Things I've Done

Stolen from Jenni's blog. It is like being tagged but not. Things I have done are in bold.

1. Started your own blog (technically, it is Hazel's blog, but I started it)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (not yet this year, however. Oh, Hawaii....how I miss you and would rather be there than working on the Wilde Manor)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity (I don’t really think this is possible, if I couldn’t afford it there is no way I could give it.)
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (does karaoke count?)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (depending on the definition of “art”)
15. Adopted a child (my dogs were my first babies)
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
20. Slept on an overnight train (I have, however, slept on a non-overnight train and spent the night in a train station)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (that is immoral, also, I am a workaholic. I barely take sick days when I AM ill)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Ran a Marathon (ha!)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (total eclipse of the heart?)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (double-ha!)
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 (taught myself? I had schooling, but I am counting it)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (really, I am never truly satisfied, I am a paranoid crazy person about money. I really don’t want to be this way, but I am.)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David (there was a reproduction at the UMFA and Hazel was obsessed with his package, much to the amusement of the guard)
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
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (the line was like 3 hours long, we just saw it from the bottom, next time we will go to the top)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (HATE IT!)
52. Kissed in the rain (this is a lame question, and kind of girly)
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China (I totally want to do this and would have gone the year I got my MBA if I hadn’t got knocked up)
57. Started a business (okay, so I am really just in the process of it, landlords have to have a business license)
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 (Although, I think there is always 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 (In, no. Under, yes)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar (love it, but not enough to buy it)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades (seen them, haven't "toured" them)
75. Been fired from a job (triple-ha! I am toooooo awesome)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (kind of)
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (Hazel's first year and our trip to Europe, totally counts)
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 (never)
88. Had chickenpox (barely)
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury (Oh, quiz-thing, why must you mock me!!)
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club (I totally want to have a book club, however, maybe I will start one)
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (yuck, I have been in it, but I wouldn’t “swim”)
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Thus, I have done 64 things on a RANDOM list. I am going to start my own life list. Currently, I just need to get dressed so I can go to a viewing. The list probably needs to be longer and more long-term focused.