Things I have done or haven't done
My son posted this list on his blog so I wanted to see what my list would look like. Do it too. Its fun. Bold the things you have done............comment if you wish!
Started your own blog
Slept under the stars
Played in a band
Visited Hawaii with kids and spouses
Watched a meteor shower on the school lawn with kids
Given more than you can afford to charity
Been to Disneyland
Climbed a mountain
Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo
Bungee jumped
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 (walked around it and floated by)
Grown your own vegetables (tomatoes)
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
Slept on an overnight train
Had a pillow fight
Hitch hiked
Taken a sick day when you're not ill
Built a snow fort
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a Marathon
Ridden in a gondola in Venice & loved it
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset
Hit a home run
Been on a cruise
Seen Niagara Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
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 (saw the one in Florence square)
Sung karaoke
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 (A Caricature)
Gone deep sea fishing in Cancun
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling [snorkeling]
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gone to a drive-in theater
Been in a movie (Tifferella, a classic!)
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Taken a martial arts class
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout Cookies
Gone whale watching
Got flowers for no reason
Donated blood
Gone sky diving
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
Bounced a check oops
Flown in a helicopter
Saved a favorite childhood toy (my dolls)
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten Caviar
Pieced a 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
Had your picture in the newspaper
Read the entire Bible
Visited the White House
Killed and prepared an animal for eating
Had chickenpox
Saved someone's life
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one (my parents)
Had a baby (6 wonderful ones)
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Great Salt Lake
been involved in a law suit (a terrible time in my life)
Owned a cell phone
Been stung by a bee
Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your blog
Other things I have done...
Walked into the Taj Mahal
Stood at the top of Jung Frau (in Swiss Alps)
Straddled the Center of the Earth at the Equator in Ecuador
Sat beside the grave of Gandhi
Kissed at the Tr eve' Fountain in Rome
Climbed to the top the the pyramid of the Sun in Mexico City
Gazed at the beauty of Wordsworth's lake district in England
Witnesses the Trouping of the Colors & saw Queen Elizabeth
Stood on spot where "the shot heard round the world" was fired
Witnessed Pope John XIV last Easter address at the Vatican
Organized a presentation for over 500 Cresches
Saw the Macy's Day parade
Stood and mourned at Antietam and Gettysburg
Mourned with a friend whose husband had cheated on her
Made sure Christmas came to some poor families
Sewed my daughters Easter dress
Hosted a scavenger hunt
Held the hand of my dying father
Kissed my sweetheart on the Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal
Entered the "House of the Dying" in India
Helped clean the jungle for a hospital in Gudalur, India
Slept in a jungle hut
Road on the back of an elephant in a jungle reserve in India
Held my newest grandchild just new from heaven
Saw a Prophet of God face to face
Shook hands with an apostle of the Lord
Designed a chandelier
Watched the snow fall at midnight
Marveled at the tulip fields in Holland
Saw the North Shore of Prince Edward Island
Witnessed a Space shot from Cape Kennedy
Helped with the clean up of Hurricane Andrew
Had just one love of my life
These are just a few moments of my life. I've noted them only because it is my 64th Birthday and I marvel at the experiences God has allowed me to experience.
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3 comments:
What? YOU bought a NEW car? that must have been BEFORE the Gordon days! hahah
and which prophet did you see and which apostles hand did you shake?
Tell us about it.
ANd yes, you have had some great experiences in your life. Truly blessed!!
I like your list sooo much better. You are an amazing woman and had some amazing experiences. Your life is full of great moments... by the way, I am proud of you with how cute your blog is!!
I love the "other stuff" you have done.
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