A Day in the Life

The ones in bold I have done.

1. Started your own blog.
I started my first blog around 2000 and I've kept one fairly regularly since then. There was a period of about 3 years when I did not blog.

2. Slept under the stars.

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower.

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland
I've been to Disneyworld. Does that count?

8. Climbed a mountain
Hiked in the Smokies

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped
Ashley and I did this when we were 18

12. Visited Paris
Yes! Although my fave place in France was Nice.

13. Watched a lightning storm

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of The Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables.

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
No, I chose to see the Pere LaChaise instead.

20. Slept on an overnight train.

21. Had a pillow fight.
Many with Jay

22. Hitch hiked.

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.
Everyone needs a day off once in awhile.

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.

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.

35. Seen an Amish community.
Indiana has a large Amish population

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbingIndoors and outdoors.

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen the Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa.

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance.

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Yes, on a 90 degree day! Took the steps all the way.

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
Only about a thousand times. Good times at the drive-in!

55. Been in a movie

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

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, etc.
Always wanted to but never weighed enough

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
Most of my dolls. Ivy plays with them now.

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.
Twice. Once for merely being sick with the flu and the other time for calling someone an asshole.

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London.

77. Broken a bone
Collarbone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car
Still driving it! It's paid for, by golly.

83. Walked in Jerusalem.

84. Had your picture in the newspaper
Several times over the years

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
No, but I've witnessed the entire process many times

88. Had chickenpox
In first grade

89. Saved someone’s life?

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby.
Yep!

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit
Sort of. Over a car crash

98. Owned a mobile phone

99. Been stung by a bee.
Many times walking around barefoot in the country

100. Read an entire book in one day
Quite a few

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