Sunday, March 1, 2009

Been There, Done That

Thanks Millie...for reminding me of all the things I have yet to do!

Bold the items you have done:


1. Started your own blog (With Faren's help)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (but I did take trumpet lessons in grade school)
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 (if you count table rock...almost)
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child (came pretty close once)

16. Had food poisoning
17. Been to the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
20. Slept on a train (what a memory, huh, Ave?)
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
27. Ran 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 (but I want to)
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
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (at a neighbor's New Year's Eve party)
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. Cooked over a open fire
47. Had your portrait painted (sketched actually at Disneyland)
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
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 (thanks to John Smuin)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (No, but have eaten more than my share.)
62. Gone whale watching (no, but really want to)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (not only no, but hell no!)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (Austwich...disturbing)
67. Bounced a check (not on purpose)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Tied 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
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 your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House (just drove past it)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (I once popped in to a widow's house just after she'd fallen and couldn't get up...so, maybe)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Teddy Kennedy)
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. Visited Italy
101. Fed chickens (I think Lucy added this one.)
102. Attended a sheep show (Millie's addition)
103. Drove spud truck (Myrn's addition)

3 comments:

Lucy said...

That was fun to see all of those things. I guess we're at the age to start a "bucket list" heh?

Battfam said...

It looks like you've had some fun times and I figure we've still got time to do the other things on the list if we want to.

Lataun said...

oh mom, that baby quilt turned out way cute!