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 This just made me smile after another very long day.  It reminds me very much of seeing my niece and nephew, the greyhounds, licking every last drop from the bottom of my sister or brother-in-law's ice cream cup.

A couple wedding developments this week to come this weekend when I actually have time to write!

This doesn't mean I am going to keep blogging :)

1. Started your own blog - have I really done this? jury is still out

2. Slept under the stars -

3. Played in a band - i played clarinet through middle school

4. Visited Hawaii - no, but it's on the potential honeymoon list

5. Watched a meteor shower -

6. Given more than you can afford to charity -

7. Been to Disneyland - twice

8. Climbed a mountain - a small one

9. Held a praying mantis - no way, bugs are gross

10. Sang a solo -

11. Bungee jumped - terr.i.fied. of heights, just like stephanie

12. Visited Paris - i will before Doug gets any kids

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea -

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch - does graphic design count?

15. Adopted a child -

16. Had food poisoning - yes

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty -

18. Grown your own vegetables -

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France - again, with the no kids thing

20. Slept on an overnight train -

21. Had a pillow fight -

22. Hitch hiked -

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill - daily thought.

24. Built a snow fort -

25. Held a lamb - i do have a stuffed lamb?

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon - I think about taking up running everyday, but never have

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice - Venice is on the list, not sure about a gondola

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 - this list is getting long

35. Seen an Amish community - driven through one only

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the leaning Tower of Pisa in person - the list, again

39. Gone rock climbing -

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David - another thing to add

41. Sung karaoke -

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant -

44. Visited Africa - not interested, Doug might want to go to Egypt, does that count?

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight - in Hawaii, when I get there

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted -

48. Gone deep sea fishing - don't like fish

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person - I want to go to the Vatican more than Paris (sometimes)

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

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 - needles and I don't get along, plus I have low iron

65. Gone sky diving - no way

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 - yuck

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 - I am not Catholic, but have an obsession with going there, is that weird?

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year's Eve

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 -

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person - It's pretty disappointing

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee