Monday, November 10, 2008

Life To-Do List Tag

Bold the 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
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
(rappelled count?)
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
(not allowed since 9/11)
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
(and slept in many snow caves as well)
25. Held a lamb

26. Gone swimming in the ocean at night

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 (wasn't much...)
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 (caricature)

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
(Bottom count?)
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
(bought them count?)
62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason
(and given)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check (doh!)
68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar
(yech!)
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

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. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
(well the wife has...)
95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
(and I live here... embarassing!)
97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

85 - not bad...

6 comments:

Janet said...

Pieced a quilt? Really? Very interesting.

Keith Parsons said...

Janet,

I did spend a summer when I was 14 living with Grandma Carlsen. It was either that or go out in the hay fields with my allergies...

What can I say, I took the easy way and spent many days working on quilts with Grandma.

And never did learn her story of why she made them like you found out.

Keith

Karrissa Winward said...

Cool dad! That was fun to read. After your trip around the world you will be able to add a few more!!

Richard B said...

It certainly is most interesting to me to read the interaction of Janet and Keith. As we age we seem to connect more with our siblings. Thanks for sharing and blogging.

Gram said...

Don't feel bad, Keith. She was my mother and I never knew the story. You would think she would tell me. I always appreciated the quilts and loved the ones she made for my children.

I am happy you have done so many things in your life. You have been blessed in many ways. Thanks to my children and grandchildren I spend a lot of my day reading their blogs. I appreciate all of you and love that you share your lives with us this way. I spoke to a lady at th Seville today who was sad she never learned to type because her family didn't have money for paper. I told her about the blogs of my kids and grandchildren. She was amazed and thought how wonderful it is that they are recording their photos and history his way.

Tina & Martin said...

OK. I will comment on your list with ,y marks.

And I will add Tinas too in a combined effort.

SOme of the more Americans ones are hard to get to for us in Europe.