I saw this on Jodi's blog and stole it because it's been several weeks and I have nothing new to post... The items in PURPLE are the things I have done. It makes me want to travel...



1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars. (I have in a tent...One of my favorite camping experiences was when my friend Tara and I camped in her backyard - with a TV and VCR - I bet we watched Clueless.)

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyworld

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis (Unless I'm dead, this won't happen - bugs scare me A LOT.)

10. Sang a solo

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 (Who hasn't?)

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept in an overnight train (On A & E's E A Emily and I shared 3 overnight trains. My "favorite" had to be from Milan to Paris...oh Yenik, we'll never forget you and your 12 accordians.)

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitchhiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (I haven't taken a sick day this year. Perhaps I'm feeling a little tickle...cough.)

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (Twice!)

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 (Italy)

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language (I didn't teach myself Spanish, but I think it counts)

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (I'm satisfied, but I'd love to stay home with kids one day, and I think we may need close to what we make on our two incomes to do so).

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

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

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain (When Brian and I were engaged we were really careful with how much we were kissing/making out, and kissing in the rain was one of the things we were allowed to do - so you better believe we did when the opportunity presented itself. The parking lot of our apartment complex wasn't quite as romantic as I'd hoped for, but it was still great. :))

53. Played in the mud

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business(I sold packages of gum out of my desk in the 6th grade...I made a decent amount of money - for a 12 year old.)

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason (Is this possible? Don't you always get flowers for SOME reason? I did receive a dozen roses from someone on Valentines day one year when I was single...)

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check (I've charged more on my debit card than I had in the bank...)

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar

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 (does your eardrum count? Don't break that one...it's not a good thing to break.)

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (on my 3rd date with my husband - my first time on a motorcycle. After we went SUPER fast, he felt terrible and said he'd never be that careless with me again. I LOVED it though.)

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car (I've NEVER bought a car - I've always been blessed with hand-me-downs from my parents)

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chicken pox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous - My friend Jenny and I met Steve from Full House when we were in 4th or 5th grade.

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a lawsuit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day

Note to self...

I'm making a mental note to not mention that I'm any upcoming doctor visits to other teachers unless I am visably ill. Note conversation from my day:

ME: Hey Mr. D! How was your break?
MR. D: It was great, and yours?
ME: Fabulous - and very relaxing. Just so you know I won't see you at the end of class today because I'm going to the doctor. (I use his room for a class at the end of the day and I usually see him for a few minutes at the beginning and end of class - I was on my way out the door when I saw him)
MR. D: (serious stare about 6 inches from my face) Are you pregnant?
ME: Oh, dear, um, I hope not.
MR. D: So, are you?

Yeah. Keep info to myself...noted.

Um, dear? What happened?

Facial Hair. I hate facial hair. Almost always. One evening around Christmas in 2005, my then roommate Emily and I showed up at Brian Foxworthy's house for a friend get together thing, and Brian had facial hair. And I liked it. A lot. I knew, for sure, that I was a goner for that man. I'm so glad I finally got to marry him. Anyways, since we have been together I have never seen him without facial hair. So, for the fun of it, he shaved it off.

Here's the before....

During...(I think his face looks so silly it's adorable in this picture and I just had to post it.)

And after...

It was strange. I couldn't kiss him without laughing. It felt like I was kissing someone else. I prefer him with a hairy face and he's back to normal now!