Things I've Done

This list is from Karyn’s blog page. I liked it too, so I copied it too!

The things in bold are things that I have done.

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/world (Disneyland as a kid and World when I worked for Philips Semiconductors - they paid for it!)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (On my mission - "Because I Have Been Given Much")
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 (rode one from Eugene, OR to San Jose, CA! Had to call Chris and remind him to come and pick me up!)
21. Had a pillow fight(with my kids!)
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 (YES I did! And not ashamed to admit it too!)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (saw the sunrise in New York and south of NASA in Florida and the sunset in Santa Cruz while at the Boardwalk)
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 (Got rear-ended one block from home in San Jose on Superbowl Sunday!)
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
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. Gave flowers for no reason (I bought them at 7am on my way home from work and was asked what I did to have to buy flowers so early in the morning by another customer. I just said “No reason.” What did you do? The guy didn’t answer!)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (Who hasn’t!)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (I still have my Snoopy Dog doll! Kraig has it now.)
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 (does a layoff count??)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (Dad use to own one when we lived in Vegas. It was a blast!)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (does this count if you flew over it in a plane several times???)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (I wish it was a new truck, but I got a Mini Cooper instead!)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (The picture is in the Church News from General Priesthood when I was in the Priest Quorum.)
85. Read the entire Bible (on my mission!)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (I cannot believe Karyn had this one marked! Didn’t you get vaccinated Sis??)
89. Saved someone's life (Long story… Happened while I was a truck driver for C.R. England and Sons. I’ll tell ya some day.)
90. Sat on a jury (almost several times, for some reason the attorneys don't want to keep me!)
91. Met someone famous (I met Pres. Monson just before my mission! He spoke at a fireside in St. George.)
92. Joined a book club (Just to get the free books!)
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
100. Read an entire book in one day