18 posts tagged “laurel”

I stole this idea from Kurt and he stole it from someone else.  :)  The ones in bold are the ones I've done.

1. Started your own blog. Yup! Several times in fact.
2. Slept under the stars. Yup!
3. Played in a band. 6th grade through 9th grade.  Then I had to decide if I wanted to concentrate on band or ROTC and ROTC won.
4. Visited Hawaii.  Not yet, but I would love to.
5. Watched a meteor shower. Yup!
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland.  Not yet, but with the rugrat in the picture I'm sure we'll end up there eventually.
8. Climbed a mountain.  I've driven to the top of a couple though.  Does that count?
9. Held a praying mantis.  HECK NO!!!
10. Sang a solo.  Believe me, no one wants to hear that.  :)
11. Bungee jumped.  HECK NO!!!
12. Visited Paris.  Not yet, but I would love to.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea. Yup!
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. I taught myself to knit, but I hate it.
15. Adopted a child.  Do dogs count?  :)
16. Had food poisoning. Unfortunately, yes.  Ugh.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.  Not yet, but eventually.
18. Grown your own vegetables.  Tomatoes and peppers and squash and zucchini.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.  Not yet.
20. Slept on a train. Yup! There's a scenic train between Santa Fe, NM and Lamy, NM.  It's a great trip, but the swaying of the train put me to sleep on the way home.
21. Had a pillow fight. Yup!
22. Hitch hiked.  HECK NO!!!
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill.  I like to call them Mental Health Days.  :)
24. Built a snow fort.  As much of a snow fort as could be built with the Oklahoma snow anyway.
25. Held a lamb.  No, but they are soooo cute.
26. Gone skinny dipping.  No further comment.
27. Run a Marathon.  HECK NO!!!
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.  Not yet.
29. Seen a total eclipse. Yup!
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset. Yup!
31. Hit a home run.  No, but I did get a triple in softball once.
32. Been on a cruise. Yup!
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person. Yup!
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.  Does HTML count?
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.  I'm always worried about it disappearing.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.  Not yet.
39. Gone rock climbing.  And good thing I looked before I put my hand down on the top rock or I would have gotten a handful of tarantula.
40. Seen Michelangelo's David.  Not yet.
41. Sung karaoke.  HECK NO!!!
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.  Not yet.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.  Yup!
46. Been transported in an ambulance.  Unfortunately, some idiot ran a red light and totaled my car when I was in college.  Fortunately, I was fine.
47. Had your portrait painted / drawn. Yup!  A caricature at Busch Gardens in 1987.
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.  Not yet.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Not yet.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling. Yes, in the Dry Tortugas.
52. Kissed in the rain.  Yup!
53. Played in the mud.  Yup!
54. Gone to a drive-in theater.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.  Not yet.
57. Started a business.  Yup!  Laurel's Stitchery
58. Taken a martial arts class.  I took Tae Kwon Do.
59. Visited Russia.  Not yet.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies.  Campfire candy actually, but it's the same concept.
62. Gone whale watching.  Not yet.
63. Got flowers for no reason.  Not yet.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.  Yup!
65. Gone sky diving.  HECK NO!!!
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.  Not yet.
67. Bounced a check.  Yup and then I started being much more meticulous about keeping track of my checkbook.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy. I'm sure most of my old toys are in my parents' attic.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.  Yup, in 1987.
71. Eaten Caviar.  Yup, and it was gross.
72. Pieced a quilt.  I made a doll quilt in Home Ec in middle school.
73. Stood in Times Square.  Yup!
74. Toured the Everglades.  Not yet.
75. Been fired from a job.  Yup!  And the guy that fired me ended up getting fired for embezzlement.  I got a much better job with a much better company.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London.  Not yet.
77. Broken a bone.  Yup!  Kicked something I shouldn't have kicked and broke my right big toe.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.  Yup!  Vrooooom!
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.  Yup!  Family vacation in 1995.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car.  Several actually.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.  Yup!  I won a coloring contest when I was about 8 (?) years old.  That was the first time anyway.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.  Yup, in 1987.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating. 
88. Had chickenpox.  Yup!
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.  Yup, several times.
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. Read an entire book in one day.

We had a fun family outing this weekend.  The weather was really nice on Sunday, so I took my motorcycle out for a spin in the morning.  When I got home, we packed Miss Alison into the car and drove up to Yorktown and Gloucester for a little bit of geocaching.  Three of the caches were virtuals in amongst the Revolutionary War and Civil War battlefields.  One of them was at the house where the Articles of Capitulation were negotiated and signed in 1781.  We ended up finding five caches total and then stopped for some yummy ice cream on the way home.  And a fun day was had by all.  :)

Oh yes, she has him wrapped around her finger already!  These are two of my favorite pictures!

Daddy & Baby

Mommy & Baby

On September 9, 2008 at 12:31 AM after 20 hours of labor Miss Alison Elizabeth Flechtner made her grand entrance into the world via c-section.  She weighed 7 pounds and was 18.5 inches long with blue eyes and a little bit of brown hair.  Kurt and I might be slightly biased, but we think she is definitely the most beautiful baby ever!  :)

What a pretty girl!

Our Little Family

The Littlest Fashionista

Actually I guess I'm becoming more beachball-shaped now!  :D

Whale Shaped - June 21, 2008