Relaxing a bit as I’m now on my Holidays. Catching up with some reading before I get busy with family things and working on some hobby projects.

In the mean time, I’m doing this 100 things meme. You highlight the things you have done. Got this from Empty Thoughts, who got it from Leah Culver.

1. Started your own blog *

2. Slept under the stars (This is actually a really fun and relaxing thing to do. Highly recommended)

3. Played in a band (I do have a guitar though, yay?)

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity (But I have given)

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain (Nothing large though)

9. Held a praying mantis (What kid hasn’t?)

10. Sang a solo (uh kind of)

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch *

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning (some kind of fish)

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (didn’t have time for it when I went to NYC :( )

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

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (duh!)

24. Built a snow fort (Even an igloo once)

25. Held a lamb (I .. think)

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon (I really want to this year as I’m more in shape)

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run (couldn’t play paid sports as a child, but with friends .. sure)

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (soon!)

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language (Not born English, but I am learning French at the moment :))

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke *

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 were going to one day but we COULDN’T find it!)

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business (Not really, just hobby projects)

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching (oh god want to so badly)

63. Got 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. Had 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 mobile phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day (Nothing lengthy obviously)

Looking at my list, makes me realize how much I have not travelled, mostly to my home continent (Europe). I will, but not yet .. still young :)