Saturday, January 10, 2009

Just for fun....

When you begin a new year it's quite possible that you're looking ahead to change things or looking back to assess what you've accomplished or come from. Here's something fun I read on another blog - one hundred random things you may or may not have done. If you've done them you make the item bold... looks like I have lots of living to do yet...

1. Started my own blog

2. Slept under the stars (as a teenager)

3. Played in a band - does taking piano lessons count?

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than I can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland/world)

8. Climbed a mountain- with high school students - tough, but I made it

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sung a solo - does in the shower count?

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched lightening at sea,

14. Taught myself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child - I think fostering should be added here

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty - stood across the river from it two years ago

18. Grown my own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train- between Calgary and Vancouver

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitchhiked

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

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run - I'm sure I did when I played for the Warriors in '86

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught myself a new language- learned some Indonesian...

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 my 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

53. Played in the mud - gardening must count...

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. Got flowers for no reason - don't all moms get dandelions at some point?

64.Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check- just this past year...how embarrassing.

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

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car - our Toyota van

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had my picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House- it was closed in 2002 bcs of 9-11...

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- when I was 21...

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Rode an elephant

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is amazingly a LOT Of water! Lots of fun for the kids (I saw the photos on Facebook!!!) but ya, I would have been worried too!
Lor.

Anonymous said...

Hey, sounds like I need another 100 years. Theres one thing I'll never do. I watched Bungee jumping once and got sick to my stomach. mom Deboer

Anonymous said...

wow mom:) im impressed...but i still can't believe you've never had a pillow fight!!!!!
And how come ive never heard about the skinny dipping??? i guess I'm going to have to do that too:P
lorelle

Anonymous said...

Lorelle, I guess your Mom didn't share a bedroom with me!! She missed out!! Just ask Aunt Gerry what happens when I hide an alarm clock inside hers...guess what? I get the pillow in my head!! And yah I got clocked!!!
Aunt Lorraine.

Anonymous said...

Aunt Lorraine...
haha! Sounds like she did miss out:) Thanx for the idea!! I'll have to try it out sometime:P although id want to pass on the consequences of such a prank:)
Lorelle