Sunday, January 11, 2009

I'm All Blocked Up

Now, don't go hauling out the Metamucil.  It's blogger block!  Sheesh- get your mind out of the toilet!  To that end, I am borrowing this from my sister's blog.  The things I have done are in red type- since red is my favorite color.

1. Started your own blog 

2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band   I was last chair clarinet in middle school for 2 years before my parents finally admitted that this was one battle they were not going to win, and let me quit 
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity   I've never bounced a check over it- but it has made things kind of uncomfortable at times.
7. Been to Disneyland/world 
8. Climbed a mountain
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
16. Had food poisoning
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

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 - don't ask, Mom.
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
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
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 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 
47. Had your portrait painted  Actually, I was drawn in pastel chalks.
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
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma  I'm phobic of needles, remember?
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check - oops!
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
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book  I'm writing one now.  Maybe soon.
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 - or two, or five
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone 
99. Been stung by a bee  A coulpe of years ago I was pulling my kids in the wagon and a hornet stung me.  It hurt so bad that I sat down on the side walk and cried for a few minutes.  Good thing I'm not allergic!

So, now go read Trish's list and marvel how 2 people who lived together for half of thier lives could be so much the same, and yet so different.

5 comments:

Gramma 2 Many said...

Skinny Dip? You and Trica both? Together? What would your father think?

Unknown said...

Reason #493,200 why I don't let my mom read my blog - see above.

Keys to the Magic Travel said...

I love seeing these lists. If I travel out of this country...I think my numbers will skyrocket!

Trish said...

funny, but we did not skinny dip together.

so who did you skinny dip with?

Britt said...

lol best comment thread I've read in a while.

I'm sorry .. I've spent so much time in the bathroom lately, my mind is constantly in the potty. I'll go put the fiber away... =-)