Melinda Morley

I found this on Julie Wright’s blog. She is a great author and a friend of mine. (Yes, I’m name dropping, what’s it to you?)

Feel free to copy it and use it if you like (After all, I did). You highlight those things you’ve done.

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 than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis (on my head, thanks cousin Steve.)
10. Sang a solo (Extremely terrifying. Worse than a praying mantis on your head.)                                                                                                                                             11. Bungee jumped
12. Been to the top of a lighthouse
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
 20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (my mom was sooo mad.)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill     
24. Built a snow fort (many, many, many times. I grew up in Driggs.)
25. Held a lamb (their fur, I mean wool, is disgusting.)
26. Gone skinny dipping (Yikes!)
27. Ran a Marathon
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 (England! I wish!)
35. Seen an Amish Community                                                                                               
36. Taught yourself a new language (working on it…)
37.Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David (do replica’s count? They should.)
41. Sung karaoke                                                                                                                       42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (many times)
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 (I hate the water!)
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (Many, many, many times. Driggs. You know.)
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
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 (I wish!)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (Grew up in Driggs, is that close enough?) hahaha
67. Eaten New England clam chowder in New England 
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt (So not fun..)
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 (Thanks to the same cousin that put a praying mantis on my head.)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (Thanks, George!)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (I will do this!)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (I’m too frugal.)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I watched, though.)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life (These two kids were out in the deep end and I braved the water, I know.)
90. Sat on a jury (it was only a play, but I think it should count, too.)
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (I’ve been planning this one for years.)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee