Earlier this week my friend Tonja tagged me for with this fun meme. The point is to make bold the things you have already done. Here's my list, but there's a part of me that wants to add my own stuff! No, I have not been to Paris, but I have been to Sweden, way up above the arctic circle. I have not been on a cruise, but I did traipse all over the island of Jamaica, singing in little country churches and rafting down a river. I never climbed to the top of the Statue of Liberty or stood in Times Square or attended a Broadway show, but I sang at the Bowery Mission numerous times and even went to the top of one of the Twin Towers (I can't even remember what we used to call it), getting a breath-taking view of the city in every direction. I never bungee jumped, but I did go on a zip line a few years ago!
Okay, here's the list:
Started your own blog
Slept under the stars
Played in a band
Visited Hawaii
Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford to charity
Been to Disneyland/world
Climbed a mountain
Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Adopted a child
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
Slept on an overnight train
Had a pillow fight
Hitchhiked
Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
Built a snow fort
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Been to a Broadway show in NY
Ran a Marathon
Been in three states at once
Ridden in a gondola in Venice
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset
Hit a home run
Been on a cruise
Seen Niagara Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your Ancestors
Seen an Amish community (I live there!)
Taught yourself a new language
Had enough money to be truly satisfied
Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
Gone rock climbing
Seen Michelangelo’s David
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
Visited Africa
Walked on a beach by moonlight
Been transported in an ambulance
Had your portrait painted
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Been to Grace Kelley’s grave in Monaco
Gone to a drive-in theater
Been in a movie
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business (Stauffer's Country Home, a B&B)
Taken a martial arts class
Swam in the Mediterranean Sea
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout cookies
Gone whale watching
Gotten flowers for no reason
Donated blood, platelets or plasma
Gone sky diving
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
Bounced a check
Saved a favorite childhood toy
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten Caviar
Pieced a quilt
Stood in Times Square
Toured the Everglades
Been fired from a job
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Broken a bone
Been on a speeding motorcycle
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
Published a book
Visited the Vatican
Bought a brand new car
Walked in Jerusalem
Had your picture in the newspaper
Read the entire Bible
Visited the White House
Killed and prepared my own meat
Had chickenpox
Saved someone’s life
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one
Had a baby
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Great Salt Lake
Been involved in a law suit
Owned a cell phone
Been stung by a bee
7 comments:
Thanks for playing, Jean!
Fun! What were you doing in an ambulance?
you were in a movie?
laughed at the "killed and prepared my own meat" one! :oP
seems if i ever get to europe i could knock quite a few of these off my list!
I always love reading the list of other bloggers 'cause you can learn so much. I agree with Mari and Krista's questions - why were you in an ambulance and what movie were you in?
Hugs!
Kat
In answer to the questions about being in a movie and riding in an ambulance:
Hey, I didn't say it was a blockbuster movie, ha, ha!! Back in the late 60's I was in a movie that the Lancaster Mennonite Information Center made to show to tourists who came to this area.
Also, during the years we were foster parents our foster agency made movies to show to prospective foster parents and to churches who wanted to support them. We were in two of those.
I actually have had three ambulance rides. The first one was with Dick after he broke his leg at a church camp in 1975. The second was with my mom in 1982, taking her from the cancer hospital in Zion, IL to a local airport where we got an air ambulance which brought us back to Lancaster, PA. The third one I do not remember in 1995 after we were in a car accident.
Can I play too? This list made me realise that I have accomplished a lot in my life! Now I just need to do some more traveling!
I loved reading your list. I copied it and may play along if I get time this weekend.
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