Carpe Diem!

At the beginning of a new year when we reflect on our lives, and what we want to do better or accomplish, it really makes you take stock of how you spend your time, and what is or is not important.

I saw this list on Michelle's blog, and thought it would be fun to do! You put in BOLD the things that you have done. If you want to play along, copy and paste the list, then you give it a shot.

Some of the things on here are not things I really aspire to do (breaking a bone!?), but it kind of inspires me to write my own life list/bucket list of things that I would want to someday accomplish. Maybe I'll write one up and put it on the sidebar of my blog, and then cross them off as I go along.

1. Started your own blog - yeah, you're here, aren't you? :)
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/world - yeah, went on my mission there!
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris - WOW!
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning - rancid coconut cream pie on my mission :P
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (discovered a new passion for gardening)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France - I was surprised how small it was in person!
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 - does a 5K count? :)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice -AMAZING! Everybody should do this once in their life!
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise - two of them - both to the Caribbean
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors - would love to go visit Bath, England where the Marchants are from originally
35. Seen an Amish community - no, but I would love to! I have a strange fascination with them!
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person - got the photos to prove it!
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David - we were on our way to see it in Italy, and got totally lost! :(
41. Sung karaoke - Girls' Night Out at Tina's house; Trish & me singing "Dancing Queen"!
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant - love to do this!
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance -hope never to (having Kaden go was bad enough!)
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person - David has!
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling - and was 6 months pregnant, thank you very much!
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie - was in a television show (Hotel Balderdash) when in 2nd grade.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - a few!
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 - what a sweet boyfriend I have, huh? :)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - had a frequent donor's card in college!
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp - Dachau in Germany (very sobering reality)
67. Bounced a check - oops! Back in the days before overdraft...
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - a doll from Grandma Luke that she crocheted clothes for.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades - even saw some alligators up close!!!
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 - Sterling Scholar in high school, and when married
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox - in Kindergarten (still remember the Flintstones sticker book my mom got me to keep me occupied!)
89. Saved some one's life - doesn't every mother have to do it a few times?
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous - knew all the Osmonds in our ward in Branson, Missouri; also not met, but saw up close David Archuleta at Cafe Rio the other day, and once at Disneyland saw Whoopi Goldberg
92. Joined a book club - no, but I really want to one of these days!
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby - how 'bout six?
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone - in fact, finally learned to text a couple of months ago! :)
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day - well, yeah! I take my reading seriously!!! :)

Seize the day! Go out and accomplish!