A Meme from Jamie

My friend Jamie had this "meme "on her Blog so I decided to do it too

Bold are ones I've done

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

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

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Gone rollerskating

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables (we grew one banana pepper this year:)

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

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

37. Acted in a play or performed on stage

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

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

56. Visited the Great Wall of China5

7. Started a business

58. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment

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 (I've had a brand new car, but my dad bought it)

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible once

86. Visited the White House

87. Won money

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Had to put someone you love in Hospice Care

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. Read an entire book in one day

Return to the Sunday blog

hey... blogging again on Sunday night. This may be a short one cuz I'm pretty sleepy tonight. The rest of the week after I wrote Tuesday continued to be good. Wednesday was the Lost season premiere which was awesome. Seth and I love watching Lost together, mostly because we love discussing and dissecting it together after. It's like a little project for us or something. The Thursday the Oscar nominations were announced which may be happy, because, as readers of this blog know, I love awards shows. Plus it made me start planning our annual Oscar party:) On Friday, Seth and I had a little date night which was nice. We rarely have a "date" anymore... I mean we go places but it's not like a date. But on Friday we went out to dinner, then had some time before our movie started so we got some tea and dessert at a little sweet shop and then went to see The Wrestler, which I liked a lot more than I thought I would. The acting was great and it was a very sad story. On Saturday night we went to the Second City, etc. show with Glenn, Sara, Jason, Jessica, and Glenn's friend Gary and his fiancee Carly, and then back to Glenn's for some board games, so that was a lot of fun. Then today we had my cousin Rachel's family birthday party and that was nice.

Anyway, I'm getting kind of sleepy and I still have to feed and let the dog out.

A good day

Hello. I haven't blogged in a week but more than that I wanted to blog because I'm feeling very happy today. It was Inauguration Day, and we had a whole celebration for it with the whole school. It was incredible to be able to watch it with a whole community, and especially with young people. Throughout the ceremony we all felt compelled to yell, applaud, etc. It was incredibly moving to watch for a few reasons.... first was the historical significance of a black president -- amazing to think that only a generation ago, Obama couldn't even eat at any restaurant of his choosing and now he's president. Also, I'm proud of the idea of the president being from Chicago (and a Sox fan!). Plus, I am so happy that this country is moving into a better direction --- one of inclusion, peace, hope, etc. But also the entire process of the peaceful change of power.... I never really reflected on it until I heard the statement and we were talking about it - in many, many countries, if the people are dissatisfied with the government, they need to overthrow by war, violence, etc. How incredibly lucky we are that we get to change the people involved goverment peacefully.

Although I'm mostly happy and proud about the inauguration, I'm also happy because I had a good yoga class tonight, and I'm also really excited because the season premier of Lost is tomorrow!!!

Overall, things are also good. I had last Thursday off because it was SO COLD --- the weather has sucked this winter... so much snow and cold. I can't wait to go to Mexico in less than a month! Then I had work Friday and then a long weekend because of MLK Day. On Saturday we had the informal Sandburg "et all" reunion that Katie organized, which was pretty fun. Very small, but got to hang out with some people I hadn't seen in awhile. Then on Sunday I went shopping with Julie and Elisa, which was a lot of fun. And then Sunday night Seth and I went to the Second City mainstage show... we wanted to see it anyway but Katie was understudying and got to go on so we decided to see it with her. The show was really good and it was a lot of fun to see her in it!

Tuesday blog

I realized today that I hadn't blogged yet this week ... it's kinda lame but I was sorta busy with TV. The Golden Globes were on Sunday and I LOVE awards shows... I have to watch the red carpet and everything. Plus I've seen a good deal of the movies that were nominated. But not only were the Golden Globes on Sunday but so was the premier of 24 and then it was on again Monday!!! And it was awesome:)

Also, I saw an excellent, excellent movie on Saturday --- Slumdog Millionaire. I highly recommend it to everyone. Not only was it a really well-made movie artistically, the story was just excellent. It made me so happy and I honestly can't say enough about it.

Aside from that, not too much has been going on. I went shopping on Sunday and got some good stuff on sale. It's finals week at school so we don't really see students for counseling too much so it's basically getting caught up on paperwork type stuff so that's good to have time to get that stuff done. Also, it's SO COLD... I'm so sick of the snow --- every day I have to scrape my car off and everything and it's so difficult to park. Grrrrr.

Sunday evening blog

Well, it's the end of my winter break. It's tough getting back into a routine after being off for so long... but I did have a nice restful break, so I feel ready. The end of this week has just been relaxing. On Friday night we went to Jen and Andy's for a game night with some other friends and had a great time... we played the "visual telephone game" with the sentance and then the picture for it, then the sentance for the picture, etc. It is so ridiculous and we were laughing SO HARD. The on Saturday we hung out and cleaned and then went to see a movie. The today I went to brunch and then just took it easy and went to the gym...

Over break we also got to see four movies - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Milk, Frost/Nixon, and Revolutionary Road. They were all good and some great acting (especially in Frost/Nixon and Milk)... Milk was my favorite just because the story was wonderful and such an important historical event to be told and the acting was great. It was done so well in that it was just a story of a man who came into being a politician to fight for a cause... made me upset though that people aren't more outraged and protesting to change the current start of gay civil rights. Anyway, there are still a few more I want to see before award season which starts next week with the Golden Globes!:) Yay!

More about the Winter Classic

A little more about the Winter Classic, now that I'm not so sleepy:)

despite the score, the Winter Classic was awesome!:) My dad and I walked down (I only live a mile from Wrigley) and got there about 11:00... the atmosphere outside was so exciting... everyone cheering and Wings and Hawks fans giving each other a hard time... inside the field it was great--- the rink was so cool and as you could see from my pictures, although it was "obstructed view" it was barely obstructed. The players' entrance for the game was so cool... with some fireworks, but nothing over the top. Also the anthem was amazing... as you may know, it's tradition for Hawks fans to cheer during the national anthem... well, it was so loud I honestly couldn't hear the singing or music. It absolutely gave me chills, it was so amazing.

A few fun things ---- Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita sang the "7th inning stretch" of "Take me Out to the Hockey Game" and one of my favorite moments that wasn't fully shown on TV.... everyone had a card taped to their seats to make a phrase in the stands (I was so excited because I've always wanted to be part of making a giant word in a stadium:) So they had it all orchestrated and the first one was fine (it said "Happy New Year") and then we had to flip them over... we you couldn't tell what it was going to say, but they showed it on the TV monitors and suddenly my section realized we were making "Red Wings" and everyone got all upset - "I'm not making Red Wings! Screw this!" - and throwing the cards. It was pretty funny....

The first period was extremely exciting, since the Hawks scored 3 times and there were some great hits, etc. However, after that it all went downhill game-wise. But it was still a wonderful experience that I'm so grateful I got to have.

And luckily, although it was 30 degrees, I was never that cold. I wore a lot of clothes and it was so crowded that I stayed pretty comfortable.

New Year!

Hello... a quick blog about New Year events. I'll probably write more later but I'm sleepy now.

New Year's Eve was awesome! We went to a wine bar/restaurant... there was a group of 12 of us and it was a great deal --- full yummy dinner and open bar for $75. We had a really laid back but hilarious time (especially looking "sultry" and wearing all the hats and leis) and it was just a good time with friends.

Then today I had the NHL Winter Classic! My dad and I went and it was really fun and exciting! It wasn't as cold as I expected, which was good, and it was just an awesome event to attend... our seats weren't bad and it was tons of fun:) The only problem was the result of the game -- the Hawks lost 6-4 ....

Pictures can be seen at:

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