99 random things..!

 

I've come across this list on a blog, and it was so interesting…so here are my answers. Everything from the list that I have done is in bold. (And there are only 98 things for some reason, so I added a random extra one at the end....)

Started your own blog (Obviously - you're reading it!)

Slept under the stars (Nope. But I slept on a train platform in Greece once...)

Played in a band (no but I was in the school orchestra briefly….playing violin)

Visited Hawaii (I wish!)

Watched a meteor shower (I'd love to!)

Given more than you can afford to charity (yep)

Been to Disneyworld (And LOVED IT!!!)

Climbed a mountain (Unbelievable but true!)

Held a praying mantis (No, but I have held a tarantula and several snakes. Not all at the same time though)

Sang a solo (you must be joking!)

Bungee jumped (quite fancy having a go at this...)

Visited Paris (With Husb for our 10th wedding anniversary & passed nearby on the road trip through Europe in 2007)

Watched a lightening storm (Yep - in Germany… Spectacular)

Taught yourself an art from scratch (I guess it depends on your definition of 'art', but I've tried many craft techniques and a lot of them I taught myself)

Adopted a child (No, but I have sponsored several children)

Had food poisoning (Sadly & stupidly my own fault)

Walked to the top of The Statue Of Liberty (Maybe one day)

Grown your own veg (Briefly. Then it died)

Seen the Mona Lisa in France (It was surrounded by Italians!)

Slept on an overnight train (Never been on an overnight train, but slept on an overnight coach from Germany to Manchester ….I am so blessed to be able to sleep practically anywhere)

Had a pillow fight (At boarding school)

Hitch hiked (sorry Mum!)

Taken a sick day when you're not ill (Hmmm. maybe I kinda could of struggled in on a couple of occasions and didn't...)

Built a snow fort (never had deep enough snow )

Held a lamb (and bottle fed it too...)

Gone skinnydipping (A long time ago. Sorry Mum (again)(!)

Run a marathon (Not likely!)

Ridden in a gondola in Venice (Not yet, but I’d be up for it)

Seen a total eclipse (Not as exciting as you’d think)

Watched a sunrise or sunset (Yep, both. The sunsets in Kenya near the Equator are amazing!!)

Hit a home run (As if… I wasn’t even any good at ‘Rounders‘!)

Been on a cruise (no but we rented a canal boat for a week)

Seen Niagara Falls in person (One day...)

Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Love Scotland!)

Seen an Amish community (No opportunity)

Taught yourself a new language (although I can just about ‘get by’ in France & Germany)

Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Which is to some extent a state of mind anyway)

Seen the Tower Of Pisa in person (would love to!)

Gone rock climbing (Does a scramble over/up some cliffs near Whitby count?)

Seen Michelangelo's David (Husb has though)

Sung Karaoke (Umm. Run for the hills!! Enough said)

Seen Old Faithful (Nope...)

Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant (Nope)

Visited Africa (Kenya)

Walked on a beach by moonlight (more like dusk!)

Been transported in an ambulance (with my DD as a baby who had viral meningitis)

Had your portrait painted (in Primary school...)

Gone deep sea fishing (Does catching crabs off a pier count here?)

Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower (With Husb, on that anniversary trip on New Year’s Day)

Gone scuba diving (Maybe one day?)

Kissed in the rain (A long time ago!)

Played in the mud (Of course… I‘ve been camping!)

Gone to a drive-in theatre (Only seen one at Disney!)

Been in a movie (Nope. Been interviewed for TV though.. In France on New Year’s Day when we were queuing for the Eiffel Tower)

Visited the Great Wall Of China (It's on my list!)

Started your own business (nah)

Taken a martial arts class (watched the kids learn Judo)

Visited Russia (Not yet. Would like to though)

Served in a soup kitchen (No, but ate in one in Colorado Springs)

Sold Girl Scout cookies (Nor eaten any)

Gone whale watching (went dolphin watching in Florida)

Got flowers for no reason (Although flowers aren’t really my ‘thing‘)

Donated blood (when I’m not anaemic!!)

Gone sky diving (maybe strapped to someone who knows what they’re doing)

Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (I don't know if this is something I'd want to do to be honest)

Bounced a cheque (Oops...)

Flown in a helicopter (on a simulator at the RAF Museum Cosford… it still counts!!!?)

Saved a favourite childhood toy (Still have a dolls house my folks made me & an old china doll of my Mum’s)

Visited the Lincoln Memorial (where’s that?!)

Eaten caviar (It's never appealed!)

Pieced a quilt (Two in fact)

Stood in Times Square (One day!)

Toured The Everglades (kind of were a bit near there in Florida)

Been fired from a job (Nope, and hope to keep it that way!)

Seen the Changing Of The Guard in London (Visited London on several occasions)

Broken a bone (never.)

Been a passenger on a motorcycle (I am a speed freak)

Seen The Grand Canyon (Would love to)

Published a book (Not yet! Only poems.)

Visited the Vatican (nope)

Bought a brand new car (for Husb when he was a Driving Instructor… it was a blue Metro & we had 3 kids under 4!!)

Walked in Jerusalem (One day)

Had your picture in the newspaper (A couple of times)

Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Years Eve (no… but Husb did… she was dressed as an Egyptian & he was a ‘Christmas Pudding‘!)

Visited the White House (Not yet)

Killed and prepared an animal for eating (Never!)

Had chickenpox (Oh yes & missed a Christmas party with a fancy hat competition)

Saved someone's life (Not knowingly!)

Sat on a jury (Never been asked)

Met someone famous (saw Russ Abbott in Stoke-On-Trent once)

Joined a book club (perhaps if I was asked)

Had a tattoo (nope...not too keen either)

Had a baby (three times but one of the times was twins!)

Seen The Alamo in person (nah)

Swam in The Great Salt Lake (Ditto)

Been involved in a lawsuit (Thankfully!)

Owned a cell phone (Several)

Been stung by a bee (Ow… only a week after having a baby too)

Took a Road Trip (Through Europe for 3 weeks with all the family in a 7 seater car full to the brim. This is the extra, random thing to make it up to 99....)

Comments

[Maz]

Really enjoyed reading this entry - it did make me smile. A trip down 'memory lane' - well most of it anyway ... We'll talk later ... Love xxx