Johannes' 100 things

We got this from Michelle, and Johannes liked it, so we are highlighting all of the things he's done. What have you done on the list?


1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band -clarinet
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity (monthly!)
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (Well over Lake Michigan and Lake Pend Oreille many times)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child - we were going to adopt a Turkish baby but had Jasper instead
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (been there but not to the top)
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train - from Hannover to Warsaw, and Geneva to Barcelona
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 to Greece this past year
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person yes, but Iguacu Falls is cooler
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
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 Morocco
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 just this year with Arcadia
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving -nope, got a new tatoo instead when the plane decided not to fly that day
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp- no but Jenean took me to the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland and also to Krakow which is just down the road from Auschwietz
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter From Baghdad International Airport into the Green Zone
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 - no I have bones of steel
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book- a small one, a Law review article that was bound and printed
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car - NEVER!!!
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Received a speeding ticket - uh yah!
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life- I saved a drowning boy at a Mexican hotel swimming pool
90. Sat on a jury- no but I've argued before them many times
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby - well I have 3 kids
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake - no but Utah Lake is nasty enough
97. Been involved in a law suit - indirectly when someone stole our mail and $3600 from our debit card in Chicago (he did 1 year in Federal Prison and we got our money back)
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Lived in three or more states yah, easy

SCORE 67/100

I would have score higher but we have been too busy doing the exotic stuff now and are saving France, Italy, England and Hawaii for when we are old.