I realized that some of the things that I had overlooked on here were complete falsehoods about my life. They may apply to another, but not to me. Therefor I had edited and elaborated.
(Bold the things you've actually done.)
And I will elaborate on some for your viewing pleasure.
1. Started your own blog - tada! Sorry that I am not so good at keeping it up.
2. Slept under the stars - in the dessert
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/world
8. Climbed a mountain - Mount Sinai. Ugh talk about sore legs!
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped - not officially
12. Visited Paris - Someday
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea - Beautiful!
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning - You can't avoid it in some of the places I've been
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty - I've been as far up as they let you go
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train - Everytime I went from Bangkok to Chiang Mai
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 - and I run into them semi-frequently as they are herded down the road on my way home from school
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice - I will when we visit my hubby's family there!
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise - I've been on a ferry!
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community - my father tried to make me wear coffee filters on my head to fit in!
36. Taught yourself a new language - My Arabic is pretty rough, but I manage life here
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - It doesn't take much. I've always had enough
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person - My hubby has (I'm jealous)
39. Gone rock climbing - in India (it wasn't too extreme though)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke -In Thailand my adult students thought it was hilarious to take me out to Karaoke bars and make me sing. I actually just attended a Karaoke Party at one of my student's houses two night ago. My voice is BAD.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt - when I was ten, and now I teach it!
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant - usually by the end of the meal they aren't strangers.
44. Visited Africa - I live here.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight - on so many beaches...
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted - a friend of mine did a charcoal, does that count?
48. Gone deep sea fishing - Went bay Fishing. Caught a puffer. Went deep sea diving. Does that count?
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris - whoever wrote this was all about France
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling - Oh yeah!!! Love them both!
52. Kissed in the rain - kissed the rain, kissed the ground, kissed a tree. (I was very happy to be home.)
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater -
55. Been in a movie - do home videos count?
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - have attempted, it's not easy.
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen - There was no soup involved.
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies - I don't sell them, I eat them.
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason - Who needs a reason for flowers?
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
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt - I'd like too.
73. Stood in Times Square - on New Years Day during my honeymoon, sigh.
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London - I've seen it in Thailand.
77. Broken a bone - do chicken bones count?
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book - The college yearbook when I was editor, does that count?
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - I was photographed and interviewed by the AP after the tsunami, does that count?
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life - it's all part of teaching the swimming unit at our school.
90. Sat on a jury - Only in my classroom
91. Met someone famous - I guess that depends on what you consider 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 I had to sue my husband to marry me here in Egypt. Long stor short: I won.
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
Friday, November 14, 2008
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