A Giant "To Do" List

I got tagged by Carol. This is a list of things to do before you die. Bold means I've done it; ~~ means I haven't done it and I'm o.k. with that; ** means I haven't done it, but I'd really like to.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
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 Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis ~~
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
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked (in Russia)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (if anyone answers no on this, they are lying) ** (I seriously haven't -- but I have gone to work plenty of times when I was sick!)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb **
26. Gone skinny dipping ~~(but I've done it in a dream)
27. Run a Marathon ~~
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse **
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run ** (But first, I'd have to learn to make contact with the ball while batting!)
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
37. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol ~~
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person **
39. Gone rock climbing ~~ (I'm too chicken.)
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 ~~ (A photo is bad enough!)
48. Gone deep sea fishing **
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris ** (It was closed when we were there.)
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain ** (Came dangerously close though . . .)
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie ~~
56. Visited the Great Wall of China **
57. Started a business (You might not know that I was the founder of "Summer Workshop for Children," a booming business venture when I was 12.)
58. Taken a martial arts class **
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies ~~ (I just want to eat them, not sell them.)
62. Gone whale watching **
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving ~~
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter **
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (unfortunately)
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square **
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Ridden a horse
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
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
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating ~~ (ick!)
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life **
90. Sat on a jury **
91. Met someone famous ~~ (famous, schmamous)
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby **
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Ocean
97. Been involved in a law suit ~~
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a blog post from someone else's blog to your own. ~~

I tag anyone else who wants to play!