Sunday, December 7, 2008

Things I Have Done Or Not

Copy the list and highlight the ones that are true about you.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band – I was the inspiration for a song for my brother’s neighborhood band. Does that count? Wait, I also played the percussion egg for some guys in college. I think they just liked to introduce me by saying. “Ing on the egg!”
4. Visited Hawaii-Just the airport on the way to the Philippines, but one of our group was from there so her family brought us a luau feast to eat at the airport. I would like to go stay there sometime.
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland--but not with my kids, yet
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris-studied French for six years and went to the Philippines on my mission.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning-more times than I care to count
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
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--In the Philippines during a Category 5 Hurricane!
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill -To go to a 2002 Olympic event. My boss gave me the tickets.
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--of the moon
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
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
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-Riley swallowed a dime when she was eight months old and I took her to the ER. They had us transported to Primary Children’s where they removed it. We now have a $3,000 dime.
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 movie
55. Been in a movie-Pump Up The Volume with Christian Slater. It is a dumb movie that was filmed at my high school so I got out of Trig to be an extra. You can see me a couple of times in my cool glasses. It is rated R though.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business-Pampered Chef
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
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy—Riley plays with the doll now
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
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
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car-I have a 2007 Nissan Quest
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 -fish
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
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. Talked your way out of a ticket

2 comments:

Heidi said...

Loved it! I actually had to think about some of the things to try and remember if I've done them. Maybe I will post it. I haven't done as many as you.

LaurieW said...

Speaking of not doing as many as you...I'm a tiny speck on your shoe when it comes to this list! Look at you go...and go...and gooooo..........