Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Just for fun

I found this when I was blog-snooping the other day and thought it was fun.  As you can see, I am not a very interesting person, but maybe you are! If you’d like to go through this list yourself, just copy and paste in your own blog then bold and italicize all of the things you have done.

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band…doesn’t elementary school count? I played the clarinet

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland-No! My husband grew up twenty minutes away from there!

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

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…kind of. Mom and I were picked up on the highway in Idaho when we ran out of gas and decided to trek it to the nearest gas station.

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill…only from school. A lot.

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Ran 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

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community…um, grew up there.

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

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

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business…Jeff did!

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

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy…I throw away everything, but not Papa Bear

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

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury…Yes! I was the jury foreperson when I was 20!

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…do I live in a cave?

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Seen Mount Rushmore in person

 

Have fun!

4 comments:

Karen said...

That's a good list, haven't seen that one before.

Levi and Katie Hansen said...

Love the list! ONe of my friends did this on her blog and I thought it was way interesting;) Good idea!

Penny said...

Fun, Melz, see you've done more things than you probably thought!!! Love you!

PA Swanks said...

Yes, Melanie, you have done more. For one, you have vistied the Lincoln Memorial. You were maybe 2yrs old, but you were there. I saw some other as well. Lov DAD