A little meme for you, from me...

I leave you with a meme, poached shamelessly from Becca and weezalana

Things I've Done (In Bold)

1. Started my own blog (yep)

2. Slept under the stars (I was a Girl Scout)

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii (all the islands, was married {Maui'd} in Makena, Maui)

5. Watched a meteor shower (just saw one in Australia two weeks ago)

6. Given more than I can afford to charity (honestly, this wasn't as humanitarian as you would think. I was in Anchorage for work and gave my last $5bill to the bell ringer and went up to the 5th floor in the 5th Ave mall to the food court only to find out the hotel triple charged my debit card for the hotel room and used up all my space left on debit and I didnt have any food money. I didn't eat for two days. Nothing. Not a single thing. I now carry an emergency credit card for this reason alone.)

7. Been to Disneyland/world

8. Climbed a mountain (does Mount Healy Outlook count?)

9. Held a praying mantis (had a whole egg sack of praying mantis hatch for a Jackson cameleon to eat, only to find out that the praying mantis babies were smaller than the screen mesh on the tank. That was a learning experience)

10. Sung a solo (if I did, your ears would still be bleeding)

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched lightning at sea

14. Taught myself an art from scratch (knitting counts, right?)

15. Adopted a child (do step childern count? I legally have to feed them)

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown my own vegetables (I came up to Alaska because of the FFA)

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train (from Cairo to Luxor)

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitchhiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (but only to knit)

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping (several times, but most recently in Bora Bora)

27. Run a marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset ( and in Alaska, those are within a few hours of eachother)

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise (and will be on anther one in 17 days.... Mexican Riviera, I work for a cruiseline)

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught myself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (life in Alaska allows that quite easily)

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke (tested the ear bleeding of others)

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (unfortunately, while on a date with him)

44. Visited Africa (my uncle worked there)

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance (46.5 taught myself to snowboard, hence the ride)

47. Had my portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing (yum, halibut)

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 (Starvation Gulch, baby!)

54. Gone to a drive-in theater (don't ask me the movie playing... tee hee)

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class (yellow belt, would have made orange, but I was 7 months pregnant)

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (donate blood regularly, and sold plasma for food money to support my family during hard times. I still have track marks to prove it)

65. Gone sky diving (why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?)

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter (Kauaii)

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 (Wedgewood, but it wasn't my fault, really!)

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone (cheekbones)

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (115mph)

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car (21 miles on the odometer)

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had my picture in the newspaper (front page my first week in Fairbanks, student housing crisis)

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (by auto, but don't tell Fish and Game)

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life (sister from drowning)

90. Sat on a jury (fu*ker should have fried, but I was choosen as the alternate right before deliberation. And have jury duty this month as well!)

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby (and lost one as well)

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a lawsuit

98. Owned a cell phone (work owns it, I would NEVER own my own)

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Rode an elephant