I know I still haven't posted pics of Jake for his 2nd birthday. Will try to work on that on Sunday. Saturday is the Ethnic Cultural Commission ball and we'll be out WAY late.
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 (my sister marched in the King Kamehameha parade when she was in high school and I got to go too.)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (world but not land)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis (I don't do bugs)
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped (I don't do heights)
12. Visited Paris (Went in high school with my teacher. Traveled through many other times though.)
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm (I live in Missouri - love me some thunderstorms)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (not sure if crocheting or knitting or scrapbooking counts, but I have taught myself how to do those things.)
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 (I have pictures!)
20. Slept on an overnight train (My family did a train trip for one of our vacations and we slept overnight one time.)
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 (I don't run)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (When I was in Jr. High we had one and my mom took me out of school to watch it.)
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 (It's on my list)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (In Hawaii)
46. Been transported in an ambulance
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 (One of my favorite memories, I can't wait to take James and the kids)
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 (I've got some great ideas, but I'm terrified to do it on my own)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (this was my first year as a girl scout, it went well)
62. Gone whale watching (It's one of my favorite memories of my grandma. She took us on our trip to Cape Cod.)
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
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (My mom saved several of my toys)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square (Our trip to NYC in 2007)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (My trip to London in 2001)
77. Broken a bone (knock on wood, no)
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (This is on my list to do too)
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 (Twice, in fact)
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (I've met Chris Carraba from Dashboard Confessional, John Ralston, Mo from Save Ferris, Tori Amos, and Diamond Dallas Page.)
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo (Butterfly tramp stamp - it is symbolic of my growth after being raped in high school - a transformation into who I am today.)
94. Had a baby (two beautiful children)
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 (In the middle of my forehead, at the zoo)
