Saturday, December 12, 2009
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.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
100 Things I Have or Have Not Done
Copy and paste the words. Bold the things you have done... [comment if you wish...]
- Started your own blog
- Slept under the stars
- Played in a band
- Visited Hawaii (for our honeymoon; only visited Kauai though and I really want to go back and see more islands)
- Watched a meteor shower
- Given more than you can afford to charity
- Been to Disneyland
- Climbed a mountain (does the little mountain outside of West Richland count?)
- Held a praying mantis
- Sang a solo
- Bungee jumped
- Visited Paris
- Watched a lightning storm at sea
- Taught yourself an art from scratch
- Adopted a child
- Had food poisoning
- Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
- Grown your own vegetables (when I was little; maybe I'll start again next spring)
- Seen the Mona Lisa in France
- Slept on an overnight train
- Had a pillow fight
- Hitch hiked
- Taken a sick day when you're not ill
- Built a snow fort
- Held a lamb
- Gone skinny dipping
- Run a Marathon
- Ridden in a gondola in Venice
- Seen a total eclipse
- Watched a sunrise or sunset
- Hit a home run
- Been on a cruise
- Seen Niagara Falls in person
- Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
- Seen an Amish community
- Taught yourself a new language (it was Esperanto and I was pretty good at it for a while)
- Had enough money to be truly satisfied
- Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
- Gone rock climbing
- Seen Michelangelo's David
- Sung karaoke
- Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
- Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
- Visited Africa
- Walked on a beach by moonlight
- Been transported in an ambulance
- Had your portrait painted (in chalk at Disneyland)
- Gone deep sea fishing
- Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
- Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
- Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (on honeymoon and at St. Thomas/St. John/St. Maarten on a Sea Trek cruise)
- Kissed in the rain
- Played in the mud
- Gone to a drive-in theater
- Been in a movie
- Visited the Great Wall of China
- Started a business
- Taken a martial arts class
- Visited Russia
- Served at a soup kitchen
- Sold Girl Scout Cookies
- Gone whale watching
- Got flowers for no reason
- Donated blood, platelets or plasma
- Gone sky diving
- Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
- Bounced a check
- Flown in a helicopter (on the honeymoon; scared SPITLESS too!)
- Saved a favorite childhood toy
- Visited the Lincoln Memorial
- Eaten Caviar (it was gross)
- Pieced a quilt
- Stood in Times Square
- Toured the Everglades
- Been fired from a job (does laid off count?)
- Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
- Broken a bone
- Been on a speeding motorcycle
- Seen the Grand Canyon in person
- Published a book
- Visited the Vatican
- Bought a brand new car
- Walked in Jerusalem
- 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)
- Read the entire Bible
- Visited the White House
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I'm counting fish)
- Had chickenpox
- Saved someone's life
- Sat on a jury
- Met someone famous
- Joined a book club
- Lost a loved one
- Had a baby
- Seen the Alamo in person
- Swam in the Great Salt Lake
- Been involved in a law suit
- Owned a cell phone
- Been stung by a bee
- Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own (only the items, not the comments!)
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