Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Non-Micah-centric post

There's not much to tell this week. We've all got a cold in different manifestations. Micah's got the sniffles but is OK to go to daycare. I've got the full-blown runny nose, watery eyes, cough bit. Dan's got the sinus infection. Gotta love the cold season! My friend Julie had a fun post on her blog, so I'm copying. The following is a list from cuppa java with friends. It's a list of life experiences. I've bolded the ones I've done. How many have you done?

1. Started your own blog (uh, hello?)

2. Slept under the stars (at camp--with the fire and the shooting stars and the whole bit)

3. Played in a band (nope, I'm a piano, choir kinda girl)

4. Visited Hawaii (nope--but Dan's family is from there)

5. Watched a meteor shower (yes--very cool)

6. Given more than you can afford to charity (wish I could say yes)

7. Been to Disneyland (but I liked Epcot and Universal better)

8. Climbed a mountain (yep--with my dad :-))

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped (you couldn't pay me enough... )

12. Visited Paris (yup--for a week in the summer with two good friends)

13. Watched a lightning storm (my brother used to make me so I wouldn't be afraid.)

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (I taught myself how to crossstich)

15. Adopted a child (I've adopted a cat, does that count?)

16. Had food poisoning (Hmmm..I had something like that on my honeymoon)

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty(I went there, but we got there too late to climb it.)

18. Grown your own vegetables (I have a brown thumb)

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (Yup. It was smaller than I imagined)

20. Slept on an overnight train (no, but I slept on an overnight ferry to Greece)

21. Had a pillow fight (of course!!)

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (not in Venice...)

29. Seen a total eclipse (Yes, in Paris!)

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (it never gets old)

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise (compliments of my in-laws)

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community (I lived most of my life less than an hour fro one of the largest)

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (this is a complicated one, so I'm skipping it)

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke.

42. Seen 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 (not to the top...)

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 (does a lemonade stand count?)

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 (--shudder--)

65. Gone sky diving (see #11)

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

77. Broken a bone.

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican (on Easter!)

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.

88. Had chickenpox

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

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a mobile phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day

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