Saturday, February 7, 2009

because I am at work playing secretary and I don't have a patient to take care of for another hour...

Do you think you’ve really lived so far? This is a list of 100 activities–some I have experienced (bold), some I have not(regular).


1)Started your own blog
2)Slept under the stars
3)Played in a band (been asked to be a lead singer a few times)
4)Visited Hawaii (soon I hope to change this status)
5)Watched a meteor shower
6)Bathed in a river(I can be country like that)
7)Been to the Taj Mahal
8)Walked on a glacier in Alaska(booya, I live here :)
9)Caught and held a snake
10)Spoke in front of a big crowd(haha, daily!)
11)Bungee jumped
12)Had a whirlwind love affair that broke your heart
13)Found an arrowhead or fossil
14)Taught yourself an art from scratch (crochet)
15)Rescued an animal
16)Ate sweet breads, glands or tripe (walrus, seal, moose, whale blubber, musk ox, to name a few...)
17)Seen Mount Rushmore in person
18)Grown your own vegetables
19)Seen the Mona Lisa in France (I hope to on my 30th birthday :)
20)Slept on an overnight train
21)Had a pillow fight
22)Hiked to base camp on Mt. Everest
23)Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (hungover doesn't count as legitimately ill)
24)Built a snow fort
25)Watched an animal being born
26)Gone skinny dipping
27)Learned a foreign language (francais)
28)Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29)Seen a total eclipse
30)Stayed up for more than 24 hours (haha, night nurse...)
31)Trained a dog to do cool tricks
32)Been on a cruise (see # 12)
33)Seen Niagara Falls in person
34)Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35)Seen an Amish community
36)Can drive a stick shift
37)Won over $1000 in a raffle or lottery
38)Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39)Gone rock climbing
40)Seen Michelangelo’s David
41)Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
42)Been serenaded
43)Visited Africa
44)Walked on a beach by moonlight(again, see #12)
45)Broken a bone
46)Started your own business
47)Quit a job because you were totally unhappy
48)Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
49)Been to the Eiffel Tower (will do after I see the Mona Lisa)
50)Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
51Kissed in the rain passionately
52)Played in the mud
53)Gone to a drive-in
54)Been in a movie (still one of my lifelong dreams)
55)Visited the Great Wall of China
56)Joined a prayer group
57)Taken a martial arts class
58)Visited Russia
59)Served at a soup kitchen
60)Gone whale watching
61)Received flowers for no reason
62)Donated blood, platelets or plasma
63)Gone sky diving
64)Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
65)Bounced a check
66)Flown in a helicopter
67)Saved a favorite childhood toy (My stuffed Koala, Buddy)
68)Visited the Lincoln Memorial
69)Eaten caviar
70)Pieced a quilt
71)Stood in Times Square
72)Toured the Everglades
73)Been fired from a job
74)Seen the changing of the guards in London
75)Broken something extremely expensive
76)Been on a speeding motorcycle
77)Seen the Grand Canyon in person
78)Published a book (am working on my first novel right now!)
79)Visited the Vatican
80)Got a tattoo (I have 7 already)
81)Been to a coffee shop in Amsterdam
82)Seen the aurora borealis in person (again, I live in Alaska!)
83)Read the entire Bible
84)Visited the White House
85)Killed and prepared an animal for eating
86)Had chickenpox
87)Saved someone’s life (I'm a nurse for crying out loud!)
88)Sat on a jury
89)Met someone famous
90)Joined a book club
91)Lost a loved one
92)Toured the UN
93)Hiked to Machu Picchu
94)Swam in the Indian Ocean
95)Conversed with someone when neither of you spoke each others language
96)Dirty danced
97)Been stung by a bee
98)Acted in a play
99)Had more than 5 surgeries
100)Threw a surprise party for someone



So, I am not very worldly yet... Someday soon I hope!!! (Thanks Kasey, this was fun!)

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