My Bucket-Type List

I've decided to create a bucket-type list. I don't want to call it a Bucket List as that is a list of things to do before you die which sounds a bit morbid and final and like we are all running out of time. Mine is a bucket-type list which I've decided is a list of all the things that I'd like to do in my lifetime. Same thing? Not really.

So here is what I have so far:

Own a sofa from the Sofabed Company

It might not seem like a great thing but it was the inspiration for my bucket-type list. Walking in Bath at the weekend I saw a Sofabed Company shop and decided that one day I would own a sofabed from there. I've always gone for the cheaper option on everything and inevitably it never lasts as long as if I'd splashed out. The Sofabed Company to me represents quality and maybe subconsciously I'm thinking that if I can afford nice furniture then I'll be living comfortably with a good lifestyle. Quality furniture = quality life? I'm sure it fits together somehow.

Live in America

This might sound funny for a person that is about to spend 4 years in Oz but since I've spent my teen years and 20's watching lots of America sitcoms, it's just something I want to do. I might be past the days of taking my lunch to school in a brown paper bag and swapping my PB&J sandwich in the lunch hall but maybe, one day, someone will indulge me. Plus, I just know that I'd find a group of 5 great friends - one would be a good-looking Italian guy that loves food, one would be a blonde hippy, one would be very sarcastic, one would be a neat-freak and one would be a Paleontologist. I'd be the one with the great hair :)

See the Polar Ice Caps

I've always wanted to see them but even more so since watching 50 First Dates (my favourite film). They look incredible and they won't be there forever. Whenever Phil and I have gone on holiday, we've always headed for somewhere hotter than the UK. When we live in Australia maybe we'll want to head for somewhere cold. Or maybe we could take the easy route and do it as part of a cruise. Can you go on a cruise before you hit 50? Only joking!!

Play with an Orchestra/Band and perform in a concert

Something I've done before but I've not played the flute for a while now and I am in no way to a standard where I could actually perform with a band. I need to stop using money as an excuse - lessons are expensive don't you know - and throw myself back into it. Maybe if I bought myself a new book at a lower grade and started from the beginning again. We'll see.

Watch a show at the Sydney Opera House

This one is almost within my reach. Ideally it will be a musical or if it is going to be an opera then it will be Madame Butterfly or Tosca. Even better, it could be a collection of all of the best Arias from the best operas performed by the best performers like Alfie Boe or somebody equally acclaimed in Australia. Yes, that is what I would like to see.

Phil has given me a few for his list like seeing Dilated Peoples live and learning to surf but one that I think he'll need to do without me is to go to the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge. I have difficulty standing on the third step of a set of ladders - no joke - so this is a no-go for me.

I'm sure I'll add more ideas as they occur to me but I think that's it for now.