Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

100 things. Bold the things you've done.

(I've tweaked this and italicized things I've kinda done or almost done :) )

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars (I feel sleeping in a tent should partly count!)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (Not yet)
5. Watched a meteor shower (Not yet)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (I want to visit every Disney park, it's a goal. Paris is prolly next, although you'd think that'd be the one I'd have got to first, being so close. Wrong. First one I went to was Disney World in Florida which kicks serious arse. Disneyland is ok, but it looks tired and worn out, needs an overhaul.)
8. Climbed a mountain (Bwahahaha! I consider 3 flights of stairs a challenge!)
9. Held a praying mantis (Err, no. Why would I want to? :P)
10. Sang a solo (Under my house rules, I'm only allowed to sing when the hoover's on and/or the washing machine is on the fast spin cycle)
11. Bungee jumped (Never quite got up the nerve/been drunk enough to do this...)
12. Visited Paris (Have been driven around Paris but didn't really get to visit it per se)
13. Watched a lightning storm (It's a matter of great regret to me we don't get more of these)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (I was so tempted to select this and list "loafing" :P)
15. Adopted a child (I don't need children, I've got a cat :P)
16. Had food poisoning (That'll teach me to eat dubiously defrosted chicken)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (Not yet, next NYC trip mebbe, if it's open again)
18. Grown your own vegetables (Used to have my own lil' veg garden as a kid. Grew potatoes, onions and carrots ;))
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (No, *pout*, see above answer about Paris)
20. Slept on an overnight train (No, but it sounds fun and I wanna try it :) )
21. Had a pillow fight (Who hasn't?)
22. Hitch hiked (I suspect in this day and age, it's an insane woman who'd try...I will not faint in shock if halcyon_shift can bold this)
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (Again, who hasn't sneaked off at least once in their lifetime?)
24. Built a snow fort (And believe you me, I don't consider myself too old to still do this :D)
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (Everything but the bikini bottoms. Yes, it was a long time ago when I could still get into a bikini :P)
27. Run a Marathon (Bwahahahah! See above answer about mountains)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (Not yet)
29. Seen a total eclipse (Didn't see Totality but I was watching the last time a near-eclipse was visible from the UK. Umm, around 1999, I think, wasn't it? I was surprised by how cold it got.)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (Saw more of the former as a student, these days it's mostly the latter :))
31. Hit a home run (Only watch baseball, haven't played it)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (It's AWESOME!)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Well, how far back are we talking? :P)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied. (Not able to retire yet and loaf for England so...no :P)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person (Not yet)
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David (No...where the hell is it anyway? *googles* Ah, yeh, never been to Italy so...)
41. Sung karaoke. (*snorks* See previous musical answer)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (Not yet)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (Not yet)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (Rode in one but I wasn't the patient)
47. Had your portrait painted (Not painted, but I got a portrait done by a street artist at Disney World. Was pretty good - Aunty Eve had it on her wall for years ;))
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (Maybe when I visit Paris :) )
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling ('s on my list of Things To Do :) )
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre (No but I want to. I don't think there are any in the UK though. Hey, jenni411, any near you?)
55. Been in a movie (No. Hmf. There's enough filmed around Hertfordshire though that there's still time for this to happen :))
56. Visited the Great Wall of China (Not yet)
57. Started a business (Not yet - I have dreams of working from home. What I'd do though, is open for debate)
58. Taken a martial arts class. (Never actually got around to it, but threatened to from time to time)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching (No, but believe me, if I get the chance, I'm soooo there)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (No...just...no *whimpers at the thought*)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter (Flown in a small, light plane. Was fun! Former boss was a qualified pilot, took me up, let me fly the thing a little. Eee!)
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy (*whistles innocently*)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (Driven around that area a few times, never actually got out to walk around it though)
71. Eaten caviar (It's....not bad)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square (I LOVE Times Square, the energy at night is amazing)
74. Toured the Everglades (And bloody 'ell, it was hot and humid and that was in October!)
75. Been fired from a job. (Temp job only, never been fired from a permanent one)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London (*jumps up and down, waves Union Jack*)
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (Note to self: MUST find out how Ian and Jancis are :) )
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (It's AWESOME!)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (So totally doing this next year!)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House (Oddly enough, considering the number of times I've been in D.C., no. But the natives tell me it's a rip off at the price)
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life. (Not that I know of, but if you're a blood donor, you just might have.....)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (*squees happily about meeting Idina and Tracie*)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby (*holds up crosses and holy water* NO!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person (Visited Austin a few years back, was told that the drive to San Antonio really wasn't worth it for what it was)
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake (Is that even physically possible?)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a mobile phone (Eventually. Boy, was I a Luddite for years though)
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day (Bitch, puh-lease, I can do that in a morning :P)

Not too bad, 32 bolds out of 100, 8 almosts. I'm getting there :D