99 things to do

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I rarely do memes any more but this looked like fun.
The rules are simple: bold the things you’ve done.
* NOTE: Edited Dec.2013 to use stars instead because Bold does not work in WordPress)
Explanations are optional. Fun is guaranteed.

1. Started my own blog – (surprise!)*
2. Slept under the stars * (tried for about an hour but could not sleep)
3. Played in a band * (does piano accompaniment for a quartet count?)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower*
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world *(Legoland in Denmark count?)
8. Climbed a mountain * (on trails)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (played piano solo though)
11. Bungee jumped (never never!)
12. Visited Paris (maybe next year) (*did it in 2009!)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (can’t remember, but I have seen many on the prairies)
14. Taught myself an art from scratch*
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning* (bad shrimp at a lunch counter)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables*
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (see #12*)
20. Slept on an overnight train* (the last time was from Frankfurt to Prague, and back – a rickety, shaky old train it was, so not much sleep actually!)
21. Had a pillow fight* (with my brother)
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill* (on a bad “time of the month”)
24. Built a snow fort*
25. Held a lamb*
26. Gone skinny dipping* (love it after sauna!)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (does a vaporetto count?)
29. Seen a total eclipse*
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset*
31. Hit a home run* (when I was a kid)
32. Been on a cruise* (Helsinki to St. Petersburg, Russia)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person* (the Canadian side)
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors* (in Finland)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language* (does English immersion at the age of five count?)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied*
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person*
39. Gone rock climbing* (not the extreme kind)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David* (I cried)
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant*
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight*
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted* (sketched only)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person* (wow!)
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (*see # 12)
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 (being an artist count?)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia* (see # 32)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching* (on the west coast of Vancouver Island)
63. Got flowers for no reason*
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (no way!)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy* (my children’s)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar* (what’s so special about it?)
72. Pieced a quilt* (a jacket, vest and pillow covers)
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job* (had a job disappear under me)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone* (twice)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle* (terrified, with a Finnish cousin)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican* (the museum only, amazing!)
82. Bought a brand new car* (my first was an orange 1970 VW Beetle)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper* (a few times)
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (unless fish count)
88. Had chickenpox*
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (define famous)
92. Joined a book club (I’m not a joiner)
93. Lost a loved one* (several)
94. Had a baby* (three times)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee*

First found at Finnish blogger Anniina’s Mischievous Muse, then seen at Pica’s place.

UPDATES: Kate of Wombat’s World and Wandering Coyote have done this too!

And here is Black Pete’s

December 10, 2008 in Blogging, Neat stuff by Marja-Leena