Thanks to RubyLetters for stealing the idea in the first place!
The whole idea is to have this list of 99 things you could have done and to put the ones you have done in bold.
Here are mine:
1.) Started your own blog
2.) Slept under the stars
3.) Played in a band (Well, sang in a band)
4.) Visited Hawaii
5.) Watched a meteor shower
6.) Given more than you can afford to charity
7.) Been to DisneyWorld
8.) Climbed a mountain
9.) Held a praying mantis
10.) Sang a solo
11.) Bunjee jumped
12.) Visited Paris
13.) Watched a lightning storm
14.) Taught yourself an art from scratch
15.) Adopted a child
16.) Had food poisoning (I get that every time I don’t want to go to work)
17.) Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18.) Grown your own veggies (Tried growing my own pot once, too!)
19.) Seen the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
20.) Slept on an overnight train
21.) Had a pillowfight
22.) Hitch hiked
23.) Taken a sick day when you’re not sick (See point number 16)
24.) Made a snow fort – Almost, made one with the couch cussions
25.) Held a lamb (Worked at a butchery, did more than just hold one)
26.) Ran a marathon
27.) Went skinny dipping
28.) Rode in a gondola in Venice
29.) Witnessed total eclipse
30.) Seen a sunrise or sunset
31.) Hit a home run
32.) Been on a cruise
33.) Seen Niagara Falls in person
34.) Visited the birthplace/home of your ancestors
35.) Seen an Amish country
36.) Taught yourself a new language (P-Taal? Pig latin? Do these count?)
37.) Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38.) Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39.) Gone rock climbing
40.) Seen Michelangelo’s David in person
41.) Sung karaoke
42.) Seen Old Faithful erupt
43.) Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44.) Visited Africa (Ok, ok, this is quite the cop out)
45.) Walked on a beach by moonlight (See point 27 for more info on that evening)
46.) Taken a ride in an ambulance
47.) Had your portrait painted
48.) Gone deep sea fishing
49.) Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower
50.) Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (Ek snorkel elke geleentheid wat ek kry!)
51.) kissed in the rain
52.) played in the mud
53.) Gone to a drive-in theater
54.) Been in a movie
55.) visited the Great Wall of China
56.) Started a business (I sold candy to my gran with Alzheimer’s, she would give it to us as an after dinner treat, then I would sell it right back to her)
57.) Taken a martial arts class
58.) visited Russia
59.) worked at a soup kitchen (No, but did do a lot of similar charity work)
60.) sold Girl Scout cookies
61.) gone whale watching
62.) gotten flowers for no reason
63.) donated blood, platelets, or plasma
64.) Gone sky diving (HIERDIE IS DIE JAAR!!)
65.) Visited Nazi concentration camp
66.) Bounced a check
67.) Flown in a helicopter
68.) Saved a childhood toy
69.) visited the Lincoln Memorial
70.) eaten caviar (No offence, but blech! Seriously!)
71.) pieced a quilt (I de-pieced one once)
72.) stood in Times Square
73.) toured the Everglades
74.) been fired from a job (I worked at a butchery, remember? Well, they fired me for sticking my finger in the biltong slicer. Seriously. Thankfully, they fired her too…)
75.) seen the changing of the guards in London
76.) Broken a bone (To get out of work, yes, but medically it was fine. I got R400 worth of plaster and cotton, put the cast on and walked with it for a week.)
77.) Been a passenger on a motorcycle
78.) seen the Grand Canyon in person
79.) Published a book
80.) Visited the Vatican
81.) bought a brand new car
82.) visited Jerusalem
83.) had your picture in the paper
84.) Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
85.) visited the White House
86.) Killed and prepared an animal for eating (Killed one animal in my life, never again. Unless it attacks me or my family, of course – and with wild animals roaming the streets here in Africa, that might happen sooner or later)
87.) Had chickenpox
88.) Saved someone’s life
89.) Sat on a jury
90.) met someone famous (South African famous or international famous? Only too happy to name-drop! Arnold Schwarzenegger and Johnny Knoxville)
91.) joined a book club
92.) got a tattoo
93.) had a baby
94.) Seen the Alamo in person
95.) Swam in the Great Salt Lake
96.) Been involved in a law suit (Whoohoo, that was a close one!)
97.) owned a cell phone
98.) Been stung by a bee
99.) Swam in the Black Sea
Damnit, now I lost count…
Ok, that’s 42 done and 4 close calls/almosts/maybes.
Weird that “being arrested” doesn’t feature on the list. Not that I’d be able to tick that block…