Type of Bucket List

1. Started your own blog - and here you are!

2. Slept under the stars - many times camping with my parents when I was little.

3. Played in a band - high school band!

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower - yep! Out on Hoover Reservoir.

6. Given more than you can afford to charity - every time I give!

7. Been to Disneyland /world - DisneyWorld as part of our Honeymoon.

8. Climbed a mountain - I don't know about climbing, but rode up some in the Alps.

9. Held a praying mantis - frequently - we seem to be working on the local population here.

10. Sang a solo - didn't sing, but I've played a flute solo as part of a band concert and in church.

11. Bungee jumped - nope and never will.

12. Visited Paris - when I was 12!

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea - does watching a storm roll in on Lake Erie count?

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - scrapbooking?

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning - sadly...

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty - too young to remember it.

18. Grown your own vegetables - absolutely! The best Green Peppers!

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France - yes. Loved the Louvre.

20. Slept on an overnight train - in Europe. Best way to travel between countries and save on hotels!

21. Had a pillow fight - duh! Still do!

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill - mental health day!

24. Built a snow fort - definitely!

25. Held a lamb - so cute and cuddly!

26. Gone skinny dipping - yep! Long ago!

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse - very cool - watched it with a homemade pinhole camera!

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset - frequently.

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise - part of our Honeymoon!

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person - too young to remember.

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community - Berlin, OH

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - is that possible?

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing - watched the kids climb!

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke - with Avery PTO mom's!

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt - too young to remember.

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant - yes.

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight - watch out for the crabs!

46. Been transported in an ambulance - in the middle of a horrible blizzard - March 2008

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 - we chose not to go all the way to the top because of poor weather.

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling - Mexico and the Bahamas

52. Kissed in the rain - as often as possible

53. Played in the mud - sometimes on purpose!

54. Gone to a drive-in theater - fun times!

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business - if direct sales counts...

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies - very year!

62. Gone whale watching - multiple times on both coasts!

63. Got flowers for no reason - not often enough

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - frequently

65. Gone sky diving - never!

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp - we were close to one. My parents wouldn't let me go because I was 12. My dad went.

67. Bounced a check - once.

68. Flown in a helicopter - couple of times.

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - still have my Breyer Horses

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial - long ago

71. Eaten Caviar - salty fish eggs. yuck.

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square - was part of the Guinness Book of World Records for largest group tap dancing that year. It was Garfield's birthday.

74. Toured the Everglades - parts of them

75. Been fired from a job - once

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone - my humerus in 6th grade

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - closest I've been is a moped.

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person - when i was about 6.

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car - 1994 Saturn SL1

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper - for an Explorer's activity in High school

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House - field trip with my mom's gifted kids

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - fish

88. Had chickenpox - 1st grade, i think

89. Saved someone's life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous - was at Mershon when Martin Scorsese was there. He waved at me.

92. Joined a book club - yep

93. Lost a loved one - sadly

94. Had a baby - two!

95. Seen the Alamo in person - in Texas for a math conference

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone - these days, who doesn't?

99. Been stung by a bee - only once

100. Read an entire book in one day - as often as possible!