Friday, June 27, 2008

I've been saving up for today

So - we are now in the throes of sleeping in and staying up late. It is beautiful! Oh my.
So, as all we do every day is clean the house and then library and park hop and play outside - ah the life!
So - I've been saving a list to post on a day when I needed a posting but didn't have a lot to say (yes, miracle I know.)

I saw this on a friend's blog...it was a HUGE list of things and you were to highlight things you have done and leave the other things blank. I took out the things I haven't done and left in (and added) the things I have done.

1) Slept under the stars
2) Stayed up all night and watched the sunrise
3) Changed a baby's diaper
4) Watched a meteor shower
5) Given more than you can afford to charity
6) Climbed a mountain
7) Held a tarantula
8) Said "I love you" and meant it
9) Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise
10) Gone to a huge sports game
11) Grown and eaten your own vegetables
12) Made jam
13) Canned vegetables
14) Walked behind a waterfall
15) Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
16) Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
17) Had a pillow fight
18) Taken a sick day when you're not ill
19) Built a snow fort
20) Held a lamb
21) Taken an ice cold bath
22) Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
23) Seen a total eclipse
24) Ridden a roller coaster
25) Hit a home run
26) Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
27) Adopted an accent for fun
28) Felt very happy about your life, even for just a moment
29) Loved your job 90% of the time
30) Had enough money to be truly satisfied
31) Gone rock climbing
32) Gone on a midnight walk on the beach
33) Ever bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
34) Bench-pressed your own weight
35) Milked a cow
36) Alphabetized your personal files
37) Sung karaoke
38) Lounged around in bed all day
39) Gone scuba diving
40) Kissed in the rain
41) Played in the mud
42) Gone to a drive-in theater
43) Done something you should regret, but don't
44) Started a business
45) Made cookies from scratch
46) Got flowers for no reason
47) Been in a combat zone
48) Spoken more than one language fluently
49) Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
50) Bounced a check
51) Read - and understood - your credit report
52) Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
53) Found out something significant that your ancestors did
54) Called or written your Congress person
55) Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
56) Helped an animal give birth
57) Been fired or laid off from a job
58) Won money
59) Broken a bone
60) Ridden a motorcycle
61) Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
62) Made and eaten cactus soup
63) Eaten sushi
64) Had your picture in the newspaper
65) Read The Bible cover to cover
66) Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
67) Gotten someone fired for their actions
68) Gone back to school
69) Changed your name
70) Caught a fly in the air with your bare hands
71) Eaten fried green tomatoes
72) Read The Iliad
73) Taught yourself an art from scratch
74) Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
75) Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
76) Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
77) Dyed your hair (how many times and colors?)
78) Been a DJ
79) Rocked a baby to sleep
80) Raked your carpet (ahh..those 70’s)
81) Brought out the best in people
82) Brought out the worst in people
83) Worn a mood ring (wearing one right now!)
84) Ridden a horse
85) Carved an animal from a piece of wood or bar of soap
86) Cooked a dish where four people asked for the recipe
87) Shot a basketball into a basket
88) Danced at a disco
89) Played in a band
90) Tutored someone
91) Ridden a train
92) Brought an old fad back into style
93) Eaten caviar
94) Let a salesman talk you into something you didn’t need
95) Pieced a quilt (how many?)
96) Lived in an historic place
97) Acted in a play or performed on a stage
98) Asked for a raise
99) Made a hole-in-one
100) Gone deep sea fishing
101) Gone roller skating
102) Spent the night in a 5-star luxury suite
103) Sang a solo
104) Gone spelunking
105) Learned how to take a compliment
106) Written a love-story
107) Written a fan letter
108) Owned a St. Bernard or Great Dane
109) Learned to juggle
110) Been a boss
111) Gone on a diet
112) Found an arrowhead or a gold nugget
113) Written a poem
114) Carried your lunch in a lunchbox
115) Gotten food poisoning
116) Gone on a service, humanitarian or religious mission
117) Sat on a park bench and fed the ducks
118) Worn knickers
119) Attended the Olympics
120) Can hula or waltz
121) Read dozens of Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books
122) Had a revelatory dream
123) Thought you might crash in an airplane
124) Had a song dedicated to you on the radio or at a concert
125) Know how to tat, smock or do needlepoint
126) Laughed till your side hurt
127) Straddled the equator
128) Taken a photograph of something other than people that is worth framing
129) Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
130) Donated blood or plasma
131) Built a campfire
132) Kept a blog
133) Had hives
134) Made a PowerPoint presentation
135) Served at a soup kitchen
136) Know CPR
137) Ridden in or owned a convertible
138) Found a long lost friend
139) Lived in a foreign country
140) Eaten snail soup
141) Laughed until you cried
142) Written an autobiography
143) Visited all of the American continents
144) Eaten pig cheeks, ears, and intestines
145) Chopped wood
146) Done laundry by hand
147) Drawn water by hand
148) Caught a lizard’s tail
149) Been on TV
150) Walked to school
151) Changed a bedpan
152) Taught someone to walk

1 comment:

lizzie said...

you owned a dog?

and did you buy that rainbow?