Abelina

Stolen from slaymesoftly 

The Bucket List. Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not, then tag your friends if you choose.


Things you have done during your lifetime:

( ) Gone on a blind date
(x) Donated Blood (heck, I've put donated blood into people!)
(x) Skipped school
(x) Watched someone die (other people's loved ones)
(x) Been to Canada (Haha, I'm Canadian, so yep.  I've been there lots!)
( ) Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Florida (but I'm going there the week before Christmas 2009 - hotel room's booked and everything!)
( ) Been to Hawaii
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Been on a helicopter
(x) Been lost (Once, in Oregon, before we got our GPS)
( ) Gone to Washington, DC  (I'm currently in Washington state . . . does that count?)
( ) Hugged a homeless person
(x) Swam in the ocean
( ) Swam with Stingrays (little bitty ones)
( ) Been sailing in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep (one upon a time)
(X) Played cops and robbers
( ) Recently colored with crayons
( ) Ran a marathon
(x) Sang Karaoke
( ) Volunteered at a soup kitchen
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(x) Seen the Northern Light
( ) Been Para-sailing (I watched somebody para-sailing today through the window of the Space Needle)
( ) Been on TV
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) Fed an elephant (I also rode on the back of one once, too.  In San Diego when I was 7)
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( ) Fired a gun
( ) Danced in the rain
( ) Been to the Opera
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Serenaded someone (I stole slaymesoftly 's answer, because a) it rocks, and b) it's true: for which everyone in my life is grateful, trust me!)
( ) Seen a U.S.President in person
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
( ) Driven a race car
( ) Been to a National Museum
(x) Been to a Wax Museum (The Royal London Wax Museum in Victoria, BC)
( ) Eaten caviar
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(x) Gone to the movies
( ) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(x) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars
(x) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
( ) Seen the Grand Canyon (don’t remember it, though – except from the air – should go again)
( ) Seen the Statue of Liberty
(x) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle (I just did that today for the first time!  Yay!  My name is Abby, and I'm a tourist!)
( ) Been on a cruise
( ) Traveled by train
(x) Traveled by motorcycle
(x) Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco cable car
(x) Been to Disneyland OR Disney World
( ) Truly believe in the power of prayer
( ) Been in a rain forest
(x) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
(x) Ridden on an elephant  (Yes!  Yes I did this!  Ha!)
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
(x) Been water-skiing
(x) Been snow-skiing
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game (I've been to several National Hockey League games, but no MLB)
( ) Been to a National Football League game
( ) Been White Water Rafting (unless you count the rafting ride at California Adventure park??)
(x) Written a book or screen play (I have one original, completed novel-length story on my computer, so I say this counts because it only says written, not published.  And always writing.  Always.)