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Briana's Bucket List

So I keep thinking of things I really wanna do before I kick the bucket. (I am not planning on this to happen anytime soon). Some are very realistic and some not so much. Some of these are very out of order!

1. Grow old with someone I love

~~2. Be the maid of honor in a wedding~~

3. Go on a cruise

~~4. Go to California~~

~~5. Go to prom~~

~~6. Wear a beautiful wedding dress~~

~~7. kiss someone at midnight on New Years~~

8. graduate college

9. swim under a waterfall

10. go snorkeling

~~11. Chistmas at Disney~~

12. go on non budget shopping spree

13. take cute kissing booth pics

14. go to a drive in movie

15. make melted crayon art

~~16. go to a walk through aquarium~~

17. have a flat stomach

18. go to Easter Island

19. play in the rain

20. eat healthier.

21. teach kids to eat healthier

~~22. be a Girls on the Run coach.~~

~~23. complete the couch 2 5k~~

~~24. complete a 5k marathon~~

25. cuddle in front of a fire place

26. put up Christmas lights in my room as an adult.

27. make a picket fence headboard.

28 make my kids headboards

29. have a walk-in closet

30. go to the Carribean

31. visit Hawaii

32. find how many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop

33. be a good parent

34. be a good wife

~~35. be a good friend~~

36. be a good daughter

37. read the entire Bible

38. go on a zoo date

~~39. find beauty and happiness in the little things~~

40. kiss under a rainbow

41. build my own library in my house

~~42. have my dad walk me down the aisle~~

~~43. have mom help me pick my wedding dress~~

44. visit Myrtle Beach

~~45.build a blanket fort with someone i love~~

46. build the kids a fort outside

47. give people a reason to remember my name

48. feel beautiful

49. go to new orleans

50 go on a carnival date

51. watch all the Harry Potters in 1 day.

~~52. Shop on black friday~~

53. be the reason someone wakes up happy

54. take polaroids

55. run everyday

56. finish an entire coloring book

57. own a time turner necklace from harry potter

58. learn more sign language

59. pick wildflowers

~~60. pay it forward~~

~~61. play in the puddles~~

~~62. do something wild to my hair~~

63. take the kids on an amazing vacation

64. take my husband on an amazing vacation

65. pick apples

66. make jam

67. can food

68. go to the pumpkin patch every year with the kids

69. go to a corn maze with the kids

~~70. give someone a secret gift to make their day~~

71. get my pre-pregnancy body back

72. have a romantic picnic at night

73. send a message in a bottle

74. go on a beach date

75. go ziplining

76. go parasailing

77. go on a powered parachute ride

~~78. shoot a gun~~

~~79. own a gun~~

~~80. go camping~~

81. have my own star

~~82. go to texas~~

~~83. see Cinderellas castle~~

84. own something from Tiffany & co

~~85. make my own jewelry~~

86. have a superhero underwear collection

87. own a motorcycle again

88. go to belize

89. name a star for someone else

~~90. hava son~~

~~91. have a daughter~~

92. be married 20 years

93. be married 30 years

94. be married 40 years

95. be married 50 years

96. be married 60 years

~~97. wish on a shooting star~~

98. go to puerto rico

~~99. jump in a pool fully clothed~~ (this was actually the lake)

100. recieve a Hogwarts acceptance letter

101. throw a dart and go to where it lands

~~102. witness a miracle~~

103. throw a surprise party for someone

104. have a marriage more beautiful than my wedding

105. be a home owner

~~106. dance with my dad at my wedding~~

~~107. make an important decision with a coin toss~~ (chose my son's name)

108. go to madrid

109. watch my kids get married

110. go to airport and buy tickets to a random flight

111. own a muscle car

112. go on the Hot Rod Power Tour car cruise, with my husband and parents

~~113. write something in wet cement~~

~~114. do something wonderful to change someone's life~~ (I ran in the St. Jude Run)

115. get tickets to a tv show

116. attatch a lock to a love bridge

~~117. play in a fountain~~

118. live to meet my grandchildren

~~119. have a beautiful baby fall asleep in my arms~~

~~120. hear my babies call me mama~~

121. watch a sunrise on the beach

122. watch the sunset on the beach

123. go to fiji

~~124. go skinny dippin~~

~~125. find a 4-leaf clover~~

125. see the Hollywood sign

126. design my own house

127. kiss at the top of the ferris wheel

128. celebrate my 100th birthday

129. go to london

130. go on a hot air balloon ride

131. go to carlos bakery

132. see the wizarding world of harry potter

~~133. go to las vegas~~

134. go to mardi gras

135. be in 2 places at once

136. be on the skydeck in chicago

137. take the kids to shedd aquarium

138. see a broadway play

139. visit all 50 states (yes all of them)

140. get 4 more tattoos
141. run a 10k
142. run a half marathon
143. run a full marathon
144. run the St. Jude Mattoon to Peoria with my children
~~145. do a Color Run/Run or Dye~~
146. do the Hot Chocolate run
147. Do Women Rock Chicago run
148. Do Get Lucky Chicago run
149. do Monster Dash Chicago run

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More of My Crafts

These are just a few of my little crafts. Most of the things I do are things that don't take super long.

The first bandanna dress! Thanks Pinterest for all of the crazy ideas that I do! Thanks also to my hubby for being so patient with me and my mess. I know some of this is so that I will stay out of your hair, but I appreciate it anyways! Love You!

This is the front of the bandanna dress! Thank you Elle Mae for being such a fantastic model!

Back of the dress! This dress can be turned either way. ( I didn't have 2 bandannas of the same color!)

My first diaper cake. Its a little crooked. I just couldn't get it quite right!

I made scarves for all the nieces and a few others for Christmas. I just took my fleece and cut into strips. Got me some material and stencils. (don't forget to turn your material and stencils upside down when you trace.)lol. I got the iron on backing and then I blanket stitched around the letters. (this is not shown in these pictures).

These are calendar covers I did for the ladies in our classroom. We have the same size calendars every year and I thought why not personalize them instead of being like everyone else.

Stamped out washers! There are so many possibilities with this idea!

I made mine as pendants to wear with my kids names and birth dates.

These were made for bridesmaids gifts for a friends wedding. I also stamped each of the ladies names on them to personalize a bit. ( I somehow forgot to take a picture of them finished with names!) I am not so good about remembering to take lots of pictures. Something else I am working on with this blog.

I made a few clothes alterations. This is my favorite! I cut my material in the shapes of pedals and then hand stitched them all on. I finished by putting a large flower button in the middle! This was a $1.50 shirt on clearance at Walmart and left over material.

So I found yet another Pinterest idea! Christmas ornaments! (these are not so Christmasy). I had the hubby cut me some pieces of a log and I used a little wood burning tool to put initials or names on the pieces of log. Then I attached a piece of ribbon to the backs of the log pieces for hanging!

The shotgun shell wreath. This is Christmasy right?? Well around this family it is. With the hubby working at Twin Oaks I have unlimited supply of these! This was very hard for me to make and it sags when I pick it up. I found some of these for sale online for about $40 but never instructions anywhere.

I just couldn't spend the outrageous money on a kids costume that wouldn't last and half the kids in town would be wearing the same or similar! I got Elle a fleece hoodie, sweat pants and some little black socks. I splatter painted all the pieces with a toothbrush and then sewed the ears on. Elle Mae turned out to be the cutest little Bluetick Coonhound puppy I had ever seen!

Baily's Life

This is Baily as he was growing up. Now Baily is 10 years old so there are a few pics of him here. Some of his family and ours don't get to see him very much because we all live so far away. I am doing some of these blogs so the family in california and ohio can see whats going on here and keep up with Baily and Elle growing up. I wish I would have thought about this soooo very long ago!~