Meme!

Swiped from Sashera, who swiped it from Ceosanna. Bold the ones you've done.

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/Disneyworld
8. Held a praying mantis
9. Climbed a mountain
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in person
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
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
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
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (when I was a kid, LOL, which might be cheating. ;) Satisfied, for me, would mean debts paid and money in the bank for an emergency - perhaps enough for two to three months with no income).
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
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
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 cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day


31, unless I miscounted. Several of these are on my to-do list if I ever get to Europe.

Turkey quiz!

Take the turkey quiz!

I got 13 right. I missed:

The state that produced the most
Arkansas's rank
the tribe that celebrated with the colonists
the president who made it the last Thursday in Nov.
the % American households who eat turkey for Thanksgiving
the speed they fly
the highest per capita turkey consuming country

Listen *and* watch!

Saw this linked over at Uncle Orson Reviews Everything

Ahh, the 70s...

I got a box of patterns (and several copies of "The Workbasket" magazine) at a garage sale some time ago. The box was free, and I figured I might find something in there of interest.

Interest, definitely, LOL.

Unexpected gem #1: From the March 1971 vol. of the magazine - an article expounding on the wonders of sewing double-knit polyester. Okay, it's the 70s, big deal. Then - "...This particular fabric costs about $8 a yard." Holy cow! $8 a yard in 1971??? It's not even some kind of fancy silk brocade, it's 100% polyester!

Man.

I'll spare you the recipe for Kraut-Olive Salad, intended to be pressed inside a hollowed french loaf and chilled. How...um...appetizing. And I don't think I could make myself try the Kraut chocolate cake, either (takes 2/3 cup of rinsed, drained, and chopped sauerkraut). It might be fine, I dunno, but I'm afraid to try.

The knit two-color man's tie is pretty amusing too. It reminds me of the ones that were in when I was in middle school (in the mid-80s).

I think I'm gonna enjoy just flipping through the little magazines.

A pleasant surprise

Took the kiddos in for their flu vaccinations.

Found out that they were using the flumist vaccine - nasal spray syringe, not a needle. Apparently this had been an age 5-49 thing, but was reformulated and can now be used for 2-49. So the kiddos avoided being jabbed - yay!

Though Calla still ran when she saw the bandaids and syringes. And still cried while we were holding her still for the nasal spray. She just does not like to be messed with.

But! When it was over, she calmed right back down (muuuuch faster than if it had been a needle).

So, now the kiddos and I have our flu vaccines. Hopefully they'll have guessed correctly on the strains to vaccinate against!

No love for Thanksgiving?

Me - Change iGoogle theme to winter village
Hubby - "Whatever happened to Thanksg...
Me - minimize browser window to show huge Thanksgiving wallpaper on computer desktop.
Hubby - "Oh."

Hee!

Rather entertaining!

Maps at live.com

A friend of mine used this to show me where he grew up. I then spent the next hour putting in addresses and looking around. Of course it gets our location wrong - I expect that now of about every map service - but knowing what you're looking for, it's usually easy to find it.

Put in the address, then click bird's eye view. You can zoom in or out, and you can rotate view. I spent a while "driving" (click and drag the hand) around my hometown, looking at the first house I remember, then looking at the lake downtown, then following one of the roads out to Acme, etc. If it seems to pause while loading, don't just sit still waiting - continue to move the view some, and it'll load. At Acme, there was a black square where nothing showed, but when I rotated the view, it came in.

It's easy to lose track of time!