Little Facts

Bold everything you've done. Pretty Simple and Fun :)

1. Started your own blog - Here it is

2. Slept under the stars -All the time growing up.

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii - Family Vacation 1998. I think this was the first time our family actually spent time together without ANYONE bickering or fighting. This was the last time all of my siblings and I were together. Dave left on his mission a few years later and for the following five years someone was on a mission.

5. Watched a Meteor Shower - Again, all the time growing up.

6. Given the widow's mite to charity - I changed this one and think this sounds better.

7. Been to Disneyland - In high school we were invited every year to attend Disney Music days and perform in the park. The trip from Seattle was long enough that we only went once while I was there.

8. Climbed a Mountain - Absolutely. I still have an unfulfilled goal to climb Mt. Rainier.

9. Held a praying mantis - I was kid at some Earth Day event.

10. Sang a solo - It's been about four years, but I used to sing in church. It started back in high school. 11. Bungee jumped - I actually think I lost my drive to try this. I'm sure if the opportunity presents itself I would, but I do not have a desire anymore.

12. Visited Paris - Definitely on my to do list

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - I taught myself to play the guitar. Though, I'm not too sure what "from scratch" means.

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning - Oh the tales to tell

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables - It was a Cub Scout thing

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight - The best pillow fight I ever had was with Elder Guzman. Though we didn't use pillows. We used our laundry bags filled with two weeks of clothes. We had to stop when we realized that throwing that much weight around on the second floor was causing the whole house to sway. It felt like it was going to tip over. :)

22. Hitch hiked - The one time I remember was when I missed my bus to institute. Wait, and a lot on the mission. President Torres was not happy when he found out. I just figured they were great teaching opportunities.

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - I like to call them Preemptive Sick Days. You know, when you feel it coming on and you know if you wait until you can no longer work than you'll be out for two or three days and your entire weekend. An ounce of prevention beats a ton of cure.

24. Built a snow fort - I went snow caving and we decided to take it one step further.

25. Held a Lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping - Only due to lack of swim attire and never in the presence of the opposite sex.

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset - I do it a lot still.

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise - I highly recommend it. Cheapest 5 night vacation I ever had.

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language - I'm teaching myself french and it is coming along great.

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - While some seam to consider this a down fall, I have never felt the NEED for more money. There are few necessities in life for which money is needed - home, food, clothing, transportation - which can be managed on any budget.

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing - I used to a lot, but the past four years I have not. Time to get back into it.

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke - While in Brazil.

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt - I miss our family vacations/reunions to ID.

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant - Oh the stories I could tell.

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight - I lived in LA county for three years. I would have no excuse no to.

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted - do caricatures count?

48. Gone deep sea fishing - *In the deep manly voice* I caught a 40lb Maji-Maji in the Bahamas.

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

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

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling - Hawaii, Bahamas, and New Port, CA. Mark still owes me my scuba certificate.

52. Kissed in the rain...

53. Played in the mud - All the time.

54. Gone to a drive-in theater - That was the best growing up. I am so bummed that they are so hard to find and get to now.

55. Been in a movie - not on the silver screen

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business - If I had a nickel...

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen - Yup. 'nough said. 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies - Well, not for myself.

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason - Well, not for no reason because the reason was because somebody cared enough to buy my flowers for no reason.

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - I am bad about doing this. Every time I nearly pass out so I need a DD. Platelets are the funnest because the machine pumps your blood back in after it's been cooling off a bit. This sensation of cold starts flowing through your body. Oh, and the additives they put back in your blood makes it feel like you have a magnet in your mouth. The first time they had to abort early because I lost all the color in my skin. I looked almost grey.

65. Gone sky diving - on the to do list

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp - No, but I have had the chance to speak with Nazi Concentration Camp survivors. That's something else.

67. Bounced a check - Ah yes, the younger years.

68. Flown in a helicopter - My dad was the pilot. My Helicopter cert is on my to do list

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar - yup.

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 on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person - Again, I miss our biennial family reunions.

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car - Yup, and I just had the transmission rebuild with a life time warranty. I'm going to have this car forever!

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper - The school news paper counts, right? I had my name on TV news.

85. Read the entire Bible - Between Seminary and Sunday school, it's inevitable.

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - I killed a chicken for youth conference. It was a pioneer trek thing and I got to kill the family chicken (Tyson), prep it, cook it and serve it.

88. Had chickenpox - Been there, done that, have the scares to prove it.

89. Saved someone’s life - The funny thing is, you never think of it as saving someone's life until it's all over. Up to that point you're just acting on a situation.

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous - I've got a few names up my sleeve.

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one - knock on wood, only a few.

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person - That was on a family vacation through San Antonio and Houston where I saw the Space Center.

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake - I'm trying to think which year that was...

97. Been involved in a law suit - I worked for a law firm... But personally I have been as well.

98. Owned a cell phone - it was a "family phone," but I have had a cell phone since 1997

99. Been stung by a bee - well, this is my favorite beach story. I got tired of trying to get people together to do stuff so I now just plan to go by myself and leave the door open. I did so to the beach one day and was just walking by myself. I stepped on a bee and it stung me - the nerve. I headed toward the guard tower for a first aid kit just to make sure it did not get infected. The life guard was driving away just as I was getting there so I had to waive him down. I could see he was a little excited to see me waiving him down while limping towards him. When I told him it was a bee sting I could see the gears working in his head "Finally, I get to save someone's life." It turned in to a whole lot of show with six on lookers and a few others walking by asking if everything was okay, if they could help.

If you read this, you must do the same.