99 Things Meme

While trying to clean out the ever growing list of unread blog posts in my Google Reader, I came across this Meme at A Lot of Loves.  I thought it looked pretty cool so I thought I would post with my answers.  If you decide to put it on your blog, please leave a link in the comments because I would love to see it!

99 Things Meme

Bold: Indicates the things that I've already done

Italics: Indicates the things that I'd like to do

Plain Font: Indicates the things that I haven't done and don't want to do

1. Started your own blog. (You kinda know this already since you are reading this on my blog.) 
2. Slept under the stars. (I'm taking a little creative license with this one.  I have camped TONS but I'm not sure I've ever slept without at least a tent but I'm counting it anyway!) 
3. Played in a band. (I was in the marching band in high school.  I played the...wait for it....bass drum.  Yep I was THAT cool....NOT!) 
4. Visited Hawaii. 
5. Watched a meteor shower. (I've seen lots of meteor showers.  The coolest one by far, though, was when I was in college.  We all went out to some Indian burial mounds & laid on top of them to watch the meteor shower.  Totally sounds like something that would happen during a horror movie so thankfully we lived!) 
6. Given more than you can afford to charity. 
7. Been to Disneyland/world. (I've been to Disney World a ton of times.  Last year we took Will & Nicole.  I can't wait to take Evan!) 
8. Climbed a mountain. 
9. Held a praying mantis. 
10. Sang a solo. (My grandfather was a Methodist minister.  I have sung more solos in church than I care to remember.  I also sing the occasional song solo when my hubby twists my arm or feeds me enough glasses of wine.) 
11. Bungee jumped. (No way in HELL!) 
12. Visited Paris. 
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea. 
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.  (crochet with the help of a book and occasionally Nana.) 
15. Adopted a child. 
16. Had food poisoning. 
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. (I can never justify the time away from New York City to go to the Statue of Liberty) 
18. Grown your own vegetables. (Usually tomatoes.) 
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France. 
20. Slept on an overnight train. 
21. Had a pillow fight. 
22. Hitch hiked. (Another no way in hell one!
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill. (In high school) 
24. Built a snow fort. (It didn't snow in Alabama where I grew up.) 
25. Held a lamb. (In Ireland....it was sooooo cute!) 
26. Gone skinny dipping. 
27. Run a marathon.  (Austin Marathon in 2003.  I ran it in just under 6 hours with my friend Nicole.  Not sure I will ever do it again.) 
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice. 
29. Seen a total eclipse.  (In elementary school at my Grandparent's house.) 
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset. 
31. Hit a home run.  (Will never happen!  I SUCK at ball sports!) 
32. Been on a cruise.  (We went on the Disney cruise last January.  We had a great time though I did get seasick.  Blech!) 
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person. 
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. 
35. Seen an Amish community.  (When in Pennsylvania for work years ago.) 
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 Michelangelo's David in person. 
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. 
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. (I sold hundreds of boxes every year.) 
62. Gone whale watching. 
63. Gotten flowers for no reason.  (Not nearly often enough!)
    
64. Donated blood. 
65. Gone sky diving. (Not bloody likely!) 
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp. 
67. Bounced a check. (Oops) 
68. Flown in a helicopter. 
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy. 
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial. 
71. Eaten Caviar. 
72. Pieced a quilt. 
73. Stood in Times Square. 
74. Toured the Everglades. 
75. Been fired from a job. 
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard 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. 
88. Had chickenpox. 
89. Saved someones life. 
90. Sat on a jury. 
91. Met someone famous. 
92. Joined a book club. (I started one a couple of years ago and we just started back.)
    
93. Lost a loved one. 
94. Had a baby.  (Evan Shelton Kuchle was born on June 28, 2007)
    
95. Seen the Alamo in person. 
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake. 
97. Been involved in a law suit. 
98. Owned a cell phone. 
99. Been stung by a bee.

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