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:
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.
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
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
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.
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
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