Pumpkinspun’s Musings

I’ve seen this on a few friends’ blogs (Hi fiberqat & Jennie), and thought ‘what the heck’. In the initial list of 100 that’s gone around I’ve put in bold the items on the list that I have done over the years. I’ve then added a few of my own ..so close to 100…

(Things I’ve done in bold)

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world (both!)
8. Climbed a mountain (a really small one in Vermont)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
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 my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself 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 my 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
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 (it was the Soviet Union at the time, and twice)
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 (Dachau, near Munich)
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar (in Red Square, even!)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job (waitress job in my teens)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards 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 my picture in the newspaper (multiple times, it’s a small town)
85. Read the entire Bible
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 lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Rode an elephant

I added to this:
101. Hiked down a glacier (Myrdal to Flam in Norway)
102. Taken a boat ride on a fjord
103. Seen the Gannets on Bonaventure Island off of the Gaspé Peninsula
104. Studied more than 3 languages (7 that I can think of)
105. Danced at a ceilidh on Cape Breton Island
106. Been on a sports team (college, fencing)
107. Gone crabbing on Chincoteague Island
108. Seen the wild ponies on Assateague Island
109. Watched a Bollywood movie (a few.. I’m rather addicted to them
110. Spent a Midsummers eve in Scandanavia
111. Been searched at an airport
112. Skiied the Hannenkamm run (well.. the trail where they hold it in Kitzbuehel, Austria)
113. Been carried down from a ski run on a first aid sled (Gore Mt, NY, early 1980’s)
114. Made yarn from scratch (I’m a spinner)
115. Had a pet snake (his name was McArthur, I was 13 and liked to wear him round my neck)
116. Been to the red light district in Amsterdam
117. Toured a brewery (2 - Heineken in Amsterdam, and Tuborg in Copenhagen)
118. Been online for more than 15 years
119. Been to/in a march on Washington (a few)
120. Experienced -40 degrees F or C (Finland, January 1982)
121. Seen the Aurora Borealis (here in Vermont, in the 90’s, just beautiful!)
122. Participated in a Sheep to Shawl contest
123. Seen lightning from an airplane
124. Climbed the waterfalls in Ocho Rios, Jamaica
125. Piloted a sailboat (briefly)
126. Been caught in the undertow (Margate, NJ)
127. Studied in another country
128. Been to the Running of the Bulls
129. Bought Gouda cheese in Gouda, Netherlands
130. Been to a David Bowie concert
131. Been in a country during a military coup
132. Had a c-section
133. Knows what Poutine is (and likes it!)
134. Been to the Strolling of the Heifers (go on, look it up, you know you want to!)
135. Been inside the Kremlin (for an opera, no less)
136. Milked a cow
137. Quit Smoking

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