This is just for fun and, as I’m new around here, I thought it might be a good way for you to get to know me a bit better. I stole the idea from A Mother’s Ramblings, who in turn stole it from American Mom in England, who possibly…….So feel free to do the same.
Here’s a list of 99 things. Bold the ones I’ve done.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (Christmas Present from mum when I was 10)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (in California)
8. Climbed a mountain (Mount Kinabalu, 2nd Highest in Southeast Asia)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (several times)
13. Watched a lightening storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (knitting but I’m rubbish at it)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (wasn’t worth it!)
18. Grown your own vegetables (had an allotment)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train (from Cairo to Luxor, worst sleep ever)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (around Ireland)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (more than once!)
24. Built a snow fort (well, I am Canadian)
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (Solar Eclipse, 2000, in Hungary)
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
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 climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (badly, Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (went on Safari for my 30th)
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
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
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, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (to mark the end of mates Chemo)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
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
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (3 times)
77. Broken a bone (my little toe)
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (flew to the bottom in helicopter)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (does fishing count)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (served John Denver when I was a teen)
92. Joined a book club (started one and it’s been going 10 years)
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (just this summer and forgot how much it hurts!)
I think I’ve done 62 but keeping losing track. I’m fairly happy with that!
You didn't go round Ireland with a fridge though so it can't possibly count ;)
The backpack was heavy enough!