Things I’ve Done
Since everyone else in the February Bloggers has done this, I guess I’ll have to!
The things I’ve done are marked with an asterick.
*Started your own blog
*Slept under the stars
*Played in a band (trumpet)
Visited Hawaii
*Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford to charity
*Been to Disneyland/world
*Climbed a mountain
*Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo (No, and for that you should be very grateful.)
Bungee jumped (no but does ziplining count?)
Visited Paris
Watched a lightning storm at sea
*Taught yourself an art from scratch
Adopted a child
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
*Slept on an overnight train
*Had a pillow fight
Hitchhiked
*Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
*Built a snow fort
*Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
*Been to a Broadway show in NY
Ran a Marathon
Been in three states at once
Ridden in a gondola in Venice
*Seen a total eclipse
Hit a home run
Been on a Cruise (Not until I’m so feeble it is the only way I can travel)
*Seen Niagara Falls in Person
Visited the birthplace of your Ancestors (I’m such a “mutt” I can’t figure out who my ancestors were, much less where they were born)
*Seen an Amish community
Taught yourself a new language
Had enough money to be truly satisfied
*Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
*Gone rock climbing
*Seen Michelangelo’s David
*Sung karaoke (Worse than bad)
*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 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 (Shark-Ray Alley in Belize. Wonderful)
*Kissed in the rain
*Played in the mud
Been to Grace Kelley’s grave in Monaco
*Gone to a drive-in
Been in a movie
Visited the Great Wall of China
*Started a business (two of them)
Taken a martial arts class
Swam in the Mediterranean Sea
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
*Sold Girl Scout cookies
*Gone whale watching
*Gotten flowers for no reason
*Donated blood, platelets or plasma
Gone sky diving
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
*Bounced a check
Saved a favorite childhood toy
*Visited the Lincoln Memorial
*Eaten Caviar
*Pieced a quilt (my brothers panel for the AIDS 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 (I only WISH. Someday!)
*Had your picture in the newspaper
*Read the entire Bible
*Visited the White House
Killed and prepared my own meat (does fish count?)
*Had chickenpox
*Saved someone’s life (she was going into a diabetic coma — while she was driving a car)
Sat on a jury
*Met someone famous (oddly enough, given my own obscurity, I’ve met quit a few)
*Joined a book club (currently in 3)
*Lost a loved one (many more than one)
*Had a baby (twice)
*Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Great Salt Lake
*Been involved in a law suit (only as a professional witness, however)
*Been stung by a bee
Fun to read. I think zip-lining definitely counts!
Wow! The trumpet.. me too (and self-taught trombone, for about a year). How long did you play it? Do you subscribe to the theory that trumpet players are better kissers?
Haven’t been to Hawaii? That’s a surprise as it’s a very beautiful place (or, more accurately, “places”), and pretty accessible from the U.S.
Which of what you haven’t done would you really like to do?
Deborah responds: LOL, Brad! Actually, it was Jr. Hi band. I hated it. And I quite BECAUSE of that ugly red ring the mouthpiece left on my lips!
I can’t pick just one. But I would say ALL of the ones that involve travel. 😉
Cool list. Where did you zip-line?
Deborah responds: In the Santa Elana Cloud Forest near Monteverde in Costa Rica. A picture of me ziplinning used to be my header picture on this blog. Maybe I should change it back.
Great list, Deborah! What do you mean you have not done skinny dipping? You hooch making diva and zip lining risk taker you? LOL.
wow, you have done a lot of these of things! I love your header photo, by the way. Very cool.
Deborah responds: Thanks, Anne. That is the top of Mt. Lovcen in Montenegro. It is at the sight of the tomb of Montenegro’s national hero.
Great list! You have done a lot. I am impressed. You haven’t missed anything watching a lightening storm by sea. It is pretty scary.