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I was surfing Atypical Homeschool and meant to just bookmark it but decided to do the meme as well.
(bolded ones I've done a couple I was unsure of, though... getting old memory fails)
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game (and survived the crush afterwards)
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children - still raising!
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language (thought about it)
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. (helped) Save someone’s life
Great site: Get Organized Now. Tons of information there. I like the monthly checklist. Lists help keep me on track. I'm a list kinda girl.
Checklist for October
____ Oct 1 Make sure you have a rake. The leaves will begin falling off the trees now, if they haven't already. If you require leaf bags, get them today.
____ Oct 2 Store away your summer clothing, and bring out your fall and winter clothes. If you pull out something you don't like, immediately put it in your Donations Box.
____ Oct 3 If you have a wood burning fireplace, it's a good time to begin collecting firewood now.
____ Oct 4 According to Arm and Hammer, remove coffee and tea stains and eliminate bitter off-tastes by washing mugs and coffee makers in a solution of 1/4 cup Arm and Hammer Baking Soda in 1 quart of warm water. For stubborn stains, try soaking overnight in the baking soda solution and detergent or scrubbing with baking soda with a clean damp sponge.
____ Oct 5 Pick up the ingredients to make a homemade loaf of pumpkin bread. Then, schedule time to make it. The aroma is perfect for the season.
____ Oct 6 Donate at least one kitchen appliance you never use.
____ Oct 7 Go through your medicine cabinet and toss any medication that is expired, or that you no longer use.
____ Oct 8 Empty your email inbox tonight by responding to any email that requires it, or deleting email you don't need. If you can't possibly do that in one night, work on this project for 10 minutes a night until it's completely empty.
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____ Oct 9 Remove books from a bookshelf and clean the shelf. Then, return each book to the clean shelf when you're done.
____ Oct 10 Make your house festive for Halloween with pumpkins, mums and, perhaps, a scarecrow decoration.
____ Oct 11 Clean your windows, with window cleaner and a squeegee, or hire a window cleaner to do this for you.
____ Oct 12 Try to avoid the busy malls this season, and opt for buying holiday gifts online instead. Start now, if you haven't already, and aim for finishing before Thanksgiving.
____ Oct 13 Clean out any narrow-neck vases with 1 part water, 1 part vinegar and 1 part baking soda. If your vases have larger openings and are durable, put them in the dishwasher when you're ready to run your next cycle.
____ Oct 14 Clean and store your outdoor flowerpots. The harsh weather could cause them to crack if left outside.
____ Oct 15 Get your yard cleaned up. Remove any debris around the house.
____ Oct 16 Take your window screens out and replace them with storm windows. Cover your central air conditioning unit for the season.
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____ Oct 17 If you live in a cold weather state, store any garden hoses for the season.
____ Oct 18 Re-organize the kitchen utensils drawers. If you don't have a utensil holder, be sure it's on your shopping list.
____ Oct 19 It's an excellent time to update your PDA and address books. When you're ready to send out your holiday cards, you'll be all set.
____ Oct 20 Weed out one drawer of your filing cabinet of papers you no longer need, shredding any documents that contain personal information.
____ Oct 21 Organize your CD collection, alphabetically within genre.
____ Oct 22 Clean and organize your coat closet. Donate any coats you (or other family members) no longer wear.
____ Oct 23 Add sturdy plastic boxes (with lids) to your coat closet--one for each family member. Label with the person's name. Add any scarves, hats, gloves, earmuffs and other outerwear to the appropriate person's box.
____ Oct 24 Clean out your oven.
____ Oct 25 Take the time to sit down with your children and, together, choose a set number of toys that can be given away to less fortunate children. New toys will be arriving from Santa soon, so it's a good time to weed out the old.
____ Oct 26 Vacuum the insides of an armoire, computer center, buffet, etc. that are extra dusty.
____ Oct 27 Level any framed artwork or framed photos hanging on the walls that are crooked.
____ Oct 28 Empty all of the trash containers in your home, garage, car, etc. into one big bag. Put that bag out on garbage day.
____ Oct 29 Daylight savings time (U.S.) ends at 2:00AM. Turn your clocks back one hour.
____ Oct 30 Start planning for Thanksgiving. Where will it be held? Do you need to make travel plans? Does anything have to be ordered ahead of time? Don't wait until the last minute, or you may find yourself stressed and overwhelmed.
____ Oct 31 Today is a chore-free day. Enjoy Halloween!
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Flava Flav is over. Stupid man chose Deelishis. I stayed up until 1am watching that dumb show to see NY get her crown and be Mrs. Flava Flav. But no. No he had to go choose Dee. She said she was just there for Flav. Evidence of that, ahem, right here. Yeeeah.
I've heard New York was getting her own show, or was petitioning for it. Also news of her own bachelorette show (believe it when ya see it, hope it is true though). I was so hoping her and Flav would have one (thinking she would win), reminiscent of the Bridget/Flav show. I can't find anything about NY and her own show though. Go NY with your freaky self.
Jury Duty.
I got the letter over a month ago. Two weeks is what they ask for you to be on duty. They give you an after-hours number to call to find out if your pool needs to appear. The first week I did not have to appear. The second week I did.
I was supposed to be there at 8:15am. My kids catch the bus at 8:00am, so it was a bit of a struggle for us. We adjusted our morning routine and I took them to a girlfriend's house since my husband was working, my mom was out of town and the older kids get on their bus before the younger ones. I figured they could just get on at my friend's kid's stop and ride the bus with them. It seemed to be a thrill for my boys, something different to spice up the everyday tasks of riding the bus.
Whatever.
So I dropped them off and went on my merry(less) way, checking the Juror brochure that I was sent, trying to figure out where the building was and where the ramp was in location to the building. I guess, in a certain ramp, they have Juror Parking. Oooh-la-la. But you have to get there early, which I was not. I called the husband and he helped with directions. Since I was approaching downtown from a different angle than intended I had to get my bearings (I'm not good with maps or directions).
Soon the ramp was in sight and I entered, praying that the top of my big old van wouldn't scrape the cement ceiling of the ramp. As I drove, cringing at each bump I noticed the stalls were all marked as permit parking. I cursed the stupid ramp, retracing my turns and curves to find the Juror Stalls (which I never found). I did find metered spots, which I was happy to find since I was approaching tardiness and there was construction going on in the ramp sending quivers and booms through the structure (I have wee bit of freaked-outedness when it comes to ramps under construction -- bit of a phobia).
Exiting the van I realized that I was not bright enough to add Get Change For Parking to the To Do list over my busy weekend. I had about a nickel. The meter read a brazen 0:00, flashing, taunting me with the threat of a ticket. I flew out of there as fast as my fat little legs could go, to the court house. Without plugging Mr. Meter.
I had to go through metal detectors, sign in, put my badge on my shirt and fill out a short questionnaire. There were about 100 people in a large conference room and we listened to a woman talk a bit, explain parking (which I had already asked about -- apparently there is a 30 minute grace period). She talked, showed a video on the importance of being a jury, civic duty blabla. Short break, allowing me to get change for my $5 and run out to the ramp.
I'll admit I'm not in tip top shape, but going up the stairs, out into the world, uphill and then up two (or four -- do you count each set as a "flight" of them ?) more flights of stairs, my gluteus maximus was kicking itself, thighs burning and lungs feeling as if they are going to explode (I've got a nasty cold going on which does not help the situation). I tried to act all casual since there were other jurors out doing the same thing I was doing, but goodness gracious me, I thought I was going to keel over.
Plugged meter, back to building. All downhill thankyouverymuch. Back to the room where we sat. For an hour. I read my book, taking short breaks to glance around the room and people watch, daydream about the controversial, engrossing case that I would be an important juror for, sip my complimentary cup of coffee. You know, those kinds of things that us important juror people do.
The head lady comes back in and says that Wow, lucky day, some of you get to leave, calling off a number range of about 50 people of which my number is not in the range. There is some relief heard and people file out, a couple of them looking like they didn't quite know what to do.
After the dust settled, we, the remaining prospective jurors sat. Soon head lady comes back in and says number blank through blank have been assigned to Judge Soandso and they should line up. My number was not called. The jurors stood up, filed into line and exited the room. My mind began to wander. I used the bathroom and then moved to a table near the back of the room and began reading again. Two and a half hours had gone by. I started to contemplate where I would take my lunch. In The Courthouse Cafeteria, or a local downtown restaurant?
The head lady returns to her podium. More luck, the rest of you are dismissed. I think I sent enough people up for Judgesoandso and we will not need your services for the rest of the week. You are relieved of juror duty.
More audible relief heard throughout the room. Dis-what? Acting as if it were every day that I was dismissed from jury duty, I grab my purse and book and file into the line of reject jurors. One babbling on about how she is disgusted at the relief of citizens who did not have the opportunity to fulfill their civic duty and how unpatriotic.
I unclipped my badge that read Juror. Dropped it into the basket and handed my information card to the clerk who asked me if I needed documentation for work. I answered her no and walked out of the room. Past the pack of jurors waiting for the elevator, bypassing it for the stairs and my slow ascent up, up and up, back to my van in the terrifying ramp. To the van that still had 2 hours worth of quarters shoved into it.
I felt a little unsettled. As much as I whined and complained about jury duty, cursing it and the horse it rode in on, I was ripped off, man. Setting that time aside, driving aaaaall the way downtown. Getting up early, the abuse done to my backside in tromping off to the meter... and I didn't even get to see the inside of a courtroom, a judge, a stinkin' lawyer. Bogus, man. (of coarse if I had to go back in tomorrow morning I'd be complaining about that, but let me have my moment)
The walk of juror reject shame was long. Lonely. There were other rejects scattering off, some smoking, some on cell phones. We bonded in that room, no matter if it was spoken or not. But we had something. And it was abruptly taken away. So much for the whole "You're so lucky you get to perform your civic duty" crap.
Ah well. At least I'll get some pizza money out of it. Half-day of reading my books and drinking free coffee pays about 17 bucks. Not bad.
Does anyone use this? Flock? It's a web browser. I kind of stumbled upon it while surfing. The cool thing about it is the integration with Flickr, making uploading and sharing pictures even easier. I use Firefox and am very happy with it. The Flock one looks similar to Firefox.