99 Things

Happy Monday, friends!

Are you sick of hearing about my trip yet? Hope not because I'm only halfway done! ;)

But instead of another recap today, I'm going to break up the posts with a fun little thing I've seen floating around the blog world. I used to do these kinds of things plus surveys all the time back when Xangas were cool. It really doesn't serve any purpose, but it's kind of cool to see the things that I've done and things I haven't! I hope that it's at least as entertaining for you as it was for me.

The only rule is to bold out what you've already done!

1. Started your own blog

Well, duh. You're reading it!

2. Slept under the stars

Many nights spent camping when I was younger. Not too often now though, which needs to change.

3. Played in a band

Does being in chorus count?

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

I'm sure I've done this but I can't pinpoint a time or place?

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

Let's be real, Disney WORLD is actually much better and the only one that really counts...

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

Does a duet at my moms wedding count?

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

Photography! And still learning daily :)

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

Ha! This is funny for many reasons. Me, growing anything? And vegetables at that? 

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

Sleeping on an overnight plane is bad enough, I'll pass on the 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

I will soon! October 28, 2012!

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

It was amazing! And he even let us help 'drive' the gondola.

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

Hahahah I'm lucky if I can even hit the ball.

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

Maybe I haven't seen Niagara Falls but Iguazu Falls are better anyway ;) 

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

Maybe before I answer this question I should learn where that is...

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

I don't like this question. Money shouldn't be what 'truly satisfies' someone.

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

How about at a fast food drive thru?

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

Does a caricature count?

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

I've been in a commercial! But possibly a movie soon... ;)

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

Working on that photography business now!

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

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

And I'll be going again soon at the end of this month!

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 a passenger on a motorcycle

I'd like to be...anyone want to take me for a ride?

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

One time in college my parents and brother went without me. It was super awesome of them.

80. Published a book

Elementary school. It was awesome! 

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

I had a picture that I took in the paper! That counts right? It's still my picture...

85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year's Eve

86. Visited the White House

Only the outside though...

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someones life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

The cast of One Tree Hill, woohoo! Oh and Tyler Hansborough, but that's not significant.

92. Joined a book club

93. Got a tattoo

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

It hurt, and since I was stung right on the top of my head I thought that the stinger was going to go straight through my brain and cut my head open. I was an interesting child...

Alright...now it's your turn!

And in other news, yesterday I made these amaaaazing cupcakes for Mother's Day. They were the bomb and momma loved them, which is the important part. :)

But more on those later!

Happy Monday!

B.Hines