100 Things

I stole this from my cyber friend, Holly, who stole it from someone else. Please feel free to steal it from me. Everything I did is in bold and in red.



1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (yes, if singing in a Jazz band counts)
4. Visited Hawaii (it is on my list of things to do)
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis (I don’t do bugs)
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped (it is on my list)
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 France
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 (it's on my list)
27. Run a Marathon (does a half marathon count?)
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
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 (it's on my list)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (it's on my list)
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 (I don’t do mud)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China (it's on my list)
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia (it's on my list)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching (it's on my list)
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving (it's on my list)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter (it's on my list)
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 (it's on my list)
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 (BIG time on my list!)
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 (is fish considered an animal?)
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. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own

So, what have you done?

a gurl can dream...

Jon Hamm.

People magazine included him on their list of the sexiest men in America, AND Hugh Jackman is yummy. However, Jon with those smokey eyes and that strong angular face. I. Just. Can't. Get. Enough. He should have been the front runner.


He's the star of AMC's hit show Mad Men. The show is in hiatus and that drives me crazy. I love that show and JON HAMM!!!


OK, I'll stop drooling now.

Future career?

Is she a Hootchee Mama in training? Lord, I hope not!

(please ignore the mountain of laundry in the background!)

Joely loves stickers, or 'dickers.' They are an inexpensive way to entertain her; keeps her quiet.

So I was busy cooking, the gurlz were playing in the next room, giggling and laughing. They came running into the kitchen saying, "Mommy look!" I had to laugh, then grab the camera.

No area was untouched.

At least she's "modest."

Sleeping Beauty

I am becoming a Disney movie collector? Aficianado?...Freak?

We bought the 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition 2-Disk set of Sleeping Beauty. Tonight we finished it. (watched it in two sittings as I am trying to hold to a strict bedtime)

I remember it when I was little. But what I loved this time around was watching it through my daughters' eyes. The wonder, the magic, the colors, the drama, the happy ending. They loved it.

I plan on taking them to The Magic Kingdom when the 2 year old is a bit older (and her adoption loan is a bit more paid off). But in the meantime, we have these great movies to watch over and over and over again.

Oh! And Pinoccio is coming out in 2009! The 70th Anniverary of that movie. Also, it is about time for a Black Princess from Disney, so The Princess and The Frog is coming out next year too. I should check into Disney stock values...