<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Paper Dolls for Boys]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://paperdollsforboys.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[twlowenstein]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://paperdollsforboys.wordpress.com/author/twlowenstein/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[99 Things]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Got this from <a href="1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars - Most memorable in Thailand 3. Played in a band  4. Visited Hawaii 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 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped - in Thailand, dumb move.  It was off a crane over a “pool” of water but the pool had a crack and wouldn’t hold water.  Didn’t instill confidence but the beer did. 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 - Mental Health Day! 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  33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language - I took a self-taught Japanese Language class in undergrad, I learned how to say wakarimasen (I don’t know) 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 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight  46. Been transported in an ambulance - rode with my eldest when they transfered him from a local hospital to Children’s in Boston 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 - I was in a movie produced in Sweden I think that interviewed a few kids from my high school about drug use in Thailand.  (I had no PERSONAL experience) 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business - paperdollsforboys.etsy.com 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 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 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 84. Had your picture in the newspaper - playing soccer as a kid 85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year's Eve 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating  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"><strong>Paige at Funny Magic</strong></a>.</p>
<p>The way it works is you bold the bits you&#8217;ve done.  It&#8217;s a shame the bold on WP is barely discernible.</p>
<p><strong>1. Started your own blog<br />
2. Slept under the stars &#8211; Most memorable on beach in Thailand</strong><br />
3. Played in a band<br />
<strong>4. Visited Hawaii</strong><br />
<strong>5. Watched a meteor shower</strong> &#8211; <strong>Saw Halley&#8217;s Comet in New Zealand, that count?</strong><br />
6. Given more than you can afford to charity<br />
<strong>7. Been to Disneyland- In CA, and Japan &amp; Disney World in FL &#8211; all as a child, am avoiding the place as an adult for as long as possible.<br />
8. Climbed a mountain</strong> &#8211; <strong>Old Rag with my dad when I was kid is one of my best memories.</strong><br />
9. Held a praying mantis<br />
10. Sang a solo &#8211; shower count?<br />
<strong>11. Bungee jumped &#8211; in Thailand, dumb move.  It was off a crane over a “pool” of water but the pool had a crack and wouldn’t hold water.  Didn’t instill confidence but the beer did.</strong><br />
12. Visited Paris<br />
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea<br />
<strong>14. Taught yourself an art from scratch</strong> &#8211; <strong>sewing, still learning!</strong><br />
15. Adopted a child<br />
<strong>16. Had food poisoning </strong><br />
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty<br />
18. Grown your own vegetables<br />
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France<br />
<strong>20. Slept on an overnight train<br />
21. Had a pillow fight</strong><br />
22. Hitch hiked &#8211; no way in HELL<br />
<strong>23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill &#8211; For my future employer, whoever you may be &#8211; I would never do this if I was working for YOU, really and truly !</strong><br />
<strong>24. Built a snow fort</strong><br />
25. Held a lamb &#8211; I&#8217;m supposed to go awww and think this is a sweet thing but I have to tell you the idea terrifies me.<br />
26. Gone skinny dipping<br />
27. Run a Marathon<br />
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice<br />
<strong>29. Seen a total eclipse<br />
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset</strong> <strong>&#8211; they should have added, &#8220;With a drink in your hand&#8221;</strong><br />
<strong>31. Hit a home run</strong><br />
32. Been on a cruise &#8211; my idea of hell on water (unless it was in Alaska, then I&#8217;d consider all offers)<br />
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person<br />
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors<br />
35. Seen an Amish community<br />
<strong>36. Taught yourself a new language &#8211; I took a self-taught Japanese Language class in undergrad, I learned how to say wakarimasen (I don’t understand)</strong><br />
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied<br />
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person<br />
39. Gone rock climbing<br />
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David<br />
41. Sung karaoke<br />
<strong>42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt</strong><br />
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant<br />
44. Visited Africa<br />
<strong>45. Walked on a beach by moonlight<br />
46. Been transported in an ambulance &#8211; rode with my eldest when they transfered him from a local hospital to Children’s in Boston<br />
47. Had your portrait painted</strong> &#8211;<strong> my mom had a painting commissioned of a &#8220;scene&#8221; from my wedding and it is HILARIOUS.  I will post it one day.</strong><br />
48. Gone deep sea fishing<br />
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person<br />
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris<br />
<strong>51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling<br />
52. Kissed in the rain<br />
53. Played in the mud<br />
54. Gone to a drive-in theater<br />
55. Been in a movie &#8211; I was in a movie, produced in The Netherlands I think, that interviewed a few kids from my high school about drug use in Thailand.  (I had no PERSONAL experience)</strong><br />
56. Visited the Great Wall of China<br />
<strong>57. Started a business &#8211; paperdollsforboys.etsy.com</strong><br />
58. Taken a martial arts class<br />
59. Visited Russia<br />
<strong>60. Served at a soup kitchen</strong><br />
<strong>61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies</strong><br />
62. Gone whale watching<br />
<strong>63. Got flowers for no reason</strong> &#8211;<strong> both from my husband and my oldest son</strong><br />
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma<br />
65. Gone sky diving &#8211; I feel sick just thinking of this<br />
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp<br />
<strong>67. Bounced a check &#8211; in my youth<br />
68. Flown in a helicopter</strong><br />
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy<br />
<strong>70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial</strong><br />
71. Eaten Caviar<br />
<strong>72. Pieced a quilt<br />
73. Stood in Times Square</strong><br />
74. Toured the Everglades<br />
75. Been fired from a job<br />
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London<br />
<strong>77. Broken a bone<br />
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle<br />
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person</strong><br />
80. Published a book<br />
81. Visited the Vatican<br />
<strong>82. Bought a brand new car</strong><br />
83. Walked in Jerusalem<br />
<strong>84. Had your picture in the newspaper &#8211; playing soccer as a kid</strong><br />
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve<br />
86. Visited the White House<br />
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating<br />
<strong>88. Had chickenpox</strong><br />
89. Saved someone’s life<br />
90. Sat on a jury<br />
<strong>91. Met someone famous<br />
92. Joined a book club</strong><br />
<strong>93. Lost a loved one<br />
94. Had a baby</strong><br />
95. Seen the Alamo in person<br />
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake<br />
97. Been involved in a law suit<br />
<strong>98. Owned a cell phone<br />
99. Been stung by a bee</strong></p>
<p>And I&#8217;ll add one to make</p>
<p>100. <strong> </strong>Honestly read all 99 of any of these memes!</p>
<p>Feel free to play along and add on your own!</p>
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