99 things.

Besides trekking out to the grocery store, the insurance company, and the dry cleaners, I am completely lazy today. Has to be this rain. Lazy and rain apparently zap creative juices right out of me. Not that I actually have much of it to begin with. But the idea of writing is not appealing at all to me at the moment. So I'm turning lazy into fun and linking up with Jennifer at I wanna feel that fire... (thanks for the idea!)

Hopefully you'll find me interesting enough to read all 99. Probably not, but that's okay!

Happy rainy, yucky, lazy Tuesday.

((The ones I've done are bolded. Things I'd like to do are starred. Also added comments to a few.))

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars - I'm guessing in a tent doesn't count?

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii - Maui and Kauai

5. Watched a meteor shower*

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland - but been to Disney World three times (it's better)
8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped - and never will!
12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightening storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child* - even though we will continue to have our own biological children, lately God has put this possibility on my heart
16. Had food poisoning - worst sickness ever

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 - many

24. Built a snow fort - fave thing to do with my sister every winter...and playing Global Guts (don't ask)

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a (half) 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 - there's just something unsettling about being trapped on a ginormous boat with thousands of people in the middle of the ocean

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person - American and Canadian sides

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors*

35. Seen an Amish community - grew up near many of them
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

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt*

43. Bought a stranger a meal at 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 - it's a lot smaller than you would think!

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling - snorkeling in Hawaii

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 - kickboxing

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got 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 Little Ponies, Barbies x100+ (sister!)

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial - and watched the sunrise from the steps, a la Wedding Crashers

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 a passenger on a motorcycle - my dad's :)

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. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve

86. Visited the White House - and been a lighting of the National Christmas Tree

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - could never do it!

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life - my dog's <3

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club*

93. Got a tattoo

94. Had a baby - x1...hopefully God has more babies in store for us :)

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

Well...39 out of 99 isn't too bad. Almost half! I hope to be able to check off several of the items I starred within the future as well. Especially starting a business. I know  making and selling baby headbands and accessories are a dime a dozen these days, but I love making them for my daughter. High hopes!

By the way, as I write this post I have S on the floor by me, playing with her cups. She's on the verge of crawling (currently in the shuffling-backwards-on-belly-stage). This is how I found her just now...