99 Things meme

{Nicked from Mosher, but if he really misses it he can have it back.}

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

1. started your own blog {This one should be obvious}


2. slept under the stars


3. played in a band {an elementary school band, but still...}


4. visited Hawaii


5. watched a meteor shower


6. given more than you can afford to charity {It was not much at the time, but it still left me short on bus fare.}


7. been to Disneyland/world


8. climbed a mountain


9. held a praying mantis


10. sang a solo {Trust me, no one wants this.}


11. bungee jumped


12. visited Paris


13. watched a lightning storm at sea


14. taught yourself an art from scratch {Balloon sculpture if you are curious.}


15. adopted a child {Under the right circumstances this would change to a "want to"}


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 {And it wasn't in a sleeping car.}


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 {Walk one maybe.}


28. ridden a gondola in Venice


29. seen a total eclipse {Solar and Lunar}


30. watched a sunrise or sunset


31. hit a home run


32. been on a cruise


33. seen Niagara Falls in person {And want to again.}


34. visited the birthplace of your ancestors


35. seen an Amish community


36. taught yourself a new language {Only if you count computer languages.}


37. had enough money to be truly satisfied {Didn't want or need as much as a kid.}{Never as an adult.}


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 in person


43. bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant {OK, it was coffee and a muffin in a diner.}


44. visited Africa


45. walked on a beach by moonlight


46. been transported in an ambulance {After the worst of my car accidents.}


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 theatre


55. been in a movie {See an earlier post.}


56. visited the Great Wall of China


57. started a business {It didn't last.}


58. taken a martial arts class


59. visited Russia


60. served at a soup kitchen


61. sold girl scout cookies


62. gone whale watching


63. gotten flowers for no reason


64. donated blood


65. gone sky diving


66. visited a Nazi concentration camp


67. bounced a cheque


68. flown in a helicopter


69. saved a favourite childhood toy


70. visited the Lincoln memorial


71. eaten caviar


72. 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.}


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 {It was even mine.}


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 someone’s life {I hope I'm not in a situation where someone's life needs saving.}


90. sat on a jury {Called several times, never picked.}


91. met someone famous {Bill Cosby, Lee Aaron, and Willie Nelson for a start.}


92. joined a book club


93. lost a loved one


94. had a baby {As the father, not getting pregnant myself.}


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

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?