Chapter 21: 99 Things

This list is just for fun, seen on some other blogs... Bold the things you’ve done and post on your blog! (I've added my thoughts/stories to the ones I have done in Italics...)

1. Started your own blog Duh

2. Slept under the stars I slept outside on my trampoline a few times as a child

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower Amazing!

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain I think the only one I have fully accomplished was when I was 6 or 7...

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm I recorded one in Colorado. It was amazing, especially since we were surrounded by the Rockies!

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch Does scrapbooking count?

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning I think so...

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight 3 days after I had stitches put in on my eyelid... some of which were conveniently ripped out by my cousin's damn pillow...

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill Who hasn't?

24. Built a snow fort And then had it crushed by a friend

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping This is one of the most freeing things you can ever do - I highly recommend trying it!

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse When I was in first grade. We made these special little viewing boxes, and went outside to watch!

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset Both, actually.

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person From the Canadian side!

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community We drove by many of them when I was in Pennsylvania, but never actually went TO one... does that count?

36. Taught yourself a new language Not a fully speakable language, but I did pick up a book on how to speak Greek, and learned a few phrases. My favorite phrase? "The green duck is little." Yeah. Try going to Greece and saying that...

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing My boyfriend lives for this, so, naturally, I have participated

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 I'm pretty darn accident prone

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

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain Cliched and oh so romantic!

53. Played in the mud Yeah... we made giant mud balls. My mom wasn't too happy about it...

54. Gone to a drive-in theater We actually had one in the town I lived in when I was little!

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business As a teenager, I actually started my own pet-sitting business, and did pretty darn well for myself!

58. Taken a martial arts class I took Judo when I was 5, but quit shortly after because my mom's boyfriend forgot to pick me up, and it scared me.

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies Although, I didn't stay in the Girl Scouts for too long... it was too... girly...

62. Gone whale watching Very recently, actually!

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving The only plane I have ever been in, I jumped out of. Go figure.

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy I have probably 90% of the toys from my childhood in my mom's attic.

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 Not very fun.

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone Oh wow. Too many, actually. I've broken my nose 7 times. Let's just say I was a very clumsy child...

78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle My dad has always had one.

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. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox I had 3 when I was 4 years old... does that count?

89. Saved someone’s life Well, I've saved animals' lives before. I consider that a "done!"

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous A few, actually. Roger Clyne, Michael and Tre Twitty (Conway Twitty's son and grandson)

92. Joined a book club

93. Got a tattoo I have 3

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 In this day and age, it's rare for someone to NOT have one

99. Been stung by a bee I had a bee literally chase me for 20 feet before I fell off the curb, and then it stung me. :-\
 
-Grizzly Girl