1. *Started your own blog – um, ta-da!
2. *Slept under the stars – Thank you, cabin in Paragonah
3. *Played in a band – K wait, “a band” or “band?” because one is way cooler than the other… guess which one I am
4. Visited Hawaii – 2 cancelled trips doesn’t count
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. *Given more than you can afford to charity – that’s not much, when you’re in student-hood
7. *Been to Disneyland
8. *Climbed a mountain
9. *Held a praying mantis
10. *Sang a solo - yikes
11. Bungee jumped – chose to live =)
12. *Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea – doesn’t say on a lake
14. *Taught yourself an art from scratch – “scrapbooking” before it was a verb… 14 years old!
15. Adopted a child
16. *Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. *Grown your own vegetables – doesn’t say ATE
19. *Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. *Slept on an overnight train – OK, I wanted to sleep in it, but the line stopped running, so we were stuck in downtown Paris overnight on NY Eve… no sleeping that night!
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
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 – are you kidding? If I catch the ball with my nose, what does my batting look like?
32. Been on a cruise – it’s on the wish list
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors – some of them came from Germany, so maybe I have
35. *Seen an Amish community – Standing on the old-time plows and hanging laundry out to dry =)
36. Taught yourself a new language – not besides Baby
37. *Had enough money to be truly satisfied – all through our marriage, even in the student loan days, I’ve felt content.
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 – penciled, Jeff & me together… quite interesting
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. *Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris – OK the tippy top was closed for something, but the next tier down is pretty high up!
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. *Kissed in the rain
53. *Played in the mud
54. *Gone to a drive-in theater – Thank you, Lake Havasu City
55. Been in a movie – Ward Road Show isn’t big enough, huh
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. *Started a business – Alpine Aesthetics is opening in a few weeks
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 – Jeffrey Winn – OK, there’s always a reason up his sleeve =)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. *Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp – Dachau, Germany
67. Bounced a check – my awesome bank doesn’t let me do this. They’ve called me if I’m over.
68. Flown in a helicopter – SAT in a helicopter
69. *Saved a favorite childhood toy - Clem
70. *Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar – come on… mushy, slimy fish feti? I’ll get back to you on that.
72. *Pieced a quilt – k, helped cut pieces for someone else piecing a quilt
73. *Stood in Times Square - before seeing Wicked, oh yeah
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job – No, but I still have nightmares that they’ve been expecting me at McDonald’s since HS, and where have I been all this time? Then I remember, and I walk out of the store with glee.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone – fractures hardly count. I should de-bold this one, huh.
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
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. *Had your picture in the newspaper – won a car, remember?
85. *Read the entire Bible – OK, Songs of Solomon no.
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating – watched does not count. I am not that awesome, thank heavens.
88. *Had chickenpox – who does that anymore? Last of a dying breed. (in the US)
89. Saved someone’s life – Carlie thinks I did, the day I killed the bee in her hair whose stinger nicked her – tiny blood. I am so cool.
90. Sat on a jury
91. *Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club – attending enrichment Book Club twice a year can’t count.
93. Lost a loved one – can’t count grandparents, right?
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
99. *Been stung by a bee – stepped on him
100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person
101. *Learned to play an instrument – I worked over that clarinet, and even better, bass clarinet, oh yeah.
Wait. I need to post a picture or two:
Halle & Kierste found my mascara... a little training is in order. Missed the lashes, girls. Missed the lashes.
I found the kids seated in a circle, planning things out together. Note the TWO strands of lights that worked on this new tree... awesome husband restrung 1000 lights onto it, and fully decorated it with me - And no pictures of the finished product!!!!
