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 caviar72. 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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