A list of stuff

I found this on Jenty's blog and decided it would be fun to do... the American bias is a bit annoying, but otherwise it's a good list.

Things you’ve already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven’t done and don’t want to - leave in plain font

1. Started your own blog - Yarp in 2005

2. Slept under the stars - yes several times, and I am sure I will again. Next time up Lions Head!

3. Played in a band - nope but I have played the fool a lot.

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower - several times.

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland/world

8. Climbed a mountain - Lion;s Head, Mount Majuba, Genadendaal Mountain. I still need to climb Table Mountain.

9. Held a praying mantis - loads of times, and chameleons, frogs, beetles, lizards, geckos, shongololos etc etc

10. Sang a solo (in the shower)

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris - twice. When I was 13 and again when I was 33. Love it!

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea - I wasn't at sea but the storm was

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - does cooking, baking & crafts count?

15. Adopted a child - if I have another child I suspect it will be through adoption.

16. Had food poisoning - of course who hasn't?

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty - this could be interesting, but not first on my list of large erections to scale ;)

18. Grown your own vegetables. - Yes I have done beans, tomatoes, gooseberries, several herbs, lettuce, chillies etc. I would like to do more of this!

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France - yep in the Louvre when my dad took me when I was 13.

20. Slept on an overnight train - yep done the Cape Town - JHB trip several times, and JHB - Nelspruit too. We were going to do the Paris - Seville and Bangkok - Phuket trips too but it was more expensive than flying, so we flew.

21. Had a pillow fight - I have had many and varied fights. Pillows, towels, dish cloths, sticks, gym balls, water, balloons. You name it, I'll fight with it!

22. Hitch hiked - no but we did pick a hitch-hiking couple up once.

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - yes, not often but once or twice. I was a contractor anyway so didn;t get paid when I was off, but I bluffed being sick so I could go see Quinn's events at school. Celebration Day, Gala, Athletics etc ;)

24. Built a snow fort - like an igloo? This could be fun!

25. Held a lamb - yep cute alive and kicking ones, and dead packaged ones ;)

26. Gone skinny dipping - ja of course both in the day and night. In the pool, sea and wdams and waterfalls!

27. Run a Marathon - only done 10km races so far, but must do at LEAST a half marathon if not full marathon one day

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice - I'd LOVE to go to Venice... and Tuscany, and Rome, and heck all over Italy

29. Seen a total eclipse - of the moon yes. Partial eclipse of the sun.

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset - often.

31. Hit a home run - yes in softball

32. Been on a cruise - I'd love to go on a cruise one day

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person - would like to see Vic Falls more

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - been to Scotland near where my great grandparents were from and to Sterkfontein caves - cradle of mankind!

35. Seen an Amish community - nope but seen various other tribal people

36. Taught yourself a new language - bit and pieces of Thai etc but want to learn MUCH more.

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - well I am not greedy. I guess one can always have more and it would be great to have the luxury of not having to work, but I am generally more of less comfortable.

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person - part of tha Epic Italy trip I will do one day ;)

39. Gone rock climbing - want to do more of this though!

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David - again that Italy trip

41. Sung karaoke - VERY badly!

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant.

44. Visited Africa - Well technically I live in Africa and have seen a lot of South Africa, but I want to see MUCH more of Africa.

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.

46. Been transported in an ambulance - before Angelique was born and dies I was transported for 3.5 hours between De Aar and Kimberley in an Ambulance on a bump Karoo road in the rain.

47. Had your portrait painted.

48. Gone deep sea fishing.

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person - see Italy ;)

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud.

54. Gone to a drive-in theater. Loads of times, pity there are none left in Cape Tow I'd love to take the bosy toa drive-in.

55. Been in a movie - Well I am listed in the credits of a cinema movie...

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business - my doula business

58. Taken a martial arts class - does katabox count, oh and few tai chi classes.

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching.

63. Gotten flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - come close but not done it yet. I can now that I am not pregnant or breastfeeding etc.

65. Gone sky diving - really want to try this!

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a cheque - never

68. Flown in a helicopter - been in a hot air balloon though

69. Saved a favourite childhood toy - I had quite a few, but between my sister & step mother mine are all gone now, except the porcelain doll I bought on the Zeebrugge ferry when I was 13.

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt - I helped with one.

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job - never

76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - nope I was brainwashed to be anti-motorbikes ;)

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican - sort of Italy ;)

82. Bought a brand new car - well it had 2000km on the clock but that's pretty damn new!

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper.

85. Read the entire Bible - read some of it. No inclination to read the rest, except to be able to argue about it ;)

86. Visited the White House - who gives a shit!?

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox.

89. Saved someone’s life - saved my sister & Griffin from drowning a few times.

90. Sat on a jury - N/A, but I had to stand in the stalls of the High Court the day I got divorced!

91. Met someone famous.

92. Joined a book club - would join the right one for the social aspect.

93. Lost a loved one - yes my first born

94. Had a baby - yes, incredible expereinces!

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit - divorce

98. Owned a cell phone - yep since 1997

99. Been stung by a bee - Several times, most recently 3 weeks ago!