Monday, December 22, 2008

My 100 Things

I just started this blog and already I'm stealing stuff from other bloggers.  I took this from MadameK's blog.  The bold entries are things I have done.

  1. Started your own blog. (just this week as a matter of fact)
  2. Slept under the stars. (Of course this also means on top of bugs and crawly things)
  3. Played in a band. (I'm sure orchestra doesn't count)
  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. (in elementary school we spent a week at Scicon  they have this huge mountain and it takes all day to go from bottom to the top and back down.)
  9. Held a praying mantis. 
  10. Sang a solo.
  11. Bungee jumped. (Do black people do this?)
  12. Visited Paris.
  13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
  14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
  15. Adopted a child. (Who would give me 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. (I am the queen at pillow fighting.)
  22. Hitch hiked.
  23. Taken a sick day when you're not really sick.
  24. Built a snow fort.
  25. Held a lamb.
  26. Gone skinny dipping.
  27. Run a Marathon.
  28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice. (My friend and I were scheduled to vacation in Italy November of 2005, but had to cancel after Katrina)
  29. Seen a total eclipse
  30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
  31. Hit a home run.
  32. Been on a cruise.
  33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
  34. Visited the birthplace  of your ancestors.
  35. Seen an Amish community. (Took a trip to Iowa for my baby brother's college graduation.)
  36. Taught yourself a new language. (I'm working on it)
  37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied. (Peep the title of my blog!!!)
  38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
  39. Gone rock climbing.
  40. Seen Michelangelo's David
  41. Sung karoke. ( I own my own karoke machine.  I am sooooo very good.  If I could sing, I would be famous!!)
  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. ( Saw two people doing the nasty on a beach lounger. Always put a towel down before you stretch out on one of those things!!)
  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. Kissed in the rain.
  52. Played in the mud.
  53. Gone to a drive-in theater.
  54. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling. (loved snorkeling in Antigua... clear water)
  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.
  60. Served at a soup kitchen.
  61. Sold Girl Scout cookies. (I was a Girl Scout for about 3 weeks!!)
  62. Gone whale watching.
  63. Got flowers for no reason.
  64. Donated blood,platelets or plasma.
  65. Gone sky diving. (Once again, do black people do this?)
  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 Cavier
  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.   (and the White Knight is still rolling fine)
  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.  (Magic Johnson, Hill Harper, Jim Belushi, Drew Carey)
  92. Joined a book club.  (Shout out to "The Society of Dilletantes")
  93. Lost a loved one.
  94. Had a baby. ( And this is not by accident)
  95. Seen the Alamo in person.
  96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
  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.

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