Monday, November 17, 2008

I know it has been a while since Elisha posted this on her blog. I had copied and pasted it and saved it as a draft. I'm sorry I haven't posted before now. This is a list, highlighting the items you have done, which demonstrates what a blessed life you have led if you have done any of these things. I feel very fortunate to have done many of these. And there are others not on the list. I thought I'd share mine.....
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars - when I was a young girl, visiting my cousins in UT
3. Played in a band ....at school - I played clarinet
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland /world - only 3 times. We want to go again!!
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis - and it bit me!
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning - from left over KFC in college
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables - only tomatoes
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
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 - does the Venetician in Vegas count?!? Then no.
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelos David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt - probably. But I've seen one erupt in Iceland.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa-Morrocco
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
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 - on my honeymoon
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving - never in a million!
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp - driven by one
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar - not caviar but escargot....YUCK!
72. Pieced a quilt - a jeans quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
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
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 - I count catching and steaming crawdads
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life - I had to do the Heimlich on Allie when she was 2 or 3
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous - President Monson counts!
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 - I'm pretty sure I have.
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day