*chuckle*

(This is my pup, Spike.)

A gift for you!

I saw this post on a blogger friend's page: http://http://legacy-4-my-boys.blogspot.com/ And I'm playing!! It's open to everyone, in the United States, who reads my blog.The first FIVE people to respond to this post will get something bought or made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I buy or make!

2- What I choose will be just for you.

3- It will be done this calendar year. (that's right, before December 31, 2009!)

4- You have no clue what it's going to be!

5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

But I would never send something that I didn't like myself!The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and make the same offer to the first 5 people who respond on your blog entry, thereby continuing the fun!The first 5 people to do so, and leave a comment telling me they did, will win a FAB-U-LOUS gift from me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it! Sounds like fun, right? So, let's play!

Blog fun!

So, a blog friend (http://scottmcqueen.blogspot.com/) got this idea from another blogger and I thought I'd try it. This is the list he had and the idea is to highlight in green the things you've done or experienced (with a short explanation beside it), highlight in red the things you'd like to do before you pass from this life, and leave be the things that don't pertain to either of those options. So, here goes...a little break from the norm.

1. Started your own blog (this one: A little piece of me.)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (I want to sing in one!)
4. Visited Hawaii (many times thanks to the Navy.)
5. Watched a meteor shower (& Haley's Comet.)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (well, DisneyWorld...)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo (a couple of times. Nerve-wracking but wonderful at the same time.)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (once again, Navy..)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (note to self: do NOT eat at Pizza Hut in Bahrain.)
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 (no, but I've picked one up. She was a teenage girl.)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (haven't we all?)
24. Built a snow fort...
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping (yeah, whatever..)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (isn't that one of those boat-thingies?? Sign me up!)
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (more times than I can count..and it never gets old.)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (um...I don't know what I am..?)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language (Spanish.)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (I don’t know if money correlates with satisfaction...ditto Scott..)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke (all the time, yo!)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa (I am DEFINITELY doing a missions trip there.)
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted (do those caricature-thingies count?)
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 (do 'Kid Vids' count??)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class (Jiu-jitsu & kick-boxing)
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 (I've tried umpteen times but always pass out b/c I'm barely above weight standards. Ugh!)
65. Gone sky diving (NO THANKS!!)
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (Just kidding.)
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (still have my teddy bear!)
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 (that just sounds cool.)
77. Broken a bone (left ring finger.)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (don't tell my parents.)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car (both cars I've owned were brand new.)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible (and again, and again, and again)
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 (ooh, does this make me a dork?)
93. Lost a loved one (my sister & two cousins, I miss them.)
94. Had a baby (more than one hopefully!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit (I could've sued Burger King, but I didn't)
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (and wasps!)
100. Read an entire book in one day