Random Meme…

Meme I saw on LadyGypsy.net – and decided to participate.
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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
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1. started your own blog
2. slept under the stars
3. played in a band – groupies!
4. visited hawaii
5. watched a meteor shower
6. given more than you can afford to charity
7. been to disneyland/world
8. climbed a mountain
9. held a praying mantis – don’t like bugs!
10. sang a solo
11. bungee jumped
12. visited paris
13. watched a lightning storm at sea
14. taught yourself an art from scratch
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 – sucks!
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 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 (if ladelspeak counts)
37. had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. seen the leaning tower of pisa in person
39. gone rock climbing – been in an indoor rock climbing thing but not outdoors.
40. seen michelangelo’s david in person
41. sung karaoke
42. seen old faithful geyser erupt
43. bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant – would a blind date count?
44. visited africa
45. walked on a beach by moonlight
46. been transported in an ambulance (I work in one!)
47. had your portrait painted
48. gone deep sea fishing (got REALLY seasick)
49. seen the sistene chapel in person
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 theatre – Saw Star Wars (IV) at one in 1977
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. – if taking my kid’s sheet to work counts
62. gone whale watching
63. gotten flowers for no reason
64. donated blood
65. gone sky diving – didn’t need coffee for a week.
66. visited a nazi concentration camp
67. bounced a cheque – I was young and stupid, it was an accident.
68. flown in a helicopter
69. saved a favorite childhood toy
70. visited the lincoln memorial
71. eaten caviar – if fish eggs on sushi counts
72. pieced a quilt
73. stood in times square
74. toured the everglades in Florida
75. been fired from a job
76. seen the changing of the guard in london
77. broken a bone – fractures and breaks total: 7
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 your picture in the newspaper
85. read the entire bible – not all in one sitting!
86. visited the white house
87. killed and prepared an animal for eating – fish, and crabs
88. had chickenpox – missed 8 days of kindergarten
89. saved someone’s life – it’s my job
90. sat on a jury – kinda. I went to jury selection and was sent home.
91. met someone famous – a few different people.
92. joined a book club
93. lost a loved one
94. had a baby – personally? or meaning “have kid/s”
95. seen the alamo in person.
96. swum in the great salt lake.
97. been involved in a law suit – sued for divorce in ’98
98. owned a cell phone
99. been stung by a bee see question 2 on this other page

Happy 2009

Having the right to make choices is a good thing. I made a few choices for next year:

I chose to opt-out of making a resolution list. I usually don’t keep most of them anyway. I have become a bit soft and dough-ie around the belly area. That is my only promise-to-self I have made. I did not put it in writing.

I also chose to opt-out of the annual Celebrity Death Pool this year. Last year, everyone on my list survived. I thought to myself… “ya know… it might be interesting to see what happens to the same group of people if I don’t change it at all.” Morbid? Why, yes, it is a morbid “game”. We didn’t make it up, we just make a list and (typically, lose) $20 at the end of the year (paid to the winner with the most points based on whichever famous people were LOST during the year.)

I would like to be able to choose not to get headaches, and to be able to sleep instead. I am HOPING for a year of at least six hours of sleep a night, without the a single headache to disrupt it.

Tonight, I am choosing to drink to that. (responsibly, as always).

Let the countdown begin.

As This Year Ends (A really, really brief review of the Holiday)

This was one of the gifts I received this year. Animated Santa on a Chopper. With a press of the button, the music begins (with motorcycle revving sound added in). “Get your motor runnin… (Santa starts to “dance” from his seated position on the bike to the music) Head out on the highway… ”

Funny stuff.

I also received this book, Diners Drive-Ins and Dives. I watch this show on FoodTV, and want to drive across the country and eat at the places featured on the show.

I love food. We cooked (and consumed) a LOT of it. Soups were the main focus Christmas Eve, and all three types were a hit. Christmas morning I made breakfast and Christmas dinner consisted of Ham (and all of the things that go well with a Ham). Way too much food. We woke up the next day and there was a request to make the same breakfast, so I did.

We left early that afternoon, and when I got home late yesterday afternoon, the only thing I ate (for dinner) was fruit. Two Mandarine (Tangerines) and an apple. This morning I had a five-grain oatmeal (non-instant) and coffee (black, which is how I typically drink it).

(Holiday Season + Crap Economy) – (Work – Sleep) = X

Greetings. The Holiday Snowy Header is up!

This year is a perfect year to get back to basics and celebrate the holidays in a more basic way. There will not be a huge mountain of gifts this year. Even at work we are foregoing the “Christmas Party” and “Secret Santa” (which I never enjoyed anyway and thought was crap). Instead we are going to each bring a dish and we will eat – and there is no gift exchange.

At home, we are each giving / receiving ONE gift, having done the “pick a name from a hat” thing. This surely beats the hell out of buying each person in the family a 20-30 or 50 dollar gift. Nothing over the top.

I have to work today… I want a vacation. (I always want a vacation, don’t I?)