99 Things I Ought to Have Done
Instructions:
Copy the list, bold the ones you've done (with explanations if needed), share with friends.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (Maui a few times and Kaui twice)
5. Watched a meteor shower (not a shower but saw a meteor fall thru the atmosphere. Way cool!
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 thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (Love growing my own veggies)
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 (It's called a Mental Health day :0) )
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb (Gotta luv petting farms)
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 (Maui has the BEST of both. Watched the sunrise from their volcano)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (Does a bay cruise around the San Fran Bay count?)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Visited where my mom was born)
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 (indoor only)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (Todd and I met a girl alone in our hotel on Kaui and invited her to a nice dinner. She couldn’t believe it)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (not for me, but accompanied my friend while in Cabo last October)
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 (snorkeling)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (It sucks there aren't many more around)
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 (Served Thanksgiving in college)
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (Doing it right now in fact!)
62. Gone whale watching (Again, Maui)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (I faint. They don’t want me)
65. Gone sky diving (I went hang gliding)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (12 years ago)
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 a passenger on a 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 (Charity event for Family Giving Tree)
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House (with my friend Jennifer 12 years ago)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (Does a fish count?)
88. had chickenpox (14 years old. Ugh!)
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury (2001 burglary case)
91. Met someone famous (a few professional athletes)
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby (times 2)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit (small claims against previous homeowner)
98. Owned a cell phone (hello?!)
99. Been stung by a bee (A few times)
45 completed at the age of 41. I’d have to say that’s not too bad.
