Monday, January 5, 2009

Tagged

Things "Everyone needs to do before they die" ??? Do I have to break bones???


Here is a list of things "Everyone needs to do before they die" I have marked the ones I have done in blue! (put a * by "sort of" ones)


Started your own blog


Slept under the stars (one of my most favorite things in all the world to do!)


Played in a band

Visited Hawaii

Watched a meteor shower


Given more than you can afford to charity


Been to Disneyland

Climbed a mountain

Held a praying mantis (I held a really cool Albino praying mantis that I found outside my Mom’s condo! She was beautiful)

Sang a solo (6th grade :)

*Bungee jumped (does Superman at Six Flags count?)

Visited Paris

*Watched a lightning storm at sea (does standing on a beach in Oregon and watching count?)

Taught yourself an art from scratch

Adopted a child

Had food poisoning

Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

Grown your own vegetables

Slept on an overnight train

Hitch hiked (on the mission)

Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

Held a lamb

Gone skinny dipping

Run a Marathon

Seen a total eclipse

Watched a sunrise or sunset (both)

Hit a home run

Been on a cruise

Seen Niagara Falls in person

Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (in the states yes! Some day I hope to go to Croatia like Jessie got to)

Seen an Amish community

Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol

Seen Michelangelo’s David in person

Sung karaoke

Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

Bought a stranger a meal

Visited Africa (lived in) (served a mission in Cabo Verde West Africa)

Walked on a beach by moonlight (he he he and other stuff)

Been transported in an ambulance

*Had your portrait painted (got to love caricatures)

Gone deep sea fishing

Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (scuba certified)

Kissed in the rain

Played in the mud

Gone to a drive-in theater


Visited the Great Wall of China

Started a business

Taken a martial arts class

Visited Russia

Served at a soup kitchen

Sold Girl Scout Cookies

Gone whale watching

Got flowers for no reason

Donated blood, platelets or plasma


Gone sky diving

*Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (my Grandmother survived being in one)

Bounced a check

Flown in a helicopter

Saved a favorite childhood toy (all my most favorite dolls!)

Visited the Lincoln Memorial

Eaten Caviar

Pieced a quilt (made one myself)

Stood in Times Square

Been fired from a job

Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

Been on a speeding motorcycle

Seen the Grand Canyon in person


*Published something (every other day on my blog! :) )

Bought a brand new car

Walked in Jerusalem

Visited the White House

Had chickenpox


Sat on a jury

Met someone famous (talked to Elder Ballard and President Packer on the plain and in the Chicgo airport. They gave our district $50 to buy dinner! Is that not the coolest thing ever!)

Joined a book club

Lost a loved one (my Grandfather and our sweet Jessie)

Had a baby

Seen the Alamo in person

Swam in the Ocean

Owned a cell phone

Been stung by a bee (32 times!!!! Attacked by yellow jackets!)

Seen Mount Rushmore in person

Learned to play an instrument (I forgot though..played the piano once upon a time!)

Held a tarantula (got to love OMSI)

*Touched an iceberg ( not a iceberg but a glacier)

Changed a baby’s diaper (Diaperssssss!!)

Taken a trip in a hot air balloon

Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment

Had a food fight

Had a snowball fight

Screamed as loudly as you possibly can

Ridden a roller coaster

Visited all 50 states

Taken a road-trip (another very favorite activity of mine!)

Milked a cow

Been in a movie

Crashed a party

Made cookies from scratch

*Gotten a tattoo--just the stick ons

Rafted the Snake River ( and swam across snake river and back without a life jacket)

Performed on stage (Mrs. Crachet it the Christmas Carol)

Been to Las Vegas

Eaten shark

Bought a house

*Been in a combat zone (not during combat--but I've been to Pearl Harbor)

Walked the Golden Gate Bridge

Touched a stingray (fish aquarium in Boston)

Broken a bone (knock on wood)

Ridden a horse

Eaten sushi (love it)

Had your picture in the newspaper (3 times!)

*Gone back to school

Eaten fried green tomatoes

Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I lived on a cattle ranch, helped out on occasion)

Dyed your hair

Caused a car accident

*Saved someone’s life (my Mom’s and Jessica’s by calling 911!)

All righty then! That was a lengthy list of items, but I had a fun time. It would be fun to see more parts of the world...perhaps in a hot air balloon or in a brand new car! Thank you Katie for tagging me. I enjoyed reading your list and all the fun comments you added!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad you did this tag!...I learned a lot of new things about you!--I didn't know your Grandma Annie survived a Nazi concentration camp(!)...And maybe my brain is not functioning, but I'm not sure that I've heard the story of you calling 911 to save your Mom & Jessie's life!!...You'll have to fill me in!...And you've run a Marathon & all those other amazing feats--you're the Woman! ..We'll have to go for sushi sometime & see if I can be brave :) -I've only had the whipmy little crab rolls that they sold at 711s & the PCC in Hawaii.
-Yeah, I'm not much of a gamer myself...I loved the original Nintendo when I was a kid & the Nintendo 64--but then I quit when video games got Too complecated with XBox & everything (I mean 2 joysticks on the controller?..& like 80 buttons--that's ludicris! - lol) ..That's why I like the Wii..simple & kids can play, too...Leka has gotten really good--she gets high scores on bowling & boxes better than me (it's a riot to watch her on the boxing; she goes crazy--letting out all her Kung Fu that she's been practicing :) ..I've only played Wii Sports & Mario Cart (which was fun, but my parents' TV was too small to play well). -Now that we've had the Wii for like a week I'm afriad we're getting addicted & will want one when we give it back to Nase's sister :/ (especiall in the long, cold, dark winter...it's nice to have some indoor entertainment!) - Blogging is fun for that though :)
Well, I have written you a novel..& here at 1 am again(!) (I've got to start getting the kids to bed earlier so I quit staying up so late...I should just go to bed, but the night times are so nice when it's Just me up & about--I never get that in the day) - Well, at least tomorrow Leka goes back to preschool so I can have my 3 hr block to run errands or whatever with just one kid (whohoo) :)

Anonymous said...

Oh & I forgot to say--Thank You for getting that recuriter info for us!--Quite honestly I wouldn't mind if Nase found a new job with or without layoffs...there are some thing about Flying J that I don't like & find hard to live with. For starters the really don't' have health insurance (with a $3,000 deductible everything is out of pocket)--although it does bring peace of mind if there were to be a major medical bill (Like Jessie's life flight in the 100s of thousands(!) - And we're lucky that the kids qualify for CHIP..so they can get decent health insurance (& it's a good thing, too because Austin has had So many trips to the Dr's office!) ...And I'm feeling quite a bit disgruntled that Nase's bonus has gone Down each year--he really got jipped on this last one (which we know now is because they are Bankrupt!) ..and then he goes on too long of trips sometimes--one was 4 weeks long (Too long to be a single Mom!)-- Any way, I really should stop whining...it's just nice to vent sometimes :p -I get kind of tired of people saying 'just be glad he still has a job' ..Well yeah; I should even though it can be frustrating--Sometimes I think a lay-off would be a blessing in disguise, but I really hope we don't find ourselves in that situation & I know if we did I would look back and say I should have been more greatful for what we had (& I'd rather not eat some humble pie...I'll just take a piece of chocolate mousse please - lol)
...So yes, I am jawing your ear off again (aka typing your eyes off) - I'm just in need of a nice middle-of-the-night vent session :)
Glad you're always here for me :D
Love you lots! Take Care!