#14 Ride a Mechanical Bull

When I went to North Carolina back in 2009, it was to visit University of North Carolina at Charlotte and that was it. My parents didn't like the idea of me going to college out there, but it is what I wanted, so my mom and I got on a plane and was headed to North Carolina.

With only visiting the college on the agenda, race shops and other adventures were out the window....Well until we got out there and my mother wanted to know if I had directions to all the shops and things we would want to see. Of course I did, I was one step ahead of my mother, because I knew she'd want to go once we got out there.

One stop on the trip was to go to Whisky River in downtown Charlotte. At the time I was only 19, we went on a Tuesday night since it was college night and I could get in. I went with my mom and there weren't many people that night and it wasn't the experience I wanted, it wasn't very fun LOL. But they did have a mechanical bull of course I didn't get on it, but one girl did. After that night, I always told myself if I went back to Charlotte, I wanted to ride the bull!

Second time going to Charlotte, I told my friend Brittany that we had to go to Whisky River, because I wanted to ride the bull! After 3 drinks I got in line and rode the dang thing...1st time I fell off rather quickly, 2nd time I was up there a little longer, 3rd I rode with a girl who was standing behind me and wanted too, so I was like what the heck...and we were on the thing for at least 34 seconds. I rode it about 5 times and had a blast. Riding and then falling off were both a thrill rush haha!!

I'm actually going to post the video, because last night when my best friend and I were watching it literally made us laugh for the whole video and we had to watch it again! The end of the video is the funniest...the falling off is a pure laugh! Happy Laughing!

http://youtu.be/bIKwIteqCB0 - I wanted to upload the video from the computer but it wouldn't work, but it's posted to you tube! Just copy and paste into a web page..sorry I couldn't make this easier to view...New at all this :]

A laugh is a smile that bursts. -- Mary H. Waldrip

Little things like the color Pink

There is something about the color pink that just makes me happy! One it's bright and you can't miss it! Two if it is just the right shade it goes with everything & Third it looks amazing against black!

Well for the Coca Cola 600, Robby Gordon was running his Pink Speed Energy paint scheme for the race. When I found out he was running this, I literally squealed like a pig. I couldn't wait to get the track to see it in person. I've always wanted to design a paint scheme for a race car, which is on my bucket list somewhere (besides the point), and on this paint scheme I wanted the car HOT PINK, just as Robby's above just with glitter paint added to it as well; so that when the car raced under the lights it would literally glimmer as it drove down the front & back stretch. Which I know they shine during night races, but my vision for the glitter was for it to be like how a diamond does in the sun!

Though Robby didn't have glitter on the car, just a PINK car on a race track was good enough for me. Not to mention it was at a race track that I've never been to before, but since I happened to be in North Carolina and going to the race, I thought it was amazing that I'd get to see a pink race car at the track! :] If he hadn't raced this car that weekend I may have never gotten to see a pink race car live & in person! So Thank You Robby for having a Pink Energy drink sponsor!

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” - Robert Brault

#67 Have Garage Passes to a NASCAR event

#67 Have Garage Passes to a NASCAR event - accomplished April 2011

Ever since I was little, I've always talked about getting garage passes/pit passes for a NASCAR event. From 1997 - 2000 I only got to watch qualifying when the races were in town; from 2001 - 2008 I only had race tickets! I always sat in the grand stands looking at those people in the garage area, thinking I wanna be down there and get to see all the excitement from a different angle.

November 2008 - November 2010 I had pit passes, but then in April 2011, I had a NASCAR officials stay with us at our hotel. Clint had made a comment about me being a Dale Jr fan, and one of the guys had given me a hard time about it. By the end of the night he said since I played along and handle the joke well, he was going to see if he could get me garage passes.

Well the next day when I came to work he stopped by the desk and he told me that I could go pick them up on Thursday, well I had to work so I wasn't able to enjoy the festivities until Friday, but I was ok with that!

I got to stand on pit road for both National Anthems, meet Dale Jr & Steve Letarte (my camera wouldn't work & he was in a big hurry and I felt bad for making him wait, but he was kind enough to wait, but of course the camera captured my funny face & not my smiling face), got to be in Victory Lane while David Ragan received his pole award, watch the race from Dale Jr's pit, meet Daytona 500 Winner, Trevor Bayne, & walk in the garage area (which I didn't think you could do) I was seriously a kid in a candy store all day Friday & Saturday. Every race fan should be able to experience this!

This was one amazing weekend! I can't wait to do it again! I'm not greedy and I don't assume I'll ever be able to do it again, but if I do I can't wait!

Here is my ever growing list....

“The only people who fear death are those with regrets.” ~Unknown

Here are a few of the items I want to do before I leave this earth. I've already completed some, which I will post in later blogs! Enjoy reading the crazy & silly things I wanna do in life. I'm sure there are more, but 100 is all I could think of for now!
Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans. --John Lennon

1. Marry in the church where my parents got married
2. Move to North Carolina
3. Visit all 50 states
4. Own my own ice cream shop
5. Be who I am all the time
6. Work for NASCAR
7. Be a mother x3
8. Ice skate at the Rockefeller Center during Christmas time.
9. Learn from my mistakes
10. Never Regret
11. Happiness is only what you make of it...Don't let others be my Happiness
12. Graduate University of North Texas
13. Go to all the races
14. Ride Mechanical Bull - Completed May 2011
15. Invent Something

“There is fun to be done!" Dr. Seuss”

16. Be an extra (that you actually see) in a movie
17. France
18. Sky dive
19. Bungee Jump
20. VEGAS
21. Ride an Elephant
22. Own my own scrapbooking store
23. Italy
24. Learn to Cook
25. Read 5 books a year

“Consciously seek out experiences that expand your sense of who you are and what you are capable of.” - Unknown

26. Complete and get up to date with my scrapbooks
27. Greece
28. Watch a race from Pit Road - Completed Nov 2008, Nov 2009, June 2010 & April 2011
29. Adopt a pet
30. Learn about something new every year
31. Spain
32. Go Skiing
33. Safari Ride
34. Go to an award's show
35. Learn to recycle
36. Touch someone's life
37. Visit a Jungle
38. Go to Wrestlemania
39. Own a 1970 Hot Pink Convertible volkswagen
40. Hold a snake (I hate them)

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Nelson Mandela”

41. India
42. Meet Sandra Bullock
43. Swim with PINK dolphins (Pampers, Bolivia)
44. Be a photographer
45. Be someone's rock
46. Australia
47. Scuba Diving
48. Meet Julia Roberts
49. Paint a painting
50. Spend New Year's in Times Square

"If you're bored with life - or you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals."-- Lou Holtz

51. Go to NBA Finals
52. Ride on a Motorcycle
53. Dance in the Rain
54. Have a Fairy Tale Ending
55. Go to a Drive-In Movie Theater
56. Hot air balloon Ride
57. Camp in a Tent
58. Attend a Movie Premiere
59. Leave a mark in this world
60. Learn to swim without holding my nose
61. Crowd Surf
62. Go to World Series
63. Have a pen pal
64. Ride in a racecar with a NASCAR driver :)
65. Go to the Master's

"As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death." - Leonardo da Vinci

66. Rome
67. Have Garage Passes to a NASCAR event - Completed April 2010 & November 2010
68. Tahiti
69. Design a racecar & have it be raced
70. Kiss in the rain
71. Learn how to use a gun
72. Meet Dennis Quaid
73. Scrapbooking room in my house
74. Go to the lighting of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center in late November.
75. Have a birthday cake from Ace of Cakes

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." Helen Keller

76. Get a tattoo from Miami Ink
77. Be backstage at a concert
78. Ride a Cable Car in California
79. Meet Tom Hanks
80. Own a house like in Gone with the Wind
81. Drive on Route 66
82. Go to the Macy's Day Parade
83. Help build someone a house
84. Build my perfect scrapbooking table on my own
85. Learn to manage money
86. Go Zorbing
87. Meet Richard Gere
88. Have a conversation with Dale Jr & not get tongue tied
89. Learning to say no without feeling guilty about it
90. Each place I visit buy something pink!

“Life is too short to let it pass you by. We only have one shot at this and then it's gone.”

91. Have a photography darkroom
92. Paint scrapbooking room PINK
93. Play golf without getting upset
94. Pay off College
95. Window Shop on Rodeo Drive
96. Go Hunting & wear Camo :)
97. Go to Oktoberfest
98. Learn Glassblowing
99. Go to the Hill where Full House filmed
100.Visit the Wreckage of the Titanic Aboard a Submarine"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - "WOW - What a Ride!" - Anonymous

101. Throw a Murder Mystery Party for Halloween
102. Find treasure from a shipwreck
103. Make sure my kids have birthday parties every year until they don't want them anymore
104. Be on Wheel of Fortune
105. Go to the Superbowl
106. Have a race car run my paint scheme!
107. Go on a road trip to anywhere...no planning involved at all
108. Have a shoe closet
109. See a movie before it's in theaters - Completed June 2010 - Twilight: New Moon
110. Sleep in a haunted house
111. Ireland
112. Photograph under water life of the ocean
113. Have a bar at my house
114. Wear dresses and heels like I Love Lucy did
115. Go to the Price is Right
116. Be in Victory Lane for a Victory with a team I know one of the team members
117. Make a 50 License plate map!
118. Meet Dale Jr - Completed April 2002, April 2010 & April 2011


“Every man dies – Not every man really lives.” ~ William Ross

Bucket List

I'm not really much of a blogger, which is surprising since I love to talk and share stories with my friends! Last week on twitter, a girl named Alice wanted to trend on twitter, after looking into this it was because it was on her bucket list. I'm not terminally ill or dying any time soon! Though realizing this little girl only has a short amount of time left, she doesn't know when her fight is up with cancer, but yet she's trying to accomplish her bucket list or accomplish as many things as possible.

I don't want to wait until a doctor one day tells me oh you have 6 months to live. I want to start living life the way I use to. I've been through some trials and hardships over the past 3 years; It has caused me to stop living the way I used to and I turned into an introvert; which I have never been. I'm as extrovert as you can think, I don't hide and I rarely do I not talk to someone.

I decided to share my bucket list and little things of life that make me happy! I've accomplished a lot of things off my bucket list, but there are many that I still come up with day to day!