Wednesday, December 31, 2008

New Year's Eve Meme

Saw this here and thought it would be fun to play along.


Here are the rules: Bold the things you’ve done and post on your blog!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band ... I played the saxophone until I was in 10th grade.
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain – do small ones count?
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo -not in public, though!

11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - sewing.
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- only once!
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon-- a half 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 - now it is a parking lot
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 – only once, on my birthday a few years ago.
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

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 - crappy ones, but they were paychecks!

56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business- Waldeck Dry Goods!
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies- 12 years in a row!
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - I still have Toby

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar – eew. Tasted it. No thanks.
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades- went there to see Phish for New Year's 1999-- I wouldn't call what I did there "touring", though
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
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - it doesn't take much to get your picture in the Lititz Record Express
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating – fish. Just fish.
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous- Elizabeth Dole
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
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Okay - who else wants to play?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I wanna play along!

1. Started your own blog
2. SLEPT UNDER THE STARS
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. WATCHED A METEOR SHOWER
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
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 - HORSE RIDING (IS THAT AN ART?)
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. HITHCH HIKED
23. TAKEN A SICK DAY WHEN YOU'RE NOT ILL - WELL, I DID SKIP SCHOOL
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 SUNRISES AND SUNSETS
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. VISITED THE BIRTHPLACE OF YOUR ANCESTORS - THEY WERE BORN AT HOME, EASY ONE
35. SEEN AN AMISH COMMUNITY
36. TAUGHT YOURSELF A NEW LANGUAGE - DUTCH
37. HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO BE TRULY SATISFIED - DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CHIPS ICE CREAM ON A HOT SUMMER DAY, WHAT MORE COULD YOU DESIRE?
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. GONE ROCK CLIMBING
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke - HELL, NO!
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
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 AND SNORKELING
52. KISSED IN THE RAIN
53. PLAYED IN THE MUD
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. BEEN IN A MOVIE - WELL, ON INTERNET, NOT THE REAL THING
56. VISITED THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA57. 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
64. DONATED BLOOD, PLATELETS OR PLASMA
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp - ONLY THE MEMORIAL IN BERLIN
67. Bounced a check
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 - LITTLE TOE, IT HURTS!
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
85. KISSED A STRANGER AT MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
86. VISITED THE WHITE HOUSE
87. KILLED AND PREPARED AN ANIMAL - A CHICKEN
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
98. OWNED A CELL PHONE
99. BEEN STUNG BY A BEE