Snaily's Clog-Popping List

I've been inspired by Alice Pyne to write a bucket list. She passed away recently but her charity Alice's Escapes will go on raising money for unwell kids to have a holiday (donate to her sister Milly here) and her family is still raising awareness of the bone marrow register (see the Anthony Nolan website). Alice's motto was "You only have one life... live it!"

I personally prefer the phrase "popping one's clogs" to "kicking the bucket" so here is my Clog-Popping List:

1 - Visit Japan

2 - Do a random act of kindness, e.g. paying for a stranger's shopping

3 - Take singing lessons

4 - Make a blanket - *done* Dec 2016

5 - Learn how to jive

6 - Keep a diary - Note: 4 years later - I think this one is just too difficult! I did 100 days of Instagram photos a while back. Maybe that will have to do?

7 - Get into a routine of properly exercising for at least an hour a week

8 - Learn Japanese to a passable level - I finished the whole of Japanese for Busy People 1 in my classes in 2016. Would like to continue onto JBP2 when I can find the time!

9 - Get dressed up and eat at at a fancy restaurant, e.g. World Service - *done* 30 Jan 2012

10 - Survive grad school, one way or another - *survived* July 2013

11 - Fit into a size 14 again

12 - Get over my needle-phobia and give blood

13 - See an opera

14 - See a ballet - planned for Nov 2017

15 - Join a choir

16 - Volunteer for a charity

17 - See the aurora borealis

18 - Own and regularly use a decent camera, preferably with a macro lens and flash

19 - Learn to drive *done* Nov 2014

20 - Own a car *done* June 2017 - and I love my little Honda Jazz!

21 - Join the Bone Marrow Register - *done* Jun 2013

22 - Own a house

23 - See the pyramids at Giza

24 - Take part in a beach clean

25 - Learn about investing money and buy some stocks/shares (via work scheme doesn't count!)

26 - Go to a museum of surgery

27 - Go to a US National Park

28 - Do 5 Wainwright walks

29 - Stay overnight in a posh hotel just for fun (preferably with a spa)

30 - Try a new activity, e.g. an exercise class, wine tasting, pottery making, blacksmithing and/or stone carving