So since I don’t have much to say, I’m stealing this from Average Jane. It’s a pretty fun little meme (as much as people hate them), but I think it’s decent. Basically, you have your standard list of things that may or may not appear on a bucket list. You bold the stuff you’ve done already and italicize the stuff you want to do.
- Started my own blog
- Slept under the stars
- Played in a band
- Visited Hawaii (in 2010 baby!)
- Watched a meteor shower.
- Given more than I can afford to charity.
- Been to Disneyland/Disney World
- Climbed a mountain
- Held a praying mantis
- Sung a solo
- Bungee jumped
- Visited Paris
- Watched a lightning storm at sea
- Taught myself an art from scratch (graphic design is an art, right?)
- Adopted a child
- Had food poisoning
- Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
- Grown my own vegetables
- Seen the Mona Lisa in France
- Slept on an overnight train (although sleeping is difficult when the air doesn’t work and you realize that you are constantly moving)
- Had a pillow fight
- Hitchhiked (long story…don’t ask)
- Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
- Built a snow fort
- Held a lamb
- Gone skinny dipping
- Run a marathon
- 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 my ancestors
- Seen an Amish community (went to college near one!)
- Taught myself a new language (I didn’t completely, but was complimented on more than one occasion during our trip to Italy on my Italian)
- Had enough money to be truly satisfied
- Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
- Gone rock climbing
- Seen Michelangelo’s David (amazing)
- 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 my portrait painted
- Gone deep sea fishing
- Seen the Sistine Chapel in person (amazing)
- Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
- Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
- Kissed in the rain
- Played in the mud
- Gone to a drive-in theater
- Been in a movie
- Visited the Great Wall of China
- Started a business
- Taken a martial arts class (I’m pretty good with a bow staff…not really)
- Visited Russia
- Served at a soup kitchen
- Sold Girl Scout Cookies
- Gone whale watching
- Got flowers for no reason
- Donated blood
- Gone sky diving
- Visited a Nazi concentration camp
- Bounced a check
- Flown in a helicopter
- Saved a favorite childhood toy
- Visited the Lincoln Memorial
- Eaten caviar
- Pieced a quilt (not sure what this means, but I picked out the t-shirts for my t-shirt 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 my picture in the newspaper
- Read the entire Bible
- Visited the White House
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating
- 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
- Ridden an elephant
So that’s 52 out of 100. There were a few more on there that I’d really like to do and some that I’d kind of like to do and some I just know that I’ll do someday, whether I want to or not. Still, that I’ve avoided breaking a bone for as long as I have, that’s gotta be an accomplishment.