I got this off my friend Bry's blog. I've done the things in BOLD print.
1. Started your own blog- Duh
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you could to a charity - I've given a lot, but never more than I could.
7. Been to Disneyland - one day! The kids want to go, but I'm afraid that they'll be disappointed after having been to Disney World so many times.
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis (stepped on one, maybe...)
10. Sang a solo - badly... "Friends Forever" musical in church when I was in high school
12. Visited Paris - I wish I could go back. I was 19 and homesick and didn't enjoy it as much as I should have...
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch Does scrapbooking count?
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning - kind of... I ate some way undercooked pork in Barcelona and had to spend the next day nauseated on a bus that wound its way through the Pyrenees mountains. One look out the window was more than I could handle.... ick.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables - We did this last summer. This year I'm going to grow tomatoes, okra, zucchini and fresh herbs, hopefully.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa - Yes. It was hanging in this small, hot, crowded room inside the Louvre. It's much smaller than I imagined it to be, but still surreal to be standing in front of it
20. Traveled by Train - Yep, twice on that Spain & France trip in 1992. Wetraveled from Madrid (where it was cold and snowy) to Barcelona (where it was in the 70s and sunny) on the same day. A couple of days later we went from Spain to Paris overnight, so I've even slept in what they called a "cochette" on a train. It was cool!
21. Had a pillow fight - Duh. I shared a bed with my sister until I was in 6th grade. There were pillow fights aplenty.
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill - Haven't we all?
24. Built a snow fort - I've never lived anywhere with enough snow to build a fort.
25. Held a lamb - No. Eaten lamb, yes. It was very greasy.
26. Gone skinny dipping - Yes, in my own pool.
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (solar) - a couple of times. I remember going outside to see one when I was in 8th grade. We took cobalt glass and watched it. It was cool.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset - Sunsets aplenty. I've only seen a sunrise a couple of times. I like my sleep.
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise - once, in 1997. I'd love to take another one.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person - with my youth group sometime in the late 80s. It was amazing. I'd love to take the kids back to see it.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors- Hmm, not sure about this one. My dad's family is German, and I've never been to Germany. I don't know about Mom's family.
35. Seen an Amish community - no, but we passed a lot of horse-drawn buggies when we were in PA in 1995.
36. Taught yourself a new language - does 4 years of high school Spanish + 1 jr. level course I took my freshman year of college count?
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - I don't need money to be truly satisfied, but yes... we're comfortable.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David - Does the replica inside Spaceship Earth in Epcot count?
41. Sung Karaoke - Never in public, but I have sung along with Camryn's karaoke machine.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt - my parents took me out west when I was 18 months-old. I *think* we visited Old Faithful, but I don't remember it.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant - Yep. This is one of my favorite things to do.
44. Visited Africa - I got close. I was supposed to go on a mission trip to Kenya after I graduated from high school, but tragedy struck the missionary we were supposed to help and we ended up going to Belize instead.
45. Walked on the beach in the moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing - No, but this is on my list of things I'd love to do when the kids are older.
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris - Yes.... at night. It was gorgeous! I ran out of film right before we went, so I have no pictures of it.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling - Snorkeling, in Ambergris Caye, Belize. Gorgeous. Our guide killed a conch on the boat ride back and we ate it fresh. It was good. Tastes like chicken.
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
(WHERE IS #54?)
55. Been in a movie - No, but I saw one being filmed in Union Station (Washington, DC) in 2000. It was the sequel to Silence of the Lambs. We saw Julianne Moore and Anthony Hopkins. Really cool.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - Yep. It's a direct sales business. I sell Longaberger baskets & pottery and have since 2003 or so.
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen - no, but I keep saying when the kids are a little older we're going to do this one Thanksgiving.
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies - yep. Once. I hated selling door to door, because my friend Lauren and I lived in the same neighborhood and were in the same troop.
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason - Yep. Just last month I got a lovely yellow bouquet from my husband.
(NUMBERS 64 & 65 are missing, too...)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check - 2 or 3 times, but not since I was in college.
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial - I even had the privelege of going to the Vietnam Memorial with my dad, who is a Vietnam Vet. That was a very moving experience.
71. Eaten caviar - Yep. Aboard an airplane. My sister and I were bumped up to first class on our trip to Spain in 1992. It was N-I-C-E. If I ever fly long distance like that again, it will be in first class (if I can afford it). There's no other way to go!
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 on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person - on that same trip out west, I think. I was a toddler, so I don't remember it.
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car - I've owned 2 brand new cars in my lifetime, and both were minivans. The first one I didn't even get to test drive, because I was 9 months pregnant and wouldn't fit behind the wheel. No more new cars for us. We only buy used (and pay cash for them) now. Too much depreciation on new cars to make it worth the money.
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chicken pox - I had them bad in 4th grade. Blisters and all. Ick.
89. Saved someone's life - one of my 2nd grade classmates fell in our pool at our end of the year party and grabbed her and swam her over to the edge, but I don't know if she was really drowning. Her mom said she couldn't swim, but I don't know that I saved her life. I had a friend in 7th grade who talked about killing herself and I told my math teacher about it. I don't know if the friend was serious, but I knew I couldn't just let it go. The principal talked to me about my friend, and that was it. She didn't kill herself, but again, I don't know if I could be credited with saving her.
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous - Vanessa Williams (when she was Miss America 1984) and Sorrell Booke, who played Boss Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard.
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby - Four times.
95. Seen the Alamo in person - Alamo Rental Car, yes. The actual Alamo in San Antonio, no.
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone - yep. Got my first bag phone in college. The kids think the concept of a bag phone is hilarious.
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in a day
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