100 Things to Do meme from fitzw

[sarahmichelef]

Things in life I've done in underline, with parenthecial comments
Things I'd like to do in red

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 (many, many times)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis (I THINK so, at least)
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (Lived there Jan - March 1997; visited twice before that)
13. Watched a lightning storm
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 (I don't do tall things.)
18. Grown your own vegetables (not that I've been in charge of... this will change next summer!)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (on my first visit to Paris - it's overrated)
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
27. Run a Marathon (total madness to think that I could do this, but what the hell...)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (I may have, but I don't remember)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (hello, where do I live?)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (I've always learned formally... I really want to teach myself ASL, though)
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 (only once... the day TRex was born)
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 (see my comment about the top of the statue of liberty)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (family vacation on Maui, 1991)
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 with a partner
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia (St. Petersburg & Moscow, June 1997)
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 (I've received them, too)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (Birkenau and Bergen Belsen, if I remember correctly)
67. Bounced a check
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
77. Broken a bone (nothing major, though - a toe and a stress fracture in my foot)
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
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
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 (many, many times)