My Life (thus far...)

The things I have done in my life, thus far, are in bold. I guess I need to travel more. Looks like that won't happen until we retire. LOL!

1. Started your own blog. Uh, yeah. That is what this thing is, right?
2. Slept under the stars. Many times! As a kid, we spent many nights on the trampoline in the backyard.
3. Played in a band. the BAAD Cat Band, thankuverymuch! Yes, that would be the band at my alma mater Wink High School.
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland/world. When I was young.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo. If you count singing in my car, as a solo. Fortunately, for the world, I have not actually sang a solo in front of an audience.
11. Bungee jumped. Not exactly, but some friends and I did the skydive thing at Six Flags on our Senior Trip.
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Adopted a child. No, but I was adopted.
16. Had food poisoning. Once.
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. - yeah, but it was in Wink, and in Wink, you KNOW everyone!
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill. And I forsee many more in the future due to the changes that were just made to our Paid Time Off.
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. Yeah, right! Softball didn't really work out for me.
32. Been on a cruise. I prefer the land.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. - if I only knew who my Ancestors were. (see ques.15)
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied. One day....one day..... a girl can dream, right!
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing.
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David.
41. Sung karaoke. Uggghhhhh, yes, but only after a few adult beverages
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. Yes, on our honeymoon - fabulouso!
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. Yes, but it wasn't all romantic like you see in movies and pictures.
53. Played in the mud. I grew up with 3 brothers, how could I not?
54. Gone to a drive-in theater.
55. Been in a movie. Not really, but I am in a training video for one of my previous employers.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business. We tried, and will try again once J finishes school.
58. Taken a martial arts class. Didn't make it past the white belt with yellow stripe level. Yeah, call me a quiter.
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies. Hell yes! I was the top seller in my Daisy troop!
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason. Yes. :)
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
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper. Growing up in a town of 900 people, it isn't hard to get your picture in the newspaper, so yes, I've had my picture in the newspaper. I was lucky enough to have the most unflattering picture of me plastered on the front page of the Tech newspaper my senior year. I was shaking some seasoning onto crab cakes (in my Restaurant/Hotel Mgmt class).
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox. Yes
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous. Bob from the Bachelor, Mike Modano, Willie Nelson, I'm sure there are a few others, but my memory fails me at times like these.
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one. Unfortunately too many.
94. Had a baby. Not yet.
95. Seen the Alamo in person. Uh YEAH.
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. Yes, but not anytime recently.