99 things
Posted by Jessie on 2.03.2009.Saw this here today, and thought I'd play along....
Here are the rules: Bold the things you’ve done and post on your blog!
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii - when I was 3
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo - almost every day!
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
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
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
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 Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at 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 - no, but I've danced in it!
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 - does kickboxing count?
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp - no but I went to the Holocaust Museum in DC and it was about as close as I'd ever want to get. It was chilling.
67. Bounced a check
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 - 21 years ago
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 a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book - contributed to one, anyhow...
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car - my minivan!!
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve - like I'd remember!
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - ew, ew, ew....
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
Who's next? Leave me a comment if you play along so I can read your answers. I'm a nosy little thing.
xoxo


5:04 PM
Fun! I'm playing along. http://celestinacarmen.blogspot.com/2009/02/99-things-play-along.html
5:20 PM
here's my link! thanks for a great way to put off studying...
http://grantandnicole.blogspot.com/2009/02/99-things.html
5:33 PM
Interesting List! Can't wait for the journal. Loved your photos of the process-so organised!
5:53 PM
Cool! I've added it to my blog too!
6:36 PM
me 5 - http://50shousewifeinparis.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-love-memes.html
6:45 PM
whenever I do these I do them in my about page, which is here:
http://travelturtle.net/about-2
8:01 PM
Hi, I was poking around the blogosphere today and found yours... what a lovely blog you have! Looking forward to following along. I think I'll start by doing the 99 things, I could use a little procrastination :)
8:02 PM
how did you manage childhood without chicken pox and bee stings?!
8:07 PM
p.s. what the story behind #46, and I'll totally help you with #79
8:30 PM
fun! it's on my blog!
9:08 PM
I'm playing!
http://gardeninthesky.blogspot.com/
7:28 AM
That was fun! Thanks for sharing. Really enjoy your blog by the way.
http://avoxtar.com/2009/02/04/99-things-meme/
10:39 AM
Love your blog...here's my link to 99 things
http://studiofuller.blogspot.com/2009/02/99-thangs.html
It was a great way to procrastinate..I'm supposed to be drawing up cartoons for my magazine..back to work....
11:22 AM
I played along too. You know where to find me. ;)
3:25 PM
I played along too :)
http://joannebrown.blogspot.com
4:19 PM
Thanks for this! I was in a gloomy mood until your meme leaped out at me. :)
I was feeling kind of proud that I'd done 32 until I saw that you left me way behind with your 40+! lol.
http://locathecat.blogspot.com/2009/02/99-things.html
6:30 PM
here's my link http://scquiltaddict.blogspot.com/
8:22 PM
I played! Thanks for posting this.
http://sewingmachinegun.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-wanna-play.html
10:55 PM
Loved this! http://laurelsteven.blogspot.com/2009/02/99-things.html
10:13 AM
Figured I'd do one too
http://abnormalityfrugality.blogspot.com/2009/02/99-things.html
9:13 AM
Hey darlin'-
I think there are some other things on your list of 99. Did you not hold a lamb at the Southtown Petting Zoo? Did we not go to the Sistine Chapel. Love your Ira Glass story. How do I ipmort the 99 onto my facebook page? I gotta get something on there!
Love you-
3:14 PM
CHeck...check...check it out.
so fun!
http://mel-dyes-her-hair.blogspot.com/
2:38 PM
I wanna play. Here's my link. http://nanasatticquilts.blogspot.com/
I'm suprised at how many I have done.