I've seen this around blogland in the past few weeks and thought I'd join in. Wanna play?
The things I've done are in bold. My comments are in red.
1. Started your own blog
Well, obviously.
2. Slept under the stars
As a kid I loved to sleep on the deck during the summer.
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
Four times--Kauai is my favorite.
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
Just last weekend, actually.
7. Been to Disneyland/World
Southern California passes are the best!
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
Teaching Girl Scout songs?
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
As a child with my family.
Toben and I moved there after college for the summer of 1993.
Went back to visit my sister when she lived there.
Went with five girlfriends for my 30th birthday for a week.
Toben and I moved there after college for the summer of 1993.
Went back to visit my sister when she lived there.
Went with five girlfriends for my 30th birthday for a week.
13. Watched a lightning storm
Best one ever? Indigo Girls concert at Red Rocks with a lightning storm over Denver.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
Tatting.
15. Adopted a child
If you count our four daughters through Compassion--Lucia, Denys, Gita, and Josianne.
16. Had food poisoning
Trip to Pennsylvania when Audrey was a baby--I ended up in the hospital.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
No, but I've seen it from a distance.
18. Grown your own vegetables
Every summer--but NO MORE ZUCCHINI!
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
See #12.
20. Slept on an overnight train
Seems like I must have while we lived in England.
21. Had a pillow fight
I'm a girl. And I take girls to Girl Scout camp. Enough said.
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
Mental health days.
24. Built a snow fort
Colorado winters!
25. Held a lamb
Best time? Camping in a farmer's field in England as a kid and the farmer's wife let Kristen and I feed the lambs with a bottle.
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
Are you kidding? That ain't never gonna happen!
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
Maybe, but I can't remember.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
Sunrise--almost every day! Sunset in Hawaii would be the best.
31. Hit a home run
P.E. in junior high school, but it's called Rounders there.
32. Been on a cruise
Yes, but NEVER AGAIN! See here for why.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Visited the farm in Germany (still owned by Friedensteins) where the youngest son left from to come to America to seek his fortune.
35. Seen an Amish community
The Big Valley in Pennsylvania is my favorite.
36. Taught yourself a new language
I have a college degree in French; I also speak a little German (four years in high school) and Spanish (two years in high school).
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
Though I've traveled in Italy, we didn't make it to Pisa.
39. Gone rock climbing
Well, I suppose not officially. But our house in Rockrimmon when I was in elementary school was surrounded by all kinds of huge rock. We played all over them and named each one--Monster Rock, Ghost Rock, Mushroom Rocks, King's Crown.
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
While my family lived in England, we traveled all over Europe.
41. Sung karaoke
First time was in August here.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
As a child--I'd love to take Audrey and Emma.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
Hawaii again--though also when we lived in San Diego and the beach was minutes away
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
Does it count if one of my children was the artist?
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
See #40.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
See #12.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
See #4--and we went sailing in the Bahamas when I was 10--lots of snorkeling there.
52. Kissed in the rain
Definitely. Toben and I went to college in Spokane.
53. Played in the mud
In elementary school I stayed with the Nordemans when my parents were gone and the house next door was being built. The whole for the foundation was a huge mud pit and Robbie and Nichole and Kristen and I played in there--happy as pigs.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
Do promotional movies for Promise Keepers count? Also the Parenting Adolescents video series.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
Take a look here.
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
Cookie sales start January 9 in Denver!
62. Gone whale watching
See #4 again.
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
Not on purpose that I can remember. I HATE needles. (Unless I'm sewing.)
65. Gone sky diving
Indoor skydiving. See here.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
Dachau, when we lived in England. I'll never forget it.
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
Smurfs, anyone?
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
More than once. This was the last time.
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
Here, here, and here to see a few.
73. Stood in Times Square
The last time? I flew to New York to tell Toben I was pregnant with Audrey. He was there on a business.
74. Toured the Everglades
As a child--probably sometime in 1982 when we lived in Montgomery, Alabama.
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Lived in England from 1983-1986.
77. Broken a bone
Does my thumb count?
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
Take a look here.
81. Visited the Vatican
See #40.
82. Bought a brand new car
Saturn x2, Pacifica, HHR. We've owned way too many cars.
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
See #70.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
Fifth grade. And my best friend's mom wanted her to get it too, so Janet came over every day after school to play until she caught them.
89. Saved someone’s life
I don't think so, but I gave Ava the Heimlich when she was a baby when she choked on a Cheerio and Kristen thinks I did.
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
Lots of authors and musicians--comes from working in publishing and also from Toben working at Youth Specialties.
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
Two of the cutest ones ever.
95. Seen the Alamo in person
From the outside only on this trip--see #41.
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
One flew up my skirt and stung me on the knee during recess in the fifth grade.
It seems like there should really be 100 things, doesn't it? So I'll just go ahead and add #100.
100. Got married as a teenager.
That's one that thrills my Girl Scouts to no end.
That was fun to read. I'm afraid I wouldn't get to answer many of the questions! But I may try it anyway.
I was so impressed with the life experiences you have had already! I would love to get the opportunity to do some traveling some day:)
Posted by: Tammy S. | December 14, 2008 at 07:17 PM
#74---NOOOOO WAY!!!!!!!!!! That is 2 hours north on I65 from my house! What brought you to Sweet Home Alabama?? That is just WILD!
Posted by: Jen | December 15, 2008 at 08:36 PM
.....and # 12....mercy. I was in Paris in 1993 (and all over Europe) touring with the Mobile College Choir (now University of Mobile). We did a concert (sang Mozart's Requiem) at Notre Dame in May, 1993 (which was INCREDIBLE)! We probably crossed paths!
Posted by: Jen | December 15, 2008 at 08:41 PM