Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The List

I saw this on another blog and was surprised at how many I'd done. Most that I missed had to do with travel. I challenge you to post your list!

1. Started your own blog (you're reading it!)
2. Slept under the stars-check
3. Played in a band -check
4. Visited the Bahamas
5. Watched a meteor shower-check
6. Solved a Rubix Cube (Define solved!)
7.
Been to Disneyland-check
8. Went inside a pyramid (did go into a mock one at the museum. Totally fun)
9. Held a praying mantis (had 2 as pets just this summer!)
10.
Performed a solo -check
11.
Bungee jumped (don't care to!)
12. Visited Paris (this one either!)
13.
Flown a kite on the beach
14. Met a US president
(former)
15.
Adopted a child (Not yet!)
16.
Had food poisoning -check
17.
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables -check
19.
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (It was awful!)-check
21.
Had a pillow fight -lotsa check
22.
Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (we call 'em jammy days)-lotsa check
24. Built a snow fort-check
25. Held a lamb -check
26.
Gone skinny dipping (not unless you count the hot tub)
27.
Run a marathon
28.
Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29.
Seen a total eclipse (both solar and lunar)-check
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset -check
31. Hit a home run
-check
32.
Been on a cruise (nope, but my mom always said I was cruisin for a brusin!)
33.
Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
(depends on how you define ancestor)-
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 -check
40.
Seen Michelangelo's The David
41. Sung karaoke

42.
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (going to in May!)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant -check
44.
Visited Africa
45.
Walked on a beach by moonlight-check
46. Been transported in an ambulance -check
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 (in the pool?)-check
52.
Fainted -check
53.
Drove over 100 mph-check
54. Visited Grauman's Chinese Theater
55. Learned Sign Language -check-ish
56.
Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Watched a space shuttle re-enter the Earth's atmosphere
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60.
Served at a soup kitchen -check
61.
Earned an Eagle Scout award (I was never a boy!)
62.
Gone whale watching (It was AWFUL! )-check
63.
Got flowers for no reason-check
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65.
Gone sky diving
66.
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67.
Bounced a check -check
68.
Flown in a helicopter (sat in one!)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy -check
70.
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt-multi check
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
sadly, check
76.
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone -check
78.
Been on a speeding motorcycle -check
79.
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
(was published IN a book, does that count?)-check-ish
81.
Visited the Vatican
82.
Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84.
Had your picture in the newspaper-check
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88.
Had chickenpox-check
89. Saved someones life (I really did!) -check
90.
Sat on a jury -check
91.
Met someone famous-check
92. Joined a book club
93.
Lost a loved one-check
94. Had a baby-duh!-check
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-check
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own (isn't that what this is?)

1 comment:

Nana said...

I did #37 and it is the best one.