1. Started your own blog.
I started blogging around in the early summer of 2000. I’ve been hooked ever since. I’d like to see one person out there tell me all of my old blog names. They’d be a true fan. I don’t even know if I can remember!
2. Slept under the stars.
Not the entire night, but definitely here and there. As a child, and as an adult on drugs, ha.
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower.
It was one of our favorite things to do as children.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
A small mountain in Penticton, BC. It wasn’t difficult. Like I said, it was small.
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
A couple of times.
13. Watched a lightning storm
Um, about a zillion? The ones in the BVI were the best.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
Pretty much taught myself sewing!
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of The Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables.
Seriously one of the best things in life.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
Who goes to Paris and doesn’t see the Mona Lisa? Hello!
20. Slept on an overnight train
Yes, several times across Canada and Europe.
21. Had a pillow fight
Haha, yes. I have a younger sister who I shared a room with until I moved out!
22. Hitch hiked.
All the time in my early twenties.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.
Yes!
24. Built a snow fort
There is nothing else to do in the winter in the country.
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
We lived on a lake when I was growing up and when our well would dry up in the summer, we’d bathe in the lake. Also, skinny dipping is awesome!
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse
Yeah.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
Um, yeah?
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
Yes! In the winter!
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen an Amish community
Accidentally outside of Waterloo, Ontario. We took a wrong turn, and all of a sudden there were horses and buggies!
36. Taught yourself a new language
Some sign language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
Indoors and outdoors.
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen the Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa.
Lived in West Africa for nearly six months.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
Yes. Many times. I love being from near the ocean.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
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
Yep! It was night. We couldn’t see much.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
Both. Clive and I agree that he and I would jump off the plane and head right for the ocean if we were to visit the BVI again. First thing’s first!
52. Kissed in the rain
Totally.
53. Played in the mud
I’m a country girl. Of course.
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
Clive brought me to one in Ontario. I also landed in the middle of one the second time I went skydiving by accident.
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
A couple!
58. Taken a martial arts class
Just for fun, never seriously.
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching.
Yes, I was so seasick.
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, etc.
65. Gone sky diving
Yes, when I was 15.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
Yes, my bunny.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Yep! Lincoln is huge!
71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job
Yes, without being given a reason. It was really hard to deal with.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Yes. It wasn’t very exciting.
77. Broken a bone
My toe.
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
When I was in grade 12, I started a Communist-Socialist group, and I was in the newspaper for it.
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
Yes, but only the outside. I gave it the finger.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
I was in grade 12. It was awful.
89. Saved someone’s life
Does pulling a piece of orange out of Ash’s mouth count? He was pretty much choking….
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
One of my best high school friends (and ex boyfriend) committed suicide in grade 12. It changed me forever.
94. Had a baby.
Best experience of my entire life!
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a mobile phone
99. Been stung by a bee
This summer I was stung while picking blackberries for Ash. I thought I was bitten by a snake at first for some reason.
100. Read an entire book in one day
My mom is a librarian. I was brought up reading.
