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Bucket list items I crossed off in 2025

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Hello, my bucket list friends! I’m super excited to write this post about the bucket list items I crossed off last year. Since I’m very behind on my regular posts ,you may not know about some of these items yet but I’m excited to share them with you. In November, I went on a road trip and I crossed off a list item that I’m very happy about. I also crossed off some of my more simple list Items like making a Met’s themed bracelet. With all being said let’s get to it!!

37. Get a tattoo of a starfish – I have wanted to do this for years and this year was the year that I finally did it. While on vacation in Las Vegas, I went to a tattoo shop  that was at the hotel we were staying at. I got a very beautiful and colorful starfish on my leg. It is one of my favorite tattoos that I have!

326. Go to an ice bar – I also crossed off this item while was on vacation in Las Vegas. I went to the minus 5 ice bar. This was a super fun experience that I highly recommend doing if you get the chance. I loved taking pictures here.

336. Make Pinterest worthy chalk art – This was so much fun. In July my friend and I went to a park and made chalk art. I was so happy with the way some of it looked especially the ice cream cone that I drew. I did post it to Pinterest to hopefully inspire others.

351. Get a Philippians 4:13 tattoo – When I got my starfish tattoo in Las Vegas, I got Philippians 4:13 written above it. This is one of my favorite Bible verses and I love having it as a part of my tattoo collection.

341. Get a Cam Squishmallow – Cam is the main squishmallow and I did not have him in my collection so I added it to my list. My friend got it for me when her work had a sale. She sent me a picture asking me I wanted anything that was at the sale. I was so excited when I was Cam in the photo. I asked her to get him for me and she did. It turned out that it was a larger size than I thought . I was so excited when she gave him to me.

355. Paint or draw Cooper – During the summer I drew a very cute picture of my very cute cat Cooper. I found a drawing guide on Pinterest and I followed it but I did struggle a bit to get it the way a wanted however when I was done I was happy with the way it looked. I enjoyed crossing this item off of my list.

357. Go to the Hoover Dam – I also did this while I was on vacation to Las Vegas . I booked a tour with a company called comedy on deck . This was a great choice. The tour bus picked us up and took us on a wonderful adventure. I really enjoyed getting to see the Hoover dam . The tour was amazing and I highly recommend it.

370. Make a Mets inspired bracelet – In 2025 I became a Mets fan. I may be a new fan but I am a true fan. I have a Mets hat and two shirts but I wanted to do something creative to show my love for my team. I had fun making two bracelets with baseball beads and Mets colors.

362. Ride the high roller wheel at night – I also did this during my trip to Las Vegas. I love the high roller wheel but I had only done it during the day before this trip . I really wanted to see all the lights from the wheel and I’m so glad that I did. It was a beautiful view.

358. Take a picture with the 7 magic mountains. – This was also done during my Las Vegas vacation.  This was such an interesting art installation. I’m so glad I got to see it. I had so much fun taking pictures here. I’m so glad I put this on my list.

293. Go to salvation mountain – I crossed off this list item during a road trip in November.  This was one of those items that required travel to an area that is pretty remote.

Thank you for reading about the list items that I crossed off in 2025! I’m excited to see what items I cross off in 2026. I hope all of you have a wonderful 2026.

Love, Christina Epperly

Las Vegas adventure June 2025 part one

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! We are now in September, but I had a pretty amazing summer. Now that things are slowing down, I’m ready to write blog posts about my summer 2025 adventures! I’m very excited to write this post about some of my Las Vegas adventures. Without any more introduction, let’s get to it!

June 9th – This was the day that my mom and I began our Las Vegas vacation. At the airport, before getting on the plane, I got a magazine that had some fun food art on the cover. The short flight went well. Our hotel for this trip was the Linq. I had walked through this hotel before, but this was my first time staying there. I thought that the room had a fun and artsy feel to it. I liked that check-in was super easy on the kiosk. After getting settled. We went out to eat at the boss cafe. The food was really good. I’m glad that this place was inside our hotel . After eating we walked to a nearby candy store. I also loved how close this place was. I got to go to it more than once during this trip. On this night, I bought a few Las Vegas themed items from the candy store, including a cute tin of mints. I also got to cross off a bucket list item on this day when we went to the Minus 5 ice bar. This ice bar was a very fun place to take pictures. There were a bunch of different themed areas, and it was a great escape from the Las Vegas heat. My favorite part was getting to drink out of a cup that was made out of ice. After our ice bar experience, we went and saw the Bellagio fountain show. This show is iconic and something that I highly recommend doing while you are in Las Vegas. It is free and it is fun to take pictures and videos of. After the fountain show, we went to the Bellagio conservatory. This free attraction is an amazing work of art that changes with the seasons. I loved the flamingos and the zebras. Back at our hotel, I bought a magnet that had the High Roller Wheel on it. It was a wonderful first day of vacation.

June 10th – This was our first full day of vacation, and we had some fun things planned. When we were in Las Vegas in 2023, we loved doing the flyover ride, so we decided to do that again this time. We ended up doing three different rides, and they were all amazing. I highly recommend doing this ride at least once. I believe that there were four different rides when we were there. They also have a fun gift shop so I got a few things there. Next to the flyover ride is one of my favorite stores in Las Vegas. It is called the ABC store, and it has a great selection of souvenirs and other items. I love the hat that I got there. I also got a plush animal that comes with a blanket, some post cards, a rubber duck, and a shirt. After doing the flyover ride three times and shopping at the ABC store, we went to lunch at Olive Garden. When we went back to the hotel we went in the pool. It was a lot of fun. I love staying at hotels that have pools . This pool also had a DJ, and drinks were available it was still pretty lowkey and chill. After the pool, my next activity was to go and cross off a bucket list item that had been on my list for a long time. There was a tattoo shop in our hotel so I went there and I got a tattoo of a starfish. I had been wanting to get this for a long time. I got a starfish that had a fun pattern of circles and dots. I also got another bucket list tattoo because I had Philippians 4:13 written above the starfish. I was so happy with the way this tattoo turned out. After getting my tattoo, my mom and I went on The High Roller Wheel. I can not recommend the High Roller Wheel enough. I went on the High Roller Wheel of the first time back in 2023, and I loved it, but this time, I wanted to ride it at night so I could see all the city lights. The views from the high roller wheel are simply amazing. I got some wonderful pictures of all of the city lights below. The capsule that you ride in is a good size, and you can move around to different windows. I loved getting to see the Las Vegas Sphere with different designs on it. The beach ball was my favorite. After an amazing ride on the High Roller Wheel, I got a deck of playing cards from the Linq at the gift shop. it was a day full of adventure. I got some pizza to end the day on a high note . It was a really wonderful day.

New bucket list items April 2025

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I’m working on adding new items to my bucket list before I put a five year freeze on adding new items once I turn 35 in August. I did use Grok to help me come up with some of the items listed below. I’ve got some fun new items to put on my list, and I’m very excited to make it official, so let’s get to it!

361. Go to the Charles Schulz museum

362. Ride the High Roller wheel in Las Vegas at night

363. Go to Mr. ed’s elephant museum

364. Go to Six flags over TX

365. Go to another Crayola experience location

366. Become an official resident of a state that is not California

367. Go to Kings Island amusement park

368. write an article about how awful it is that Alice Cooper has never won a Grammy

367. Make three different origami animals

368. Slow dance with a celebrity

369. Draw or paint a very colorful picture and then add glitter to it

370. Make a mets inspired bracelet

371. Visit the aquarium of the Pacific

372. Enter a tattoo contest

373. Visit the Louisville Slugger Museum

374. Make a prayer jar

375. Visit the aquarium at the Boardwalk in Branson, Missouri

376. Make a Mets inspired painting or drawing

377. Glue a puzzle together and turn it into a poster

378. Live in an apartment

379. Go to Valley of Fire State Park

380.make five vegetarian recipes from my Pintrest board

381. Visit the first build a bear workshop location

382. Visit the Sacramento zoo

383. Visit the Monterey zoo

384. Visit the desert botanical garden in AZ.

385. Have a birthday party with 100 or more guests

Thank you for reading about the new items on my list !

Love, Christina Epperly

New Bucket List items March 2025 !

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Hello, my bucket list, friends ! It is finally for me me to add some new items to my bucket list ! My plan is to add a bunch of items to my list and then when I turn 35 in August, I’m going to stop adding items for five years so I can focus on the list items that I have. However, until then, I’m going to add lots of items to my list! I have a lot of items to add some of them I came up with by myself, some of them were inspired from watching You Tube videos, other items were suggested to me by Grok I highly suggest using Grok for for Bucket List item suggestions and everyday questions and conversations as well. With that being said, I’m so excited to share my new list items with you, so let’s get to it!

334. Get 30k steps in a day with my fit bit

335. Go on a Pinterest shopping Spree

336. make Pinterest worthy chalk art

337. make my own stickers and decorate a notebook with them

338. make a custom shade of lipstick or gloss

339. Go on the Rain Forrest cafe ride ( Rainforest river adventure ride )

340. visit the channel islands

341. own a Chip squishmallow

342. Go on a themed cruise

343. move out of CA

344. Go to a Mets game

345. Go to a toy or doll show / fair

346. ride the carousel of happiness in Colorado

347. tour the Tabasco factory

348. Go to the Columbus zoo

349. Go to a farm sanctuary

350. Go to the Tulsa zoo

351. Get a Philippians 4:13 tattoo

352. Go on the Hershey’s chocolate world tour

353. Go to Omaha’s Henry Doorly zoo

354. Get a Mets Tattoo

355. Paint or draw a picture of my cat Cooper

356. Paint a Carousel horse statue or figurine

357. go to the Hoover dam

358. Take a picture with the 7 magic mountains

359. Do a Mets themed photoshoot

360. Go to six flags great adventure

I’m happy to say I now have 360 items on my bucket list! I can’t wait to see what bucket list items I cross off this year!

Love, Christina Epperly

Highlighting the two items I crossed off my bucket list this month

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Hello, my bucket list friend in my last POST I talked about the two items I crossed off my list this month however I wanted to do a post specifically highlighting them. Here we go!

272 . Eat at the Amy’s drive-through restaurant – I had not planned on crossing this item off my list. It just so happened to be by the gate at the airport on the way to Connecticut. I was very excited when I saw this restaurant because I knew it meant I would be crossing the first item off my bucket list for 2023! I had a breakfast burrito, and it was enjoyable. I also got coffee. There was an Amy’s sticker that came with my order, and I put it in my notebook. This was a tasty item to cross off.

265. Visit the PEZ factory – When we were planning our trip to Connecticut, I knew I had to choose this to be one of my activities. When we got to the Pez visitor’s center, I was very happy to be there. With your admission fee, you get a lanyard and a discount at the store. There is a lot to see here. There are cases and cases full of Pez dispensers. You can also see the Pez factory threw a window. There were activities you could do, including a bingo /scavenger hunt game that you can play. I started playing this game, but I decided not to finish it. One activity that I did complete was taking a Pez quiz on a computer and printing out my certificate. They had a lot of fun items for sale, including Pez dispersers, that you could decorate. I bought the one that looked like a truck, but I have not decorated it yet. I also got some other Pez dispensers, including a bee and an elephant. In addition to the Pez dispensers, I got a Pez visitor’s center magnet and postcards. On the way out, I made a pressed penny in the pressed penny machine. I was a quarter short, but this really nice person gave me one. I had a great time crossing this item off my list.

Thank you for reading about my bucket list adventures! – Christina Epperly

My 2022 wrap-up!

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Hello, my bucket list friends. I can’t believe it’s already time to write this post! This year went by super fast, and I’m already looking forward to next year’s adventures, but before we move on to next year, let’s go over this year’s highlights!

Bucket list items- Since I have the words Bucket list in the title of my blog, let’s start with the items I crossed off this year. I am happy to say that I crossed off eight items this year!

Get a mohawk – I was nervous to cross this item off, but I did it! ( You can read about it HERE )

Go to the Goodwill outlet – This was a fun item to cross off ! ( You can read about it HERE)

Go to the Denver art museum – I went on a wonderful vacation in June, and this was a part of it. ( You can read about it HERE )

Go to Denver – I stayed in Denver for my Colorado vacation. ( You can read more about my vacation HERE )

Tweet 10000 times – I was very proud of myself for crossing this item off my list. ( You can read about it HERE)

Go on a Warner Brothers studio tour – I crossed this item off on my December trip to Los Angeles! It was a very fun item to cross off! ( You can read about it HERE)

Go to a blow dry bar – I loved the way my hair looked when I was done crossing this item off my bucket list. ( You can read about it HERE)

Go on a vegan picnic – Another item I crossed off in Los Angeles ( You can read about it HERE)

Travel- I got to go on a few vacations this year. I also went on so day trips. I’ll post the links so you can read more about them

Muir Woods – This was a fun day trip that I went on early in the year. ( You can read about it HERE)

San Louis Obispo and Paso Robles – This trip was mainly to go see Alice Cooper, but of course, we did some exploring too! ( You can read about it HERE )

Big Sur- Another fun day trip! ( You can read about it HERE)

Colorado – This vacation was a lot of fun! I did a lot of things, including crossing off two bucket list items. ( You can about it HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE

Summer Idaho trip – This was a fun trip that included a trip to a museum and going swimming. ( You can read about it HERE)

Monterey day trip – I love day trips! ( You can read about it HERE )

Birthday weekend trip – I went on a little weekend getaway for my birthday! ( You can read about it HERE)

Labor Day weekend Idaho adventure – The second trip that took to Idaho this year. This trip included an adventure on the Boise River! ( You can read about it HERE)

October Idaho adventure, including Craters of the moon national monument – My third and final trip to Idaho for the year 2022 included an amazing trip to Craters of the moon national monument. ( You can read about it HERE)

Concerts and events – My biggest highlight in this category was going to see Alice Cooper. I hope I can see him again this coming year. Anyways, on to the list of concerts and events I went to this year.

Disney on Ice – This was a really fun show. I hadn’t been to a Disney on ice show since I was a child. ( You can read about it HERE)

Alice Cooper concert – I got to see a concert from my favorite rock star this year! ( You can read about it HERE)

Point of Grace concert – This was a beautiful concert in a beautiful place. ( You can read about it HERE)

Fourth of July is fun, including a concert in the park! ( You can read about it HERE )

Christmas craft faire- I was so happy that I got to this event this year! ( You can read about it HERE)

Fantasy of lights drive through – I got to go one of my favorite local events this year. ( You can read about it HERE)

Shopping fun – I love going shopping and I had a lot of fun this year going to thrift shopping and more! You can read about some of it below.

Summer mall weekend – I love shopping and summer. I also love putting them together! ( You can read it HERE)

Thrift shopping fun – I got to do a lot of thrift shopping this year! ( You can read about some of it HERE, HERE,HERE, and HERE)

Target adventures – I also made a good amount of trips to my favorite department store this year. (You can read about some of my Target trips HERE,HERE , HERE, HERE, and HERE )

Creativity – I enjoyed being creative this year with art and writing!

I had a lot of fun doing arts and crafts projects. Here are some of my favorites! click on the titles below to read about them!

Painting a rocket

painting snowflakes

Summer 2022 picture

Cupcake art

Happy frog

Balloons

sticker art

Writing – In addition to writing on this blog, I also wrote articles on vocal media. Click on the titles below to read some of my articles from this year.

2000’s reality shows

45 things I have learned in my 32 years

the simple thing that gets me many social media views

60 ideas for your summer bucket list

The hard stuff

Every year has its hard moments, and this year was no different. In January, I said goodbye to my cat Sherri it was very painful. Time has helped to heal me, but it was a very difficult thing to go through.

Walking away from my career in childcare due to my health , I’m so proud of myself for making this choice. It was a hard conclusion to come to, but I’m glad I did. ( You can read about it HERE and HERE ) My mentel health has improved since I walked away from my career. I’m hoping and praying that 2023 will be the year that my voice acting career really comes together.

All things considered, I have to say that it was an overall good year, and I hope 2023 is an even better year!

Rock on – Christina Epperly

Blogmas day 21, two bucket list adventures, and a fun day in Los Angeles!

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I’m here with a post that I’m excited to write! On December 20th, I crossed two more items off my bucket list, plus I enjoyed a day in Los Angeles. Let’s start by talking about the first item I crossed off my bucket list that day. I started my day in Los Angeles by crossing off bucket list number 275. Go on a tour of Warner Brothers Studios. There is something really fun about seeing where TV shows and movies are made. I really enjoyed crossing this item off my list. There was so much to see on the tour, and the guide did a wonderful job of providing us with many interesting facts about many of the things we saw on the tour.There were also many great photo opportunities. I love the photo of me on the couch in front of the Friends fountain. I also enjoyed the display of Christmas items they had. I love the selfie I took with Jack Frost. There was also a gift shop, of course, where I got a few fun items, including a hat that says writer on it. After the tour and the gift shop, I spent some time in the Starbucks that was located in the lobby where the tours started. It was a fun item to cross off my bucket list, and I had one more item to cross off that day. After my tour, I went to Hollywood to cross number 244 go to a blow dry bar off my bucket list. I had made an appointment online, and I was ready for a little relaxion after an already busy day. I really did enjoy having my hair washed and styled. I decided to get curls, and I really liked that way I looked. With another item off my list and a super cute hairstyle, I decided to go to an attraction called the giant’s house. This attraction is just like a selfie museum. There were so many fun props to take photos with. Some of my favorites were the giant high heel, the ball pit, the piece of cake, and the coffee cup. I love the photos that I took there. Oh, the giant lipstick was pretty great, too. After my visit to the Giant’s house, I decided to walk to one of my favorite souvenire stores. On the way to the store, I came across some guys carrying some absolutely beautiful snakes. I fell in love with the yellow snake, and I just had to have a picture of me holding it. The snake’s name was lemonade, and that was a perfect name for this snake because he is a yellow snake. After holding the snake for pictures, I made it to the souvenir store where I found some fun items to add to my collection, including a snow globe. I had one last stop before I went back to my hotel for the day. I accidently left my toothpaste at home, so I needed to get some more. I went to CVS, and I got the toothpaste plus some more souvenirs. It was a great first day of vacation. Thanks for reading about this part of my adventure in Los Angeles.

Rock On- Christina Epperly