How many of us have referred to the Bucket List as part of our wants for birthdays and now the Christmas season?  People usually have fairly lofty agendas for their Bucket Lists when young. We all want to fly to exotic places around the world and maybe see the Seven Wonders of the World. When I was younger I had a few items of interest, mostly as a sports fan. I wanted to attend all the “majors” in tennis and golf as well as the World series and the Super Bowl. That should take a while! Of course, as a born and raised Cleveland Browns fan, the Super Bowl was more than a bucket list item – it was a fantasy.  I did however attend a day at the Masters, and a day at the US Open (tennis) thus making a couple check marks off the list.

One of my more reasonable Bucket list items took place last week while Peg and I were in NY City. We went to see the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall while checking out the lights and tree. Peg graciously accompanied me to see the show. When I was twelve I would see the Rockettes on TV and say “wow look at those legs”. Now that I am older, more mature and Peg and I are social ballroom dancers, I look at the Rockettes and say “wow look at those legs.”  It was a fantastic show by the way.

As we grow older our wishes and dreams sometimes become much more realistic and supported by common sense, even though we tease about a trip to visit all the places we see on our favorite PBS shows. I would say now that my bucket list destinations would be anywhere I am with Peg beside me. We are reasonably healthy, quite happy and enjoy so many things together. Our Bucket lists can literally be a bucket of sand on the beach, or a bucket full of water washing windows – it is all good.

As far as seeing the Seven Wonders of the World – I have already seen five of them – they call me Grandpa.