Been There, Done That

I found this 100 Life Experiences somewhere while perusing the web. Simply indicate the things you’ve done (or claim to have done) in boldface...

Started your own blog
Slept under the stars
Played in a band (mostly sang)
Visited Hawai’i
Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford to charity
Been to Disneyland (and Disney World)
Climbed a mountain
Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo
Bungee jumped (considered this)
Visited Paris (well, went from one airport to another. does that count?)
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Taught yourself an art from scratch (sewing primarily)
Adopted a child (i've sponsored a child for 19 years, but not adopted)
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (maybe. can't remember?)
Grown your own vegetables
Seen the Mona Lisa in France
Slept on an overnight train (in India and China)
Had a pillow fight
Hitchhiked (in Germany. when it was safe)
Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
Built a snow fort
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a marathon (run a 10k. 1/2 marathon is a someday goal)
Ridden in a gondola in Venice
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset
Hit a home run
Been on a cruise
Seen Niagara Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
Seen an Amish community
Taught yourself a new language (a little bit of bengali and tamil)
Had enough money to be truly satisfied
Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
Gone rock climbing
Seen Michelangelo’s David
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
Visited Africa (someday...)
Walked on a beach by moonlight
Been transported in an ambulance
Had your portrait painted
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (climbed all 768 steps of the Ulmer Münster)
Gone SCUBA diving or snorkeling (snorkeling)
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gone to a drive-in theater
Been in a movie (a home movie)
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Taken a martial arts class (imitated the student's in my brother's martial arts class)
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout Cookies
Gone whale watching
Got flowers for no reason
Donated blood, platelets or plasma
Gone sky diving (used to want to do this)
Visited a Nazi concentration camp
Bounced a check
Flown in a helicopter (one of my kids really wants to do this)
Saved a favorite childhood toy
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten caviar
Pieced a quilt
Stood in Times Square
Toured the Everglades (maybe)
Been fired from a job
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Broken a bone
Been on a speeding motorcycle
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
Published a book
Visited the Vatican
Bought a brand new car (my mom won a brand new car)
Walked in Jerusalem
Had your picture in the newspaper
Read the entire Bible
Visited the White House
Killed and prepared an animal for eating
Had chickenpox
Saved someone’s life
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one
Had a baby
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Great Salt Lake
Been involved in a law suit
Owned a cell phone
Been stung by a bee
Read an entire book in one day


Fifty-eight out of one hundred: not bad. How about you? Which of these things have you done?