Bucket List 11-20

1. Design and build my dream house
   Since I put the date at owning horses around March 2017, I'm going to set the date for having this item completed at around August 2016.  (Looks like I'll have to add stables to my designs.)  Counting backwards from there, I'd say the build will take around 4 months... making April of the same year marking the end of design, planning and purchasing (contracting, getting permits and whatever else is needed).
   
   
   Most Probable Date of Completion:  April 2017.
   
   
2. Send someone to the nations as a missionary
   This one could be a bit cloudy, but I want to make it clear what this actually means.  This isn't just about me sending money to support someone who is already in the field, and it's not about me training and sending someone myself.  It could be as simple as knowing someone who is raising support and lending a hand, or supporting someone fully.  At length, this is another one I believe won't be a "one-and-done" item on the list.  I really want to be led to support lots of missionaries to the field.  Maybe next year.
   
   
   Most Probable Date of First Sending:  June 2011.
   
   
3. Lead someone to the Lord
   This has got to be in the top ten of all the items on the list.. if not #1.  The preference is that this item would be repeated over and over..  but I do have to add a caveat.  For this item to be crossed off the list, the person would need to be discipled after their conversion for a year.  Not that I'd put that requirement to the person or even say that is the requirement for someone to be saved, but that's the goal I'm setting for myself.. not only to get a decision here or there, but to commit myself to the people God ministers to through me, to help them walk the walk through their first year, up to and even through helping them lead someone to the Lord and become a discipler as well.. 
   2 Timothy 2:2 "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also  be qualified to teach others."
   
   
   I would love this one to take place any day now..  but due to stipulations, the actual cross-off date would be at least a year from now..  so..  December 2011 or January 2012..
   
   
4. Ride a gondola in Venice
   This one will be easy if I'm able to go to Croatia next summer for some form of missions trip.  Venice is just across the Adriatic from the country and I imagine we could take a quick trip over there for a day of sightseeing while on the trip.  So, I hope to finish this in the summer of next year.
   
   
   Most Probable Date of Completion: Summer 2011.
   
   
5. Go to a Renaissance fair
   The only thing stopping me from heading out to one of these is finding out when they are held.  I do know they happen every year and that there are several in the DFW area.. so it shouldn't be a hard thing to make this happen next year.
   
   
   Most Probable Date of Completion:  2011.
   
   
6. Complete a marathon
   This one depends a lot of how much I'm able to train.  I want to work on my running stamina and endurance for the next year and do the White Rock Marathon next December.  This year it's December 5th (which is my birthday) but it takes at least a year to train for one and I'd really rather run the entire thing as opposed to walking/running the thing.
   
   
   Most Probable Date of Completion:  December 2011.
   
   
7. Learn to dance
   This one may be one of those that continue throughout my lifetime.  But I need to put up some requirements that, when met, make it able to be crossed off at some point.  I think in the next couple of months, I'll select three types of dance.  When I know enough to pass myself as decent on a dance floor in all three, I'll consider this item X'ed.
   
   
   Most Probable Date of Completion:  June 2020.
   
   
8. Go water skiing
   This one will require either owning a boat, or knowing someone who does.  Since neither of those exist at the moment, I'm thinking it will take just a bit.  However, since I do not want to be very much older when I'm out there careening through the water at 30 mph, I need to bump this up a little.
   
   
   Most Probable Date of Completion:  August 2014.
   
   
9. Go ice skating
   This one will be very easy, and I want to have this one taken care of within a month.  So, I really don't need to say anything else.
   
   
   Date to Lace up the Skates:  December 2010.
   
   
10. Go snow skiing
    This one not so easy.  Once I'm out in California, I imagine (since there are mountains all around) I will be able to find a place to ski sometime fairly soon afterwards, if it isn't incredibly busy.
    
    
    Most Probable Date of Completion:  February 2018.