The items in bold are the ones I have done; the items in italics are things I would like to do; the items in italics with an * are things I really want to do. And then there are the items in regular font — haven’t done, don’t care to.
So, here goes. Remember, there are 100.
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii – over 20 times. I love Kauai.
5. Watched a meteor shower *
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped – no desire what so ever to try this
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea – well the lightening was out to sea but I wasn’t. Does that count?
14. Taught myself an art from scratch* – I would like to but in reality I don’t have much art creativity in me
15. Adopted a child –raised one of my own and am now to close to retirement to even consider this
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on a overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight – I am one of six children so it was inevitable
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill – where I work its called time off paid whether I am sick or on vacation
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb – My mother’s parents had a working farm
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (of the moon and the sun)
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 land of my ancestors* I could accomplish #66 with this one
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language – well sort of
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 – my daughter tells me I can’t sing
42. Seen Old Faithful Geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger dinner
44. Visited Africa*
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance – only as a passenger
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing – living in Oregon this is mandatory at some point
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
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
62. Gone whale watching – see #48 and #4
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp* see #34
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy – only until a kid at my daughter’s day care destroyed my Madge doll (Barbie’s cousin?)
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
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 my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating – why when there are perfectly good grocery stores and restaraunts?
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (I like to think that I was responsible for saving my daughter’s life 12 years ago when she had her first cardiac arrest but really it was the EMTs who so quickly responded to my call to 911.)
90. Sat on a jury – got my first summons just this year but had to move out the date
91. Met someone famous – JFK and RFK, drank beer with Billie Idol in Playa del Carmen many years ago
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. Rode an elephant – when I was about 7 years old there was an elephant at a local grocery store along with some clowns
I have done 50% of the activities and identified several others that I would like to do. What does that say about me? That I am a boring mediocre person?
OK, got to go finish packing now that I have wasted my time posting this meme.
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