Alyson tagged me with this. I was supposed to bold the ones I have done and I took it a step further and asterisked (*) the ones I would like to do. Anyone who stops by and wants to do it yourself, feel free. (Kathy and Marci, you can post it in my comments if you want.)
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii*
5. Watched a meteor
6. Given to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (actually is was Disneyworld)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris*
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty*
18. Grown your own vegetables (I can't even keep a cactus alive.)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France*
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Drank an entire Sonic Route 66 by yourself
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice*
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (Does a lake cruise count?)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person*
34. Traced your family tree at least 4 generations*
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Learned a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied*
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person*
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David*
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt* (We were there but didn't wait to see it erupt.)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant*
44. Swam with a dolphin
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (unfortunately)
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
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Cut your own hair
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (I've bought a lot, though.)
62. Gone whale watching*
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
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
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial*
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square*
74. Driven a stick shift
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*
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
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House*
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Patty Duke went through my line at Kmart once.)
92. Read an entire series of books by one author
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby (3)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Seen the Pacific Ocean
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person (twice)
101. Learned to play an instrument (the recorder)
3 comments:
You specifically invited me to do this, so here is my list. I made some clarification in parentheses on a few because: 1) I was close enough for me, 2) I had something to say about it, 3) I wanted to look worldwise (spell check says that is wrong, but I am making up my own word. And it is spelled like that.)
Kathy's list:
*1. Started your own blog (in the comment section of yours or Katrina's)
*2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
*5. Watched a meteor
*6. Given to charity
*7. Been to Disneyland
*8. Climbed a mountain
*9. Held a praying mantis
*10. Sang a solo (a duet, though)
11. Bungee jumped
*12. Visited Paris (went through on a train, didn’t spend any real length of time)
*13. Watched a lightning storm
*14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
*18. Grown your own vegetables (helped Granddad & Grandma, but didn’t do the planting)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
*20. Slept on an overnight train (slept on a daytime train)
*21. Had a pillow fight
22. Drank an entire Sonic Route 66 by yourself
*23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
*24. Built a snow fort
*25. Held a lamb (held a kid- baby goat)
*26. Gone skinny dipping (I chunky dunk)
27. Run a Marathon (ran to DQ)
*28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (slept on the train station porch in Venice)
*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. Traced your family tree at least 4 generations
35. Seen an Amish community
*36. Learned a new language
*37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
*38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person (seen the Coliseum)
*39. Gone rock climbing (climbed on rocks, but not straight up!)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
*41. Sung karaoke
*42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
*43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (bought a meal for a strange person, but not a “stranger”)
*44. Swam with a dolphin (in the broad sense that dolphins swim in the ocean and I have seen them while swimming- but no contact was made. They bite.)
*45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
*47. Had your portrait painted (does a caricature count?)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
*50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (no, but I saw it from the train window)
*51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (does it count if I used a snorkel to look for lost sunglasses in a lake?)
*52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
*54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been IN a movie (is that like going "into" the map?)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
*57. Started a business
*58. Taken a martial arts class
*59. Cut your own hair
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
*62. Gone whale watching (from the shore)
*63. Got flowers for no reason (what teacher hasn’t?)
*64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (the Holocaust Museum was close enough)
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
*69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
*70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (no, it was a garnish)
*72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
*74. Driven a stick shift
*75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (chipped a tooth)
*78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
*80. Published a book (my story was published at runza.com, I won gift certificates)
81. Visited the Vatican
*82. Bought a brand new car (does it have to be one you can ride in?)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
*84. Had your picture in the newspaper
*85. Read the entire Bible
*86. Visited the White House (the Capital, wasn‘t interested in meeting the President at the time, my shots weren‘t up to date.)
*87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (do shrimp count as animals?)
*88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
*91. Met someone famous (not introduced, but we hit Pierce Brosnan- he was walking- in a jeep. He did speak to us.)
*92. Read an entire series of books by one author
*93. Lost a loved one
*94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person (had ancestors that fought there)
*96. Seen the Pacific Ocean
*97. Been involved in a law suit
*98. Owned a cell phone
*99. Been stung by a bee
*100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
*101. Learned to play an instrument
I will not pass up the opportunity to reply to a blog invitation either. I just hope that I am not so late that no one reads it! I am only going to list the items that I have either done or have a comment about. I know that the list specifies "in person" on a lot of these, but since I chose the path of early marriage and parenting, a lot of my travels have been in my imagination through books, television, and movies. So I may make some comments along those lines.
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (if you count Junior High Band and/or being a roadie)
4. Visited Hawaii (with the Brady Bunch)
5. Watched a meteor
6. Given to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (twice)
8. Climbed a mountain (size is relative)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
12. Visited Paris (Les Miserables)
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child (if providing accomodations for a steady stream of miscellaneous teenagers counts)
16. Had food poisoning (or was that demon possession?)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (or was transported there by Magneto)
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (The Da Vinci Code)
21. Had a pillow fight
23. Taken a sick day when not ill (when John and I worked at Hewlett Packard. It was all his idea!)
24. Built a snowfort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (as well as chunky dunking. It all depends on my age when it happened.)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Kellogg
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
32. Been on a cruise (lake cruise and sound cruise)
33. Seen Niagara Falls (New World History and Geography)
34. Traced my family tree at least four generations
35. Seen an Amish community (Witness)
36. Learned a new language (un poco Espanol)
37. Had enough money to be satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa (on my niece's blog)
39. Gone rock climbing (once again size is relative)
40. Seen Michelangelo's David (Art History 101)
41. Sung Karaoke (Hopelessly Devoted to You)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (I'm glad they specified geyser!)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (Does handing a lady on the corner of HWY95 and Appleway a bag of Arby's sandwiches in response to her "Will Work for Food" sign count?)
44. Swam with a dolphin (and with Barbie in Little Golden Book's Barbie on Dolphin Island)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower (American Werewolf in Paris)
51. Went scuba diving or snorkeling (IMAX)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in Theatre
56. Visited the Great Wall of China (Mulan)
59. Cut my own hair
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Campfire Girls' Peanut Brittle
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood
65. Gone Sky Diving (Power Rangers' Movie)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (Night by Eli Weisel)
67. Bounced a check (I can't believe that I'm the only one)
69. Saved a few favorite childhood toys
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square (Spiderman)
74. Driven a stick shift (learned to drive on one)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (Friends)
77. Broken a bone (tooth)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (speed is relative)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon (Vacation)
83. Walked in Jerusalem (the Bible)
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (I am on Dec. 15 in the Daily Bible. Plus I'm pretty sure that I have read what is left at different times, but I'm pretty excited that I have almost finished reading the whole thing in chronological order and it is only taking me 14 months to complete the 12 month schedule!)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I do not think that I have ever delivered the death blow, but I have been involved in a lot of meat processing.)
88. Had chicken pox
89. Saved someone's life (if you count telling the driver of a van full of five women that she is driving down the left side of a two direction highway)
90. Sat on a jury (I only made it as far as being rejected by the jury selection process.)
91. Met someone famous (Does it count if the Inlander referred to my sons as "the Nelson brothers". Or does that just mean that the writer did not know their first names?)
92. Read an entire series of books by one author (not always by choice, sometimes by personal compulsion)
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby (three)
95. Seen the Alamo (Pee Wee's Big Adventure)
96. Seen the Pacific Ocean
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Seen Mt. Rushmore in person
101. Learned to play an instrument (clarinet)
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