Almost 100 things

Since I've been struggling to come up with topics to write about on this blog, I thought I'd share this list of 99 things I came across on another blog. Basically, it's a list of things you can do in your life, and I've bolded the ones I've done. It's just a fun way to get to know each other here in blogland. I made a couple of comments, too.


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 Disneyworld
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightening storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (does crochet count?)
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
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
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 your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (while I'd always like more money, we're in a pretty good financial place right now)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (on a climbing wall - does that count?)
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 (I had a caricature done ones - does that work?)
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
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
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 a passenger on a 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. 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 (I met the CEO of my company, and he's pretty famous)
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
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


Filling out that list makes me realize that I need to travel more. My plan would be to hopefully someday get transfered to Switzerland for work, and then travel around Europe on the weekends then. Work is going to give me lots of opportunities to travel. That's one of the things I really like about working for a big company - there are lots of international opportunities, and I can't wait to take advantage of them.

Are we sure this is what we want to do?

I came across this website today, and it made me laugh so hard I was nearly in tears. Kids = destruction machines, apparently, and this website documents all sorts of things kids have destroyed. I hope you enjoy it!

First wakeboarding of the year

We went boating for the first time yesterday, and I wakeboarded a bit. It was a lot of fun - I got up on my first time! And, I didn't really fall, other than when I tried to turn the board around to face the other way. I've never been able to really do that successfully, though. I'm still learning.

Man, I'm sore, though. Mostly in my neck, surprisingly. I think it hurts from falling, although the time I fell wasn't terribly violent. The other weird thing about wakeboarding is that it makes you asymmetrically sore. That is, I'm sore on my right side, which is the side where I put the most strain from wakeboarding. It's all from being twisted sideways while on the board.

I think we're probably going to go boating again tomorrow after work. One of our friends is really big into skiing. so he's all about going out on the water all the time. It should be fun!