Tuesday, December 16, 2008

99 things...

I saw this meme over at Harmony Art Mom's (Barb) blog and thought it looked like fun. So, grab a cup of coffee, get comfortable, and learn a bit more about me.

The items I have done/experienced are in green...

1. Started your own blog. (Duh!)
2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band (does elementary school count?)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower (Amazing!)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity (Shared Hope International)
7. Been to Disneyland/world...don't care too, really.
8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo...in my car with no one around!
11. Bungee jumped...NO WAY!
12. Visited Paris (I wanna go back! My favorite city!)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child...want to!
16. Had food poisoning...no, thank God!
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (Collin has and I have eaten them!)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (cut in line to do it...but not intentionally)
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...want to!
29. Seen a total eclipse...I think so.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (many!)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (a small day cruise thingy)
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...wish I could say yes to this. I have had enough, just not satisfied.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person..on my list of things to see!
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David...not yet!
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 (twice)
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person...will someday!
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (did I mention the Eiffel Tower is one of my favorite things?!)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
(many times!)
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
63. Got flowers for no reason (many times! I love you, Collin!)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp...would like to gt up the courage to do that.
67. Bounced a check (only once!)
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. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (kind of...)
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 (regretted it!)
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
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

Alright...now that you know a bit more about me, I wanna know more about you! So, copy this and paste it on your blog, answer the questions, and then leave me a comment so I can read it!

3 comments:

Barb said...

If you combined our lists, we would have completed a vast majority of things from the list.

Thanks for sending me your link so I could come and see what you have done so far.....what are you going to check off in 2009?

Barb-Harmony Art Mom

Diane said...

I started following your blog a little while ago. I'm a homeschooling mom in Vancouver, Canada. I did the 99 things over on my blog, too.
Diane

Anonymous said...

I'm learning so much about you through your little blog...