Thursday, February 25, 2010

And now, back to me...

Saw this on a blog and thought it was cute.
Instructions:
Copy the list, bold the ones you've done (with explanations if needed), share with friends.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars - maybe one day once I get my RV (hint hint DH)
3. Played in a band (ok, marching band - but hey it was a band - oh, and Rock Band, of course)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain (ok, it was Mount Monadnock in NH, which I know many would not consider a "real" mountain, but bite me)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (does Rock Band count? then MANY MANY times)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (knitting, stained glass - well, I took a class for that one)
15. Adopted a child (am a sibling to an adopted child!)
16. Had food poisoning (throw out Apple Juice a few weeks after opening!!)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (uh, at least a few times a year - MENTAL health counts, people!)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon (will NEVER happen - would consider a 1/2 one, maybe, someday..)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (REALLY REALLY want to do this one)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (but would love love love to go back to Ireland)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (and not really any interest at all)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (RV would make this happen!)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (ok, RV won't help here, but would LOVE to go on Safari!)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (and I consider that good - and not at all something I "ought to do!!!")
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (ok, sold stained glass at craft fairs for a season..)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (double red, baby).
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (not yet - but been to Anne Frank's house and the Holocaust museum though)
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (mine or my children's? both)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar (sorry, but it was ick)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle (I prefer to donate organs via my donor card and not roadkill)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican (even saw Easter Sunday mass!)
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (and don't see this one ever happening, as I have no plan to touch a gun in my life. I guess I could catch and gut a fish some day)
88. had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

How about you?

1 comment:

Treasures By Brenda said...

Great list; great idea. We really enjoyed Anne Frank's house. How about you?