Life experiences
Thought of the Day… The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine
I’ve seen this list a few times in the last several day and decided it is a good thing to do. I plan on updating it as I complete things. Feel free to copy it and post your answers in the comment section or a link to your answers on your blog (what a great way to learn about other blogs!).
1. started your own blog – YES
2. slept under the stars -YES
3. played in a band
4. visited Hawaii
5. watched a meteor shower – YES
6. given more to charity than you could afford to – YES
7. been to Disney – YES
8. climbed a mountain – YES, sort of and depends on what you mean by “climbed”
9. held a praying mantis – YES
10. sung a solo – YES
11. bungee jumped
12. visited Paris
13. watched a thunder and lightning storm – YES
14. taught yourself an art from scratch – YES
15. adopted a child
16. had food poisoning – YES and it was AWFUL
17. walked to the top of the statue of – YES, if the Washington Monument counts
18. grown your own vegetables – YES
19. seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. slept on an overnight train
21. had a pillow fight – YES
22. hitch hiked
23. taken a sick day when you’re not ill – YES
24. built a snow fort – YES
25. held a lamb – YES
26. gone skinny dipping – YES
27. run a marathon
28. ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. seen a total eclipse – YES
30. watched a sunrise or sunset – YES to both
31. hit a home run
32. been on a cruise – YES, twice
33. seen Niagara Falls in person – YES
34. visited the birthplace of your ancestors – YES
35. seen an Amish community – YES
36. taught yourself a new language – YES if you count computer language
37. had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. seen the leaning tower of Pisa in person
39. gone rock climbing
40. seen Michelangelo’s David in person
41. sung karaoke
42. seen Old Faithful erupt – YES
43. bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant – YES, anonymously
44. visited Africa
45. walked on a beach by moonlight – YES
46. been transported in an ambulance – YES
47. had your portrait painted – YES, if characture counts
48. gone deep sea fishing
49. seen the Sistine chapel in person
50. been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. gone scuba diving or snorkeling – YES, snorkeling twice in the Caribbean
52. kissed in the rain – YES
53. played in the mud – YES
54. gone to a drive-in theater – YES
55. been in a movie – NO, but have been on TV show, is that close enough
56. visited the Great Wall of China
57. started a business – YES, two
58. taken a martial arts class – YES
59. visited Russia
60. served at a soup kitchen – NO, but made massive pot of soup and took it to one
61. sold girl scout cookies
62. gone whale watching
63. gotten flowers for no reason – YES
64. donated blood, platelets or plasma – YES
65. been sky diving
66. visited a concentration camp – YES, Buchenwald in 1991
67. bounced a check – YES, accidentally
68. flown in a helicopter
69. saved a favorite childhood toy – YES, multiple
70. visited the Lincoln Memorial – YES
71. eaten caviar – YES, in grade school
72. pieced a quilt – YES
73. stood in Times Square
74. toured the everglades
75. been fired from a job – YES
76. seen the changing of the guard in Washington DC – YES
77. broken a bone – YES
78. been a passenger on a motorcycle – YES
79. seen the Grand Canyon in person – YES, sort of flown over it multiple times
80. published a book
81. visited the Vatican
82. bought a brand new car – YES
83. walked in Jerusalem
84. had your picture in the newspaper – YES
85. kissed a stranger at midnight on new year’s eve – YES
86. visited the White House – YES, twice (1974 and 1986)
87. killed and prepared an animal for eating – YES
88. had chickenpox – YES
89. saved someone’s life
90. sat on a jury – YES
91. met someone famous – YES
92. joined a book club
93. gotten a tattoo
94. had a baby – YES
95. seen the Alamo in person
96. swam in the Great Salt Lake – YES
97. been involved in a law suit – YES
98. owned a cell phone – YES
99. been stung by a bee – YES
100. ridden an elephant – YES
65/100 = looks like I need to travel more…