Tagged
Undaunted has tagged me with this Meme! It’s a list of 100 things, and the ones in bold are the ones I’ve actually done .
1. Started my own blog (seems like a gimme since it is a blog tag afterall.)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain (I lived in the Black Hills and often climbed small mountains and very large hills.)
9. Held a praying mantis
10.Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child (I’m guessing the 4-legged kind doesn’t count.)
16. Had food poisoning (mild case)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort. (I grew up in Minnesota, We’d pour water over them to make them indestructable and when done, wage war against the neighbors and/or my brother.)
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping Once when I was young (as in teenager) and once when I was not so young.
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 my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
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
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted Not really, but have been sketched on more than one occasion.
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 Many times did the dusk till dawn. What fun!
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
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (Not healthy enough)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (Never did, but in my youth I played beat the bank more than once.)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (why would I?)
72. Pieced a quilt (as a child with my grandmother)
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (Long story short, my boss was going to be sued by a customer and wanted me to lie, I refused.)
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 (Not yet, but it’s on my bucket list.)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I helped butcher, but never participated in the killing. I’ve always said that if I had to kill it myself I’m sure I’d become a vegetarian.)
88.Had chickenpox
89.Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91.Met someone famous (Hmmm, I suppose it depend on just how famous?)
92.Joined a book club
93.Lost a loved one
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 (is that a rare thing?)
100. Ridden an elephant
So you can see I don’t travel abroad much . . . or travel in the US much . . . or travel anywhere outside of my artshow area, um . . . much. 
As usual my dilemma is that I don’t read a whole lot of blogs and most of the time I lurk for a bit and then move on. (Most often because the bloger has quit writing.) I am unsure whether either of you two would participate in a Meme, so I tagged you both.
Robert
Melanie
Wow, you read the entire Bible and Saved someone’s life!?!? Very interesting read, but I wish you would have said more about those two.
Actually I’ve read the bible more than once. I have an interest in Religious philosophies. I’ve also read Morman Bible, Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, the Koran and a few others. I am a voracious reader and can consume a book in very little time.
I’d say it counts!
Sorry it took me so long to reply on this, I’ve got way behind on blog reading!
That snow fort sounds great! I’d like to know more about your solo and your childhood toy!
My solo was at church once. I’m a horrible singer so not sure how that happened. Also can’t read music, learned everything by ear. I imagine it was because I lived in a tiny community. My home town had 150 people. My school had k-12 all in one small brick building. It doesn’t take much to excel in so small a group.
My childhood toy would be my Breyer horses. (Small plastic horses) Every year all I ever wanted for Christmas was a new Breyer. ( All the other little girls in my class begged for dolls, With the exception of my very best friend whose herd is larger than mine. We begged for horses.) I got my first one when I was 5 and I still have her and all the other 30 some odd head. Still occasionally add to my herd as well. Remember my Alborozo model from Kentucky.
Ahh, that’s lovely. I remember having a little plastic lion when I was very young, but it had fur type stuff stuck to it, and it’s mane was so soft I just couldn’t stop stroking it.
The piece I’m working on at the moment is (sort of) in memory of one of my all time favourite toys. When I’ve finished it I will post the story. I might just have to make a little lion now as well!