Sunday, February 15, 2009

How many of these have you done?

I'm not sure where this list originated from, but saw it on another blog, and thought it interesting enough to post on mine. Marked items are ones I have done:

~1. Started your own blog~ (kind of obvious)
~2. Slept under the stars~
~3. Played in a band~ (I'm counting school band. And Guitar hero)
4. Visited Hawaii
~5. Watched a meteor shower~
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
~7. Been to Disneyland/world~
8. Climbed a mountain.
~9. Held a praying mantis~
~10. Sang a solo~
11. Bungee jumped (uh....never happen!)
12. Visited Paris
~13. Watched a lightning storm at sea~
~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~ (as a child, and hoping to try on my own this year.)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
~21. Had a pillow fight~
~22. Hitchhiked~ (Only twice, and out of neccessity))
~23. Taken a sick day when you weren’t 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~(unsure whether or not to mark this one...I began learning one, and finished in high school the usual route...with a teacher)
~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 in a restaurant~
44. Visited Africa
~45. Walked on a beach by moonlight~
~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
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain....(sad thing is...I don't remember if I have or not)
53. Played in the mud
~54. Gone to a drive-in theater~
~55. Been in a movie~ (when I was 12...very bit part...got cut out of final 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. Gotten 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 ~
~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 (article)
81. Visited the Vatican
~82. Bought a brand new car~
83. Walked in Jerusalem
~84. Had your picture in the paper.~
~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~ (I was in nursing 9 years...of course I have...not outside of work, though. Oh, wait...yes, I did. CPR on ex-boyfriend's father)
~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 (been there; just didn't swim in it)
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
~98. Owned a cell phone~
~99. Been stung by a bee ~

ETA: These looked all neat and tidy on the page I write on. As soon as they posted the left margin is "squiggly". My apologies for the difficulty in reading the list; I don't know how to fix it in bloggonese. : )

Monday, February 9, 2009

Happy Birthday E


My little sweetie's growing so fast. Just 16 months old in this picture; now she's 6 years old! Love you sweet E....

Happy Birthday!