Sunday, January 18, 2009

Meme stolen from my friend Aleece who stole it from my friend Elisabeth. The rules are simple: bold the things you’ve done. Explanations are optional. Fun is guaranteed.

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

3. Played in a band (does Rock Band 2 count?)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower (At Lake Mary in Flagstaff.)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
8. Climbed a mountain
(I think Mt. Humphreys was the highest 12,643 feet)
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 (does a dog count?)
16. Had food poisoning (not that I know of)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (only seen it from a ferry)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train (not technically, but I sleep every time I ride a train)
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 (how is this still on my to do list?!)
27. Run a Marathon (one day...)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (the Mexican version, yes- Rode a trajinera in Xochimilco)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run (maybe a double at best)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (I went to Pound, WI where my dad was born)
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 in 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 (no, but I chartered a fishing boat once and my friend caught a pick up truck on the overpass!)
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
(Major League at County Stadium, baby!)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business  (I started cake decorating last year.  Only did 3 cakes, though.)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen (not exactly, but I did prepare dinner for a group of prostitutes in Chicago)
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
I passed out the first three times I tried, but the 4th time was a charm.
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
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (yes, and I should have sued- I'm pretty sure they couldn't fire me because I was a female!)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (maybe a toe?)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (slightly speeding)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (hiked to the bottom!)
80. Published a book
(not a book, but I'm going to count journal articles)
81. Visited the Vatican
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 (not that I know of, but my life's been saved a couple times)
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 (ew! They allow swimming?! It stinks!)
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Aleece's bonus things….
100. Competed in a triathlon
101. Adopted an animal from an animal shelter
102. Been to the top of the Sears Tower
103. Traveled to at least 3 continents
104. Stood up in a wedding


I'm adding...
105. Had a whirlwind romance
106. Camped out for concert tickets
107. Traveled to a rainforest
108. Changed a flat tire (not on my own yet)
109. Gotten really lost in a foreign country.
110. Mountain biked down a ski hill

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You have quite a bolded list Zenny!! Lots to be proud of and thankful for. I like what you added, too. Here's to a happy and healthy 2009!

Love you!
Peachy