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/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang/played a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (not that I’m any good at it)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables. (Onions, to be precise. And sunflowers)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France (Okay. I think this should count as half because we were literally STANDING OUTSIDE THE LOUVRE and never went in. Fail.)
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 (I may have, but since I don’t remember it doesn’t count)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (I’m counting this as another half. I’ve ridden on a BOAT in Venice, but not 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 (Oh, Ireland/Wales)
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 (But nothing hardcore)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (Uhhh, around family. That’s all)
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 (I’m counting this as full because I had it drawn, in full color, over multiple hours, even though it wasn’t *painted* per sé)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (Uggghhhh. Another half. I’ve been *on* the Eiffel Tower, but I wasn’t allowed to go to the top)
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 (In fact, I performed on it. Beat THAT.)
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. Gotten 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 (Again, I’m counting it as full because technically, it was a sea plane, but that’s just a helicopter that takes off from water)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (I *have*, but I was, like, 2)
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 (Oh, how I wish.)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (Yeah, when I was two. I was holding a goat kid that came with a petting zoo to the nursery, and wouldn’t let go, so they just snapped a picture and published it. Apparently it was a really hard picture to take because I’m so white and the goat was jet black)
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
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Made a baby
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
99. Been stung by a bee
So far? 42 full, 43 and 1/2 counting the halves. Not bad for a 17-year-old, eh?
