100 Things

I've seen this on two different blogs today and it seemed like a nice way to ease myself back into blogging.

The rules state: Below are 100 statements. Bold or change the color of the ones you have done.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
But woke up in the rain.
3. Played in a band
I was in the school band for ... three years? I played clarinet and, very briefly, coronet.
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford budgeted to charity
I disagree with the original statement on principle.
7. Been to Disneyland or Disney World
World, 1991 with a bunch of kids from youth group after we'd spent all week offering disaster relief to victims of Hurricane Andrew.
8. Climbed a mountain
I've told this story, haven't I?
9. Held a praying mantis
Maybe. I liked bugs as a kid, but don't specifically remember what I caught over the years.
10. Sang a solo
In my church a few times when I was in high school.
11. Had stitches
Once in my head and once, um, elsewhere, after my daughter was born.
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
Kinda. I was taught how to chain and make a single stitch, but otherwise I taught myself to crochet.
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
I was pregnant at the time. One of the two times I vomited during that pregnancy. I haven't been interested in Navy Bean Soup since.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Back when they still let you.
18. Grown your own vegetables
My parents had an enormous garden when I was a kid. I haven't grown much as an adult, but I discovered that a local church here has a community garden, so we may grow some veggies this summer.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept in an overnight train
On my way to my brother's wedding.
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
Not really on purpose, but I've taken a couple rides from strangers when I've gotten lost or had car trouble.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
Mental health days are my friend. I just wish the benefits plan for motherhood came with a few more.
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
Lunar only.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
Only the lunch-around-the-harbor kind, though.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Mousehole, Cornwall, UK
35. Seen an Amish community
Shipshewana, Indiana
36. Taught yourself a new language
I've forgotten most of it, though. I studied Italian on my own before my trip to Italy. I learned enough to find the bathroom, order dinner, ask how much the postcards cost, and say "thanks" when given my change.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
Then I got married and had a kid.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
No sheer rock faces where I needed ropes, though.
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
He was taller than I expected.
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
I wish we lived closer to the beach.
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Well, okay, technically not. We tried to, but they'd closed early that day.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
Snorkeling when I was a kid.
52. Kissed in the rain
Probably. Not in some sort of romantic "moment" though.
53. Played in the mud
54. Gotten a speeding ticket
On my way to church for a volunteer appreciation breakfast.
55. Been in a movie
Sort of ... you can see where my car was parked in My Fellow Americans and I was inside the restaurant behind it.
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
In Massachusetts and New Zealand.
63. Got flowers for no reason special occasion
I got flowers because my husband loves me!
64. Stayed the night in jail
65. Cried so hard you threw up
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
Unfortunately.
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
I saved a bunch of stuffed animals, dolls, books, two Little People play sets, and my toy box.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
It's very salty.
72. Pieced a quilt
Does it count if I'm working on one (that I've been working on for, oh, about 10 years now)?
73. Stood in Times Square
But never on New Year's Eve.
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
Technically, but I'd sort of already quit.
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
But only through my elementary school library
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
I've never done the tour, though.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chicken pox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
Robert Fulghum, author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.
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 lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day
Is there any other way?

You can go visit some other lists up today at Purple Puzzle Place and One Thing. If you decide to do your own list, leave a comment so I can come visit!