Ok here we go...
My bloggy friend Angela over at Craving Cupcakes did this fun blog post listing 99 Memorable Experiences. I thought I'd give it a go as well. I had to get the old noodle cranking for this one LOL. It's kind of like a truth or dare only I tell the whole truth. None of the following were part of a dare ~ I did them of my own free will.
Here are 99 Memorable Experiences
1. started my own blog in addition to my business blog
2. slept under the stars
3. played the flute
4. visited South America
5. watched a meteor shower
6. gave birth to my first born naturally & drug free
7. been to Disney
8. climbed a mountain
9. saw a double rainbow twice in a month
10. shot a .45 hitting the head and crotch targets beautifully
11. shot bow & arrow
12. camped out in the rain
13. watched a thunder and lightning storm
14. road a bus to Canada with a friend on our own personal field trip for two weeks in collage
15. drove a bucket tractor
16. cut down a tree with a chain saw
17. walked to the top of the statue of liberty
18. swam with shark, dolphin and touched manta ray
19. Visited Sedona AZ
20. took a picture of the Superstitious Mountains after climed Usery Mountain
21. had a pillow fight
22. hitch hiked
23. lived on a farm for three months
24. built a snow fort
25. ridden a cow
26. gone skinny dipping
27. slept in a hammock while aboard a boat for two weeks
28. saw the merging of the waters in Amazon
29. seen a total eclipse
30. watched a sunrise & sunset
31. played softball
32. drank Columbian Coffee in Columbia
33. seen Niagara Falls in person, let the water splash my face while wearing a rain jacket
34. slept in the wooden house of an indigenous person from Brazil.
35. Ate fresh fish with head and scales in tact (yes it was cooked)
36. tried water skiing
37. lived in a car
38. played soccer with Brazilian children, in Brazil
39. married my best friend
40. had a pet genie pig
41. sung karaoke
42. swam in water where Piranah are known to live
43. done compassion homeless ministry in NYC
44. seen a wild Tucan in person
45. had a snowball fight
46. been transported in an ambulance
47. had my portrait drawn
48. danced in the rain
49. ate plantain soup
50. won a trip for two to Hawaii (but never got to go, booo!)
51. gone snorkeling
52. counted down the sunset in La Jolla
53. played in the mud
54. gone to a drive-in movie theater
55. walked the streets of Manhattan, NY Christmas Eve
56. worked on a bee hive, ate fresh honey from the combs
57. started a business
58. taken a painting class
59. been on road trips cross country in my youth
60. had my picture taken in a field of sunflowers
61. sold girl scout cookies
62. gone whale watching
63. gotten flowers for no reason
64. given in secret
65. made a wish on a coin toss in a fountain
66. wore a Mexican sombrero
67. visited the San Diego zoo
68. sat in a WW II fighter plane
69. saved a favorite childhood toy
70. visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. eaten oysters
72. ridden a motorcycle
73. stood in time square, watched the ball drop New Years Eve
74. toured the Everglades
75. been cave exploring
76. put my feet in both the Pacific and Atlantic ocean in the same year
77. broken a bone
78. been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. watched the birth of my brother (was great birth control)
80. drove manual transmition while learning to drive a car
81. toured the USS Midway
82. purchased a car in cash (no loan)
83. walked in the desert
84. walked the Bridge of Flowers
85. swam in glacier potholes (they are like giant rock pools)
86. visited The White House
87. stuffed an animal via taxidermy
88. had chickenpox twice
89. had shingles
90. toured Williamsburg VA's historic landmarks
91. met someone famous
92. toured Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
93. went to get a tattoo came out with an invisible one
94. displayed my artwork in a gallery (years ago)
95. been down ski slope on skies (only once)
96. rode down an alipine slide
oh my, only three more things to list,
97. (years ago) Had some good laughs over a few beers in a local pub together with friends from England, Ireland, Jamaica, Germany and Russia. Bonus the tab was on our boss ~whoot! Please don't judge. It was during my BC day, but will always remain fun memory in the ole' memory bank.
98. spun pottery on a wheel
99. had a baby & did it again two years later
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Not sure if you find me anymore interesting after all that? It was fun to remember some of the fun things I've been able to experience in my life. Geepers I'm still a young chicken in my 30s, I know even better memories are yet to be made. Especially now that I've been blessed with two kiddos :-) This was a fun reminder to celebrate life! Every day is such a gift :-)
