What Have You Done

I saw this on my friend Anne's blog and thought I had to do it. The things I have done are bolded and the colored writing is my commentary. You should read through and see which things you have done-it'll be fun!

1. Touched an iceberg
2. Slept under the stars
3. Been a part of a hockey fight
4. Changed a baby's diaper Just all day every day...
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity Technically Wes does this but it is our money...and I support the giving...
7. Swam with wild dolphins
8. Climbed a mountain I used to LOVE hiking...
9. Held a tarantula
10. Said "I love you" and meant it
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris I sat in the Paris airport for hours and hours once, and saw the Eiffel Tower as we flew over...I am totally counting that...
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise AH college...
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game Final Four baby!
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty Senior Trip 1997. FUN!
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables All the time growing up-yummy! Plan on doing it again now that we will have a house!
19. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
20. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment Sadly, I have had this happen in very spiritual church meetings...twice...
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Bet on a winning horse
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort With Wes and Spence and our kids.
25. Held a lamb Thank you petting zoo.
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Taken an ice cold bath Often-it sucks, oh except when I was little and we were in Hawaii and I was really, really sick and had a high fever and then it was totally awesome to have an ice cold bath.
28. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Ridden a roller coaster I LOVE them!!!
31. Hit a home run (But only on Wii...) :)
32. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
33. Adopted an accent for fun
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors Greece...
35. Felt very happy about your life, even for just a moment
36. Loved your job 90% of the time I loved working at Theatre School For Youth and I actually loved my job at Nordstroms as a teenager too!
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied It doesn't matter how much money (or how little money) I have, I can be and am truly satisfied.
38. Watched wild whales
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Gone on a midnight walk on the beach If you haven't heard about the infamous Castaway story of my honeymoon, click here.
41. Gone sky diving
42. Visited Ireland
43. Ever bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited India
45. Bench-pressed your own weight
46. Milked a cow Pays to have relatives in Tooele...oh and to visit state fairs.
47. Alphabetized your personal files
48. Ever worn a superhero costume
49. Sung karaoke
50. Lounged around in bed all day
51. Gone scuba diving
52. Kissed in the rain One of my all-time favorite things to do!
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater Oh, this brings back hilarious memories of my dating youth!
55. Done something you should regret, but don't
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business My husband and his mom have...
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Been in a movie Granted it was not a big deal movie-more of a student project really...but I was on Touched by and Angel and something else on TV (the name is escaping me-I was just an extra) as a younger person...
60. Gone without food for 3 days
61. Made cookies from scratch
62. Won first prize in a costume contest
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Been in a combat zone
65. Spoken more than one language fluently
66. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone verbally, not physically...
67. Bounced a check
68. Read - and understood - your credit report
69. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy happens all the time when you have kids.
70. Found out something significant that your ancestors did Yeah-to name one, Aaron Burr is my ancestor... check him out on wikipedia if you don't know who he is...I will tell you he's famous for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel...he was also VP of the US.
71. Called or written your Congress person
72. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
73. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
74. Helped an animal give birth
75. Been fired or laid off from a job
76. Won money I've won a few bets in my life, and once won like $5 on a lottery ticket I had originally bought for my dad...that sounds wrong somehow doesn't it?!
77. Broken a bone
78. Ridden a motorcycle
79. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph
80. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
81. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
82. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
83. Eaten sushi and I Love it!!
84. Had your picture in the newspaper actually quite a few times now that I am thinking about it...
85. Read The Bible cover to cover It is SOOO sad that I haven't...
86. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about Dude-I cannot change anyone's mind no matter how much I care about it! It sucks!
87. Gotten someone fired for their actions and felt great satisfaction at doing so!!
88. Gone back to school
89. Changed your name
90. Caught a fly in the air with your bare hands
91. Eaten fried green tomatoes
92. Read The Iliad
93. Taught yourself an art from scratch
94. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
95. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
96. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
97. Been elected to public office
98. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
99. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
100. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
101. Had a booth at a street fair
102. Dyed your hair
103. Been a DJ
104. Rocked a baby to sleep I have been doing that as I am doing that-ah...multitasking...
105. Ever dropped a cat from a high place to see if it really lands on all four
106. Raked your carpet
107. Brought out the best in people
108. Brought out the worst in people
109. Worn a mood ring Oh yeah-and made my friends try it on to see how their moods were-I swore by those things as a kid...
110. Ridden a horse And almost killed myself doing it-ask Wes to tell you about it someday. But even with all the almost killing myself stuff, I had a blast and would totally do it again-if Wes ever lets me...
111. Carved an animal from a piece of wood or bar of soap
112. Cooked a dish where four people asked for the recipe Seriously, this happens all the time when I cook for others-that's pretty much why I count my biggest skill as being cooking.
113. Buried a child
114. Gone to a Broadway play YEAH!!! Love to go see Broadway shows! My one splurge I am planning when Wes is making the big bucks is to go to NYC once a year and watch whatever shows are new and interesting to me! If this fits in with having 4 kids somehow...
115. Been inside the pyramids
116. Shot a basketball into a basket
117. Danced at a disco
118. Played in a band
119. Shot a bird
120. Gone to an arboretum
121. Tutored someone
122. Ridden a train in Germany.
123. Brought an old fad back into style
124. Eaten caviar
125. Let a salesman talk you into something you didn’t need OK, so there was this sample guy/salesman in our Hyvee (grocery store) in Omaha that could convince Wes and I to buy whatever he was sampling everytime...man we bought a lot of frozen foods, especially pizzas from that guy...
126. Ridden a giraffe or elephant At the zoo as a kid
127. Published a book I self-published a cook book.
128. Pieced a quilt
129. Lived in an historic place
130. Acted in a play or performed on a stage
131. Asked for a raise
132. Made a hole-in-one
133. Gone deep sea fishing
134. Gone roller skating
135. Run a marathon
136. Learned to surf
137. Invented something
138. Flown first class Once as a kid flying unaccompanied they put me up in the first class!!
139. Spent the night in a 5-star luxury suite
140. Flown in a helicopter
141. Visited Africa
142. Sang a solo
143. Gone spelunking
144. Learned how to take a compliment
145. Written a love-story I guess technically I tried to write a love story/book and failed miserably, gave up on it and decided it was crap!
146. Seen Michelangelo’s David
147. Had your portrait painted
148. Written a fan letter to the NKOTB (That's New Kids on the Block for those of you too young to know) BTW-Have you heard about this comeback tour they are doing?! CRAZY!!!
149. Spent the night in something haunted
150. Owned a St. Bernard or Great Dane
151. Ran away
152. Learned to juggle
153. Been a boss
154. Sat on a jury
155. Lied about your weight
156. Gone on a diet
157. Found an arrowhead or a gold nugget
158. Written a poem
159. Carried your lunch in a lunchbox
160. Gotten food poisoning Most notably at the last meal of our honeymoon at this uber-expensive seafood place, both Wes and I got food poisoning...awesome way to end a honeymoon...
161. Gone on a service, humanitarian or religious mission
162. Hiked the Grand Canyon
163. Sat on a park bench and fed the ducks
164. Gone to the opera
165. Gotten a letter from someone famous
166. Worn knickers as a costume...onstage!
167. Ridden in a limousine thanks to funerals and Prom...
168. Attended the Olympics No, but I went to what's left of the original Olympic stadium in Greece while the Olympics were here in my hometown of Salt Lake City...Doesn't that count for anything?!
169. Can hula or waltz
170. Read a half dozen Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books I have read way more than 6.
171. Been stuck in an elevator
172. Had a revelatory dream
173. Thought you might crash in an airplane I tend toward panicking...
174. Had a song dedicated to you on the radio or at a concert My 13th Birthday-the song was "Everythng I do I Do it For You." It is a story SOOOO worth hearing, When I have more time I will have to type it in a blog for all to enjoy...remind me if you haven't heard it and want to!
175. Saved someone’s life
176. Eaten raw whale No, but I saw Andrew Zimmern do this on Bizarre Foods, and can I just say I will never, ever be eating that!!!
177. Know how to tat, smock or do needlepoint
178. Laughed till your side hurt
179. Straddled the equator
180. Taken a photograph of something other than people that is worth framing
181. Gone to a Shakespeare Festival
182. Sent a message in a bottle
183. Spent the night in a hostel
184. Been a cashier Dans foods and Nordstrom!
185. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
186. Joined a union
187. Donated blood or plasma
188. Built a campfire
189. Kept a blog
190. Had hives
191. Worn custom made shoes or boots
192. Made a PowerPoint presentation Once, for a class in college and never since then...
193. Taken a Hunter’s Safety Course
194. Served at a soup kitchen
195. Conquered the Rubik’s cube
196. Know CPR sortof...
197. Ridden in or owned a convertible
198. Found a long lost friend Thank you Facebook-I totally love that thing!!
199. Helped solve a crime

Another Show I love

I just found HGTV here in Utah and I am LOVING watching House Hunters again! Yeah!!!!

Four Tag

I know I have done one similar to this, but if you are a regular reader of this blog, you are probably quite aware that I love these things and cannot help but do them, especially if I was tagged. And since I read Charlissa's, I guess I was tagged...enjoy...

4 Things you may not know:

(I think I am pretty much an open book at this point on this blog, but I will try to come up with 4 things)

1. I am totally double jointed, especially in my hands. It is a bit freakishly weird.
2. I used to pretend I was allergic to chocolate as a child so my friend's parents would stop giving it to me-I hated it, and no parent believed that a kids would hate chocolate...
3. I have an unnatural dislike of Jazz Dancers, and the Jazz in general as Wesley's first girlfriend was a Jazz Dancer. (I have somewhat forgiven the actual Jazz team for this and like them again finally-much of that like was rubbed off on me from Aunt Cathy I think. Otherwise, I would probably still hate the whole Jazz franchise-team, dancers, ushers and all. But as it stands, I am limiting my dislike to the dancers these days.)
4. I often do things to try to surprise Wes or to test Wes, but can never handle not telling him. For example, I will do something like post this blog and write this to test and see if Wes is actually reading my blog at all. But the test will fail miserably as I will probably call him as soon as I am done typing and give him a not-so-subtle hint like "Hey, have you read my blog today? cause I put up some stuff...you should go check!" Then I will probably follow up and see if he has checked it yet a few minutes later...seriously. I do this all the time...I am totally not going to call him this time...Let's test me and see...Note to Wes-when you read this, you must comment and let the people know if I called you or if you looked on your own...lets see if I can handle this, and see if Wes checks it...

4 Places I Go Over and Over:

1. Wal Mart
2. Utah
3. Grocery Stores (Dans in Utah, HyVee in Nebraska)
4. Kids Preschool (this will change to Solace's Kindergarten)

4 People Who Email Me:

1. Mark the real estate agent
2. Jennifer the Mortgage lady
3. Mom
4. Kris

4 of My Favorite Foods:

1. Flank Steak
2. Greek food (Especially Pasticio, Pilaf, Tiropetes...etc...etc...)
3. Watermelon
4. Peaches

4 Places I'd Rather Be:

With Wes pretty much covers it all...

4 Movies I Watch Over and Over

1. Enchanted
2. Curious George
3. Really any kid movie my kids like...
4. I am sure Wes will love me mentioning this one, but I totally have seen Harold and Kumar go to White Castle over and over...on TV...it's horrible, but hilarious...I cannot recommend it to anyone and feel good about it, but it is hilarious, and I love Neil Patrick Harris in it!

4 People I'm tagging:

1. Melanie
2. Andrea
3. Heidi
4. Trieste (since she tagged me on the other one...)

Trieste's Tag

I am sure I answered this some time in the past, but it's been a while and I am sure my answers have changed somewhat. So, since Treiste tagged me, I am doing it again!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Yesterday
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? occasionally
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Honey Maple turkey
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Yes, 4 and they are adorable!!
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Of course!
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? No...never!! (make sure you read that with a sarcastic voice)
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? I do
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No. After my experience with that falling ride at Lagoon the first year Wes and I were married, there is no way! I would completely panic!
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Oh's & Life
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? On the RARE occasion I wear shoes with laces, I do not bother to unlace them. Which inevitably makes me pissed off when I go to put them back on and I have to unlace them to relace them...
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Yes, you have to be to move across country with a 2 1/2 week old baby and 3 other kids, and no husband. (I am not discounting all the help I got and am extremely grateful for, but still...)
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Again I have to start with mentioning that I don't particularly like ice cream, but on the occasion when I do eat ice cream, I like peppermint or Cherry Garcia-or really any version of ice cream that has big chunks of cherries and big chunks of chocolate. As I have told Wes a number of times, it's really about what is in the ice cream-I am willing to eat the yucky ice cream to get to those treasured cherries, chocolate, or peppermint chunks!
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? How they look at me.
15. RED OR PINK? Both, I don't think I can choose one, but if I had to-red.
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? Messiness-no doubt!
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Wes
18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Maroon huge pants that Wes hates, and no shoes
19. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? a jelly belly
20. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? My kids playing
21. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? purple
22. FAVORITE SMELLS? bread or chocolate chips cooking, white tea and ginger smell, the ocean, and the smell of rain.
23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? my mom
24. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Football
25. HAIR COLOR? brown
26. EYE COLOR? brown
27. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? When I am not wearing my glasses.
28. FAVORITE FOOD? Too many to name...
29. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Depends on my mood and on which I can get Wes to watch with me.
30. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Enchanted just ended for the umpteenth time this week...my kids LOVE that show!!
31. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Dark Blue-it doesn't match my pants-it is one of Mel's USU shirts as Kindle threw up all over my other shirt...I will be changing shortly!
32. SUMMER OR WINTER? I have recently discovered that I actually like both, but still have a bit of a preference for Summer...
33. HUGS OR KISSES? Both-right now I would prefer a kiss from Wes.
34. FAVORITE DESSERT? Cheesecake probably
35. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? "The Miraculous Adventures of Edward Tulane" aloud to my kids, and I am trying to read the "Crown of Swords" (from the Wheel of Time).
36. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Do not have one
37. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? Food Network
38. FAVORITE MUSIC? Alternative & Broadway
39. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles
40. WHAT IS THE FURTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Germany or Greece-which is further?

NOW I'M TAGGING: Whoever wants to...I will read and enjoy every minute of yours if you do it because really I not only love doing these, but I also love reading them! I know-I'm a geek!

In Utah

In Utah, all 4 kids with me, really tired, can't believe we have to reload a truck and do this drive across country thing again in 3 weeks...missing Wes and missing Spokane, but overall doing well and getting excited to get our house!!!