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Summer bucket list game 2026

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Hello, my bucket list friends! I’m determined to have a great summer this year. I’m also determined to cross off as many summer bucket list items as possible. This year’s list is mix of different items including easy everyday things like shopping at some of my favorite places, doing art projects, and eating some of my favorite foods. There are some items on this list that may seem difficult to cross off but I already have them planned . This list is also full of classic summer adventures that can be challenging or easy . However ,it does include challenging items that I don’t have plans to do. I’m excited to see how many items that I can cross off . I hope I can do some of the more challenging ones. I do feel like I have a stronger drive to cross more items off this year than I have in past years. With all that being said let’s get to this year’s summer bucket list game.

10 points

  1. Make animals and flowers with air dry clay
  2. go swimming
  3. ride a carousel
  4. make 4th of July art project
  5. get a new pair of flip flops
  6. go shopping at the Dollar Tree
  7. Go shopping at Hobby Lobby
  8. get frozen yogurt
  9. make a summer 2026 playlist
  10. take pictures in a photobooth
  11. get a new Squishmallow
  12. Go to my favorite used book store
  13. get a slurpee
  14. go shopping at same the party supply store that I did as a kid
  15. get a new Barbie doll
  16. buy a keychain on vacation
  17. buy a magnet on vacation
  18. Go on a Target run
  19. go shopping at TJ Maxx
  20. take a picture of the sky from an airplane window
  21. make a reel with an Alice Cooper song
  22. cut watermelon into shapes with cookie cutters

20 points

  1. Do my mall weekend tradition
  2. Go to a park that I’ve never been to before
  3. go shopping at Five Below
  4. buy a plush animal while on vacation
  5. go to the movies
  6. go to build a bear workshop
  7. tye-dye something
  8. get a soft pretzel
  9. ride a roller coaster
  10. get a new swim top
  11. make a sandcastle
  12. make sidewalk chalk art
  13. draw my summer picture
  14. paint something
  15. go to a restaurant that I’ve never been to before
  16. go swimming at night
  17. take a selfie on a train
  18. go on a boat ride
  19. get dressed up including make-up and fancy shoes !
  20. make ice pops
  21. try a new lavender scented product
  22. make a reel about my little pool

50 points

  1. go to the zoo
  2. go to an amusement park
  3. go to a concert
  4. watch a Mets game ( on TV or in person counts )
  5. read a mystery book
  6. go on vacation
  7. visit a state that I’ve never been to before
  8. go on a water ride
  9. go to a party
  10. go to lunch or dinner with a friend at least 3 times
  11. play mini golf
  12. make a fruit salad
  13. make playdough
  14. make a pasta salad
  15. get a tattoo
  16. slide down a waterslide
  17. set up my small pool
  18. go on a hike
  19. go to a museum
  20. go thrift shopping to 3 or more stores
  21. make a no bake cake
  22. Get a Mets sweatshirt or jacket

100 points

  1. make a music video
  2. take a picture with a celebrity
  3. Go to a water park
  4. write 5 or more blog posts each month
  5. go camping
  6. get a themed birthday cake
  7. get my face painted
  8. get more than one new tattoo
  9. go to the movies three or more times
  10. cross off five regular bucket list items
  11. hold or pet a baby animal
  12. get my toenails painted
  13. Get 10 flamingo themed items
  14. watch a whole season of any TV show
  15. get a piercing
  16. watch a movie that came out the year that I was born
  17. buy five items from my Ebay wish list
  18. Write a story series with Grok
  19. Do a summer scavenger hunt
  20. Participate in joy ride day
  21. post 50 or more Instagram Reels
  22. visit a national park

I hope everyone has a wonderful summer!

Love, Christina Epperly

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.

Adding new bucket list items before my birthday

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! It is almost my birthday and to be honest I’m very nervous about turning 35. I feel I have not achieved a lot of things that I thought that I would have by now. I decided that after I turn 35, I’m going to stop adding items to my bucket list for five years. I’m doing this so I can focus on completing the current items that I have on my list. However, I’m not 35 yet, so here is one last round of new bucket list items before I start my freeze.

386. see the blue whale of Catoosa

387. Go on a road trip with no destination

388. Visit the hole n the rock

389. Do an art or craft project every day for 30 days

390. decorate an apartment in my maximalist style

391. have my art or photography displayed at the state of county fair

392. make my own bath bombs with prizes inside

393.Keep a Christmas tree for a whole year and decorate it for each season / holiday

394. be able to consider myself a professional writer

395. play some of my favorite childhood games on a computer that has windows 98 installed

396. Visit Area 15 in Las Vegas

397. Decorate a tote bag

398. See a Mets game in New York

399.see the Alamo

400. go to big bend national park

Thanks for reading !

Love, Christina Epperly

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

Summer 2024 bucket list game results

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! I have one more post to make before I move on to my posts about the month of September. This was the second year in row that I played the summer bucket list game. I honestly did not do as well at the game as I thought I would do, but it was a good summer, and I enjoyed it, and that is all that really matters.

10 points

ride a carousal – yes, more than once !

eat frozen yogurt – yes I went to a frozen yogurt place in Idaho

do a craft kit – yes

get a colorful summer dress –  no

get a Slurpee –  no

get new flip flops –  yes

take pictures in a photobooth  – yes

go thrift shopping –  yes

go to the movies –  yes

get a new Barbie doll  – yes

draw a summer picture  – yes

tie-dye something  – no

make a mini music video that includes a bubble machine – no

Make smores  – yes

Make a sand castle –  yes

Make a summer playlist  – yes

Eat a big soft pretzel – yes

Go to a park I’ve never been to before and go down the slide – yes

20 points

go to a state I’ve never been to before – yes

ride a rollercoaster – no

Win a prize from a claw machine – yes

Make sidewalk chalk art – no

go to a zoo – yes

do my mall weekend tradition – yes

go swimming – yes

go to the beach – yes

buy ten or more items from the Dollar Tree – yes

go thrift shopping in a different state – yes

play mini golf – yes

Get a massage – yes

play games in an arcade – no

Make a plush at Build a Bear Workshop – yes

Go to a museum – yes

Go shopping at Five Below – yes

Make playdough – no

50 points

go to water park – no

Get a small pool for my deck – no

Get my nails done – no

go to a concert – yes

go on a vacation – yes

get a new tattoo – no

ride five or more rides at one amusement park – yes

complete a 5k – no

Attend a sporting event – no

Go on a road trip – no

Go to a national park – yes

Go to a state park – yes

Get my face painted – no

Jump on a trampoline – no

Swim or float in a lazy river – no

100 points

Take a picture with a celebrity – yes

Get to 600 or more blog followers – no

Post 10 or more times on Vocal – no

Post 25 or more reels on Instagram – yes

Cross off 5 or more regular bucket list items – yes, I crossed off exactly 5 items!

Do five or more product reviews on my blog – no

Get 10k or more views on an Instagram reel – no

Get 100 likes on a blog post – no

Make a different smoothie five days in a row – no

Have a Barbie themed birthday cake for my 34th birthday ! – no

post five or more videos on YouTube ( Shorts count) – no

My score was 950/ 2,370

Once again just like last year, I think the low score has to do with the fact that I didn’t cross off many of the high value items. However, as I said at the beginning of this post, The most important thing was that I had a good summer and I’m happy I did cross of the items that I did. Oh and I’m already planning to do much better next year!

Thanks for reading!

Love, Christina Epperly

Summer 2024 in review

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Hello, my bucket list, friends ! We are now in my least favorite season fall, so I will distract myself by reflecting on my favorite parts of summer 2024 . I miss summer very much and I can’t wait for it to come back next year! With that being said, let’s get to my favorite parts of summer 2024.

Vacation and travel

Missouri – This was my first vacation of this summer, and it was a truly amazing time! I crossed off two bucket list items, went to a toy museum, and explored so many exciting attractions. ( You can read about it HERE, HERE, and HERE )

Tennessee – I love the state of Tennessee! I didn’t want to leave. We went on some great tours, held colorful birds, and much more! ( You can read about it HERE , HERE, and HERE )

Idaho – I went to Idaho in August to visit family, but we also went on some fun adventures, including lots of thrift shopping and going to a reptile zoo! ( You can read about it HERE )

Las Vegas – On the way back from Idaho, I got to spend a few hours in one of my favorite cities! It was amazing but I was not happy when it was time to leave! ( You can read about it HERE )

Bucket list items

Shoot for the starts mini golf – I put this mini golf course on my bucket list because it looked really cool, but I didn’t have any plans to visit it . I was so excited when I discovered that I was going on vacation to where this item was located. I had so much fun here! It was a great item to cross off! ( You can read about it HERE )

go parasailing – This was such a fun item to cross off of my bucket list! I did this on my vacation to Missouri, and I would love to do it again sometime! ( You can read about it HERE )

go to the Exploratorium – This bucket list item is only about an hours drive away from me, but this summer, I finally got the time to go explore it. I highly recommend going to this very fun and exciting place. ( You can read about it HERE )

Decorate a shirt or hat with puffy paint – I had so much fun decorating a bucket hat with puffy paint! This was a perfect item to cross off during the summer. ( You can read about it HERE )

Get a pair of jelly shoes – This was a very easy item to cross off, but I really love the green jelly shoes that I got from Amazon. ( you can read about it HERE )

Shopping fun

My summer mall weekend tradition – I love this tradition of mine! This year my wonderful friend came with me! It was a great two days of shopping! ( You can read about it HERE)

Thrift shopping – I got to do so much thrift shopping this summer! I went to thrift shopping both locally and on vacation! ( You can read about some of it HERE, HERE, and HERE )

At work shopping – The place that I work at is full of so many great items! I often go shopping at work during my breaks, and this summer was no different! I got many great toys for my collection and other fun items. ( You can read about some of it HERE,HERE, and HERE )

Souvenir shopping – During my vacations, I got a lot of fun souvenirs. You can read about it in the vacation posts that I linked above.

Five Below – I love this store, but I don’t get to go often. When I was sick with bronchitis, I had to pick up some medicine near this store. I didn’t want to miss an opportunity to go shopping here, so I put on a mask, gathered up what energy I had left ,and I went shopping at this very fun and well priced store. ( You can read about it HERE )

Beach fun

July beach trip – This beach trip was not planned ahead of time. I had an appointment that got canceled, so I ended up going to the beach and building sandcastles. ( You can read about it HERE )

August beach trip – On the first day of August, I went to the same beach that I had gone to the month before. I really like this beach because it is small and dog friendly.( You can read about it HERE)

Celebrating

Father’s Day – This was a great day because I got to go to lunch with my family. With my busy schedule, that does not happen a lot. ( You can read about it HERE )

July 4th – I love the 4th of July ! It is such a fun holiday. I had a great time celebrating it this year. ( You can read about it HERE )

My birthday – I turned 34th this August. I had a good time celebrating my birthday. ( You can read about it HERE )

Other fun highlights

movies – I went to see two movies this summer the first one was Garfield and the second one was Harold and the Purple Crayon. Both were great movies! ( You can read about it HERE and HERE )

Galaxy Con – This was such an awesome convention. I loved getting to take pictures with celebrities. ( You can read about it HERE )

Painting a cute frog – I got a cute art kit at Five Below, and I had a great time painting a cute green frog! ( You can read about it HERE )

An evening at the Boardwalk – I got to visit a local amusement park this summer, and I made it on five rides including the carousel. ( You can read about it HERE )

swimming – I went swimming on vacation but I also went swimming at a local gym. ( You can read about it HERE )

taking fun photos – One of my friends knows how to pick out the prettiest places to eat, and we always have fun taking pictures. ( You can read about it HERE and HERE )

Drawing my summer 2024 picture – I love this summer tradition of mine! I had a fun time drawing this years picture. ( You can read about it HERE )

As you can see, I had a lot of fun this summer! I can’t wait for next summer to hurry up and get here !

Thanks for reading!

Love, Christina Epperly

The bucket list item I forgot about!

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! This does not happen to me often, but I forgot to tell you about an item I crossed off my bucket list! I crossed one of the easier items off of my list, and that list item was to get a pair of jelly shoes! I’m a very nostalgic person, and since these shoes were very common when I was growing up, I wanted to get a pair for nostalgic reasons! I’m pretty sure I had a pair as a kid, and I was excited to have a pair as an adult. I ordered a pair of green jelly sandals from Amazon. Now, these shoes are made for style and not for comfort! They look great, but this is definitely not a shoe to wear when you have a lot of walking to do. However, I do love that I crossed this item off of my bucket list, and I love my green jelly shoes!

Thank you for reading!

Love, Christina Epperly

Fun at the beach and exploring the Exploratorium

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Hello, my bucket list, friends! In this post, I’m going to talk about two fun things that I did in July. One of them was a bucket list item! I can’t wait to tell you more, so let’s get to it!

July 10th – On this day, I had a dentist appointment, but they could not verify my insurance, so I went to the beach instead. Before going to the beach, I went to T.J Maxx to get some sand toys so I could build a sand castle when we got to the beach. We went to a small but nice beach. I was not really dressed for the beach since I had not planned on going that day. However, I still had a great time, and I built a few different sand castles. I had a fun time at the beach it turned out to be a great day.

July 11th – On this day, I crossed off a bucket list item by visiting the Exploratorium. I have wanted to visit this interactive museum for a while now. To sum it up, the Exploratorium is full of things that you can touch and that is very different from most museums. You will see some of the exhibits in my photos below. It is hard to explain all the fun things that I saw here but some of my favorites include a cloud made of lightbulbs, an arrangement of blocks that made a picture with a shadow, lots of plants, a ring of ice, and a close up look at corn. I also got some fun souvenirs. I highly recommend visiting the Exploratorium if you ever get the chance too. I’m very glad that I crossed this item off of my bucket list.

Thank you for reading !

Love, Christina Epperly