Things you have already done or found - bold type
Things you would like to do or find - italics
Things you have not done or found and don't care to - plain type
Here is my contribution:
- Started your own blog. (Seven of them.)
- 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. (Both.)
- Climbed a mountain.
- Held a praying mantis.
- Sang a solo. (Only to keep myself alert while driving long distances.)
- Bungee jumped.
- Visited Paris.
- Watched a lightning storm at sea. (Yes, and once was from a plane at 35,000 ft - spectacular!)
- Taught yourself an art from scratch. (Creating Web pages by writing HTML code in a text editor.)
- Adopted a child.
- Had food poisoning.
- Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
- Grown your own vegetables.
- Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
- Slept on an overnight train. (In Norway, and on trips from Brisbane to outback Queensland and North Queensland.)
- Had a pillow fight.
- Hitch hiked.
- Taken a sick day when you're not ill.
- Built a snow fort. (I've only even seen fresh snow once.)
- Held a lamb. (Hundreds! I grew up on a sheep grazing property.)
- Gone skinny dipping.
- Run a marathon.
- Ridden a gondola in Venice.
- Seen a total eclipse.
- Watched a sunrise or sunset. (Thousands, and it is always a joy.)
- Hit a home run. (No, but I've served an ace.)
- Been on a cruise. (A genealogy cruise.)
- Seen Niagara Falls in person.
- Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
- Seen an Amish community.
- Taught yourself a new language. (Not unless you count HTML as a language.)
- Had enough money to be truly satisfied. (People are more important than possessions.)
- Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
- Gone rock climbing.
- Seen Michelangelo's David in person.
- Sung Karaoke. (Pigs might fly...)
- Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
- Bought a stranger a meal in 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. (Snorkeling only.)
- Kissed in the rain.
- Played in the mud.
- Gone to a drive-in theatre.
- Been in a movie.
- Visited the Great Wall of China.
- Started a business. (A genealogy business.)
- Taken a martial arts class.
- Visited Russia.
- Served at a soup kitchen.
- Sold Girl Guide biscuits.
- Gone whale watching.
- Gotten 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.
- Stood in Times Square.
- Toured the Everglades.
- Been fired from a job.
- Seen the Changing of the Guard in London.
- Broken a bone.
- Been on a speeding motorcycle. (On a motorcycle as a passenger, but it was not speeding.)
- Seen the Grand Canyon in person.
- Published a book. (A family history book plus genealogy indexes and guides.)
- Visited the Vatican.
- Bought a brand new car.
- Walked in Jerusalem.
- Had your picture in the newspaper. (Publicity for my genealogy seminars.)
- Read the entire Bible.
- Visited the White House.
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating. (Not me personally, but I saw my father do it when we lived in the country and ate our own mutton.)
- Had chickenpox. (As an adult. Horrible.)
- Saved someone's life. (So I'm told. My job involved crossmatching and issuing blood for transfusion in life-threatening situations.)
- Sat on a jury.
- Met someone famous.
- Joined a book club.
- Lost a loved one.
- Had a baby.
- Seen the Alamo in person.
- Swum in the Great Salt Lake.
- Been involved in a law suit. (Not unless you count the time I was to be called as a witness, but they settled out of court.)
- Owned a cell phone.
- Been stung by a bee.
