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Friday, January 16, 2009

All about memememememememem.....

I got this fun little meme from Dena at "Happily Ever After" ...thought it sounded like fun. Copy and paste the following into your own blog and then bold face any that are true for you. Taking a cue from Dena, I added a little bit of commentary for your entertainment. Enjoy!

1. Started your own blog (Um, hello?)

2. Slept under the stars On a weird girls-night-out-gone-wrong in high school

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland/world Um...have you MET me?

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo Tried out for the chorus in the 5th grade and didn't make it

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 So NOT fun

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty - You know, having grown up in NY you'd think I would have done this!

18. Grown your own vegetables Some rather small and pitiful bell peppers

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 Yes, with my good friend Linda - I think we were in third or fourth grade!

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29 Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset Both

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise - and I have absolutely NO desire to ever go on one

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person Senior year!

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community - according to my godchild Justin, I live in one!

36. Taught yourself a new language (yes, but not a real one)

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied Yes, but VERY briefly!

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

43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45 Walked on a beach by moonlight Jones Beach was always good for this one!

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted Well, it was more like a charcoal thing that my parents had done of me and my sister when we were little in Disney

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 Oh, those were the days!

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business Does selling Tupperware count?

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60 Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies Yes, but to help a friend's daughter out - I was never a girl scout

62. Gone whale watching

63. Gotten flowers for no reason Always a treat!

64 Donated blood, platelets, or plasma no. Yes and it always makes me loopy.

65. Gone sky diving

66 Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67 Bounced a check Yes, but not on purpose

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy My Cabbage Patch doll is currently being held hostage by my mother's ex-husband! Bastard!

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square Yes, but before it was all cleaned up and I wasn't impressed

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone Yes, my ankle when I was in the 7th grade and I think my collar bone when I was four

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle Once. Never wanted to do it again.

79 Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book - Not yet, but I'm working on it!

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car Yes, my senior year of high school I bought a brand new Nissan Sentra

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the paper Yes, it was a lovely shot of me and my cousin Michael for my uncles photography studio. I was in possibly the 5th grade and had braces!

85. Read the entire Bible. Yes! In only one year!

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating Does lobster count?

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous We met Michael Eisner at the world premier of "Pocahontas" in Central Park

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one Grandma, Nana, Grandpa, Aunt Jo (2 of them), Uncle John & many more

94. Had a baby Two; one c-section, one regular

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a lawsuit Yes from when I broke my ankle due to slipping on the ice.

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

Wow, this seemed like a good idea when I began...now I'm depressed! I've done NOTHING apparently. I've got to spend less time blogging and get out in to the REAL world.

How'd you do?

1 comment:

mariel said...

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

I'm scared to ask...

Also, you might want to hide #23 from Michelle! heehee!