Monday, February 9, 2009

Another borrowed list-updated 3/16

Saw this list on a recently dicovered stamping blog http://harrepar.blogspot.com/- which I think is from The Netherlands. I just discovered a bunch of European stamping blogs and as I was checking this one out, I saw this list. I think the writer got this list from someone else, but since I don't read Dutch I am not sure, but this is a wonderful list, so here's my version.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo-nope
11. Bungee jumped-would never be brave enough
12. Visited Paris-will do in 2 weeks exactly! (updated 3/16)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
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-been there but they weren't letting people go up because of 9/11
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France-maybe in 2 weeks (updated 3/16)
20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping-when I was young-but whenever I use our hot tub-without guests tat is
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-not a big one but have cruised in a powerboat-ha-ha
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language-tried to learn German once
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing-on a climbing wall
40. Seen Michelangelos 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-hopefully in 2 weeks (updated 3/16)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie-does a non-Hollywood environmental training film count?
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
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving-never ever ever
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check-too bad too
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 Guards in London-no, but have been to London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book-no, but was shortlisted back in my fiction writing days-now I do art and have been published in a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper-back when I got the award for starting Microbiology at school
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating-fishing I guess, but otherwise I wouldn't do it
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous -does Al Gore count?
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
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
100. Read an entire book in one day

How about you?

No comments: