99 Things

A few days ago, I posted about The Wish List. Then, I found this post on Michele's blog from It's a Dog's Life. It's very similar to the Wish List idea, so I thought I would give it a try too...

Rules: Copy the list, bold the items that you have done, and feel free to add your own comments at the end.

1. Started your own blog (hello? That is what you are reading now!)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (I played clarinet in my elementary school band in Grade 7)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower (in my early 20's I had a boyfriend who was a real astronomy nut. I watched a meteor shower with him and his high powered telescope on top of one of the local mountains. It was really cool!)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (when I was 9)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (Can't carry a tune in a bucket!)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm (on the patio with my camera....more than a few times)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Cross Stitch. And scrapbooking)
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 was actually surprised at how small it really was. I was expecting some huge painting!)
20. Slept on an overnight train (on our way from Paris to Switzerland. Half way through, we were woken up by the attendant to show our passports. It was then we found out we were on the wrong car, and headed to Italy instead. He came by at 5:00 in the morning, woke us up again, and put us on the right train. Thank goodness for nice train attendants, even if they don't speak much English!)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (unfortunately yes. In my late teens, early twenties, it was the only way to get home if you missed the last bus. It was either that or walk for an hour or more. Thankfully, nothing bad happened.)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (I don't get sick often, but work doesn't know that!)
24. Built a snow fort (with the neighbourhood kids when I was young)
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (no comment)
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 (was in Sweden and visited my Grandpa's cousins and relatives. Saw the house that my Great-Grandmother grew up in. It was only a 2 room house, and a family of 8 lived there.)
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 (See #10. Ain't gonna happen)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (he was a friend of a friend, who was with our group, but forgot his wallet at home. He paid me back though)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (stumbling back to the hotel after a night on the town in Mexico!)
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 (I was there, but we couldn't afford the admission fee to go up)
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
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (does there have to be a 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 (his name is Pinky, and he is the ugliest bear you've ever seen. I've had him since I was 6 months old. He nose has been bitten off, he has very little hair left, there is little evidence that he was once ever pink, and has a big gaping hole in his side that was stitched up by a 6 year old. But I still love him!)
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 (Yup, still have a scar on my hip from one that I scratched and scratched until it bled)
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (a few)
92. Joined a book club (once, in my 20's, but I didn't like their book selections, so I quit shortly after)
93. Got a tattoo (it's on my todo list, although I will have to wait until I'm 80 something, and hubby is no longer around, because he doesn't like them)
94. Had a baby (No, not physically able to)
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 (Yes, too many to count)
99. Been stung by a bee (Yes, 4 times in my life)

Whew!!! That took awhile.