Things I've Done

The rules: bold anything you have done.

1. Started your own blog - um, duh
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (JCAHO and the Feds, thanks to Angie)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis - a dead one. I helped Liesel pin lots of bugs for her entomology class once...
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - I consider motherhood, parking an F-250, and blogging all arts
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Been to the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
20. Slept on an train - I have a funny train story. Ask me about it sometime...
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - Mom used to sign me out of school so I could babysit my brother sometimes. I loved those days...
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping - you'll notice that this one is no longer on my list of things to do before I die at the right
27. Run a Marathon - I'm going for a half in April!
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice - I got Haagen-Daas and watched the gondolas glide down the fake river in the Venetian in Vegas - does that count?
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset - who hasn't?
31. Hit a home run - I wish...
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person - Aaron promised he'd take me next time we go to NY.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - well, Grandma B was born in Holden, UT. So I guess so.
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - as long as we're in the black, I think that's enough
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing - I would every day if I could
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David - lots of pictures, not yet in person
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 - It was actually a really depressing experience.
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person - someday...
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling - I love to snorkel!
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud (and got in big trouble afterward)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie - my cousin Richard's home movie about the bar getting held up (which was actually Grandma's basement. The guts of the old pinball machine were the safe, and I got to be the bartender dressed in a Mu-mu.) It's a classic.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - lemonade stand totally counts. And my sisters and I would barter and buy each other's knicknacks when we were kids.
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia - Ya lublyu tebya, Rossii! Kogdata ya vergnuyuc k tebye!!
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies - Samoas are my favorite!
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - I managed blood once, but I get really woozy every time I try.
65. Gone sky diving - No way. Jumping out of a plane for recreational purposes doesn't strike me as sane.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check - luckily not recently
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar - it wasn't as bad as I thought. The Russians like it.
72. Tied a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job - almost, but not quite
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a Bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - again, I have my cousin Richard to thank for this one...
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book - someday...
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car - micro machines!
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - I think I was in the Highlands Ranch Herald a few times...
85. Read the entire Bible (not quite - close)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (fish)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life - Nat claims I saved her life by pulling her out from the undertoe in Hawaii. And Aaron says he'd have no life without me...
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous - Dallin H. Oaks
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 (well, kinda. I dug up potential evidence for a potential law suit...)
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy