100 Things

Liz's homemade bread

The boss's reaction to Liz's homemade bread

From Linda...and a number of my other good friends. I kept seeing this and thinking I should do it...so here goes.

1. Started your own blog
Three of them in fact

2. Slept under the stars
Yes

3. Played in a band
Yes, several of them

4. Visited Hawaii.
No

5. Watched a meteor shower
Yes.

6. Given more than you can afford to charity.

Yes

7. Been to Disneyland
No and Never will

8. Climbed a mountain
Cat Head for one and Kane as well

9. Held a praying mantis
Yes, often

10. Sang a solo
Yes, and I apologize to anyone unfortunate enough to listen

11. Bungee jumped
HELL no

12. Visited Paris
No

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

Never been to sea, but I have watched some humdingers from the porch at the lake

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
Yeah

15. Adopted a child
No.

16. Had food poisoning
Sadly.

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Almost all the way!

18. Grown your own vegetables
Every summer and lettuce in the winter

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
No

20. Slept on an overnight train
Never rode a train except the subway

21. Had a pillow fight
Back in the day

22. Hitchhiked
Yes.

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
I honestly don't remember

24. Built a snow fort
Many of them

25. Held a lamb
Yes

26. Gone skinny dipping
Yes, will never forget the canoe loads of teachers who showed up that one time...

27. Run a marathon
Only when chasing cows

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
No

29. Seen a total eclipse
Yes

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
Just about everyday..

31. Hit a home run
Probably not, but I certainly played enough backyard baseball

32. Been on a cruise
No

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
Yes, and I can report that it is scary as heck to stand beside it and feel the earth shake

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Only the ones that were born here

35. Seen an Amish community
Surrounded by them

36. Taught yourself a new language
Bits and pieces of several from reading

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
I am satisfied with enough for the bills and every now and then it happens

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
No

39. Gone rock climbing
Sort of...see #8

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
No

41. Sung karaoke
HELL no

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Yes

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
No!

44. Visited Africa
No

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
Tirrel Pond mighty fine view of the milky way there

46. Been transported in an ambulance
Yes

47. Had your portrait painted
No

48. Gone deep sea fishing
No

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
No

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

No,

51. Gone SCUBA diving or snorkeling
Oh, yes!!

52. Kissed in the rain
Yes.

53. Played in the mud
Occupational hazard in my world

54. Gone to a drive-in theater
Yes

55. Been in a movie
No

56. Visited the Great Wall of China.

No

57. Started a business
Kinda, sorta

58. Taken a martial arts class
No.

59. Visited Russia
No

60. Served at a soup kitchen
Only my own

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
yes, but mostly 4-H cookies

62. Gone whale watching
I get sea sick

63. Got flowers for no reason
Yes, from my dad. It was great!

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
yes.

65. Gone sky diving
HELL no

66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp
No

67. Bounced a check
No

68. Flown in a helicopter
No

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
Yes,

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Yes.

71. Eaten caviar
Take it off a cracker and put it on a hook

72. Pieced a quilt
Yes

73. Stood in Times Square
Yes, not a thrill to me

74. Toured the Everglades
Yes, keep your windows rolled up

75. Been fired from a job
Not really

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
No

77. Broken a bone
Yes

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
Not speeding but I have been on a slowing one.

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
No

80. Published a book
Almost, do rejection notices count?

81. Visited the Vatican
No

82. Bought a brand new car
Yes

83. Walked in Jerusalem
No

84. Had your picture in the newspaper
Yes, every week in fact

85. Read the entire Bible
No

86. Visited the White House
Driven by

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
Many times

88. Had chickenpox.

Yes

89. Saved someone’s life
Possibly

90. Sat on a jury
No

91. Met someone famous
Yes

92. Joined a book club.
yes

93. Lost a loved one
Yes!

94. Had a baby
Thrice

95. Seen the Alamo in person
No.

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
No

97. Been involved in a law suit
Yes

98. Owned a cell phone
No but the kids do

99. Been stung by a bee
Lots!

100. Read an entire book in one day
More than one...average at least two a Sunday.

Okay people, your turns now!