"Bucket list"

I've found Panama Canal cruises for around $1000, which is sounding more and more doable. Right now, I'm very broke, but I should be getting some money from my grandmother's insurance policy. We'll see....I'm working on a "bucket list" of places to which I want to travel. I might actually be able to do most of the list if I travel every year.

( Second cut at a travel bucket list that is prioritized and consolidated )

Tornado warning

We had a bit of excitement around here. The tornado sirens went off around 5:40 PM. I checked Weather.com, and it didn't list a warning for our county, just a watch. I turned on the TV, and scrolled through the channels until I found a local station. At first, it just listed a watch for our county, but then it added a warning for our county, and the sirens went off again. At that point, I grabbed the cat carriers; tried to grab Harlee (but she got away); and grabbed Zara, something to read, my purse, and soda; and went down in the basement. (I didn't grab my cell phone, which was dumb.) I left the gate to the basement open in case Harlee decided to go down there of her own volition. (She didn't.) However, I didn't have a radio with me, so I waited a good, long time (50 minutes), and went upstairs to check the TV station. The tornado warnings for our county and surrounding counties had expired, although there still is a tornado watch until 8PM. I bought Zara upstairs (she was a real trouper the whole time--not one peep of protest), and let her out of the carrier. No tornado touched down in any of the counties near us.