Tuesday, September 8, 2009

I done been tagged.

By the lovely Mekenzie Wood! Here ya go, dahhhhhling, and for anyone else mildly interested in collecting random facts about Lenae:
- 99 Things I have (or have not) done -
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*
7. Been to Disneyland*
8. Climbed a mountain*
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo* [In first grade! I was THE star in the Christmas play... You know, the one that leads the Magi to Bethlehem :)
11. Bungee jumped. [Never. EVER EVER EVER.]
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning* [So many times... My favorite episode of it occurred during my first trimester of this pregnancy. Can you say 'fun'?]
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*
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort [Much to my husband's chagrin...]
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset*
31. Hit a home run [Mekenzie, you've hit a home run?! Stud...]
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language* [I didn't exactly teach myself, but I think surviving DLI deserves an asterisk.]
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
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt* [Very cool!]
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight* [Carmel, CA... How I miss thee.]
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. Kissed in the rain*
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater*
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies*
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason* [Funny story behind this one: Ben got me flowers for no reason one time while we were in Monterey. Unfortunately, he stepped in poop while coming to give them to me and tracked it through the entire dorm floor...]
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma*
65. Gone sky diving [See #11]
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check* [I was 17, okay?]
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy* [Slugger the Seal. Ben won't let me keep him on the bed so he's stashed in the closet.]
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
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox*
89. Saved someone’s life* [I save my kids' lives on a daily basis ;) ]
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 cell phone*
99. Been stung by a bee*

2 comments:

Kenz said...

Niiiice!:-) I hit my home run in sixth grade. It was a fluke but somehow happened. And so awesome:-)

Kate @ Bliss and That said...

It's so fun to read through these! I feel like I "know" you a little better now! :)

Ready to have that sweet baby boy!?