Have you ever?

I always seem to get busy and then just don't take the time to update.... again... I'm sorry! Things have been going really good for the most part. We've been busy getting ready for Christmas and enjoying the decorating and singing and cooking! Miss Willie has made me promise to post soon about my former ugly feelings toward all things "Christmas" and how the Lord has worked in my heart to make it a wonderful season for our family so I will try to get that posted soon. Today I had 12 children all day and am too tired to go into it so I am just going to post my "have you ever" that Miss Willie asked me to put up with a promise to post again soon.

Have you ever?
Bold the things you’ve done.

1. Started your own blog I was terrified of making a mess of it but I did it anyway and have enjoyed it for the most part.

2. Slept under the stars It used to be something that I did often, and it was something that Troy I did together our first night together.

3. Played in a band I was in both marching band and regular band in school. I played the flute and tried to play the clarinet and sax sometimes too.

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower The kids and I used to love to do that back home, it was so much easier to get away from the lights of a town then. We were also blessed enough to see a rare red aurora one night too!

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland/world

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis Remind me to tell you about Taeler's "pet" praying mantises... it's hysterical!

10. Sang/played a solo both at different times over the years.

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch... does soapmaking count?

15. Adopted a child


16. Had food poisoning never never never buy a sandwich from a cooler no matter how sweet the lady selling them seems!

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 I used to hitch rides all over the country when I was younger.

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill Not very often but thankfully the job that I had at the time was very accomodating.

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb I used to love helping out during lambing season! I love sheep and would still have them if I could!

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 people who can't relax enough to enjoy such a sweet pleasure are truly depriving themselves!

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community
Once upon a time I spent large amounts of time in Amish communities.

36. Taught yourself a new language sort of... it goes along with the whole lots of time in Amish communities thing... long story.

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing That used to be one of my favorite things to do... not the yuppie kind of rock climbing with the fancy shoes and skin tight spandex though. More the hillbilly style, "this is the way to get home " kind.

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke years ago and badly!

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

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
We used to go at least once a month and Troy would grill burgers while the movie played.

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. 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

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

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



Well, I'm off to get chores finished up so I can go to bed. I hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas!