99 Things

Stolen from Daysgoby.

Things you've already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven't done and don't want to - leave in plain font

1. Started your own blog - Duh

2. Slept under the stars. - I was a Camp Fire Girl. It's the law.

3. Played in a band - Does singing in a vocal jazz group count? The only thing I play is the radio.

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower - plenty of times. Sometimes while sleeping under the stars.

6. Given more than you can afford to charity - Some day, when I actually have more than two dimes to rub together.

7. Been to Disneyland/world - Yes, but I was only in the 3rd grade and don't remember much. Except It's A Small World. Even then, I found that song annoying.

8. Climbed a mountain - yes, but one of the tiny ones near here.

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo (in the shower) - and at concerts, back when I was young and unafraid. Or, unafraider than I am now.

11. Bungee jumped - Good god, no.

12. Visited Paris - Sort of. We were there for 12 hours, while traveling to Seville. I saw it by bus.

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. - Knitting and cross-stitch and most recently, making stuff out of felted sweaters.

15. Adopted a child.

16. Had food poisoning.

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty - it's a loooooong walk. But so worth it.

18. Grown your own vegetables. Termaters.

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train. Yep. Lots of times, including one horrific trip (the same one from Paris to Seville.)

21. Had a pillow fight.

22. Hitch hiked. Not on your life.

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill. - Of course.

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb.

26. Gone skinny dipping.

27. Run a Marathon- are you mad?? (I'll just keep dgb's answer here)

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.

31. Hit a home run - bwahahahahahahaha. My eye-hand coordination doesn't even allow me to hit the ball, never mind hit a home run.

32. Been on a cruise - I have no desire to do this whatsoever.

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person - yep. With the person from whom I swiped this meme.

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - Some of them. England, Scotland and Germany, yes. Peru, not so much.

35. Seen an Amish community - also a Shaker community.

36. Taught yourself a new language.

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied. - wouldn't that be nice?

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing. - no fucking way.

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke - Too chicken.

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.

46. Been transported in an ambulance - yep, after fainting. In a bar. After half a beer. Fun times.

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 - off Key West. It was glorious.

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud.

54. Gone to a drive-in theater. - oh, the things I used to get up to at the drive-in.

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 - if, by Girl Scout Cookies, you mean Camp Fire Candy.

62. Gone whale watching.

63. Gotten flowers for no reason - no. Sad, huh?

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - but I can't anymore because they're afraid I might be a mad cow.

65. Gone sky diving - no fucking way.

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp - although I don't know if I could make it thru the whole thing.

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

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

76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London

77. Broken a bone - only fingers

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

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. Four

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 - Plenty of times - I like going barefoot.