Rosie and I relaxing since the floor is clean.
Good times.
Jumping right on that task four weeks later, I present:
My Bucket List:
- Own the Jetson’s Rosie the Robot.
- Go to Paris again – my favorite city.
- See my kids graduate from college.
- See my kids happily married with kids.
- Put the sheet on the bed the correct direction the first time.
- Visit the pyramids.
- Get fired by Trump in the board room.
- See my bathroom counter toothpaste-goo-free for more than 1 hour.
- Have a good hair day.
- Find the scissors in the drawer where they belong.
- Win something. Anything! I’m not picky. The free toothbrush in the dentist goodie bag doesn’t count.
- Getting the prime parking space at the mall in front of Barnes & Noble.
- Have lunch with Larry David, Wanda Sykes, Will Ferrell and Jerry Seinfeld.
- Becoming Mayor of Walmart.
- See the night sky with all the stars like I remember seeing as a kid before giant city lights.
- Know someone with a fire truck.
And last but not least…
OH YEAH! I get to cross off the last goal with minimal effort thanks to Telling Dad and his purchase of a fire truck! Thanks Greg!
Waiting for Rosie
For 30+ years I’ve been impatiently awaiting the Jetson-like future where kids fly to school in a personal saucer and dinner magically appears from a hole in the wall. The drive-thru window is as close as it gets.
No Rosie? Well the next best thing is iRobot.
Vacuum cleaners have a life expectancy of six months in my house due to:
The shedding dog that is living forever just to spite me.
Don't be fooled. This IS his idea of being active - sitting upright. Don't strain yourself.
Constant small child disasters
Toddler Richter scale: 10 Catastrophic.
Little one (then 2) dumped the entire contents of her room onto the floor in fifteen minutes while I clueslessly cooked dinner just 10 feet away.
I’m certain that investing in a vacuum worth more than $50 is the answer.
My only concern is Rosie’s being able to move around the stuff on the floor.
Navigating the Sea of Crap, Rosie’s durability and maneuverability will be tested at Olympian levels.
Warned to allow three hours for sitting and watching it in amazement, I look forward to Rosie joining our family. By the looks of her face, I’m guessing she feels the same.
Happy Rosie...I think.
What Am I Missing on the List?
LOL! I occasionally succeed at #5, purely by chance. I want to join you on #2, 6, and 13!
One I would add to my list would be to achieve a minimalist lifestyle by removing all of the useless clutter in my home. I swear it multiplies when I’m not looking!
Good luck at checking off more list items!
#13 is my favorite although I probably wouldn’t see a thing for all the tears from laughing.
I empathize with you on a few of those bucket list items. The one about sheets is a special goal of mine, too.
I am fascinated by robots, have done several articles on robots, read many, many books on robots – but don’t think I want a robot. People make robots: the same people who make cars that stick in full acceleration mode and the same people who hack into our records to steal our identities and wreak havoc on our lives. I like robots, I don’t trust people. This is probably against some sort of rule, but you can find the first of three works on robots here:
http://allandouglas.hubpages.com/hub/Is-There-a-Robot-In-Your-Future
So, just shoot me if that’s illegal.
I love that series about the robots. The dog robot in #3 is creepy but very impressive.
It’s not often I get to cross something off my list just by reading a blog. My number 3) “Know someone who knows someone with a firetruck.” Wow, never thought I would be just once removed from such coolness! Thanks Melinda!
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LOL! Funny how those things just work out.
“The hardest goals are the easiest ones to achieve vicariously.” – Melinda, while sleepy and waiting for coffee to brew.
That’s quite a list!
The dog obviously does not care for paparazzi -always in his face snapping photos when he’s just trying to relax.
And hey, Rosie’s from the future, she’ll just hover over all that stuff when she’s cleaning. At least until the day she goes nuts and destroys us all. On the bright side the house will be clean at that point.
I wish you would have said something about the fire truck. I used to have one but people kept expecting me to put out fires. Yelling at me from the streets and looking at me crazy when I drive by the blazing inferno they just ran out of.
Hey I’m no hero. I just got the thing to pick up chicks
Didn’t work, though
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You know, you can totally accomplish #12 by just maiming yourself. In fact, you’ll have prime parking all around town. You may have already done this trying to clean that room.
Can Rosie file taxes? If so, I’ll take one.
And you have no idea how elated I am that I was not only ON someone’s Bucket List but that I actually achieved it. It was fate that I bought that fire truck. Because I see several items on yours that have no shot. #5 and #8 come to mind.
Oh, and if you ever do arrange that kind of lunch get together, you damn well better invite me. Wanda Sykes is my hero.
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@ John I’m willing to take a risk on Rosie turning evil. Yes the dog always has a annoyed look. Hmmm I’m thinking girls looked at the fire truck and think “Hey my hair will get messed up in that thing.” Or it is intimidating to have a fantasy come true.
@Greg I just LOVE all the people on the lunch item. Wanda makes me cry laughing. I’m a huge fan of Curb Your Enthusiasm. I have to start watching the other shows she is in. I don’t watch much TV, but these people are musts. I’m still hopeful the sheet thing will happen one day. That just defies everything I learned in statistics…it should be a 50% chance not 0%.
Oh my goodness! Look at that room! LOL! They work so quick….
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Duh.
#17. A nice bucket to hold all this stuff. Not my word, but this is your blog LOL
You sent me on a rip-roaring jaunt through Bucket List Land with a side trip of metal chicken.
So, there are at least two people who can help you with #17: Greg, if the firetruck has one of those galvanized numbers with sand in ‘em; Jenny, if the chicken falls apart into a heap of scrap metal.
I like your list. I got a kick out Rosie’s map-o-disaster, looking like that game, JezzBall.
So, you demoted Ellen?
Cheers,
Mitch
OMG I forgot Ellen. Maybe if she goes to lunch with me then she will make the next list. It’s like an incentive program with no valuable reward.
You are so funny! I want Rosie, too! I am very familiar with messes like your then 2 y/o created. Very. Also? I’m all for #5- putting sheets on the right way the first time. Ha!
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#5 is impossible. I would like to know if anyone has a secret other than to mark a corner with a Sharpie.
So funny! I considered, for half a sec, introducing you to my dad – but the firetruck isn’t exactly HIS.
#8 – make everyone brush their teeth in the kitchen for 24 hours.
#9 – visit the opposite hemisphere from the one you normally live in (though I do find that my hair behaves best in cold, dry air – like Pennsylvania in the dead of winter – YHMV).
#14 – keep checkin’ in on Foursquare. It’ll happen.
#15 – cruise to the middle of the ocean and beg the captain to turn off ALL the lights for about 10 minutes; barring that, just go anywhere in the middle of NOWHERE and look up around 2 AM.
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Ha ha #9 is true. If I go to NC it is even worse due to the soft water. #14 is easily attainable since my children like to send me there every night at 10pm for a “piece of posterboard for a project due tomorrow.”
Being a new blogger…and I understand that anyone blogging less than six months is new in this vast sea of venting…I scour the sites for other bloggers..PLM(people like me)….who happen live the life of chaos, and can still laugh about it…..and I have clicked my way to you!!!!
I love this post!
Rosie, or any such mobile entity, has been on my “Santa” list for many a moon. Hubby doesn’t see the need, ESP. Since the kids are gone. Harumph! Little does he know it is because he is still around….love him as I do….but, is a champion mess maker.
Can’t wait to read more of your gems, and start writing my own “bucket list” that has rattled around with my marbles for a good spell. Peace.