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And NO, that is not how many days it has been since my last post. That's more like 46. =)

My friend Kara passed the following along on her blog and it looked like a list where I might actually be able to check off a few items. As completely opposed to any real list I might actually have in my house with actual things "to do". Dare I make any progress on those... =)

The items I have done/experienced are in green...and my comments or explanations are in red:


1. Started your own blog - or 5 =)

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band - does playing the organ at church with a piano and 2 guitars count? I say yes!

4. Visited Hawaii - It's on my list...

5. Watched a meteor shower - Maybe if they would happen during a time when I'm already awake...

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland/world

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris - TN?

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables - doesn't get any easier than Roma tomatoes!

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train - not a train, but a bus!

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

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

31. Hit a home run - nope, but I have a good story about a bases loaded triple...

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community - lived near one in Delaware

36. Taught yourself a new language - yeah, it's what they spoke in Delaware =)

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 - didn't realize it was a gay bar until someone told us a few days later...

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt - completely awesome, part of my most favorite vacation ever

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant - no, but I gave a stranger my recipe for Crock Pot Candy at Kroger tonight...

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

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 - part of my favorite day ever

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

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

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving - no, but watched fearfully while Joe & his buddy Shannon did it!

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp - no, but the Holocaust Museum in DC left me speechless

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar - heck to the no

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square - want to do NYC in a bad way!

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone - NEVER! knock on wood

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car - no, but my grandma bought my first car (new Saturn) for me

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible - working on it

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - nope, but had seen my grandpa catch, clean and cook a fish from our pond. EW!

88. Had chickenpox - before I was 1 year old

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury - no, but the Law & Order in me really wants to...

91. Met someone famous - Ricky Skaggs

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

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee - yes, it was a sweat bee that caused me to quit cheerleading in Kindergarten.

Alright...now that you know a bit more about me, I wanna know more about you! So, copy this and paste it on your blog, answer the questions, and then leave me a comment so I can read it!