Meme

I took this from here.

This is a list of 100 things to check off if you have completed. The one's I have done are in bold and italics. Let's see how it goes...

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. ( we give to charity but I try not to give more than I can afford to ANYTHING - let's not start a conversation here about my mortgage and car payment...)
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (I taught myself to cross stitch which I think is an art)
15. Adopted a child (we are in the process of this so do I get 1/2 a point?)
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (I saw the mona lisa but it was in washington Dc and it was smaller in life than I thought - and darker, so I am giving myself another 1/2 point)
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked (and I even picked up a hitchhiker last week!)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon . I can GUARANTEE I will never run a marathon. Wouldn't be prudent.
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run. Since I don't play ball and I never will I am going to assume this means "hit a home run" sexually. Which YES, I have done.
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (some of them, not all of them)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
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
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. (I don't know about my portrait - but I have had my caricature done!)
48. Gone deep sea fishing. Not guna do this either. (I DO know how to spell "gonna" - thanks!)
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Been in a movie (I have been in a movie theater!)
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 (I've bought them. Never was a girl scout though)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma. ( I am counting this one because I TRIED to give blood. Just cause I about passed out and had to get them to take the needle out.... it's the thought that counts right?)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar. (I will never eat caviar. I have eaten snail though. Can't say that's on my list to do again soon.)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (quit a few)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (and someone else's.)
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. (I killed a pig and got it ready for eating, but I don't think I ate any - I would have had the opportunity presented itself.)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club (I have read some of Oprah's book club books, does that count?)
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby. (I will never do this because I am a lesbo. I would have if I could have, and I will adopt, so HA!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake. (I have visited the GSL many times, more than I can count. Not only did I not swim in it. I will NEVER swim in it and I don't recommend anyone else does either. Have fun walking through those brine flies!)
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

Looks Like I have completed 50 of them - and there are 5 that I will never do - so 55 out of a hundred isn't bad!