Monday, March 8, 2010

99 Things To Do In This LIfetime

I found this on another mother's blog and thought I'd give it a try...

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
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (twice!)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (and World nearly a dozen times- love it!)
8. Climbed a mountain (have lived in them most of my life)
9. Held a praying mantis (not a goal of mine)
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped (definitely not a goal)
12. Visited Paris (prefer the French countryside)
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm (from the Topsail Sound- stunning)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (if baking bread counts)
15. Adopted a child (my parents did though!)
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (walked around it though)
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
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 (four)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
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
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 (if those caricatures count)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person (spent all my time in St. Peter's)
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (three weeks in the Galapagos)
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. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching (on our fabulous '07 Alaska trip)
63. Got flowers for no reason (have a fabulous husband!!!)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (many, many times)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter (over Alaska - gorgeous)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (if all those books count)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square (most recently with my two boys)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (the Welsh Dragon - boss and I laughed together because I was so bored. Joined an ambulance crew after that.)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (although I suspect I've broken my little toes many times)
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle (rode with Andrew many times)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (my college honor's theses is published and in the Library of Congress with it's own ISBN)
81. Visited the Vatican (went into the ruins under it, too)
82. Bought a brand new car (my lovely 3 series. Had to sell it four years later in favor of a sensible station wagon. But have to park next to it in the doctor's parking lot. A daily torture.)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (many times for sports)
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve (ewww)
86. Visited the White House (did visit the Capital Building)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (many times, and once in a restaurant)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club (would love too)
93. Got a tattoo (nope and won't)
94. Had a baby (three in two attempts!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit (occupational hazard)
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (spent a lot of summertimes barefoot in the south)

Looks like I still have a lot to do.

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