Thursday, December 11, 2008

What Have I Done?

I saw this awhile back and skipped over it, but since I haven't blogged much this month I thought I would do today.

What Have I Done?(mine are in bold)
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band – I play the piano, does that count?
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower - I've seen a couple since we moved to the country. They are really cool to watch.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity – I just barely did this for the local angel tree. I felt so guilty when I saw this question that is seemed to drive me to try and do more this year.
7. Been to Disneyland – and yet all I can remember from the 1st trip is that we had to walk along the freeway and look for something that fell off the truck, I think it was a hubcap.
8. Climbed a mountain – but not a big mountain, I took this to mean I have gone hiking in the mountains
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo - but only because sometimes the primary kids won’t sing with me…
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch – I don’t know if it’s the same thing, but I have seen projects and recreated them by myself
15. Adopted a child – working on that….
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables – not by myself but I did helped my dad when I was a kid and I have helped my in-laws (“help” is being used very lightly in both cases, mostly all I did was pick some peas and eat them).
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked - but I did pick one up once. I knew who it was!
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill – it’s been awhile. I haven’t done that with this job yet, but I did with my last job.
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb - or a baby pygmy goat
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse – I didn’t watch the entire thing, but I did get up in the middle of the night to see parts of it.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset – with Josh on my 17th birthday. It was the start to a wonderful day…
31. Hit a home run – ya right, I hate baseball!
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language ­– I took Sign Language in High school, but I don’t remember much of it.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - is that possible? But I can say we’ve had enough to meet our needs
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing – I got stuck on a ledge…
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
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- does selling Scentsy as an Independent Consultant count?
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 – but I don’t think I will do it again. I didn’t enjoy the experience…
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy- my favorite Barbie doll
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt – no, but I have tied a few…
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle – the guy told me he would go fast because it makes the girls hold on tighter…
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper – like a wedding announcement...
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House8
7. Killed and prepared an animal for eating – Josh shoots the deer, but I help cut & wrap it and then later cook it.
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life -I had a friend tell me she took a whole bottle of pills so we got the school to call the hospital for her.
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous – Stone Cold Steve Austen (WWE Wrestler) & Ann M. Martin (Babysitter’s Club author)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
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
100. Read an entire book in one day

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