Tuesday, January 6, 2009

99 Things to do in 2009...




Happy New Year! Here's a picture of the snow taken a week before Christmas. We're supposed to get a big storm tonight so I'm just getting ready for it.

I have seen this post on several blogs before and thought it would be fun and easy to do. I'm lacking on the creative side as far as blogging. It seems I'm wittier and funnier in my own mind than in reality. I have to learn to write things down the moment I think of them because when I actually try to recreate what I originally thought, my mind goes blank. Does this happen to anyone else?

So anyway, back to the list. It will be fascinating (for me anyway :)) to revisit this list in 2010 to see what I have been able to add to it. If you want to play, bold the things that you've done and post on your blog. Give me a head's up because I would love to see your list. In the future I want to post my life list which is nowhere near complete. It's a goal anyway though, right? :)

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

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

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

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

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

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

41. Sung karaoke

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

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

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone dolphin watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (donated platelets for 2 of my kids)

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

78. Been on a speeding 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

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

92. read an entire book in one day

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

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

Much love from NJ,
Sue
xoxo

I just looked out the window and when I started this post it wasn't snowing. It's now officially snowing and looks like a blizzard.....

1 comment:

  1. Yes!! The same thing happens to me. I swear. I hate it when that happens. And lately, I'll be honest, I have just lost some steam. Maybe I'll regain it, maybe I won't. I don't know. But I do hear that there is an "ebb and flow" in blogging, just with every other thing in life. So we shall see.

    Love that list, but there are some things on there that I DEFINITELY do not want to do! :) I'm sure they're easily spotted for many people.

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