Life Accomplishments

I copied this from GreenStyleMom...It was pretty cool to see all I've accomplished. Of course, the majority of them took place during college years and early 20's.


1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars (I'm not a "camper", but I have done it a few times)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (On our honeymoon...one day we'll go back. How many years until all the kids are in sleepaway summer camp???)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (I think Disneyworld counts. Also, EuroDisney. Really)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (I played Mr Fox in a musical rendition of Fox & Sox at my camp when I was probably around 12. Not only did I sing several solo's, but they were all tongue twisters!)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (I never quite enjoy a hard-boiled egg the same way without thinking of this hideous experience)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (I try!)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (It was much smaller than I expected. And covered with bullet-proof glass)
20. Slept on an overnight train
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
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (Who could afford that as a poor college student backpacking through Europe??? I was lucky I could eat gelato - top priority of course!)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (3, in fact. 2 to the Carribbean and 1 to Alaska - all with my grandmother. My sister and I were the only ones in the under-60's set for sure)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (If Woody Woodpecker doesn't inspire this trip, what would?)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (I'm not sure what town they were from, but I did go to Austria and loved it!)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (I wish I had known it at the time!)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person (It's seriously at like a 45 degree angle!)
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David (It's huge! The statue, of course)
41. Sung karaoke (Let's just say that if a certain video of me performing the Tiffany song "I think we're alone now" were to crop up, it might spoil any of my chances of doing ANYTHING)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
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 (Joe and I took a trip to Tortola, BVI at the beginning of our relationship. We took the whole class on scuba and then he couldn't go down b/c of a head cold. He sat patiently on deck while I went down and it was amazing. Poor guy didn't realize he was sitting on a cooler of beer the whole time)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (Almost, maybe one day...I was going to be a professional organizer. I still might one day!)
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. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (Toe)
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle (I was a little kid and got burned of course)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (Simply amazing! I can't wait to go back with Joe and the kids one day)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican (My friend and I got a private tour "behind the scenes" and were able to see the Pope's chapel, his closet of robes, and the Vatican gift room. Who would have thought 2 nice Jewish girls from East Coast USA would have had that chance???)
82. Bought a brand new car (And we still have it!)
83. Walked in Jerusalem (Another amazing place I can't wait to visit again)
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (And it wasn't so bad...)
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Yes, everyone, the famous person I met was a Mr Red Buttons. Old person extraordinaire. On the old person cruise)
92. Joined a book club (I started one in my 20's. It was really fun, but too many people. So, not great for book discussions, but great for socializing!)
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby (3, in fact!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person (Just the outside, but long enough to ask if they had a basement. Thank you, Pee Wee)
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee