Monday, February 9, 2009

My Bucket List - Actually it's someone else's I'm just borrowing it...

The idea is that you highlight in bold the ones you've done. The italics are my comments.
1. Started your own blog - duh
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band - orchestra counts, right?
4. Visited Hawaii - one day...
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
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched an amazing lightning storm - I live in Texas, they are AMAZING here!
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - working on it!
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning - really, really, really don't want to do this one!
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables - they are so much better homegrown, I'll do this one again and again!
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight - broke my ankle in one...
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - does it count if I was 9 months pregnant and just didn't feel like I could do it?
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
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 - one day...
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community - you could NOT pay me enough to live like that!!
36. Taught yourself a new language - I really should do this one
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - can you ever? I mean, I'd use it wisely and generously...
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke - Shane has done enough of this for the both of us, did I ever mention this is how he won me over?!?
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 - Shane....I'm waiting...
46. Been transported in an ambulance - again, this is not on MY list!
47. Had your portrait painted - it was drawn, I'm counting it!
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
52. Kissed in the rain - Really, Shane, maybe it would rain while we're walking on the beach mentioned in #45...
53. Played in the mud - best date ever, ended when I was completely covered from head to toe in mucky, icky mud!
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - I'm working on it
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 - and yet scared to bungee jump or scuba dive...something's wrong with me!
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check - really, really not on my list of things to do!
68. Flown in a helicopter - almost...
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar - disgusting, really disgusting, now pass the sushi
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job - seriously, this is not a to do list, people!
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London - have seen this at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
77. Broken a bone - see #21
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 have eaten freshly killed animals on many occasions, but if I HAD to kill it, there is NO CHANCE I'm eating it!!
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby - X4
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake - I don't think so...Mom?
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone - Sadly, couldn't live without it
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy

3 comments:

i'm erin. said...

Wow, what a great list. There are so many things on it that I want to do...and it was nice to see that I have done a few things with my life. I would love to visit an Amish community, and paris and italy!

Danielle said...

What fun things you have done. Mine would be pretty boring if I filled that out. If you ever want to join a book club I just started going to one. Let me know.

Tammy said...

I like this posting. It was interesting. I especially like number 41. I enjoyed your blog.