99 Things :-)

Hey everyone, so I have seen this going around a bit (most recently here) and I really enjoyed reading other bloggers responses so I thought I would join the club and do it myself. So here goes! 

1. Started your own blog - Yes indeed!

2. Slept under the stars - Done! Many years of camp took care of that one. 

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain - Yup, I hated every second of it, but I did indeed successfully climb Masada. 

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo - recital in high school 

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightening storm - Yes, but I didn't enjoy it! I hate thunder and lightning! :-( 

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - I started making my own beaded jewelry thanks to the wonders of google :-) 

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables 

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight - Hahaha totally done that! 

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - Of course! 

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 - Of course

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise - Actually three and they were all fantastic!

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 

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 - Absolutely! 

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted - My Great Uncle used to paint everyone's portraits and he did one of me from a picture he took at my Bat Mitzvah.

48. Gone deep sea fishing - Yup! And I caught the biggest fish that day too!

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling- I went snorkeling on two of the cruises I went on. So much fun!

52. Kissed in the rain - I feel like this one is a given for most people

53. Played in the mud - YES! :-)

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

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - Yes twice.

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - I have a bag of them :-) 

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial - Yes indeed!

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square - Yes, although I typically try to avoid that area because of all the crazy tourists! Yikes!

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job - My first job ever this nutso lady called at 8am on a Saturday morning and told my mom I was fired because I didn't show even though I told her 3 weeks in advance I had something else and she said it was okay. 

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London - Yup!

77. Broken a bone

78. Been a passenger on a 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 - Spent 6 weeks touring Israel so I definitely walked in Jerusalem :-) 

84. Had your picture in the newspaper 

85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve

86. Visited the White House - 7th grade class trip to DC.

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox - Yeah, but I don't remember it since I was too young. 

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Got a tattoo 

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 - Of course!

99. Been stung by a bee - Yes, once and hopefully never again!

Well, I got 30...I guess that is good? Not sure I want to experience all of these...being involved in a lawsuit doesn't sound pleasant. :-) Anyways, hope this doesn't bore you all too much! :-) Be back with nails soon I promise! Just letting them recuperate a bit after the trauma of a 31 day challenge.