Monday - December 08, 2008

What Have You Done?

This is an interesting Meme running around lately.  This helps us get to know one another better.  Drew, Peiper, Christopher and the rest: how about you?

What have you done?  Stuff I’ve personally experienced is shown in Bold, with explanations where needed.

1. Started your own blog. Tried and failed, then fell in with the Skipper here
2. Slept under the stars. I do this a lot, especially in the back yard in the summer
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower. Every November and August
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland. Worked at Walt Disney World (Orlando) for 6+ years
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo. Ave Maria, at my sister-in-law’s wedding.  12 pages, in latin, just like Pavarotti
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea. See #32
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. As a kid, with my grandfather.  Even went to the torch
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train.
21. Had a pillow fight.vI have four kids
22. Hitch hiked. By car and train
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb. I raise sheep on the side
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon.
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.-
29. Seen a total eclipse. (Lunar, not solar) This year
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise. As a kid (carribean), Honeymoon (Carribean), 10th anniversary (Alaska)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. If eastern PA counts
35. Seen an Amish community. Parents grew up near Lancaster, PA, and there are many Mennonites in this area (yeah, horse and buggy types)
36. Taught yourself a new language. When I went to Nepal, I learned enough to get by
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.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt. Summer, 2004.  Drove 6,000 miles in 28 days.  Yellowstone was a 2-day stop
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited another continent. (Asia-Nepal in 2001, South America-Ecuador in 2006)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight. Grew up in Florida
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted (drawn.)
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.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater. Hull’s Drive in, Lexington, VA.  Still operating.  Saw Wall-E this summer.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business. On my fifth or sixth one now...details when I can (very hush-hush right now)
58. Taken a martial arts class. Attained Purple Belt, then had to stop when I broke my foot
59. Visited Russia.
60. Served at a soup kitchen. Every Week
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. The day after graduating High School, Eustis, Florida
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.
73. Stood in Times Square.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job. More times than most people have been hired
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London.
77. Broken a bone. See #58.  Also, used to skateboard barefoot.  Not good for toe bones.
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. Never again.  I drive a 97 F150 and a 92 Taurus now
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating. Two weekends ago
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life. Church dinner, guy with carrot in throat.  Heimlich.  It Worked.
90. Sat on a jury. They alway s kick me out of the pool.
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one. Dad, Mom, Father-in-Law, Mother-in-Law...all within 5 years.
94. Had a baby. Well, my part...X4
95. Seen the Alamo in person.
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake.
97. Been involved in a law suit. Lost
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
100. Read an entire book in one day.

Looking at this list, I am a fairly well-rounded person .  What about you?

Posted by Drew458     on 12/08/2008 at 10:56 AM   
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