, 2016 - silent retreat on Francsican island in Croatia)

-to have a completely natural labor

-to get my drivers license (8-23-12)


-to sell some of my photos

-to see the Mississippi River  (March 2016 - crossed the Mississippi on spring break in St. Louis)

-to go on a Island (in the ocean that's too far away from mainland for a bridge) (1/21-27/14 Jamaica)

-to visit New Zealand

-to go on a missions trip (1/21-27/14 Jamaica Mission Trip)

-to own all of Regina Doman's books (12-25-14: got them all for Christmas). 

-to own all the Lord of the Ring books (12-25-15: got them all for Christmas). 

-to see Yosemite National Park

-to see Yellowstone National Park

-to read The Screwtape Letters


-to homeschool my kids

-to do crafts with my kids

-to read to my kids

-to snorkel

-to meet the Pope

-to host a blog giveaway

-to have 500 likes on my fb page (10.25.13)

-to have 1000 likes on my fb page  (12.19.15)

-to sell some of my art

-to read The Book Thief (1.28.14 - the day i finished it)

-to photograph someone famous

-to do something crazy and out of my comfort zone  (7.8.15: ziplined at 300 some ft across the Pastaza River in Baños, Ecuador) 

-to drive around my town and just take pictures

-to leave a love letter for a stranger (see moreloveletters.com) (4-23-14: left several in my library)

-to learn much more about flash photography

-to be in Times Square on News Years Eve and watch the ball drop

and last but definitely not least:

-to get to Heaven!!

(I warned you that this was ridiculously long!)
~Mary Kate