My Bucket List

Ok, this is going to be huge at over 100 things to do before I die! They are also in no particular order.

1) Save an animal at least once a year.
2) Volunteer in an underdeveloped country.
3) Buy my own cottage.
4) Retire!
5) Get my back fixed once and for all.
6) Become a principal.
7) Become a vice-principal (if #6 doesn't happen!)
8) Publish a novel.
9) Return to acting.
10) Buy a country home.
11)Have a barn full of cats!
12)Make a positive difference in every kid i teach until I retire.
13)Help stop racism.
14) Help stop all bullying in school.
15) Buy a projection 3-d tv.
16)Consider getting married again (maybe)
17) Fly to outer space,.
18) Meet an alien if it is friendly.
19) Learn to sculpt.
20) Play electric guitar much better than I do now.
21) Buy the coolest keyboard ever.
22) Get a decent car with heated seats and Command Start.
23) Vacation in India.
24) Vacation in Jamaica.
25) Vacation in Egypt.
26) Travel across Europe.
27) Bike across Ireland.
28) Write a meaningful poem.
29) Swim with the dolphins.
30) Swim with sharks.
31) Go on a cruise. (If I'm still alive after #30!)
32) Stop eating pork due to our inhumane hog industry.
33) Become a vegan.
34) Bench press 300lbs.
35) Learn how to cook a chocolate mousse.
36) Learn how to cook a proper beef wellington (prior to becoming a vegan)
37) Become better than my students at technology. (Not likely)
38) Go parachuting.
39) Go waterskiing
40) Go snowmobiling.
41) Drive a monster truck.
42) Go fishing for pirannhas.
43) Stay overnight at a haunted hotel.
44) Buy a Ipad mini.
45) But the Iphone 5
46) Sleep for 24 hours just once.
47) Make something really fancy using Origami.
48) Go on a helicopter.
49) Get better at using the SmartBoard
50) Learn how to use Garage Band properly.'
51) Buy a really nice suit.
52) Learn how to polish my shoes properly.
53) Eat and ostridge egg.
54) Make the perfect apple pie.
55) Trim my waist down to a size 34.
56) Replace my windows with better ones.
57) Keep my desk organized.
58) Get a dive instructor for our swimming.
59) Do a flip off the high board.
60) Do a dive off the middle board.
61) Do a flip off the high board.
62) Do a dive off the high board.
63) Be alive when the first human lands on Mars.
54) Buy  a nicer car.
55) Buy a nicer home.
56) Buy an outdoor hottub.
57) But a snowblower.
58) Go snowmobiling.
59) Be able to hold the front plank position for two minutes.
60) go water skiing
61) Make awesome homemade macaroni  and cheese
62) Buy my own carbonator
63) Get a tattoo of the Medecine Wheel on my back.
64) Donate to pet shelters every year.
65) Read the Harry Potter series
66) Read The Hunger Games Series
67) Appear in a movie
68) Try stand-up comedy.
69) Get laser surgery for my eyes
70) Plant a flower garden
71) Plant a vegetable garden
72) Return to playing competitive soccer
73) Mine for gold.
74) Go on the Amazing Race
75) Go on Survivor.
76) Start a reality show and make lots of money like Honey Boo Boo!
77) Learn how to ride a motorcycle
78) Play the saxophone.
79) Play the violin.
80) Play a harp.
81) Use a metal detector to find valuable coins.
82) Give up coffee once and for all.
83) Learn to enjoy tea instead.
84) Get a real garage instead of a carport.
85) Fix my car plug in.
86) Get Command Start
87) Take on a Teaching Candidate every year.
88) Retire early.
89) Train teachers part time after I retire.
90) Become a better recycler.
91) Learn how to palm coins for magic tricks.
92) learn Latin dancing.
93) Completely learn how to do Gangdam style dance.
94) Learn how to build an origami catapult.
95) Give up sugar for good.
96) Give up coffee for good.
97) Lose twenty pounds and stay at 205lbs.
98) Climg any mountain.
99) Go on a hot air ballon ride.
100) Set foot on the moon.

My Rambling Autobiography

I was born June  16th, 1964 when the Beatles were starting their "invasion" of North America. My earliest memories include staring up a birch bark tree in our backyard for hours on  end and eating glass and pennies that i found washed up on the beach. In Kindergarten, I remember my teacher Mrs Simpsons slapping me in the face as I was lined up to go home at lunch. i have no idea why because I think I was a good boy and even if I wasn't, should I ever be slapped by a teacher? In grade one, I met my best friends and we're still good friends now even though he became a doctor and now lives in the country with a bunch of horses. Also In grade one, I remember being introduced to subtraction. I think I may have been the only kid in the room who didn't get it and I remember feeling awful and crying about it. To this day as a teacher, I still remember what that felt like and I think it has helped me to be a more understanding teacher if one of my students just doesn't get something. I remember my first dog Dusty who was a black lab with a white crest on his chest. he was a great dog and very friendly but then some kids on the block always teased him by throwing rocks at him so one day Dusty bit one of these brats so they had to put Dusty down! (They put the wrong animal down if you ask me now!)

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