100 Item Bucket List

I recently saw this post on Christine's blog. I'm sure you all have heard of the bucket list. Instead of doing things before I die, here is a list of things I have already done.

Wanna play? All you have to do is copy the list and highlight (or make it bold) of all the things that you have done. The comments in the parentheses were made by me. I always have to comment on something. It's like a sickness or something. :-D

I have...

1. Started my own blog (on August 28, 2008)
2. Slept under the stars (one of the many camping trips I took as a child)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii — Hattie, you should substitute ‘Newark, N.J.’, for ‘Hawaii’
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain (on one of my many other camping trips)
9. Held a praying mantis (I was a daring and stupid child)
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (I was a stupid adult as well. Who watches storms near water?)
14. Taught myself an art from scratch (I've started to paint with oils and have a long way to go before I am considered an artist)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (got sick as a dog as a result)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables (I live in the country. Enough said.)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight (on one of the best sleepovers ever as a child)
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (*slapping the hand* bad Bibi bad!)
24. Built a snow fort (In NYC there was always a snowfight to be had)
25. Held a lamb (They are so soft and cute )
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (Long time ago in the seventies. At least that's what my momma said)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (We used to live near the beach in Rockaway NYC)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (As a child, don't remember much, except I dropped my stuffed animal friend in the water)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language (Spanish, not fluent yet!)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Once upon a time, before I married)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (the requirement for being at camp)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (I don't like seeing hungry people on the street)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance (one of my many trips to the hospital giving birth to one child or another)
47. Had my portrait painted (my Grandfather did it. *SIGH* I miss him)
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 (the hubby and I were like teenagers when we first got married)
53. Played in the mud (still do when I plant seeds in my garden)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (It is now closed. Darn recession has hit everyone)
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (I sell items on eBay. It's lucrative and keeps me busy)
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies (my girls did Girl Scouts long, long time ago)
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (the hubby is wonderful)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (Yep, I love a good cause)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp
67. Bounced a check (my bad!, won't happen again)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (still have a little doll who is a male with a prominent male appendage)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial (my family once lived in DC for a time)
71. Eaten caviar (it was tasty)
72. Pieced a quilt (for the babies)
73. Stood in Times Square (life in NYC was pretty exciting, sometimes)
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 (my little bro and I were daredevils)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (still have it)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper (it was for a good cause)
85. Read the entire Bible (a very good read too!)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (when I was eleven. Not a good thing)
89. Saved someone’s life (I do know CPR, and saved my child's life. She was choking on a piece of candy)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club (many to be exact)
93. Lost a loved one (my beloved Grandfather)
94. Had a baby (seven to be exact)
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 (still do!)
99. Been stung by a bee (five times! UGH!!)
100. Ridden an elephant

Well now, I don't think I've led the ultimate exciting life, but it's all well worth it.

Have fun with your bucket list!

Dear Mr. Hugh Jackman...

Today I read that people magazine voted you the ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ this year. I beg to differ. I do however think that you are intelligent, a great singer, a good family man, a wonderful actor, a good humanitarian, and a person who does appreciate his fans.

But the 'Sexiest Man Alive' title belongs to my hubby of 9 years. He comes home after working a long sometimes 6 hour day ready to go to bed. He neither smiles nor says hello, but does manage to grunt. I think it is his sexy way of saying “Hello dollface, I missed you all day. Can’t wait to get you into bed tonight”. What a hunk!!!

Before taking a shower he throws his sweaty, dirty clothes on the newly waxed bedroom floor that took me two hours to do because my little one decided to bring Barbie and her entourage into my room, and it took me four attempts to remove her from the premises. I think it is his sexy way of saying “Honey, these dirty clothes will make you happy. You can finally fill that last load you were so desperately waiting to do”. Bless his heart!!!

Before we settle down for the night he watches TV with me and eats pretzels, slurps Pepsi, burps, farts and channel surfs complaining of ‘there’s never any good action-packed, gun fight movie on’. I think it is his sexy way of saying “Watch this babe, I’ll find a romantic movie for us both to watch so that we can cuddle up together, and wipe each others tears”. Sigh, what a romantic!!!

During the night, he snores so loudly that he sometimes wakens himself. I gave him breathe right strips the other night but he came up with this helpful suggestion; he said that if I give him my 3 fluffy pillows perhaps he can angle his head just right and then maybe his vocal cords inside his throat will not vibrate so much when he breathes. I think it is his sexy way of saying “If the game warden comes knocking on the door for the bear that he thinks is inside this house tell him to go out back and get those pesky possums that live in our shed that you bugged me for forever to get rid of”. What a hero!!!

On the weekends that he does have off from work, he kicks the children out of the family room and settles in front of the TV, turns to any sports game that catches his fancy and is surrounded by all of his favorite junk food. I spend hours making him his favorite foods and he sits in his lazy-boy chair all weekend long. I think it is his sexy way of saying “Come spend some quality time with me. It’s just you and me babe. I’m all yours!” How thoughtful!!!

So you see Mr. Hugh Jackman, People magazine gave you the wrong title. It belongs to my considerate, hunky, romantic, thoughtful sexy hero who always thinks of me whenever he is at home. I love that man and he knows I’ll always be at his side laughing with him and not at him.

A devoted fan,
BIBI