Wednesday, December 03, 2008

I copied this off of Rachels blog. Not sure if she wrote it or not but here goes. I am changing color to red if I have done it and green if I will never do it.

1. Started your own blog (one year ago)
2. Slept under the stars (Lake Powell, back yard)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (hey I am here right no, so why am I doing this)
5. Watched a meteor shower (from my hot tub)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity (we should all do more than we are)
7. Been to Disneyland/world (aren't they fun?)
8. Climbed a mountain (love it)
9. Held a praying mantis (kids science projects)
10. Sang a Solo (be thankful)
11. Bungee Jumped
12. Visited Paris (beautiful)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (you should have seen my macrame hanging table)
15. Adopted a child (had some kids friends that stayed extended periods of time)
16. Had food poisoning (Peru)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (you cannot do this now)
18. Grown your own vegetables (every summer)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (smile)
20. Slept on an overnight train (one of my fondest memories is an overnight ride on a train in India, I took an Ambien and loved the sound and gentle rocking of the train)
21. Had a pillow fight (Beth, Mike and Pat???)
22. Hitch hiked (summers in Bloomington to the lakes)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (cross country skiing)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb (a few bum lambs lived in my house)
26. Gone skinny dipping (no comments)
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
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (working on Spanish)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (surprisingly it was when I had the least)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (actually I helped others)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (took leftovers to homeless)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (last night)
46. Been transported in an ambulance (rode with Jeff in one, also worked in them)
47. Had your portrait painted (street artist)
48. Gone deep sea fishing (on Prince Edward Island)
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (so spectacular)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkling (snorleing only)
52. Kissed in the rain (Jeff kisses me all the time so sure this is covered)
53. Played in the mud (yummy mud pies)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (remember the big metal box hanging on the window)
55. Seen a movie being filmed (Airport in Minneapolis,PayBack in Chicago, Dumb & Dumber in SLC))
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (DermaChic)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies (I was a Brownie once)
62. Gone whale watching (In Hawaii)
63. Got flowers for no reason (thanks Jeff)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (oops)
68. Flown in a helicopter (Hawaii, Kauai, Richards)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (awful)
72. Pieced a quilt (many)
73. Stood in Times Square (girls trip)
74. Toured the Everglades (by jet boat)
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/scooter
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 (chicken)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (I am an old ER nurse)
90. Sat on a jury (made it to finalist once)
91. Met someone famous (Loni Anderson, Kasey Kasam, Rain Man)
93. Lost a loved one (Jeff's dad 3 weeks ago)
94. Had a baby (3 in fact)
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. Lived in a foreign country

8 comments:

Welcome to the Garden of Egan said...

Wow, you haven't ever been boring have you?????

Well, I'm still not recovered from the Derma Chic day yesterday. I finally left at 2100...Suzie stayed until after that!!! Poor girl! But we injected, filled, sold, powdered, lased, abraded....well, you get the picture. You should be proud of your hard little workers!

Derma Chic ROCKS!

The Clark said...

#26 = hot tub right???

and tauna YOU ROCK!!!! i need some injecting done myself.

Suzan said...

"37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (surprisingly it was when I had the least)"
I loved your comment here... totally made me smile and love you even more!

I might have to do this too, only I don't think I've done nearly as many of these things as you and Ray.

Wish I was in Kauai too, I haven't been back since my wedding : (

MZ said...

Suzan, I winked at the cottages as we drove by yesterday.

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Leslie said...

Wow, not a lot you haven't done...you're a little wild and crazy, Mer.

Leslie said...

So, I want to know...was the skinny dipping done THIS week?!?!

MZB said...

TIMES SQUARE was awesome..