Have you ever...?

Sew Fragrant did this on her blog yesterday and I am continuing with mine. Go ahead and keep it going if you like :)

You highlight what you have done or experienced in bold. I included some extra infos for fun but you don't have to.


1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band<---for a hot second in college, the tambourine, LOL
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disney World
8. Climbed a mountain <---Ayers Rock, technically it may not be a mountain but it felt like it to me.
9. Held a praying mantis <----I held a Tree Frog once!
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning <----way too many times :(
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty <--it was shut down and not allowed when I went :(
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France <--it was so much smaller than I expected, LOL
20. Slept on an overnight train<---tried to! Overnight hotel train between Barcelona and Milan. That ride was one of those start going then stop deal-li-os so that you kept nearly rolling out of your bunk every time you just managed to fall back asleep.
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb <----I cuddled a sheep once though :P
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 <--both
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise <--I went on a Rock 'n' Roll Booze Cruise in Hawaii once. I was in college, don't judge, LOL. I don't think that is what is meant here. I totally got sea-sick. It's when I found out that me and boats do not mix and the guy who played Willis as in "What-choo-talkin' bout, Willis?" was there too! He gave us his drink tickets! Sadly, I never even made it to the drinking part, bleck.
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 <--don't think the creditors would always agree, LOL
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke <---sadly, as I tried to sing a song I didn't know. I literally sang, "I don't know this sooooooong." over and over to the tune. I had no idea they only played the instrumental versions at these things! I thought, I'll pick this cuz I always sing this in the car when it comes on the radio, d'oh! Stuff of nightmares!!!
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
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling <---both :)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie <--well, techinaclly only. When I was in elementary school our school yard with me and the entire school at recess was a backdrop to some scene in some movie. Not that I could really be spotted unless you maybe froze the frame as I was playing hopscotch by the fence closest to the "action".
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
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check<---ooops! Long ago before online banking was available [blush]
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar <---not a fan, however. ick.
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job <---technically but I won the arbitration and got paid, HAH!
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 <---I made one on Blurb for my fiancé last year, I think that counts.
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem <--my brother has.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible <----probably by the time I was done with 12 years of Catholic school but I am not sure :P
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating <--thankfully, I missed out on that one.
88. Had chickenpox <---it's the only one of these I ever got.
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous <---Met and spoke with types like Dianne Feinstien and Nancy Pelosi because of the connection to my high school. Had a few cool celebrity sightings when I briefly lived in L.A. The best being Flavor Flav was eating at the table right next to us at Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles in Hollywood and having Gene Simmons and his son walk right by us at The Grove. But my ultimate celebrity 'encounter' , sort of, was when I got a text message, via my friend Greg who was hanging at the Playboy Mansion, from Val Kilmir saying he thought I rocked!! Wooot!
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 cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee <---I was stung half-way. I know, weird, huh?
100. Read an entire book in one day