99 things

Thanks to my friend, Meri for posting this on her blog. Thought this would be a good post for the new year. I've checked off 47 (almost 1/2)

The things I have done are bold
The things I want to do are in italics
The things I don't really care about doing are left plain

01. Started your own blog-- You are reading it
02. Slept under the stars
03. Played in a band
04. Visited Hawaii -lived there for 2 years (that was long enough, but would like to visit again)
05. Watched a meteor shower - on the beach in Pensacola in 2000
06. Given more than you can afford to charity
07. Been to Disneyland/world - both several times before have kids
08. Climbed a mountain in HI and WA
09. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightening storm at sea - watched one over the sea (inter coastal waterway) from our balcony in FL
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 - the day we were going to was overcast so we didn't
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train - my boys would love this...we must do it!
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked--no way. I have seen too many scary movies (diddo Meri!)
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort--I grew up in the midwest. Of course I did!
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon - NEVER EVER EVER even want to think about it
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice with Michael in 2002
29. Seen a total eclipse of the sun & moon
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset SO many times here are my favs: rise in Key West on my bday & sets in Hawaii (also one of the prettiest PINK sunsets on my parents farm the day of my Grandmother's funeral) And now that I'm a mom I'm up before the sun frequently and get to watch it rise while holding my baby.
31. Hit a home run didn't actually HIT one, in middle school they kept over throwing the ball and I just kept running around the bases until I slid into home.
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community in IA & PA
36. Taught yourself a new language
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 in person
41. Sung Karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight - got engaged on the Perdido Key Beach in FL (although there was technically no moonlight because a storm had just rolled through)
46. Been transported in an ambulance In HI 12/2002 but I don't remember it...suffered from temporary amnesia after fainting and cracking open my chin
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing in FL & HI
49. Seen the Sistine chapel in person
50.Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling Both- scuba diving freaked me out. I much prefer snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud it was so much fun as a kid. I'm sure I'll do it again with 2 boys
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 saw humpbacks in HI and orcas in WA
63. Gotten flowers for no reason used to get them at least once a month when we were dating
64. Donated blood
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter in HI on the island of Kauai
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy my parents' basement is full of them
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial--several times
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 Guard in London while studying at Edge Hill College in Ormskirk, England spring '97
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--I have been to the WH, but only the outside. I would love to visit the inside
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating Fish (but never actually cleaned the whole thing myself) Then I helped clean/prepare deer that my father shot and a pig that he butchered
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 2 bouncing baby boys
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee