Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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

2 comments:

Tama said...

I enjoyed the meme. I read through your Australia blogs also. WOW! I guess they forget to show all of the beautiful parts in books and on movies. What a wonderful trip!

weezalana said...

Great scuba and Hawaii pics!

We went to Bora Bora for our honeymoon. LOVED it there - those over-the-water bungalows are hard to beat!