Life experiences

Thought of the Day... The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine

I’ve seen this list a few times in the last several day and decided it is a good thing to do. I plan on updating it as I complete things. Feel free to copy it and post your answers in the comment section or a link to your answers on your blog (what a great way to learn about other blogs!).

1. started your own blog - YES

2. slept under the stars -YES

3. played in a band

4. visited Hawaii

5. watched a meteor shower - YES

6. given more to charity than you could afford to - YES

7. been to Disney - YES

8. climbed a mountain - YES, sort of and depends on what you mean by “climbed”

9. held a praying mantis - YES

10. sung a solo - YES

11. bungee jumped

12. visited Paris

13. watched a thunder and lightning storm - YES

14. taught yourself an art from scratch - YES

15. adopted a child

16. had food poisoning - YES and it was AWFUL

17. walked to the top of the statue of - YES, if the Washington Monument counts

18. grown your own vegetables - YES

19. seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. slept on an overnight train

21. had a pillow fight - YES

22. hitch hiked

23. taken a sick day when you’re not ill - YES

24. built a snow fort - YES

25. held a lamb - YES

26. gone skinny dipping - YES

27. run a marathon

28. ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. seen a total eclipse - YES

30. watched a sunrise or sunset - YES to both

31. hit a home run

32. been on a cruise - YES, twice

33. seen Niagara Falls in person - YES

34. visited the birthplace of your ancestors - YES

35. seen an Amish community - YES

36. taught yourself a new language - YES if you count computer 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 in person

41. sung karaoke

42. seen Old Faithful erupt - YES

43. bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant - YES, anonymously

44. visited Africa

45. walked on a beach by moonlight - YES

46. been transported in an ambulance - YES

47. had your portrait painted - YES, if characture counts

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 - YES, snorkeling twice in the Caribbean

52. kissed in the rain - YES

53. played in the mud - YES

54. gone to a drive-in theater - YES

55. been in a movie - NO, but have been on TV show, is that close enough

56. visited the Great Wall of China

57. started a business - YES, two

58. taken a martial arts class - YES

59. visited Russia

60. served at a soup kitchen - NO, but made massive pot of soup and took it to one

61. sold girl scout cookies

62. gone whale watching

63. gotten flowers for no reason - YES

64. donated blood, platelets or plasma - YES

65. been sky diving

66. visited a concentration camp - YES, Buchenwald in 1991

67. bounced a check - YES, accidentally

68. flown in a helicopter

69. saved a favorite childhood toy - YES, multiple

70. visited the Lincoln Memorial - YES

71. eaten caviar - YES, in grade school

72. pieced a quilt - YES

73. stood in Times Square

74. toured the everglades

75. been fired from a job - YES

76. seen the changing of the guard in Washington DC - YES

77. broken a bone - YES

78. been a passenger on a motorcycle - YES

79. seen the Grand Canyon in person - YES, sort of flown over it multiple times

80. published a book

81. visited the Vatican

82. bought a brand new car - YES

83. walked in Jerusalem

84. had your picture in the newspaper - YES

85. kissed a stranger at midnight on new year’s eve - YES

86. visited the White House - YES, twice (1974 and 1986)

87. killed and prepared an animal for eating - YES

88. had chickenpox - YES

89. saved someone’s life

90. sat on a jury - YES

91. met someone famous - YES

92. joined a book club

93. gotten a tattoo

94. had a baby - YES

95. seen the Alamo in person

96. swam in the Great Salt Lake - YES

97. been involved in a law suit - YES

98. owned a cell phone - YES

99. been stung by a bee - YES

100. ridden an elephant - YES

65/100 = looks like I need to travel more...