I hope some of you will follow along. If you do, please link back to this post. OK, let me lay out how it works.
Everyone uses the same list of 99 Things.
You will want to remove any brief comments I've added. {They will look like this.}
Feel free to add brief comments of your own.
Change the font of each item as follows:
Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to: leave in plain font
99 Things
- started your own blog {This one should be obvious}
- slept under the stars
- played in a band {an elementary school band, but still...}
- visited Hawaii
- watched a meteor shower
- given more than you can afford to charity {It was not much at the time, but it still left me short on bus fare.}
- been to Disneyland/world
- climbed a mountain
- held a praying mantis
- sang a solo {Trust me, no one wants this.}
- bungee jumped
- visited Paris
- watched a lightning storm at sea
- taught yourself an art from scratch {Balloon sculpture if you are curious.}
- adopted a child {Under the right circumstances this would change to a "want to"}
- 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 {And it wasn't in a sleeping car.}
- had a pillow fight
- hitch hiked
- taken a sick day when you’re not ill
- built a snow fort
- held a lamb
- gone skinny dipping
- run a marathon {Walk one maybe.}
- ridden a gondola in Venice
- seen a total eclipse {Solar and Lunar}
- watched a sunrise or sunset
- hit a home run
- been on a cruise
- seen Niagara Falls in person {And want to again.}
- visited the birthplace of your ancestors
- seen an Amish community
- taught yourself a new language {Only if you count computer languages.}
- had enough money to be truly satisfied {Didn't want or need as much as a kid.}{Never as an adult.}
- seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
- gone rock climbing
- seen Michelangelo’s David in person
- sung karaoke
- seen Old Faithful geyser erupt in person
- bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant {OK, it was coffee and a muffin in a diner.}
- visited Africa
- walked on a beach by moonlight
- been transported in an ambulance {After the worst of my car accidents.}
- 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
- gone to a drive-in theatre
- been in a movie {See an earlier post.}
- visited the Great Wall of China
- started a business {It didn't last.}
- taken a martial arts class
- visited Russia
- served at a soup kitchen
- sold girl scout cookies
- gone whale watching
- gotten flowers for no reason
- donated blood
- gone sky diving
- visited a Nazi concentration camp
- bounced a cheque
- flown in a helicopter
- saved a favourite childhood toy
- visited the Lincoln memorial
- eaten caviar
- pieced a quilt {OK, an explanation here... My mother and Grandmother made a lot of quilts and occasionally would ask me to help them layout pieces, and always asked me to help them stretch them for the actual quilting.}
- stood in Times Square
- toured the Everglades
- been fired from a job
- seen the changing of the guard in London
- broken a bone {It was even mine.}
- 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 an animal for eating
- had chickenpox
- saved someone’s life {I hope I'm not in a situation where someone's life needs saving.}
- sat on a jury {Called several times, never picked.}
- met someone famous {Bill Cosby, Lee Aaron, and Willie Nelson for a start.}
- joined a book club
- lost a loved one
- had a baby {As the father, not getting pregnant myself.}
- seen the alamo in person
- swum in the great salt lake
- been involved in a law suit
- owned a cell phone
- been stung by a bee
So that gives us totals of:
44 Things I have done.
37 Things I would like to do.
18 Things I have not done and could do without.
What have you got?
