THINGS I'VE DONE:

Since the Election has come to a close, I've run out of things to write about. To get things started back I thought a lighter post was in order, so here is a list of cool things to do in your lifetime, with mine in bold.

Looking at what all I had highlighted I felt a tad bit guilty - in the “wow, I’m privileged, I should feel bad” kind of way. But then I realized that thankfulness for the blessings and even sorrows in life is more appropriate.

1. Started your own blog (duh)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (Drums - Middle School Band and with "The Borders")
4. Visited Hawaii (Honeymoon)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity (unfortunately, I could give more)
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain (my wife will tell you I huff and puff all the way up)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped (sort of….if you count the pendulum at Emerald Point)
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (stayed at the base and looked up)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (When I umpired in High School)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Watched your favorite Team win a Championship (Braves, UNC, Miami Heat)
27. Run a Marathon (5K is the most I've run)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (saw them, but didn’t ride)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run (Crosby Athletic - backyard Baseball)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Got your feet wet in both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. (Hawaii counts as the Pacific right?)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (High school French doesn't count)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Doesn't take much)
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 (I will in August 2009)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
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
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Visited New York City at Christmas
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (my very first movie was Star Wars at the drive-in: I was 1 1/2 years old and don't remember)
55. Been in a movie (Home Videos)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (Half credit for taking over my dad's business)
58. Taken a martial arts class (I took Karate in 3rd grade, during the Karate Kid days)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (I’ve eaten a lot though)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar
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
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
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House (Sang there when I was in Burlington Boys Choir - Holla)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone 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 mobile phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Been sent to the Principal's Office