99 Things

I can't remember now from whom I stole this list. (If it was you, let me know and I'll give you credit.)

It made me think. There are so many things I still want to do in life. I've been finding myself without motivation lately. Feeling down and a tad depressed, lazy and lethargic.

If I want to accomplish more of these things I need to get off my ass! Seriously start working. On myself and on the savings account. Our kids will be leaving for college in the visible future and the hubs and I will have the house to ourselves and more freedom that we've ever known. I think this list looks like a good place to start.

Who's with me!?

My accomplishments are listed in Bold.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more to charity than you could afford to.
7. Been to Disney
8. climbed a mountain – I was on a mountain. Shut up. I’m counting it.
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch – crochet is an art. What? It is!
15. Adopted a child-well, I didn’t. But my husband adopted my child.
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the statue of liberty life
18. Grown your own vegetables-I’ve done this, just not for years.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
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 – technically it was a 5K, but I felt like it was a marathon, so it counts.
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language-guess I won’t mark this one, but I am slowly teaching myself some Dutch. My husband is fluent and I want to have conversations with him where no one else knows what’s going on.
37. had enough money to be truly satisfied-the bills are paid and the kids aren’t starving. We’re good.
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 erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant-I bought a homeless man a McDonald’s meal and took it to him.
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight – On our honeymoon...Mmmm....
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted-not painted, but drawn.
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-again on the honeymoon
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-An Etsy Shop.
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen-one year when I was a poor, single mother I volunteered to serve in the local kitchen/food pantry between college semesters.
61. Sold girl scout cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason-Hubs used to buy me flowers every time he won the weekly poker game.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Been sky diving
66. Visited a concentration camp
67. Bounced a check –sadly, more than once.
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln memorial
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt-my Grandma helped me when I was about 12. I still have it and still use it.
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
78. Been a passenger on a 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-more than once. I’m from a very small, very boring town.
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-Jani Lane *swoon*
92. Joined a book club
93. Gotten a tattoo-I have 5)
94. Had a baby-2 in fact
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the great salt lake
97. Been involved in a law suit-a scumbag of a landlord sued us for back rent we didn’t owe. Obviously he lost.
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Which of these have you done? Which do you want to do? There are many that I'd like to add. I'd love to do most of the things listed here. Ok, I might be too old to play in a band and maybe not the skydiving or bungee jumping and if I never killed and prepared an animal I'd still feel complete. I'd swap those for things like traveling by RV or reaching 100 blog followers, learning how to text message without punctuation and owning more than 10 pairs of shoes.