Number 11 will never happen
December 30th, 2008
Things I have done are bold. I got this list from KJ of Where my boys at?
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
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 No, but I have held a tarantula!
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
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
20. Slept on an overnight train
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
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
32. Been on a cruise A day-long family cruise on one of Troy’s ships counts, yes?
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors I’m Lithuanian/German/English/Irish/Scottish/Native American, and I’ve been to England, Scotland, and Oklahoma.
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (in general)
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
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
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 No…but I speak some Russian.
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
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
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 I was in an elevator once with the guy who played the dad on “Charles in Charge” but I don’t think that counts.
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 I’ve swum in two of the Great Lakes, Superior and Michigan
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day Many, many, many times.
Any questions? Feel free to ask in the comments, and I’ll respond in the comments.
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100 is one of my favorite things to do!
Thank you very much for your comment on my blog. Brave of you to write it in Dutch. You don’t need to do that though because I know a little bit English.
We had so much fun making the Christmas Cards. All the people we sent one liked them very much. So actually I have to thank you (and I am a bit ashamed that I didn’t do that sooner).
Your blog is lovely and I think I will visit it more often in the future.
I also want to wish you Happy New Year!!
That was fun to read. What did you play in the band and why were you in the newspaper?
I played flute and sang in a praise band at my church in high school. My picture was in the newspaper once in college, when a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald was on campus looking for “examples of college fashion.” (See this photo—I’ll blog the whole story one day!) I also had a short story published in the North Omaha Star (a small newspaper that doesn’t exist anymore) when I was 6 years old, about Santa getting kids’ Christmas wish lists mixed up.
How/why do you know Russian?
I know Russian because it was offered as a foreign language at my high school. I also studied it a little in college. I’m part Lithuanian, and I figured Russian was the closest I’d get to that. :-) I don’t remember everything I used to know, of course, but if I ever went to Russia I would be able to read menus and follow road signs and communicate at a very basic level.
Awesome. You and I have done quite a few similar things. Can I say, if you have done a solo you are so ready for Karaoke ;).
Yep, I’ve sung many solos, both in voice recitals and at church. I don’t really have the right kind of voice for solos—I sound better if I’m singing with at least one other person, I think—but I don’t mind them.
That said, I have never sung karaoke because (1) I guess I don’t hang out in the right places, because I don’t think I’ve ever been somewhere karaoke was an option, and (2) I don’t like being the center of attention. Singing a solo in church is different because it’s part of a worship service. I don’t mind that so much for some reason. Maybe because people aren’t clapping when I’m done? :-)
You’ve NEVER been stung by a bee????? Wow.
So…when you decide to get around to doing #51 & #72, please promise you will call me first! These are ironically two of my very favourite things to do! =)
Great…now I can’t get the “Favourite Things” song from the Sound of Music outta my head…
Ha. I almost titled this post, “Number 51 will never happen.” But I’d be okay with snorkeling. It’s scuba diving that gives me the willies. Number 72, however, I can’t quite believe I’ve never done! I’ve done enough sewing and have even crocheted quilt patterns before, but I’ve never made an actual quilt.
Oh, and nope, I’ve never been stung by a bee. My dad and several other members of my extended family are allergic to bees, so I hope I never get stung by one.
“…bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with string…”
Very cool! I had to try it for myself! ~
What a great list! I took Russian in college – if we ever meet, we’ll have to impress everyone around us with a quick exchange in Russian about playing chess (the only thing I remember).
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year.
I did your list on my blog. Check it!
Tomorrow I’m might try this list.
Something easy.
There are some things I’m pretty sure I won’t be doing that you did. I’m too chicken.
What a great list. I’ve done a fair few on there – most of the ones that center on the USA I haven’t done. Life is too short I guess.