Friday, May 18, 2012

99 Things

This list has been going around the blog world and I thought I would play along. It's a list of 99 things and I've underlined the things I've done.  

1. Started your own blog 
 2. Slept under the stars 
3. Played in a band 
4. Visited Hawaii
 
5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity
 7. Been to Disneyland
-I've never been to Disneyland, but I've been to Disney World, does that count?
8. Climbed a mountain
 
9. Held a praying mantis
 
10. Sang a solo
 - At church
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

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
 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
- 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
 
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
 - It was only 2 classes though. LOL.
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 
67. Bounced a check - I wish I could say no, but unfortunately I have.

68. Flown in a helicopter
- Yes 3 times! Twice here in St. Louis and once in Hawaii.
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
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
 
77. Broken a bone
 
78. Been a passenger on a 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. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
 
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
- Justin Timberlake and  Jonathan Taylor Thomas to name a couple. 
92. Joined a book club
 
93. Got a tattoo
 - I have 3
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  

I have done 35, what about you??