No time for boredom as I still have lots to do

My 99

Lovely LA Liz of Los Angelista sent this meme along my way. It made me realize I still have a lot to do before I shuffle off this mortal coil. OK, there are some I have no desire to do – like sky-diving or bungee jumping. As a friend whose adventurous adult daughter convinced Mom to join her in a skydive said: “Unless you have some weird desire to publicly soil yourself, give it a miss.” I heeded her words. Anyway, as follows are my 99. If you want to play, simply put the ones you’ve done in boldface.

1. Started your own blog (that's how you're reading this list!)
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/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (In the shower)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris (I guess passing through Chuck de Gaulle Airport in a train doesn’t really count.)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
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 (Many times in both Europe and Canada)
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (Once, and I was riddled with guilt and never did it again,)
24. Built a snow fort
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
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
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Once, in 1991)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (I am ashamed to admit)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
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 (and in the sun and under the stars)
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 (I’m a boy)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Gotten flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (my bunny)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (highly overrated) 7
2. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard 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 (do grouse count? Would never do it now, though)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Having been in the newspaper biz, too numerous to list)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one (too many)
94. Had a baby (Not that anybody has told me of. Phew!)
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

While Liz tagged me for this, I think I am going to throw it wide open rather than suggest. I recommend trying it however because it is, at the very least, amusing. I have a hard time tagging because there are so many people whose answers would interest me and I don’t want to narrow it down. I hope you do it though because I look forward to seeing your answers.