Dallas Date Night #14 - The Bucket List

It is no surprise that Danny has great ideas for date nights. He is the creative thinker in the relationship.

If our marriage were a hot air balloon, Danny would be the hot air that makes us go places, and I'd be the ropes that tie us to the ground. Sometimes, just sometimes he has to stop blowing and more often than not, I have to just let loose and enjoy the ride. And, every so often, the tension between the two feels like it's going to make us break, but it never does.

So, back to date night. Danny had the brilliant idea to have a "Bucket List" date night. My favorite part: it was two nights long!

One night we watched "The Bucket List." The second night we went to Barnes & Noble, split an iced venti carmel macchiato 60/40 (Danny got 60% before I could say "stop") and made our own bucket list.

We eash spent time brainstorming our own dreams and then shared them with each other. It was hilarious and exciting.

Below is the result. It is split up - but most things we plan on doing together - unless it has something to do with "catching lobsters with my bare hands" (see #2 on Danny's list) or "watching half a day's worth of girl movies" (see #16 on Laura's list).

I've the left the list exactly as we created them that night in Barnes. I've only highlighted the items that we both put on our individual lists before sharing them with each others.

I guess we have double the chance of doing the highlighted things, especially since it might be hard for Danny to have kids (#19) unless I wanted to get pregnant (#21) or adopt/foster kids (#1 & #2)

Enjoy!

Danny's List (in no particular order):

1. Sail a boat from South Carolina to the Florida Keys
2. Freedive for lobsters and cook them
3. Go to Cabo San Lucas and fish
4. Ride a bike in the Netherlands
5. Go to Paris and the French countryside
6. Hanglide in Switzerland
7. Work with orphans in Africa
8. Surf in Costa Rica
9. See Niagra Falls
10. Plant a Church
11. Write a book
12. Own a business
13. Disciple someone
14. Lead someone to Christ
15. Brew my own beer
16. Roast coffee beans
17. Hike the Appilachian trail
18. Live in the same city as my best friends
19. Have kids
20. Get a Master’s in Theology
21. Drive the Pacific Coast Highway
22. Go to Europe with Laura for a month
23. Go to Israel
24. Drive dirtbikes down the Baja Penninsula
25. Hike the Grand Canyon
26. Build a rocking chair
27. Skydive
28. Kayak the Wild and Scenic Rivers in USA
29. Run a marathon
30. Do a triathalon
31. Go to spain
32. Grow Veggies in a garden
33. Travel the missionary journeys of Paul
34. Read the Bible in Rome
35. Go on a cattle drive
36. Rebuild a Volkswagon Bug
37. Read a theology book in a seminary in Germany
38. Visit John Calvin’s house in Switzerland
39. Write a poem Publish an article
40. Drink a cup of coffee in a café with Laura
41. Be friends with a successful church planter
42. Ride a Harley Davidson

Laura's List (in no particular order):

1. Adopt a kid
2. Foster a kid
3. Take a lighting photography class
4. Live in a place where I can have my piano
5. Tour Europe with Danny
6. Buy thestillers.com
7. Go to Hawaii
8. Go crabbing in Maryland with my Dad
9. Buy a home with a library (bookshelves on all four walls)
10. Remodel a kitchen with a built in espresso machine
11. Read the Bible cover to cover
12. Learn to scuba dive
13. Live in the inner city and have kids come over after school
14. Read “Mere Christianity”
15. Run a marathon
16. Watch all six hours of Pride and Prejudice
17. Have an herb garden
18. Start a side business (blogging, photography, free-lance writing)
19. Go to Yellowstone and see Old Faithful
20. Go to California and see the Redwoods
21. Be pregnant
22. Skydive
23. Hike the Grand Canyon
24. Sit in the audience of the Ellen show
25. Finish the twin-size quilt I started
26. Build a fabulous collection of board games
27. Have a big library of children’s picture books
28. Own a few pairs of ridiculously expensive, but insanely cute high heals
29. Go to Maine and watch the sunset off a cliff
30. Go to Martha’s Vineyard
31. Snowboard/Flying Saucer in sand dunes with Danny
32. Get Lasik surgery
33. See Big Bend/Go to London and ride in a double-decker bus
34. Travel to Greece
35. Ride an overnight train
36. Purchase a large piece of original artwork
37. Learn to cook/eat healthier

Danny's list is longer . . . I stand by my analogy.