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Monday, September 26, 2011

Istanbul a.k.a. my dream home

On September the 5th me and my team flew back to Germany from Ethiopia.

On our way home we had a nine hour lay over in Turkey so we took a tour of the city!

and.... I fell in love.

I didn't want to go back to the airport, I was in love with Istanbul.

Is a nice Istanbul Summer loft downtown in my future?

I sure hope so!

Brooke's Bucket List

1.) Drive down the streets of Hawaii in a red convertible 1959 MGA 1600 Coupe singing “Almost always true to you”. (You would only understand if you've seen Elvis Presley's movie "Blue Hawaii)

2.) Get a tattoo.

3.) Do something that makes a difference.

4.) Destroy a computer

5.) Plant a tree

6.) Finish writing at least one book

7.) Learn to play piano, guitar, and ukulele

8.) Learn to surf, and become good at it.

9.) Hug Johnny Depp

10.) Go on a massive roadtrip with my best friend/friends and live out of a vw van

11.) Scream at the top of my lungs

12.) Hand a stranger $100 dollars

13.) Cut a ribbon at a major opening

14.) Send a message in a bottle

15.) Climb a large mountain

16.) Donate blood

17.) Spend a week in silence

18.) See the Mayan civilization’s in Belize

19.) Start my own charity/organization

20.) Go to Holi, the festival of colors

21.) Become a certified diver

22.) Be in a protest

23.) Visit Folsom prison

24.) Swim with dolphins

25.) Photograph something that is displayed in a popular museum

26.) Smash a guitar

27.) Drive a race car on a track

28.) Party all night in Vegas

29.) Win a valuable award

30.) Go on tour with a band

31.) Run a marathon

32.) Walk in the Avon walk for breast cancer

33.) Make Nick Jonas laugh

34.) Ride through the desert in a dune-buggy

35.) Host a lemonade stand

36.) Be in a boxing match

37.) Mountain surf

38.) Have a deer as a pet

39.) Rescue an animal

40.) Rebuild a 1959 Chevrolet Apache Fleetside with an automatic transmission.

41.) Learn French, ASL, and Spanish

42.) Write my biological father a letter

43.) Learn how Criss Angel did his walk on water illusion

44.) Visit our troops in a hostile location

45.) Have something magical happen, completely unplanned

46.) Have a refrigerator covered with pictures

47.) Have my dream wedding and it be everything i've always dreamed it would be

48.) Be in a music video

49.) Hug a giraffe

50.) Pet a lion

51.) Learn to drive a motorcycle

52.) Dance with a professional company

53.) Become a pool shark

54.) ~~Learn to play Texas hold 'em~~{Completed APRIL 4th 2010}

55.) Make the best cookies EVER

56.) Have my breath literally taken away by something beautiful

57.) Swim in a fountain

58.) Look in the mirror once and not want to change one thing about myself

59.) Go skinny dipping in a lake

60.) Ride a mechanical bull

61.) Learn how to ballroom dance

62.) ~~{Write a children's book~~ { MARCH 27TH 2010}

63.) Camp in Yellowstone (or other beautiful place) in a tent for a week

64.) Inspire someone that inspired me

65.) Sleep under the stars with the love of my life

66.) Horseback ride on the beach

67.) Do something selfless for five people in secret & not get anything in return

68.) See the northern lights

69.) Learn wine appreciation

70.) Write letters to important people in my life explaining what they mean to me

71.) Join a calligraphy class.

72.) Live in a Christian commune

73.) Be a matchmaker

74.) Be a ring girl for a MMA event

75.) Pack my bags and set off on the road with no plans or idea of where I’m going with someone I love

76.) Knit a blanket for a newborn

77.) Read a book on a subject I’d never consider reading

78.) Go to the comic book convention

79.) Become a pen pal for someone overseas

80.) Fly in first class

81.) Successfully become a vegan for an entire year

82.) Do yoga

83.) Become flexible (something i've tried to become since I was three)

84.) Hit bull's-eye on a dart board

85.) Get closure on all hurt, grievance and unhappiness of my past

86.) Go on a cruise

87.) Date someone who is romantic, without needing my help to plan dates.

88.) Have a picnic party in the park on a beautiful day with all the people that make me happy and make me laugh

89.) Let 99 red balloons go

90.) Become a mother

91.) Ride an Elephant

92.) Go to the Kentucky Derby

93.) Live on the beach.

94.) Open up my dream, "Grace Pregnancy Home". A home that helps unmarried young women with an unplanned pregnancy, through the pregnancy and birth of their child. Including helping them finish school, learn about how to take care of there child, and get a job and there own apartment or house.

95.) Start my own vegetable garden.

96.) Train my dog like police dogs

97.) Live in Paris for a Summer with a view of the Eiffel Tower from my apartment

98.) Never get a speeding ticket

99.) Learn to be happy & find the good in all situations

100.) Create something that will last forever. Even after i'm long gone

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Istanbul a.k.a. my dream home