I solemnly swear

That on Saturday (or maybe Sunday) I will get pictures posted of Sarah's birthday (last Saturday), and of the kids' piano recital tomorrow. Sigh. I've been a bit under the weather so that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.

100 Things I Have or Have Not Done

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1. Started your own blog
   
2. Slept under the stars
   
3. Played in a band
   
4. Visited Hawaii (for our honeymoon; only visited Kauai though and I really want to go back and see more islands)
5. Watched a meteor shower
   
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
   
7. Been to Disneyland
   
8. Climbed a mountain (does the little mountain outside of West Richland count?)
   
9. Held a praying mantis
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
    
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
    
18. Grown your own vegetables (when I was little; maybe I'll start again next spring)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
    
20. Slept on an overnight train
    
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
    
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
    
36. Taught yourself a new language (it was Esperanto and I was pretty good at it for a while)
    
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
    
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 (in chalk at Disneyland)
    
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 (on honeymoon and at St. Thomas/St. John/St. Maarten on a Sea Trek cruise)
    
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
    
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
    
67. Bounced a check
    
68. Flown in a helicopter (on the honeymoon; scared SPITLESS too!)
    
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
    
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
    
71. Eaten Caviar (it was gross)
    
72. Pieced a quilt
    
73. Stood in Times Square
    
74. Toured the Everglades
    
75. Been fired from a job (does laid off count?)
    
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
    
82. Bought a brand new car
    
83. Walked in Jerusalem
    
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (first time was when I won the "What Christmas Means to Me" essay contest. I think I was 7; then when we got married, the requisite wedding picture)
85. Read the entire Bible
    
86. Visited the White House
    
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I'm counting fish)
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 cell phone
    
99. Been stung by a bee
    
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own (only the items, not the comments!)