Little get-to-know-you-doo-hickey thing

Here's a fun little thing I got from my sister's blog. Fanks, Beaky. The ones that are bold are the things I've done. My comments are in the parentheses. Enjoy, if you want.



1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (combined with an orchestra)
4. Visited Hawaii (heck yes)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain (Piccacho Peak counts, right?)
9. Held a praying mantis (and pinned it to my bug collection)
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped (I wish)
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
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France too many France ones--I'm adding my own:
19. Been to more than forty-five states (I just lack Wisconsin, Alaska, Oregon and Washington
20. Slept on an overnight train (I slept on a daytime one)
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 (I've pet one before)
26. Gone skinny dipping (I can explain: I live at home, alone a lot of the time, and we have an indoor pool and the windows have curtains. So it was more like taking a bath. In a big bathtub.)
27. Run a HALF Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (with a girl, or in baseball?)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (and felt them)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (In England)
35. Seen an Amish community (every Sunday on the way to church in PA)
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (I won't be satisfied until I'm a billionaire)
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. Ridden on a ferris wheel
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (snorkeling rocks!)
52. Kissed in the rain (What?)
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (do homevideos and school videos count?)
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
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (I wish!)
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 (I love alligators)
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (I broke my brother's finger, though.)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (hiked it, Rim to Rim)
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. 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
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
101. Learned to play an instrument


I now challenge Michelle to do this. Love you all.