in honor of all the 9-ey things this year, I'm snatching this list of 99 life experiences (thanks Julianne).
Things I have done already are in bold:
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 (almost--I was about to get on the train to paris when i decided to fly home standby and see Mark--he'd just gotten home from his mission)
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 (i don't know if any of them got to edible size)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (Rhodesian Railways)
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 (close, does polar bear lake swimming on new year's count?)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (it was an eventful summer in Zimbabwe)
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
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 (thanks Dad)
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 (last month)
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
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
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (very late at night with an exhausted baby Simon--thanks aaron for taking us!)
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 (aren't they all speeding?)
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 (Mark has . . . I'm two days into my goal)
86. Visited the White House (the outside)--very briefly
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (um, no thanks?)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (only my children's . . .)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone (in)famous (kind of . . . i saw muammar ghaddafi's entourage drive by)
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
I guess my Resolutions are clear: the Alamo, leaning tower of Pisa, and Disneyland.
10 comments:
I love this Em. But my question to you is: Does any one actually WANT to swim in the Great Salt Lake??
The answer is no. I don't think anyone wants to. Great list, Em.
This seems pretty heavy on things you can do in Paris and Italy, huh? May I add a few that might be equally cultured...
Gone to a nudie hotsprings. Check.
Cracked a watermelon open and ate it with spoons straight out of the rind. Check.
Eaten some Texas barbeque- the kind where they don't even bother to give you a plate. Check.
Listened to a banjo solo played by a Florida native-and when I say native, I mean... NA-TIVE. Check.
You know, I could go on and on. It occurs to me that your list-good though it is-is a bit lacking. :)
Pip pip!
come visit me when you see the leaning tower. I haven't seen it either and it's just a road trip away. bah
Nice- I learned a lot about you. We HAVE to go to Disneyland next time you are in CA.
I'm truly surprised running away to Vegas for a weekend is not on your list either! But it sure does motivate me to do some great things this year...we've got a few up our sleeves, but we'll see what time brings. For now, it's Teach an AP level class to sophomores - check!
Um hello? Emily?!!! Where are you? You have all of these amazing plant and insect pictures and you're going to be a midwife and you just battled cancer? I love midwives- both my kids were delivered by one. You're amazing! Love to keep in touch- found your blog through the grapevine...at last!
Yes, that is my real house. (Granted that photo was taken during the summer, but who doesn't prefer a warm view??) And no, I won't be participating in Christy's tag because photos of my house right now would be detrimental to wooing its new owners. {Boxes. Toys. Laundry. Crap-ola. Everywhere.} We must tidy up before we open to the public at large.
But I'm curious...what were you curious about? I'll tell you all about it.
The only thing I know about Ghaddafi is that he insists that Obama is a Muslim and will bring Muslim values to the White House. Oh, and that we bombed his house in the 80s. Good old Reagan!!!
Hey Em,
Check out my blog! I have a post dedicated to Y-O-U! Yea for Tuesday, that's all I can say! I am glad that you are advocating for more accessiblity, for people in wheelchairs and users of strollers alike. The tilt feature is pretty sweet on my chair. I haven't tried to take a nap tilted back yet, but trust me it's on my list of things to do, once I get the headrest put on my chair!!
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