Sunday, March 22, 2009

100 things


I got this from my friend Stefanie's blog. Thought it might be kind of fun to try.
These are 100 things everyone needs to do before they die. I am at 48 out of 100 (just like you Stefanie, but lots of different ones! :)).
Everything I have done is in bold. Things I do not want to do are in italic. Things I have not done yet are regular. (things with a star are things I haven't done yet, but really want to.

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 /world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo (I don't sing well!)
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(sure wish I hadn't!)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I've been there, but not walked to the top!)
18. Grown your own vegetables(I'm no good at this!)
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 (I think I did, but it may not have been a total eclipse, so I won't count it...it was in high schol)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
t31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise **
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors(some of them at least)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (sort of..not fluent so again I won't count it)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke(again, I don't sing well)
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
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 (for how long? I had some of my favorite childhood toys until a few years ago, but they are all gone now!)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
l71. 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 (been on a motorcycle as a kid...but it wasn't speeding)
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
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
98. <Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee<
100. Read an entire book in one day

3 comments:

  1. Love it! You have done lots of things!!!!
    Just curious...who did you meet that was famous?

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  2. I've met Elder Oaks. I've met several authors. And I've met several "semi-famous" educators/researchers about education. So no one incredibly famous to most of the world, but close enough for me to count.

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  3. THERE are so many of those things that I would NEVER want to do... but I'm a chicken... bock bock! This was fun to read...

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