Things I’ve Done In My Life Summarized
This is an activity I found on Alice’s blog that she found on another blog. There are 100 activities and apparently you say if you have done them or not and are not supposed to say more than that … There are a few I am itching to write about now so I will do that in the future. If you want to do it feel free to copy and paste and do it on your own blog but please link to me and let me know so I can read it! It makes me also realize there are a lot more things I want to do before I am done! I think I will also expand this list at another time to include things I have done that weren’t on this one.
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (nope)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped (Not done this one but my daughter has and I watched and that was scary enough!)
12. Visited Paris (I’ve been to Costa Rica, Mexico, and Canada … the rest of the world only by pictures)
13. Watched lightning at sea (Not been to sea)
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child (Considered adopting 5 children at once but they were adopted by someone else)
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (How about the Washington Memorial instead?)
18. Grown my own vegetables.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France. (Not)
20. Slept on an overnight train (Haven’t been on a real train trip)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked (when I was a kid in our small town where we knew everyone)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (mental fatigue counts as illness in my book)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon (haven’t and probably never will now)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (Nope but did in Las Vegas)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise (nope)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors (would like to)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language (been trying but I haven’t cooperated)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person (the person who started this has obviously been to Europe … nope)
39. Gone rock climbing (I’ve climbed on rocks but I’m sure that isn’t what they meant.)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David (nope)
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (I paid for the car ahead of me once at McDonald’s … it was fun!)
44. Visited Africa (my son and grandson have but I haven’t)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (nope)
47. Had my portrait painted (nope)
48. Gone deep sea fishing (nope .. it would be deep sea barfing for me)
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person (nope)
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (nope)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (nope)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie (nope)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China (nope but my son has)
57. Started a business (saved and ran a non profit business for 20 years)
58. Taken a martial arts class (nope)
59. Visited Russia (nope)
60. Served at a soup kitchen (nope but will)
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (bought enough but not sold them)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (I take too many prescriptions)
65. Gone sky diving (nope … son has)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (no)
67. Bounced a check (unfortunately)
68. Flown in a helicopter (nope)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar (tasted it but would never taste it again!)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades (nope)
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (nope)
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (have written 2 novels and 2 histories but not had them oficially “published”)
81. Visited the Vatican (nope)
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem (nope)
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (nope but read out of it often)
86. Visited the White House (not inside)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (No but have caught fish)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (People and animals)
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 (nope)
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (waded)
97. Been involved in a law suit (No)
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Ridden an elephant
Hi Edna. This looks like great fun — I’m out of town now writing from a friend’s computer, & can’t wait to go home & do the list with Mark. All best, Sally
Next time you are over you can play the guitar with the girls in rock band… then you can check that one off.
So this is what I still need to do: hold a praying mantis, teach myself an art, hold a lamb, serve at a soup kitchen (I’ve volunteered but never been called), and swim in the Great Salt Lake. I’ll never play in a band (tone-deaf), adopt a child (raised 3, have 5 grandchildren), kill and prepare an animal for eating (that would turn me into a vegetarian for sure) or hit a home run (eye-hand coordination is needed for that one!). Thanks — this was fun!