We just got back from visiting cousins in Snoqualmie WA. I will blog about our trip later as the camera is still packed in the van. I have been unable to sleep after driving for 14 hours as I miscalculated the half life of the caffeine in my Mtn Dew. Blah. Anyway, this was a cool list that
Laura found and posted. Here's my list.
1. Touched an iceberg
2. Slept under the stars3. Been a part of a hockey fight
4. Changed a baby's diaper5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Swam with wild dolphins
8. Climbed a mountain (Climbed Mt Whitney with Rich in CA-- the highest peak in the continental USA and I think the only mountain I've summited, although with altitude sickness and other discomforts I didn't enjoy it.
9. Held a tarantula
10. Said "I love you" and meant it
11. Bungee jumped (Only once, but I did it upside down and backwards to which my date had to borrow money from me to jump again so he could top my jump. I didn't enjoy getting my head jerked around though)
12. Visited Paris (Stopping by on a lay over to Israel doesn't quite count)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise (too often working nights at Primary Children's)
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty (too late-- I was there after they closed it down)
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
20. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Bet on a winning horse
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort (enjoyed watching the kids build one this year though)
25. Held a lamb (does petting one count?)
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Taken an ice cold bath (right after crossing the finish line at one of my last triathlons. It actually felt really good)
28. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar (in LA at the LA airport. It gave me some insight into mental illness).
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Ridden a roller coaster
31. Hit a home run
32. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (In NIA classes at the Treehouse)
33. Adopted an accent for fun (I'm terrible at this. I took a speech class at BYU. It was my lowest grade of my college career. I couldn't pronounce the difference between Merry, Marry, and Mary)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Felt very happy about your life, even for just a moment
36. Loved your job 90% of the time
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Watched wild whales
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Gone on a midnight walk on the beach
41. Gone sky diving
42. Visited Ireland
43. Ever bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited India
45. Bench-pressed your own weight
46. Milked a cow (twice with the cub scouts)
47. Alphabetized your personal files(files? I should have files?)
48. Ever worn a superhero costume
49. Sung karaoke
50. Lounged around in bed all day
51. Gone scuba diving
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Done something you should regret, but don't
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Been in a movie (Does a TV show count? I danced in a 70's green dress in Wonder Years for a stake youth fundraiser)
60. Gone without food for 3 days
61. Made cookies from scratch
62. Won first prize in a costume contest (Ii did win a New Order record at a dance contest)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Been in a combat zone (kind of-- lived at the Jerusalem Center for 6 months and some of the areas we visited I think were part of a combat zone)
65. Spoken more than one language fluently (if ASL counts as a "spoken" language)
66. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
67. Bounced a check
68. Read - and understood - your credit report
69. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy (bought Heidi a Mandy doll and Scott a Rubik's cube)
70. Found out something significant that your ancestors did (I have an ancestor who named their children after the alphabet-- my ancestor was NO (Nahum Oscar). They even had an XYZella which has made it into the weird names of Utah books. Malan's peak in Ogden is named after them.)
71. Called or written your Congress person
72. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
73. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
74. Helped an animal give birth (if people are considered animals. A dog of ours gave birth, but she seemed to do nearly everything herself)
75. Been fired or laid off from a job
76. Won money
77. Broken a bone (a slight chip to my finger)
78. Ridden a motorcycle
79. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph (rode in a car with my friend's brother who drove at faster than 100 mph on a CA freeway. I wasn't that impressed)
80. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
81. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
82. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days (if rafting counts)
83. Eaten sushi (don't enjoy it although it's one of Rich's favorites)
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (cover of the Church News while on my mission)
85. Read The Bible cover to cover (I don't think I made that one)
86. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
87. Gotten someone fired for their actions (I did write an incriminating letter recently, but the person was not fired)
88. Gone back to school
89. Changed your name (just when I got married)
90. Caught a fly in the air with your bare hands (as a kid)
91. Eaten fried green tomatoes (I think)
92. Read The Iliad (I think I finished that one)
93. Taught yourself an art from scratch
94. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (watching Rich do this to a fish is the closest I've ever gotten)
95. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt (if this includes confessing years after writing a love note to Jill M from Jeremy in Jr High. I confessed in HS after seeing that she still had the note pinned to her bulletin board in her room.)
96. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (in Jordan and Israel we were able to communicate with some deaf people. We were able to have some very interesting discussions using some signs common to the three sign languages-- French sign is where ASL was derived from. We were able to communicate about whether or not using an elevator on the Sabbath was kosher)
97. Been elected to public office (in high school and just voted on the Community Council board for Alta View)
98. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream (currently)
99. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
100. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
101. Had a booth at a street fair (for the church on my mission)
102. Dyed your hair
103. Been a DJ (brother was though)
104. Rocked a baby to sleep
105. Ever dropped a cat from a high place to see if it really lands on all four feet (watched a sibling do it though.)
106. Raked your carpet (My aunt used to and I've raked it for my parents. I don't even iron clothes now though, much less rake carpets)
107. Brought out the best in people
108. Brought out the worst in people
109. Worn a mood ring
110. Ridden a horse
111. Carved an animal from a piece of wood or bar of soap (not that you could tell what it was)
112. Cooked a dish where four people asked for the recipe
113. Buried a child (buried a boyfriend when I was 17 though who fell asleep at the wheel on the way home from our date. It was a life changing experience, although not as life changing as burying a child would be)
114. Gone to a Broadway play
115. Been inside the pyramids
116. Shot a basketball into a basket
117. Danced at a disco (sort of-- in Jordan we went to a night club. It was very interesting to see the main dancers. Their revealing clothes included skirts to their knees and three quarter length sleeves. The thing that bothered me though was that several of them wore crosses to show that they weren't Muslim. From what I understand, technically if you do things with a Christian woman it's not really breaking the religious law. I think we might have shown the group we were with some American moves. I've danced at a lot of other places though including on a Kibbutz, on the field at a LA RAMS game, for a professional cheer company, etc.)
118. Played in a band (does an orchestra count)
119. Shot a bird
120. Gone to an arboretum
121. Tutored someone
122. Ridden a train
123. Brought an old fad back into style (if the question were Worn old fads that were out of style I'd have to answer yes)
124. Eaten caviar
125. Let a salesman talk you into something you didn’t need (we ate some expensive meat one year. Luckily Rich was around when the Kirby salesman did his pitch)
126. Ridden a giraffe or elephant (and a camel)
127. Published a book(if my thesis counts. I've written my grandfather's history but never have had that one published)
128. Pieced a quilt
129. Lived in an historic place (boy my visit to Jerusalem counts for a lot of these)
130. Acted in a play or performed on a stage
131. Asked for a raise
132. Made a hole-in-one (only at miniature golfing)
133. Gone deep sea fishing
134. Gone roller skating
135. Run a marathon (trying to decide if an Ironman or ultra marathon should be on the list. Not for this year, but in a few).
136. Learned to surf
137. Invented something (just a chart combining Maslow's hierarchy of needs with Ericksen's stages of development for a college thesis. )
138. Flown first class
139. Spent the night in a 5-star luxury suite (in Cancun with my parents)
140. Flown in a helicopter
141. Visited Africa (hope to this Dec)
142. Sang a solo
143. Gone spelunking (In college to the Nutty Putty caves. When I told my grandfather, he said, "My grandkids don't go spelunking." I haven't since then)
144. Learned how to take a compliment
145. Written a love-story (just the one I'm writing right now with Rich)
146. Seen Michelangelo’s David (just replicas)
147. Had your portrait painted
148. Written a fan letter
149. Spent the night in something haunted
150. Owned a St. Bernard or Great Dane
151. Ran away
152. Learned to juggle (attempted, but never learned)
153. Been a boss (just of my own children)
154. Sat on a jury
155. Lied about your weight
156. Gone on a diet
157. Found an arrowhead or a gold nugget
158. Written a poem
159. Carried your lunch in a lunchbox
160. Gotten food poisoning
161. Gone on a service, humanitarian or religious mission
162. Hiked the Grand Canyon
163. Sat on a park bench and fed the ducks
164. Gone to the opera
165. Gotten a letter from someone famous (mostly political)
166. Worn knickers
167. Ridden in a limousine
168. Attended the Olympics
169. Can hula or waltz (actually past tense would be more appropriate here)
170. Read a half dozen Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books
171. Been stuck in an elevator
172. Had a revelatory dream (I've had many many strange ones though)
173. Thought you might crash in an airplane
174. Had a song dedicated to you on the radio or at a concert (just at a dance)
175. Saved someone’s life (all in a night's work as a nurse)
176. Eaten raw whale
177. Know how to tat, smock or do needlepoint
178. Laughed till your side hurt
179. Straddled the equator
180. Taken a photograph of something other than people that is worth framing
181. Gone to a Shakespeare Festival
182. Sent a message in a bottle
183. Spent the night in a hostel
184. Been a cashier (was a janitor though)
185. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
186. Joined a union
187. Donated blood or plasma
188. Built a campfire
189. Kept a blog (I guess that's debatable)
190. Had hives
191. Worn custom made shoes or boots (nope in this family Rich has the custom expensive shoes-- some fru fru bike shoes. Before they were well used, they looked like they came off a stage production of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Actually, I did have some custom shoes with orthotics made when I was a child)
192. Made a PowerPoint presentation
193. Taken a Hunter’s Safety Course
194. Served at a soup kitchen
195. Conquered the Rubik’s cube (I think I got up to 2 sides, but never the whole thing until we figured out you could take the cubes out and put them back together. We thought this was better cheating than those who took the stickers off)
196. Know CPR (even taught it)
197. Ridden in or owned a convertible
198. Found a long lost friend
199. Helped solve a crime
200. Responded to a NJP newsletter (NJP is the person who came up with this list)
Fun to think back about life's events. Now I'm hoping to sleep....
