The List of 99 Meme

I found this meme this past weekend as I was surfing the net wasting time. Unfortunately, I'm unable to give credit where credit is due as I cut and pasted before taking note of the web site. That won't keep me from posting the rules of play and the challenge. These are "sillies" and I'm offering it up today because if I don't lighten up and play a bit, I'll find myself ranting, raving, and cursing the fates. And, we wouldn't want that.

So, here's what this meme is about: A List of 99 possible things one might have done (so far) in ones' life. Gee, just 99? Anyway, here's what you do: Copy and paste the 99 items below into your blog and then boldface the things you've done. Add an explanation if you like. Kind of fun to see what you have and haven't done on this list of 99.

1. Started your own blog (hello)

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band.

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity (me bad...)

7. Been to Disneyland/world

8. Climbed a mountain (does a large hill count?)

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped (and never will; don't need to as I done it in my dreams)

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (blogging...ha!)

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning (oh yes indeed, several times)

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (no, but I've been to the base of the SoL and looked up!)

18. Grown your own vegetables (tomatoes)

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (there she hangs in the Louvre in Paris)

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked (too dangerous for my tastes)

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (are you insane?/never)

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon (no but did a sprint triathlon once)

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 your ancestors (do parents count as ancestors?)

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language (does HTML count?)

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing (does rappelling down a 30 foot natural rock face count? I did it once and concluded it wasn't my thing.)

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David (twice: 1970 and 2008)

41 Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45 Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance (Vegas 1984...no more details outta me!)

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

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 (no, but I was on NBC in 1962; "Play Your Hunch")

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 (no, but I've eaten boxes and boxes)

62. Gone whale watching

63. Gotten flowers for no reason

64 Donated blood, platelets, or plasma (once in college and then turned around and went sledding right afterward...)

65. Gone sky diving (and never will; have begged my children to hold off any desire they may have until I'm dead)

66 Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (not yet but this one is on my list)

67 Bounced a check (girl, please....)

68. Flown in a helicopter (as a medical intern, flying out as part of a team picking up sick patients from other emergency rooms)

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar (not knowingly)

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone (maybe a toe bone; maybe)

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79 Seen the Grand Canyon in person (flew over on a clear day and from 30,000 feet it was stunning)

80. Published a book (I wish)

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the paper (the Cornell Daily Sun back in 1975)

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (get outta here...)

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life (maybe)

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous (how famous do they have to be?/doubt it)

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby (two!)

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a lawsuit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee (and a yellow jacket and an asp which were worse)

Go for it.....