99 Things….

The only rules are to bold what you have done.  You don’t have to add any comments like I did.

1. Started your own blog:  yup this is it.2. Slept under the stars.  yes, as a little kid - would love to do it in the back of a pickup with my man!

3. Played in a band: yes - played the sax and the bass clarinet - BAND GEEK!
4. Visited Hawaii .  ONE DAY!!!
5. Watched a meteor shower:  yes - awesome to behold!
6. Given more than you can afford to charity: Yes .all the time.7. Been to Disneyland: No, but I have been to DisneyWorld.  So I am going with yes on this one.8. Climbed a mountain: ha!
9. Held a praying mantis: yes weird little stick bugs!
10. Sang a solo: STAGE FRIGHT!11. Bungee jumped: Nope - never happen.12. Visited Paris: yes - summer of '91 =tres' romantic!13. Watched a lightening storm: Of course.  Indiana has these all the time.  Seattle does not - no matter what Frasier showed you.14. Taught yourself an art from scratch: sure - tried lots of crafty stuff
15. Adopted a child:  No.  but would have loved to!16. Had food poisoning:  Yes - terrible!!!17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty: never been to NY.18. Grown your own vegetables: nope but have picked food in a garden with my hubby's grandma.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France: sadly did not make it into Louvre!! biggest regret about visiting Paris!
20. Slept on an overnight train: hmm i think so - rode on tons of them...
21. Had a pillow fight: tons22. Hitch hiked: no way - not crazy
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill: yeah - sick of work counts!24. Built a snow fort: oh yeah25. Held a lamb:  awww nope26. Gone skinny dipping: tmi
27. Run a Marathon:  No.  

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice: I wish!!

29. Seen a total eclipse: Yeah.  cool

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset: Of course.  LOVE THEM!!!

31. Hit a home run:  No.  but i did play peewee ball

32. Been on a cruise: dream!!!

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person: nope - on the bucket list

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors: yes - Germany ones!

35. Seen an Amish community: Seen their buggies and all that on the roads.

36. Taught yourself a new language: nope

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied:   hope i can be happy with what i have one day

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person: Nope. on the list

39. Gone rock climbing:  never happen - heights and me are a NO GO@

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David: i wish.

41. Sung karaoke: of course

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt: nope

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant:  yes - i pay for the car behind me at McDs and Starbucks all the time.

44. Visited Africa: so on the list!!!

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight: yes

46. Been transported in an ambulance: nope 

47. Had your portrait painted: No

48. Gone deep sea fishing:  no but tons of lake, pond and other water fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person: again, the list is long

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris: close enough

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling: loved it
52. Kissed in the rain: its slimy

53. Played in the mud: of course - i was a tomboy!

54. Gone to a drive-in theater: we go every year! Love drive-ins!

55. Been in a movie:  No,  but my brother was in a couple.

56. Visited the Great Wall of China: nope

57. Started a business: nope 

58. Taken a martial arts class: haha 

59. Visited Russia: Nope.

60. Served at a soup kitchen: yes our youth group did a bunch of stuff like this!

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies: YES, a brownie and a girl scout

62. Gone whale watching: yes  Puget Sound 

63. Got flowers for no reason: Yes - i have a very sweet hubby!

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma: I have given blood and plasma - up until I was told I could be a carried of Mad Cow and can no longer donate :(  (lived in Germany and bought meat from commissaries in the '80-90's)

65. Gone sky diving: never happen

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp: saddest place in the world :(

67. Bounced a check: Yep.  of course

68. Flown in a helicopter:  long time ago

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy: still have my favorite mouse one from when I was 3

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial: yes a couple times

71. Eaten Caviar: no desire at all

72. Pieced a quilt: want to do this one day for my son's sports shirts.

73. Stood in Times Square: alas, never been to NY

74. Toured the Everglades: nope.

75. Been fired from a job: nope

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London: yes - great bunch of guys!

77. Broken a bone: No.

78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle:  yes - scary but soo fun

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person: nope not yet

80. Published a book: Yeah right.

81. Visited the Vatican: No.

82. Bought a brand new car: nope and wont ever

83. Walked in Jerusalem: No. on the list!!!

84. Had your picture in the newspaper: i dont know

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

86. Visited the White House:  not inside - but on the outside!

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating:  hmm fish>???

88. Had chickenpox: Yep!

89. Saved someone’s life:  yes, in the nursing home where I worked and once gave a lady I know at work the Heimlich when she was choking.

90. Sat on a jury:  yes - very boring actually

91. Met someone famous: yes - Jackson Rathbone among others!

92. Joined a book club:  yes I LOVE BOOKS

93. Got a tattoo: could never do something that permanent!

94. Had a baby: Yep two!!!  Devin and Kenzie

95. Seen the Alamo in person:  not on the list at all 

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake: lol nope

97. Been involved in a law suit: nope

98. Owned a cell phone:  lol several

99. Been stung by a bee: oh yeah - tons of times