Saturday, January 12, 2013

99 Things

I've had the worst week ever. I'm going to find a way to put it all in words later, but needless to say I've been feeling uninspired so when I found this I thought it would be a nice post..


1. Started your own blog -obviously, that's where i'm posting this
2. Slept under the stars - We used to lay out in a field when I lived in KY, so many stars
3. Played in a band does the church band count? hah I played the guitar badly
4. Visited Hawaii 
5. Watched a meteor shower - my mom woke us up when I was a kid to see one
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland - it was actually Disney World, but that counts right?
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo 
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning - beyond awful
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 - I lived over a year with no car in the burbs. it happens
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill I like to call them "mental health" days
24. Build 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 I wish
33. Seen the Niagra Falls in person - a long long time ago
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seem an Amish community - My mom's family lives in PA, They're surrounded by Amish
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
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 - In Eden, NC it's so fun
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 - In Washington DC, we were right by the white house and there were so many people that didn't have anything to eat. It was completely eye opening.
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 - thank goodness!!
68. Flown in a helicopter 
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
 - Stuffed animals, I loved them
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 - Yay Belle Terre!
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been a passenger on a 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- This is how small my hometown is, I worked a booth at a fair called the "chicken wing fling" and I ended up on the front page holding a rubber chicken. I also had a few pictures in for doing river cleanup.
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve

86. Visited the White House
 - We just saw the outside, it was right after 9/11 and no one was allowed in. 
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
- no, thank you.
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous - I met a munchkin from the wizard of oz which made my life, I also worked a couple of golf tournaments for charities supported by the NFL so I met lots of football players
92. Joined a book club

93. Got a tattoo

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 - I am allergic. I swell up like a blimp.

Thanks for reading this. I needed something to get my creative juices back flowing :-)

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