99 Things

My friend Kat directed me to another blog with a challenge, I am not a paper scrapper so I wasn't interested in the challenge but I thought the list was cool so I thought I would give it a try :) Read the list and mark off the things that you have done

1. Started your own blog

I guess so since that is where you are :)

2. Slept under the stars

I have done this with cadets sleeping in a lean to

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

It is on my list :)

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

I wish I could say yes to this one

7. Been to Disneyland/world/Paris

8. Climbed a mountain

I have done this a few times and the view is amazing

9. Held a praying manti

10. Sang a solo

When I was 12 at the Christmas Concert I sang 'What Child is This' I missed a few lines and no one knew they thought I did it on purpose...there was at least 300 people in the gym and I was scared to death

11. Bungee jumped

never

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightening storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

I guess this depends on what you mean by art

15. Adopted a child

I have a step daughter but I will never adopt her as her mother would never allow it

16. Had food poisoning

No thankfully

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

Yes and I wish my yard was big enough to grow them now

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

When I moved to Alberta in 1979 we took the train...so for three nights I slept on a train

21. Had a pillow fight

Of course what are sleepovers for :)

22. Hitch hiked

My mother would kill me

23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill

Shhh!! don't tell anyone

24. Made a snow angel

I live in the frozen North...pretty sure I have done this a time or two :)

25. Held a lamb

Does petting one count

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

I would never want to miss something this beautiful

31. Stood in the rim of the Grand Canyon

32. Been on a cruise

One to Alaska is on my list

33. Seen Niagara Falls

Grew up in Ontario but never been there :(

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

My parents yes, anyone else no

35. Seen an erupting volcano

36. Taught yourself a new language

Learnt French in school

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

Have all the sing star games out there :)

42. Seen Old Faithful erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restuarant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

Every time I can

46. Been transported by ambulance

Yes and remember if you have to travel far they are horrible and if they offer you gravol take it :)

47. Had your portrait painted

Not a portrait persay...put a characture

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling

52. Kissed in the rain

Helps when you live someone where it is always raining

53. Played in the mud

Mud pies are the best

54. Gone to a drive in theatre

Many times, love em

55. Been in a movie

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

We don`t have these where I live

61. Sold Cookies for charity

Many many cases for Girl Guides

62. Gone whale watching

On my list to do

63. Been given flowers for no reason

Yes but I am not a huge flower fan

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

Can`t I am anemic

65. Gone sky diving

No way

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

Unfortunately

68. Flown in a helicopter

Been in one but never flown

69. Saved a favourite childhood toy

Yes and my husband wishes I would get all the

bears out of the house

70. Visited Buckingham Palace

71. Eaten Caviar

Many other weird things like cod tongue or cod cheeks but not caviar

72. Pieced a quilt or blanket

I have knitted blankets

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

Unfortunately...once I was fired because I was freaking out the other employees because I couldn`t forget that I was robbed on the job :(

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

Sprained them all but never broke one

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

Well I don`t know if it was speeding but it was moving fast to me

79. Been to the top of the Empire State Building

80. Published a book

I can`t write to save my life :)

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

It had all of 3 kms on it when I drove it off the lot :)

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

Several times, this one is just one that ended up there...I am the one in the front row with the crazy hair

85. Read the entire Bible

lots of it but not all of it

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

That is what the man is for ;)

88. Had chicken pox

I believe so

89. Saved someone's life

Not that I am aware of

90. Sat on a jury

I hope I never have to as I am a bad judge of character

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

a few

93. Lost a loved one

My sister in law almost 20 years ago, and my father almost 7 years ago

94. Had a baby

three to be exact

Nathan 1990

Ariel 1994

Connor 2004

95. Seen the Alamo

96. Swam in Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

A new one every couple of years

99. Been stung by a bee

Not in a long time but yes

31/99 that doesn't seem like a great record ;(