Happy New Year! We had a great Christmas vacation, and hopefully I’ll get around to posting a little about it on Monday. I know that it will take a while, and this week has been eaten up with work, so I’ve been avoiding writing and instead spending some time sorting photos and reading Breaking Dawn.
I just stole this from Amy, whom I have known since kindergarten, but haven’t seen since high school. Thanks to the wonder of Facebook we’ve gotten back in touch with one another in the last year. Ain’t the internet grand?
(If I have done it, it is BOLD.)
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (if singing along with a tambourine counts…but only in rehearsals.)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Been to Disneyland/world
7. Climbed a mountain.
8. Held a praying mantis
9. Sang a solo
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Taught yourself an art from scratch (knitting, although I had to ask my mother-in-law for help on purling)
14. Adopted a child
15. Had food poisoning
16. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
17. Grown your own vegetables
18. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
19. Slept on an overnight train
20. Had a pillow fight
21. Hitch hiked (our car broke down on the interstate. The guy who picked us up had a gun rack w/rifles. That wasn’t weird.)
22. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (at least, not that I remember)
23. Built a snow fort
24. Held a lamb
25. Gone skinny dipping
26. Run a Marathon
27. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
28. Seen a total eclipse
29. Watched a sunrise or sunset
30. Hit a home run
31. Been on a cruise
32. Seen Niagara Falls in person
33. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
34. Seen an Amish community
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (if singing along with a tambourine counts…but only in rehearsals.)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Been to Disneyland/world
7. Climbed a mountain.
8. Held a praying mantis
9. Sang a solo
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Taught yourself an art from scratch (knitting, although I had to ask my mother-in-law for help on purling)
14. Adopted a child
15. Had food poisoning
16. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
17. Grown your own vegetables
18. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
19. Slept on an overnight train
20. Had a pillow fight
21. Hitch hiked (our car broke down on the interstate. The guy who picked us up had a gun rack w/rifles. That wasn’t weird.)
22. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (at least, not that I remember)
23. Built a snow fort
24. Held a lamb
25. Gone skinny dipping
26. Run a Marathon
27. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
28. Seen a total eclipse
29. Watched a sunrise or sunset
30. Hit a home run
31. Been on a cruise
32. Seen Niagara Falls in person
33. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
34. Seen an Amish community
35. Taught yourself a new language (I learned French in high school, but I didn’t teach myself. This question makes my head hurt a little.)
36. Had enough money to be truly satisfied37. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
38. Gone rock climbing
39. Seen Michelangelo’s David
40. Sung karaoke
41. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
42. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
43. Visited Africa
44. Walked on a beach by moonlight
45. Been transported in an ambulance
46. Had your portrait painted
47. Gone deep sea fishing
48. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
49. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
50. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
51. Kissed in the rain
52. Played in the mud
53. Gone to a drive-in theater
54. Been in a movie (I was an extra in the Sean Penn movie At Close Range… it filmed at my high school & later at a local amusement park in Nashville. Actually, that’s a good story. I should tell you all about it sometime.)
55. Visited the Great Wall of China
56. Started a business
57. Taken a martial arts class
58. Visited Russia
59. Served at a soup kitchen
60. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
61. Gone whale watching
62. Gotten flowers for no reason (my husband is sweet like that)
63. Donated blood, platelets, or plasma
64. Gone sky diving
65. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (it was eye-opening, awful, and I had to go back to the bus because the whole vibe was making me physically ill. I was 17 years old.)
66. Bounced a check (I was in college, and the check was for $5.00!!! Ridiculous. It’s never happened again.)
67. Flown in a helicopter
68. Saved a favorite childhood toy (Somewhere in storage I still have a teddy bear that one of my mom’s friends made for me when I was little. It used to make me happy because it smelled like suntan lotion on its back, and I would go to sleep smelling the coconut goodness. I don’t know how the lotion got there, but the smell lasted forever.)
69. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
70. Eaten Caviar (and wasn’t impressed. Not my speed, really.)
71. Pieced a quilt
72. Stood in Times Square
73. Toured the Everglades
74. Been fired from a job
75. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
76. Broken a bone
77. Been on a speeding motorcycle
78. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
79. Published a book
80. Visited the Vatican
81. Bought a brand new car
82. Walked in Jerusalem
83. Had your picture in the newspaper
84. Read the entire Bible
85. Visited the White House
86. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
87. Had chickenpox
88. Saved someone’s life
89. Sat on a jury
90. Met someone famous
91. Joined a book club (if the Literary Guild counts.)
92. Lost a loved one
93. Had a baby
94. Seen the Alamo in person
95. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
96. Been involved in a lawsuit
97. Owned a cell phone
98. Been stung by a bee
99. Fallen in LOVE
100. Decorated a Birthday Cake
40. Sung karaoke
41. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
42. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
43. Visited Africa
44. Walked on a beach by moonlight
45. Been transported in an ambulance
46. Had your portrait painted
47. Gone deep sea fishing
48. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
49. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
50. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
51. Kissed in the rain
52. Played in the mud
53. Gone to a drive-in theater
54. Been in a movie (I was an extra in the Sean Penn movie At Close Range… it filmed at my high school & later at a local amusement park in Nashville. Actually, that’s a good story. I should tell you all about it sometime.)
55. Visited the Great Wall of China
56. Started a business
57. Taken a martial arts class
58. Visited Russia
59. Served at a soup kitchen
60. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
61. Gone whale watching
62. Gotten flowers for no reason (my husband is sweet like that)
63. Donated blood, platelets, or plasma
64. Gone sky diving
65. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (it was eye-opening, awful, and I had to go back to the bus because the whole vibe was making me physically ill. I was 17 years old.)
66. Bounced a check (I was in college, and the check was for $5.00!!! Ridiculous. It’s never happened again.)
67. Flown in a helicopter
68. Saved a favorite childhood toy (Somewhere in storage I still have a teddy bear that one of my mom’s friends made for me when I was little. It used to make me happy because it smelled like suntan lotion on its back, and I would go to sleep smelling the coconut goodness. I don’t know how the lotion got there, but the smell lasted forever.)
69. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
70. Eaten Caviar (and wasn’t impressed. Not my speed, really.)
71. Pieced a quilt
72. Stood in Times Square
73. Toured the Everglades
74. Been fired from a job
75. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
76. Broken a bone
77. Been on a speeding motorcycle
78. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
79. Published a book
80. Visited the Vatican
81. Bought a brand new car
82. Walked in Jerusalem
83. Had your picture in the newspaper
84. Read the entire Bible
85. Visited the White House
86. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
87. Had chickenpox
88. Saved someone’s life
89. Sat on a jury
90. Met someone famous
91. Joined a book club (if the Literary Guild counts.)
92. Lost a loved one
93. Had a baby
94. Seen the Alamo in person
95. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
96. Been involved in a lawsuit
97. Owned a cell phone
98. Been stung by a bee
99. Fallen in LOVE
100. Decorated a Birthday Cake
Anyhoo... 
Ugh. I don’t know why my formatting got all goofy. Apologies!