And as Ruth said to me the other day, isn't it grand when we reveal little bits of ourselves and our lives blog post by blog post? I was thinking about that when I came across this questionnaire on Carrie's Through The Camera Lens. I think it's a great one because it works both ways: if you run through the questions and discover you've done more things than you thought you had..well, that's a cause for celebration. And if you discover that you haven't crossed off very many..well, hurray, life still has a lot of excitement in store! You can't lose. Here's the list. The ones I've done are in bold. I'd love to see what you've done, too.
- Started your own blog
- Slept under the stars
- Played in a band
- Visited Hawaii
- Watched a meteor shower
- Given more than you can afford to charity
- Been to Disneyworld
- Climbed a mountain
- Held a praying mantis
- Sang a solo
- Bungee jumped
- Visited Paris
- Watched a lightening storm
- Taught yourself an art from scratch
- Adopted a child
- Had food poisoning
- Walked to the top of The Statue Of Liberty
- Grown your own veg
- Seen the Mona Lisa in France
- Slept on an overnight train
- Had a pillow fight
- Hitch hiked
- Taken a sick day when you're not ill
- Built a snow fort
- Held a lamb
- Gone skinnydipping
- Run a marathon
- Ridden in a gondola in Venice
- Seen a total eclipse
- Watched a sunrise or sunset
- Hit a home run
- Been on a cruise
- Seen Niagara Falls in person
- Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
- Seen an Amish community
- Taught yourself a new language
- Had enough money to be truly satisfied
- Seen the Tower Of Pisa in person
- Gone rock climbing
- Seen Michelangelo's David
- Sung Karaoke
- Seen Old Faithful
- Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant
- Visited Africa
- Walked on a beach by moonlight
- Been transported in an ambulance
- Had your portrait painted
- Gone deep sea fishing
- Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower
- Gone scuba diving
- Kissed in the rain
- Played in the mud
- Gone to a drive-in theatre
- Been in a movie
- Visited the Great Wall Of China (would love to do this one)
- Started your own business
- Taken a martial arts class
- Visited Russia
- Served in a soup kitchen
- Sold Girl Scout cookies (although I have eaten some)
- Gone whale watching
- Got flowers for no reason
- Donated blood (although I received it more than once. Thank you whoever you were)
- Gone sky diving
- Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
- Bounced a cheque
- Flown in a helicopter
- Saved a favourite childhood toy
- Visited the Lincoln Memorial
- Eaten caviar
- Pieced a quilt
- Stood in Times Square
- Toured The Everglades
- Been Fired from a job
- Seen the Changing Of The Guard in London
- Broken a bone
- Been a passenger on a motorcycle
- Seen The Grand canyon
- Published a book
- Visited the Vatican
- Bought a brand new car
- Walked in Jerusalem
- Had your picture in the newspaper
- Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Years Eve
- Visited the White House (though I've toured Boston State House)
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating
- Had chickenpox
- Saved someone's life
- Sat on a jury
- Met someone famous (Princess Anne)
- Joined a book club
- Had a tattoo
- Had a baby
- Seen The Alamo in person
- Swam in The Great Salt Lake
- Been involved in a lawsuit
- Owned a cell phone
- Been stung by a bee
I'll leave you with a quick iphone photo. While we are busy cutting and creating here's one we made earlier. A Mad Hatter Easter hat The Small One and I put together for a school competition a few years ago. I'm off to see if anyone wants to join me in a go at 3 legged roller skating. Thanks for the suggestion Anna
17 comments:
Lovely post Sian. Will put that in my raindy day blog file (you know ideas for those days when nothing is flowing). I've done most of the travel ones and a lot of the kissing ones!
Rinda
Sian I'm giggling as I'm writing this - as I'm sitting here reading your blog with no. 87 :(
A fun list - I'll have to really see how many I've done or could do :)
Ooh, done some of these but not that many but maybe my the things i have done are more exciting 9well to me anyway) e.g. Climbed to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Absailed, Kyaking, surfed, army assault course, Scootered down a mountain, summer tobogganing, rapped at our schools x-factor, dissappeared dressed as a fairy in a magic show, sumo wrestled (in sumo suit) oh I could go on and on......
Nice post - I did it too
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counting as I read I suprised to find I've done almost half of them - including most of the travel related ones. Hope the next ones are by choice and not accident! Fun exercise, thanks
I got down as far as no. 9 and then had an attack of the heebie jeebies at the thought of holding a praying mantis! :D I saw one once IRL and it frightened the life out of me (even though it was only as long as my finger)
Please be careful on those roller skates! :D
Had to think twice about some of those!...Did I or didn't I? But there are some that I really would like to & others I've come thios close to, but don't get me started!! I'll have to save that list & go through it properly!!! Thanks for sharing...Oh & BTW Fab Easter bonnet!!!!
After seeing that amazing hat I'd thought I'd share another Easter story with you. When I was at primary school we used to have an Easter Parade where you could take part in either the fancy dress, Easter bonnet or Easter basket. Well, as an avid crafter my Mum always made us take part and I have appeared as a (now don't laugh) a caterpillar, butterfly, had a bluebell bonnet, the list goes on........luckily there is no photographic evidence of the caterpillar. However I hold the photo of my brother as 'chicken in a basket' to ransom and there has been recent talk of blowing it up to a live size cut out model when he reaches 40! LOL
Interesting,Sian.....and surprising how many of the same ones we've done....though there are some I would NOT want to do.May have a go at this myself.
Sian, Hope you didn't mind me linking my childhood memories to your post about your own. It's funny what we remember isn't it. Mine were mostly craft related as I am an only child (so no siblings to play with) or woods and den making!
Oooh, interesting post Sian! I have had a go at the '99 Things' and will post it soon. Really got me thinking of lots of stuff.
Fabulous hat, too!!
This is so cool sian, Will definitely have to give this a go! he he! thanks for sharing! xxxx
I've done a massive third of these - how surprising - and I'm sure that by donating blood I may have saved someone's life somewhere. Definitely a worthwhile 'to do'.
Done quite a few of these, my list is very similar to yours! I have posted on my blog - thanks for the inspiration :)
I love this list and am totally going to copy it for my blog. You're right, it is fun to learn little facts about our blog friends. :o)
Love this list, and love the hat! x
This hat is terrific!
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