Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Top of the top

Ooh Ooh! I LOVE lists, and I'm also one of those people that love those "get to know me better" Q&A lists too! So when my sister ( her blog: Try, Try Again) published her most recent blog of things I want to do/have done before I die, I HAD to join in! Here are mine in the same fashion as hers (what I've done is bold) and then my top 10 at the end.
P.S. I altered some of the items on the list, as I didn't want to do all of the 100 on the other list....

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Play in a band (not sure if playing with an orchestra counts?)
4. Visit Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Give more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jump
12. Visit Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Mentor a child
16. Get stitches
17. Walk to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grow my own vegetables
19. Go to the Louvre in France
20. Sleep on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Played a lead role in a play/musical
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. See the Northern Lights
26. Go skinny dipping
27. See ALL of the Smithsonian
28. Ride in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Go on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visit the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Learn a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Go white water rafting
39. Go rock climbing
40. Visit Rome
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Buy a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visit Alaska
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Learn to ride a motorcycle- and take a road trip
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Vacation in Italy
50. Backpack through Europe
51. Go scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Be in a movie
56. Visit Australia
57. Participate in the Ireland Habitat for Humanity build
58. Take a kick boxing class
59. Visit Canada
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Volunteer at least once a month for a year
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Go sky diving
66. Find the love of my life
67. Bounced a check
68. Fly in a helicopter
69. Fast for a whole weekend
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eat a 7-course meal in a really fancy place
72. Learn to play the guitar
73. Attend a GLBT Prom
74. Camp in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW)
75. Spend three months getting my body into optimum shape.
76. See 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. Publish a poem
81. See the Coliseum
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walk in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visit the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Save someone’s life
90. Sit on a criminal jury case
91. See La Boheme at the Met
92. See a favorite musician at the Red Rock amphitheater
93. Renovate/create the house of my dreams
94. Ride a mechanical bull
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Witness a Supreme Court hearing
97. Learn to surf
98. Visit FBI Headquarters at Quantico
99. Be stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

MY TOP 10-
10. See ALL of the Smithsonian
9. Renovate/create the house of my dreams
8. Go to the Louvre in France
7. See La Boheme at the Met
6. Participate in the Ireland Habitat for Humanity build
5. Volunteer at least once a month for a year
4. Play in a band/Learn to play the guitar
3. Camp in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW)
2. Backpack through Europe
1. Find the love of my life

Would LOVE to know any of yours!

2 comments:

Lisa said...

what animal did you kill and eat?!?!

Oh, and your list is VERY cool. I'd like to do some of your top 10 list too!

Tammy VanDam said...

Hey, if you want to backpack through Europe, we are very conveniently located as a starting off point. Just some food for thought. :)