Things I've Done

Things I've Done

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*****If I counted right I've done 33/99******

1. Started your own blog (yay, blog!)

2. Slept under the stars (lots of camping - actually under the stars without a tent? Does falling off a 3 foot platform tent onto the bare ground and seeing the stars count?)

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity (Love all my charities : RDR, SPCA, PetSmart)

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis (as a kid, been bite by him too - ouch! Fireflies are nicer)

10. Sang a solo (me sing? Let me paint you a picture instead.)

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (no, but I've taken a ride on a boat during a Hurricane -yay, Grandma! I was too young to remember )

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (I've tried a lot of different techniques in visual art)

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (Never been to N.Y.)

18. Grown your own vegetables (LOL, I'll leave that to someone with a green thumb)

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (No, but I've been to England and seen the London Eye and Big Ben)

20. Slept on an overnight train (Never, been on a real train - just the ones at Bush Gardens. I want to take the one here one day though and see all the leaves when they change colors. Marti's done that and she says its wonderful.


21. Had a pillow fight (what girl hasn't. I think that's as popular a fight as the one over the remote control) :p

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (from school, not work - who hasn't)

24. Built a snow fort (and snow chairs, and snow men. The snow storm when I was in third grade was amazing. We were out of school for 2 whole weeks!)

25. Held a lamb (yes and goats)

26. Gone skinny dipping (surprised I haven't? lol - that should be next on my list!)

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen an 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

36. Taught yourself a new language (I tried sign language when I was little; and I took French in high school - I'm not good at all at either of them.) I'll stick to English.

37. Had enough money to be satisfied (I wish)

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David (no, but I've read the Agony and the Ecstasy. It was required reading for my art class and quite painful to read).

41. Sung karaoke (oh, no)

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 (should have been romantic, but wasn't. My bf at the time and I ended up getting into a fight and had to ride home together for hours - not fun)

46. Been transported in an ambulance (I think so - I broke my leg when I was three years old. I went to the hospital in the car. But, I think I had to have a ride home in the ambulance) - Asked my Mom, she said yes, I had to use the ambulance to get home. She also, said to mention that my Aunt had to prove to the nurses that they (my Mom and Aunt) could get me out of the house in case of a fire by carrying me in my "mummy cast" up and down a fire escape - I was 3 and my cast weighed at least 50 lbs.

47. Had your portrait painted (at Bush Gardens - real life one; at Mom's company picnic - cartoon)

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 (Kissing in the rain is sooo romantic. My friend came to visit me from TX for a week when I was 16. I was taking him around to all the historical places in Virginia. We went to Williamsburg for the day and it was raining. We walked around Williamsburg for hours; and he and I kissed under a bridge-it rained the whole day. It's one of my favorite dates to look back on...)

53. Played in the mud (what kid hasn't? One of my favorite books as a kid was Sesame Street's "Nothing to Do". Big Bird's friends are gone for the day and he doesn't have anything to do, until he decides to have a mudpie picnic with his Teddy bear. I loved that book and enacted it often much to my Mother's delight!

54. Gone to a drive-in theater (No, but I work at a regular theater)

55. Been in a movie (No, but I've been in a commerical, on a folder, and on a flyer! - do those count? <-- YMCA when I was in preschool. I was one cute kid, LOL)

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business (I will one day)

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen (Yes, more than once - Girl Scouts)

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (LOL, YES!!! I love those cookies! My Mom was one of the Scout Leaders)

62. Gone whale watching (No, but I've adopted a whale. And I've seen dophins in the wild. We took the ferry boat in Norfolk to water-side in the rain one day and for some reason the dophins had gone into the bay and were swimming with the boat. They are beautiful.

63. Got flowers for no reason (Yes, from family)

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check (Yes, if it's the same thing as overdrawing your account. I was 18 and didn't realize it takes a few days for a paycheck to go through - Christmas 2004. I bought myself a BIG tv and overdrew the account. DAMN! It's only been the one time though)

68. Flown in a helicopter (had the opprotunity, but, didn't won't to wait in line. I've taken a hot air balloon ride though. I won it.)

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (Yes, two. Puff-Puff, the dog, I got him when I was in the hospital with my broken leg. I'd broken my leg on the church playground (going down the fireman's pole straight legged). My Mom's work sent a bunch of balloons and the strings from the balloons were wrapped around Puff-Puff's tummy. The other toy is also from when I broke my leg - Lamby. Lamby, was given to me by the Hospital. They gave her to me right before they put me "under". Lamby has a music box inside of her - it still plays. (My Mom commented that it's odd that I kept the toys from a TRAUMATIC experience). I guess I'm odd, LOL.

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar (Yes, french class in high school - salty)

72. Pieced a quilt (No, but I've helped my sister with quilting (I ironned the pieces) . She likes to quilt)

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job (yes and no - taken off the schedule, but not fired. Didn't care, wanted to leave anyway)

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (Yes, I was 14! I went with my middle school over Easter Break - I got my first part-time job to afford it)

77. Broken a bone (Yes, two. I broke my leg when I was 3 . Think mummy --> it was my upper thigh, the cast went up to my ribs and stopped at one of my knees and the other leg the cast went down to my toes. A whole was cut so I could go potty and a bar went between my legs at the knee. The doctor said to my Mom that it was a good thing I had chubby legs or you would have seen the bone sticking out. I was at the hospital for 11 days while the doctors pulled the bone straight (before they could put the cast on obviously). I broke my arm/wrist, when I was 6 yrs old. I'd gone roller skating and fell. I tried to catch myself and ended up snapping my wrist. And of course it was the one I usually wrote with (I'm a Lefty). I had to use my right hand while it healed. My hand writing looked just as good and my teacher hoped I'd continue using my right hand - I didn't. If feels more natural in my Left.

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (had the opportunity, I was too nervous. I think I'd try it if I were alone. But trusting someone else...I don't think so!)

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book (No, but I've gotten an honorable mention for poetry at school. And I have some of my poems on www.poetry.com


81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper (yes, my whole class was in it in fifth grade. We made a quilt for Black History Month - February. Each person in our class did a square and then one of the Mom's sewed them all together).

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House (yes, school trip. But I have more fun in the art museums. I especially like going to the art museums on dates - there's no time limit)

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox ( honey there is a Pink monster coming after you!!! LOL, I don't know what that itching medicine is called but my Mom had me covered from top to bottom in it. I was in preschool. My sister and I had it at the same time.

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous (A few. I went to a book signing and met Princess Fergy. I met Simon Bull (artist) at an exhibit..I can't think of anyone else off the top of my head

92. Joined a book club (Book club, Movie club, CD club, PenPal Club - everything when I was little, LOL)

93. Lost a loved one (yes, my grandma and my aunt April)

94. Had a baby (I only have furkids - I don't plan on having any two legged for another few years)

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 (Family Plan)

99. Been stung by a bee ( Note to Self: don't wear flowers or bright yellow it attracts BEES!) I personally hate mosquitos more - they try to eat me alive!