A bit of blogging fun :)

Detail of the Louvre, in Paris - home of the "Mona Lisa"


I was quietly catching up with some of the blogs I follow, when I came across a game (here) 
If you would like to play along, here are the rules:
Bold the things you’ve done and post on your blog!



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 – do small ones count?
9. Held a praying mantis 
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris - I love Paris <3
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch – quilting, knitting, crocheting
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning – only once, but once is enough!
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables – love home grown veg
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 – guilty on this one :)
24. Built a snow fort - umm does a snowman count?
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon - I wasn't designed to run - lol
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 - England, France, Scotland - but still to visit ancestral towns in Sweden, Ireland, Wales, and Portugal.
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language - trying to learn French
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangeo’s David
41. Sung karaoke – only once, but once was probably enough - lol
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 – many times as a child, by the artists in the family.
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 theatre
55. Been in a movie - well tv, does that count?
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia – someday.
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 – I still have my favourite book, the first one I could really read all on my own "Frog and Toad are Friends"
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 - yes saying slow down, slow down.
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 - several times for my design work.
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
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

Okay – who else wants to play?