Wednesday 29 September 2010

a collection of things...

before we start, i just heard a lady on tv say that she 'hummed & harred' about whether to do something....erm.....now i don't about you but if i do have to mull things over and am of an indecisive mind then i tend to 'um & arr' do you not? also in the same programme a man has just described a 'light hole' in a roof with a noise not to dissimilar to that of a dog!

now then i saw the below here...and here is a friend of here i believe.

when i saw it, it read to 'Bold the ones you have done and then post it on your blog'...et voila...


1. Started your own blog


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 (repeatedly!)


7. Been to Disneyland or Disney world ( i love a bit of walt!)*


8. Climbed a mountain


9. Held a praying mantis (i'm not entirely sure of what this is - big stick insect?)



10. Sang a solo


11. Bungee jumped (thankfully not & i have no desire to)


12. Visited Paris (i need to go again)


13. Watched a lightning storm at sea


14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (i am in the process of teaching myself crochet - oui)


15. Adopted a child


16. Had food poisoning (i think so?(like that's an achievement!?-can you do brackets inside brackets?))


17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty


18. Grown your own vegetables


19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France


20. Slept on an overnight train


21. Had a pillow fight (no regrettably)


22. Hitch hiked


23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill


24. Built a snow fort


25. Held a lamb


26. Gone skinny dipping


27. Run a Marathon (No, i cycled manchester to blackpool though - i'm most certainly absolutely not one who runs!)


28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (one of my biggest to do's)


29. Seen a total eclipse (only if we're talking jaffas)


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


35. Seen an Amish community (? why?)


36. Taught yourself a new language


37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied


38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person


39. Gone rock climbing (good grief we used to go to this rock climbing place during PE in high school - detest is not a even close to being a strong enough adjective. does that count? i'm going to bold it anyway)


40. Seen Michelangelo’s David


41. Sung karaoke


42. Seen Olde Faithful Geyser Erupt


43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant


44. Visited Africa (gambia)


45. Walked on a beach by moonlight


46. Been transported in an ambulance (thankfully not, although i am surprised no. 39 didn't lead to this)


47. Had your portrait painted (my aunt does oil paintings)


48. Gone deep sea fishing



49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person


50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (been to level 1)


51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling


52. Kissed in the rain


53. Played in the mud


54. Gone to a drive-in theatre


55. Been in a movie or on a TV show

56. Visited the Great Wall of China


57. Started a business (again on the to do list)


58. Had an encounter with a wild animal (define encounter!?)


59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen


61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (uk brownies didn't rock this trend did they ha!)


62. Gone whale watching (sea world?)


63. Got flowers for no reason


64. Donated blood, platelets, or plasma


65. Gone sky diving (jeepers creepers NO! i'd have to be chucked out of an aircraft, i doubt i'd be in the frame of mind to be considering the art of 'diving' that's quite a calculated action surely! i fear my 'dive' would more resemble some kind of uncoordinated air borne 'can can')


66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp


67. Bounced a cheque (oh the shame)


68. Flown in a helicopter


69. Saved a favourite childhood toy (i have cupboards full)


70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial


71. Eaten Caviar


72. Pieced a quilt


73. Stood in Times Square


74. Toured the Everglades (t'was a tres 'police academy' experience - i loved it)


75. Been fired from a job (yay me!)


76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (i was like 6)


77. Broken a bone


78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (sat on a stationary harley?)


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


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 (one of these encounters included telling ryan giggs that he looked like ryan giggs - smooth)




92. Joined a book club


93. Lost a loved one


94. Had a baby


95. Seen the Alamo in person (? what is this)


96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake


97. Been involved in a law suit


98. Owned a cell phone (i am thinking a more challenging question would be 'never' owned a cell..ahem mobile phone)


99. Been stung by a bee (technically my fault - i stood on it)


100. Taken a martial arts class

*on re-reading this sounds slightly wrong!


what a pointless exercise - with a sprinkle of kinda fun - try it. and if like moi you like a good list then you also might like the day zero project you set up your own little (big) list and it meaures your % rate of achievements - you list 101 things you would like to do/achieve/make/whatever and you have 1001 days in which to do them - as previously mentioned i love a list and i love 101/1001 (despite my 2% complete score to date - i have 920 days and counting and i WILL tick every box)


I also remembered today that next month is time for toffee apples and with next month only 2 sleeps away then hooray for toffee apples..



and now before i turn into a pumpkin (eep pumpkins are only 2 more sleeps away too! how topical) i bid you good night xx

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