What Have I Done?

The things I've done are bold. Commentary in parenthesis

1. Started your own blog (obviously)
2. Slept under the stars (In a tent under the stars, but without covering? Nope.)
3. Played in a band (as long as school bands count)
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 (I've climbed on a mountain, but not any backpack and pickax action)
9. Held a praying mantis (and I don't plan to)
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 (X 2)
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 ( I'm 98% certain I saw the Mona Lisa in Italy. I thought that is where it is kept? Maybe she was just visiting?)
20. Slept on an overnight train (I've ridden an overnight train, but I didn't sleep)
21. Had a pillow fight (O.K., who hasn't?)
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 (the master says we will this weekend. ;0) )
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 (how ancestral are we talking here?)
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 (but I want to)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (when Ian ate rat poisoning...not a fun memory)
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 (favorite childhood pastime)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China (again, want to, want to, want to)
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
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (but not written one that I knew was going to bounce. They were written in good--albeit misplaced--faith)
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 Guard in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (The master drove a motorcycle when we were dating, but he always observed the speed limit)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (but ne'er again thanks to Dave Ramsey)
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 (killin' the varmints is men's work)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life (I think I have played a significant part in saving Marina's life. I feel strongly that continued exposure to institutional life would have been devastating for her. I am so thankful God let us bring her home when we did.)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (I ate dinner with Senator Phil Graham once. Does that count?)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one (This is a tough one. My grandparents were all gone by the time I was 17. I did love them, but I don't remember grieving much for their passing. I only recall feeling relief for them. I don't think I've ever directly experienced raw grief connected with death.)
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person (like any other red-blooded Texan)
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit (We settled out of court, but did bring a case against the man who defaulted on his loan to buy our vending machine business.)
98. Owned a cell phone (If the pre-paid phones from WallM*rt count.)
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day (more times than I can count)

So how about you? What have you done?