Monday, January 19, 2009

Borrowing with Pleasure!

Okay, I want to blog something today and I am a list person and love them. So I borrowed this list from Gail, http://silvermine.blogspot.com/ who borrowed it from http://an-authentic-life.blogspot.com/2009/01/100-things.html . who borrowed it from http://kaysthinkingcap.blogspot.com/ So needless to say if they can do it, so can I. The bold highlights are all the things I have done! And for the benifit of the reader, I even gave comments.

1. Started my own blog (encouraged by Someone)
2. Slept under the stars (In Belize on an Island)
3. Played in a band. (Yep, I was a wedding singer)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower ( I was invited to one that never happened by my Husband before were married)
6. Given more than I can afford to charity (It's those darn starving kids, they get me all the time)
7. Been to Disneyland/world (Too many times)
8. Climbed a mountain (Cannon in New Hampshire and a Mountain in New York too)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo. (Many, Many times)
11. Bungee jumped -(I have no desire)
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea (On that same Island in Belize)
14. Taught myself an art from scratch. (I learned how to play guitar myself)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. (climbed lots of stairs)
18. Grown my own vegetables. (Only to have them eaten by wild animals)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight (while laughing my head off)
22. Hitchhiked (don't tell my mom)
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill. (Those of us who do call it a mental health day)
24. Built a snow fort (with my loyal dog Misty at my side when I was a little)
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping -(At the pits in Wilton)
27. Run a Marathon (In May of 2001 in Vermont)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (Yes with my Husband)
29. Seen a total eclipse (Yes, Magnificant)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (I have pictures to prove it)
31. Hit a home run. (SWEET)
32. Been on a cruise (Carnival to the Bahama's)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community (February 2008)
36. Taught myself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (I'm always Satisfied)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person (was in Italy didn't make the trip opted for the Uffizi)
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David (His hands are so big)
41. Sung karaoke. (in a Lunch Bar in Belize)
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 (Many times, for many reasons)
46. Been transported in an ambulance (yep in a car accident)
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person (was right outside it but the Pope died and the Conclave was going on)
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
.51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (Scuba in St. Croix & snorkling the 2nd greatest barrier reef)
52. Kissed in the rain (after an argument about going to ET)
53. Played in the mud (Many times when little)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (Peter Pan & a Mad, mad, mad world is what I remember)
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (Duncan and Duncan Plumbing LLC)
58. Taken a martial arts class (Tang soo doo muk duk kwan)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies. (even as an Adult GS leader)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (Yep, it's called love)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (Yep)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (always by accident)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy. ( a mercedes matchbox car)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square. (Not on New years Eve)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (Toes)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle. (Michael Mansfield, he's dead now)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (yes with my two favorite people)
80. Published a book.
81. Visited the Vatican (Stood outside of it in the rain, the line was long, didn't go in, the Pope died)
82. Bought a brand new car (many times)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper (Yes, mostly for softball)
85. Read the entire Bible (Close but no cigar)
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox. (when I was 2)
89. Saved someone’s life (Twice, I saved a little girl from getting hit by car again after she just got hit and my mom from choking on a peice of meat on Mothers day)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one (too many)
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 (Yep)
99. Been stung by a bee. (Many times, they love me)
100. Ridden an elephant (why would anyone want to)

1 comment:

GailNHB said...

You've done a whole lot of cool stuff, Lori. Good for you!