Things I've Done...

Julie posted this on her blog today recently, as did Karen so I will too. The things in bold are the things I have done. If you want to play, copy the list to your blog and bold the things you have done. Leave a comment if you do it so I can read it. :)

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (drums)
4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (only DisneyWorld)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped (are you crazy!!)
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
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
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 in 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 (only a small day 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. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
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 (I want to…)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (in Rio de Janeiro)
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
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 (a pretend one in Small Business Management class.....)
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
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (I've tried many times)
65. Gone sky diving (see bunge jumping above....)
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
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
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.
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury (almost - my number was too high so I didn't have to report....)

91. Met someone famous
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 (when I was 12 or so and the lake was awesome...)
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a mobile phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day (if children's books count?, jk)

dumb quiz thing to lighten the mood a bit!

You Belong in Dublin

Friendly and down to earth, you want to enjoy Europe without snobbery or pretensions. You're the perfect person to go wild on a pub crawl... or enjoy a quiet bike ride through the old part of town.

What European City Do You Belong In?

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Don't tell but I wore a Starbuck's apron to work (with a caribou sticker over the starbuck's logo). It's green, come on. Don't tell me you wouldn't have done it also.

Hope all you not working people enjoyed the parade and polychronic river trick.
Here's my gift to you, tailored the the Chicagonian.

TSo there wasn't a Lubbock but the combination of these two comes close to hitting it right on. Except they forgot the parts about more churches then trees and noticing the blue squiggly line through town on maps but not being able to find the river in actuallity.

You Know You're From Amarillo When...

Rainfall is measured in hundredths of inches An inch of rain causes streets to flood but it takes a foot of snow to close schools People are happy if a picnic gets rained out You've seen rain, sleet, snow and thunder all in the same storm You consider plutonium to be good thing You prefer to haul drinking water rather than drink tap water You tell people you live in the tan brick house with a tan roof and attached two-car garage, and then realize that describes every house within a 2-mile radius You can see a million stars at night from your patio You've never seen smog You know the soil temperature on any given day but can't recall what you had for breakfast You've had to pull over and remove tumbleweeds from the grill of your car You've canceled many golf games because of rain Vacation means a weekend trip to Santa Fe You can lose your purse and a total stranger will returns it You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Amarillo.

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You Know You're From Abilene When...

You have ever taken a girl to "look" at the blue lights by the airport. Meeting a celebrity" means standing in line at the Olive Garden next to the local weatherman. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a camper on the Winters Freeway. "Vacation" means driving to Dallas. You have seen the "Anson Lights" and they scared the hell out of you! You think one of the major food groups is Taco Bueno. You think that opening weekend for dove and deer seasons are national holidays. You find 98 degrees "a little warm," and 60 degrees downright freezing. You think the only seasons are hot, damn hot, and winter. You know if another person is from out of town the second he or she walks in the door. "Overachievers" go to A&M or UT. The rest must choose from Hardin-Simmons, ACU, McMurry, or Cisco Junior College. You've had several friends move off and move back within a couple of months. You have a friend that lives near a pumpjack. The West Texas Fair and Rodeo is the major event for the whole year. The town mascot is a B-1 Bomber. Honeymoon means "San Antonio." You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Abilene.

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Snow

This is just adorable. My dog in Texas, Gretta loves the snow and they are getting quite a bit of it this year. I don't know how to find year to date snowfall but almost certain they have had as much if not more than Wheaton. Either way I'm loving what's coming down now!!!And as far as the Chicago Bears go, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUPER BOWL XLI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tag I'm It

Well I've been tagged a few times now to write about 5 little known facts about me.
One: Most embarrassing thing happened to me last week. I called the cops on my roommate because I thought someone was breaking-in. I'm a doofas!
Two: When I was two years old I run to my dad when he came home from work to tell him it was snowing, tripped, bit through the baby bottle nipple that I was carrying and clear through my lip. It was the first time I had stitches and now it's a pretty cute little scar.
Three: I was one of those really smart trouble makers in high school. Short story: I went on a state Latin competition as a Freshman because I scored well enough on a Greek History test at a regional competition. The funny part was when I got back to school I landed myself in ISS for being caught with a boy in our room playing cards at night. Then they threatened to kick me out of National Honor Society and my AP teachers forced me to write an apology letting to my Latin teacher for our "bad behavior."
Four: I have been kayaking in some of the coolest places in this country and around the world including: lower Manhattan (Hudson river), Ziliker Park in Austin, TX, Durango, CO, Atlantic Ocean off Coco Beach, FL, and Yahtzee River in China.
Five: I'm a workaholic who has traditionally held multiple jobs for many years but lately I'm ready to quit my job after just over a month of employment. For instance I worked at Geno's for a month, took a month off and couldn't stand the down time. Now I've worked at Caribou a month and want to quit for a little while to I can do more with the Hunger Experiment. Oh well, I go back to work tomorrow and I'm sure I will remember how much I love it.

I don't want to tag anyone else because I don't actually know anyone. But if you are reading this post and I don't know you leave a comment and consider yourself tagged.