Have You Ever?

I got 11 hours of sleep last night, thanks to my friend NyQuil. I'm still coughing and feeling stuffy, but at least I slept last night. Unfortunately, my kids seem a little snufflier every morning. Which means the cold may hit them head on when we are at my folks. Note to self: pack drugs!

Found this list on Joyful Dreamer's blog. (And please tell her her hair does not look that bad.) She credited Fishy Girl (who lives on the Outer Banks, check out her snow pictures from last week) for posting it, who credited someone else, who probably credited, .... Anywho, the list is fun. If you have time, or looking for a quick blog posting, cut, paste and edit to your experiences. Enjoy!

1. Started your own blog - Welcome

2. Slept under the stars-in a tent - under the stars and in a tent

3. Played in a band - does an air band count?

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower - just one falling star?

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland/world

8. Climbed a mountain - How big does this mountain have to be?

9. Held a praying mantis - Come on, I have boys

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped - I will go rock climbing and rappelling (see #8 & #39), but the whole bungee thing disturbs me.

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - Don't have the patience

15. Adopted a child

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

20. Slept on an overnight train - I've ridden on trains, but I don't thing overnight. I've slept overnight in cars. But that is another story.

21. Had a pillow fight - If you haven't I will wonder about your childhood

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - It's called a mental health day

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon - ROFL

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice - I've been to Venice but we didn't ride in a gondola. Probably because I was 8 or 9 years-old at the time and my folks figured taking 3 young children on a narrow boat was not the thing of good times.

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run - On the Wii

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community - LOL, seriously! OK, I'm Mennonite (part of the Anabaptist tradition which the Amish come from) Would someone pleases tell me why Amish and Conservative Mennonites are so interesting (for the record I am not conservative.)

36. Taught yourself a new language - LOL

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - The problem is I didn't realize we were truly satisfied until it was gone. C'est la Vie.

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

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight - We were at the beach this summer. How did Hubby and I miss this one?

46. Been transported in an ambulance - Oh, my kids would love this one.

47. Had your portrait painted - Does a caricature from Hershey Park count?

48. Gone deep sea fishing - OK, I was 3 or 4, on a boat, on the ocean, and there were fishing poles.

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 - Home Movies

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 - Actually it was a sandwich truck, but same concept. We were serving food to the homeless.

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies - Traumatized to this day and still trying to defrost my hands. Who's idea was it to have a door-to-door fundraiser in the middle of winter.

62. Gone whale watching

63. Gotten flowers for no reason - I love my Hubby. And my kids.

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - Due to the mad cow rule I can no longer donate, something about being in England during the '80s.

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check - Bounced a check no. Paid a tiny fortune with overdraft protection, yes.

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - My Teddy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square ??? OK, I've been to New York several times. I've been in the vicinity of Times Square. Do I remember standing in Times Square? All these experiences were wasted on my youth.

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job - It was a telemarketing job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone - A toe. It was never diagnosed. It just hurt, looked funny and I taped it up.

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book - I've photocopied lots of books while in college.

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car - What is the deal with the new car smell? It makes me sick.

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

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury - No, thanks to being out of the state or being pregnant. Knock, knock on wood.

91. Met someone famous - How famous? Mildly famous? Seen through a crowd?

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby - 3

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 - And each time the reaction gets worse