The 200 List

Neighbor Jane Payne's puts out a fabulous weekely newsletter, of which I am not currently subscribed. But, I saw on Susan's blog this challenge from Jane. This week is her 200th newsletter and so she posted this list of 200 things and asked us to duplicate this list in our blogs (or whatever) and bold all the things that we have done. My snide commentary is in italics and the stuff I have done is in bold.

200 Things

1. Touched an iceberg (glacier, I think)
2. Slept under the stars (does in a tent count, probably not, huh?)
3. Been a part of a hockey fight
4. Changed a baby's diaper
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you could afford to charity
7. Swam with wild dolphins
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a tarantula
10. Said I loved you and meant it.
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game (I think the Seahawks playing on Sunday night ESPN is pretty "huge" isn't it?
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty
17a - Walked the stairs to the top of the Eiffel Tower (my own #17)
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
20. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Bet on a winning horse
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (not ill enough to really stay home anyway!)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (going to have to say that the drunk people that were there thought that my friend and I were also skinny dipping, but we had our suits on, they did not.)
27. Taken an ice cold bath
28. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Ridden a roller coaster
31. Hit a home run
32. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
33. Adopted an accent for fun
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Felt very happy about your life, even for just a moment.
36. Loved your job 90% of the time.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Watched wild whales
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Gone on a midnight walk on the beach (in Alaska in July, did a little gold pannin' too!)
41. Gone sky diving
42. Visited Ireland
43. Ever bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited India
45. Bench-pressed your own weight
46. Milked a cow
47. Alphabetized your personal files
48. Ever worn a superhero costume
49. Sung karaoke
50. Lounged around in bed all day
51. Gone scuba diving
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive in theater (the challege should be have I ever stayed awake at a drive in theater)
55. Done something you should regret, but don't (I am sure I have, but I can't think of it . . .)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Been in a movie
60. Gone without food for 3 days
61. Made cookies from scratch (my husband does a much better job than me though)
62. Won first prize in a costume contest
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Been in a combat zone (not during combat though - the beach at Normandy in France)
65. Spoken more than one language fluently
66. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
67. Bounced a check
68. Read - and understood - your credit report
69. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy
70. Found out something significant that your ancestors did (Livingston ancestors)
71. Called or written your Congress person
72. Picked up and moved to another city just to start over
73. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
74. Helped an animal give birth
75. Been fired or laid off from a job (my first real job when I was about 16; i wanted to be a camp counselor for the 6th graders and I didn't ask for the time off until it was too late!)
76. Won money (got a scratch ticket in a Christmas card and won ONE dollar that I never cashed in)
77. Broken a bone
78. Ridden a motorcycle
79. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph (don't tell Grandpa L!)
80. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
81. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
82. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
83. Eaten sushi (won't do that again, I don't think)
84. Had your picture in the paper
85. Read The Bible cover to cover
86. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
87. Gotten someone fired for their actions (it's kind of my job . . .)
88. Gone back to school (one semester of a Master's program, hope to go back again to finsh)
89. Changed your name (before freshman year of HS, changed my last name to my fake dad's last name - long story about the fake dad)
90. Caught a fly in the air with your bare hands
91. Eaten fried green tomatoes
92. Read The Iliad
93. Taught yourself an art from scratch
94. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (king salmon in Alaska)
95. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
96. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
97. Been elected to public office
98. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
99. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
100. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
101. Had a booth at a street fair
102. Dyed your hair (only a couple times and once with Henna, remember that stuff?)
103. Been a DJ
104. Rocked a baby to sleep (oh, how many times . . .)
105. Ever dropped a cat from a high place to see if it really lands on all four
106. Raked your carpet
107. Brought out the best in people
108. Brought out the worst in people
109. Worn a mood ring
110. Ridden a horse
111. Carved an animal from a piece of wood or bar of soap (thank you girls camp)
112. Cooked a dish where four people asked for the recipe
113. Buried a child
114. Gone to a Broadway (or equivalent to your country) play
115. Been inside the pyramids
116. Shot a basketball into a basket
117. Danced at a disco (singles ward 70's theme dance, outfits and all)
118. Played in a band
119. Shot a bird
120. Gone to an arboretum
121. Tutored someone
122. Ridden a train
123. Brought an old fad back into style
124. Eaten caviar
125. Let a salesman talk you into something you didn't need. (I really thought I needed those orthodic inserts for my shoes, Neil and I both bought them. I did wear them for a year or so, then my feet grew during pregnancy and I haven't worn them since. I am still alive, so I guess I didn't really NEED them.)
126. Ridden a giraffe or elephant
127. Published a book (in the 4th grade at the UW Library)
128. Pieced a quilt
129. Lived in an historic place (temporarily in Mexico, I think that was kind of a historic place)
130. Acted in a play or performed on a stage
131. Asked for a raise (it was actually on a job offer, but close enough)
132. Made a hole-in-one (at the Leavenworth mini-golf course on the 18th hole!)
133. Gone deep sea fishing
134. Gone roller skating
135. Run a marathon
136. Learned to surf
137. Invented something
138. Flown first class
139. Spent the night in a 5-star luxury suite
140. Flown in a helicopter
141. Visited Africa
142. Sang a solo
143. Gone spelunking
144. Learned how to take a compliment (still need a little practice sometimes)
145. Written a love-story (if you count the story of my love for Lake Cushman, it was actually a descriptive essay)
146. Seen Michelangelo’s David
147. Had your portrait painted
148. Written a fan letter
149. Spent the night in something haunted (we believe that my brother who passed before I was born "haunted" or visited my grandma's house.)
150. Owned a St. Bernard or Great Dane
151. Ran away
152. Learned to juggle
153. Been a boss (currently)
154. Sat on a jury
155. Lied about your weight
156. Gone on a diet
157. Found an arrowhead or a gold nugget (what's your interpretation of nuggett? a fleck or two?)
158. Written a poem
159. Carried your lunch in a lunchbox
160. Gotten food poisoning (my friend who is a Quality Assurance Manager says there's no such thing as the "24-hr Flu", it's food poisioning)
161. Gone on a service, humanitarian or religious mission
162. Hiked the Grand Canyon
163. Sat on a park bench and fed the ducks
164. Gone to the opera
165. Gotten a letter from someone famous
166. Worn knickers (pretty sure those were fashionable when I was in elementary school!)
167. Ridden in a limousine
168. Attended the Olympics
169. Can hula or waltz
170. Read a half dozen Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books
171. Been stuck in an elevator
172. Had a revelatory dream
173. Thought you might crash in an airplane
174. Had a song dedicated to you on the radio or at a concert
175. Saved someone’s life
176. Eaten raw whale
177. Know how to tat, smock or do needlepoint
178. Laughed till your sides ache
179. Straddled the equator
180. Taken a photograph of something other than people that is worth framing
181. Gone to a Shakespeare Festival
182. Sent a message in a bottle
183. Spent the night in a hostel
184. Been a cashier
185. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
186. Joined a union
187. Donated blood or plasma (going on Saturday to donate blood. I don't think I have ever done it before. I do remember that I used to not weigh enough when I was in HS and first part of college, but I definitely don't have that excuse anymore!)
188. Built a campfire
189. Kept a blog
190. Had hives
191. Worn custom made shoes or boots
192. Made a PowerPoint presentation
193. Taken a Hunter's Safety Course
194. Served at a soup kitchen
195. Conquered the Rubik’s cube
196. Know CPR
197. Ridden in or owned a convertible
198. Found a long lost friend
199. Helped solve a crime
200. Responded to a NJP newsletter

That was pretty fun, Jane! Thanks.

PS - I also have a Tag list from Deborah to do . . . I'll get to that this week, I think!