Natural Highs............

After the Omnivore Hundred post it makes a person think about how much more in life there is to experience in and out of the culinary world. Dolores at Culinary Curiosity had me thinking with her MEME of Natural Highs . There is so much in this world to experience. In my half century I have experience many highs and lows but this MEME makes you see all that has enriched your life so far...and that there is so much more to experience!!!!

I have even decided to lengthen this MEME and force myself to think of 25 more things I have done or would like to do at the end..... before my end.....

As the rule goes I have boldfaced the things I've experienced.

If it's bold, I have...

1. Touched an iceberg (saw an iceburg off the coast of Newfoundland and still swam)

2. Slept under the stars (many times.......even in a campsite in Rome)

3. Been a part of a hockey fight

4. Changed a baby's diaper

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Swam with wild dolphins

8. Climbed a mountain ( live in the mountains)

9. Held a tarantula

10. Said "I love you" and meant it

11. Bungee jumped (looks painful)

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise

15. Seen the Northern Lights

16. Gone to a huge sports game (hockey.............)

17. Walked the stairs to the top of the Statue of Liberty (no but I've walked to the top of the Eiffel Tower and the Leaning Tower of Pisa)

18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables

19. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope

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

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Bet on a winning horse ( I won a whopping big $80)

23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Taken an ice cold bath (at Ainsworth Hotsprings)

28. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar (no.... but a Rastafarian..is that how it's spelt?)

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Ridden a roller coaster (any I can find)

31. Hit a home run

32. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking

33. Adopted an accent for fun

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (England)

35. Felt very happy about your life, even for just a moment

36. Loved your job 90% of the time

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Watched wild whales

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Gone on a midnight walk on the beach (a sea turtle follwed us in the waves..so cool)

41. Gone sky diving (does the Drop of Doom count or hangliding??????????)

42. Visited Ireland

43. Ever bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (no but strangers have bought me a meal)

44. Visited India

45. Bench-pressed your own weight

46. Milked a cow

47. Alphabetized your personal files

48. Ever worn a superhero costume ( a mom or dad is a super hero)

49. Sung karaoke

50. Lounged around in bed all day

51. Gone scuba diving (snorkelling in the Caribbean and in Greece..I have prescription goggles)

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud (with my daughter)

54. Gone to a drive-in theater (they were common in the 60's)

55. Done something you should regret, but don't

56. Visited the Great Wall of China (I would love to hike it's entire length someday)

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class (does self defense count?)

59. Been in a movie (my former husband has...he was a zombie in a John Carpenter film)

60. Gone without food for 3 days( I was sick at the time...but it still counts)

61. Made cookies from scratch

62. Won first prize in a costume contest(when I was a kid..I was a caveman..cave person to be politically correct)

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Been in a combat zone

65. Spoken more than one language fluently

66. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone

67. Bounced a check

68. Read - and understood - your credit report

69. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy (Slinky, slinky.......)

70. Found out something significant that your ancestors did

71. Called or written your Congress person (here in Canada it would be your MP)

72. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over ( a few times in my life)

73. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge

74. Helped an animal give birth

75. Been fired or laid off from a job

76. Won money

77. Broken a bone (spiral fracture while hiking)

78. Ridden a motorcycle

79. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph

80. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone)

81. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing

82. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days (only a day)

83. Eaten sushi

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read The Bible cover to cover

86. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about

87. Gotten someone fired for their actions

88. Gone back to school

89. Changed your name

90. Caught a fly in the air with your bare hands (in the flies defense it was cold)

91. Eaten fried green tomatoes (just the other day I had them with Brie and a balsamic reduction)

92. Read The Iliad

93. Taught yourself an art from scratch

94. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I guess a fish is not an animal)

95. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt

96. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language

97. Been elected to public office

98. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream(5 weeks in Greece.....)

99. Had to put someone you love into hospice care

100. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you

101. Had a booth at a street fair

102. Dyed your hair

103. Been a DJ

104. Rocked a baby to sleep

105. Ever dropped a cat from a high place to see if it really lands on all fours (no but I have seen one fall and land on all fours)

106. Raked your carpet (hey it was the 60's...shag carpet was in)

107. Brought out the best in people (I hope so)

108. Brought out the worst in people

109. Worn a mood ring

110. Ridden a horse

111. Carved an animal from a piece of wood or bar of soap

112. Prepared a dish where four people asked for the recipe

113. Buried a child

114. Gone to a Broadway play

115. Been inside the pyramids (do the Mayan pyramids count in Mexico?)

116. Shot a basketball into a basket

117. Danced at a disco

118. Played in a band

119. Shot a bird

120. Gone to an arboretum

121. Tutored someone

122. Ridden a train

123. Brought an old fad back into style

124. Eaten caviar

125. Let a salesman talk you into something you didn’t need

126. Ridden a giraffe or elephant

127. Published a book

128. Pieced a quilt

129. Lived in an historic place

130. Acted in a play or performed on a stage (of course I was a child, I played the ballerina in the play "The Obstructive Hat"..I was the show she was watching)

131. Asked for a raise

132. Made a hole-in-one (does mini-golf count...........)

133. Gone deep sea fishing (in Florida...salmon fishing off the coast)

134. Gone roller skating (every Friday night as a teen)

135. Run a marathon

136. Learned to surf

137. Invented something

138. Flown first class

139. Spent the night in a 5-star luxury suite

140. Flown in a helicopter

141. Visited Africa

142. Sang a solo

143. Gone spelunking (only for a short distance)

144. Learned how to take a compliment

145. Written a love-story

146. Seen Michelangelo’s David

147. Had your portrait painted

148. Written a fan letter (I sent a letter to the Galloping Gourmet once)

149. Spent the night in something haunted

150. Owned a St. Bernard or Great Dane

151. Ran away

152. Learned to juggle

153. Been a boss

154. Sat on a jury

155. Lied about your weight

156. Gone on a diet

157. Found an arrowhead or a gold nugget

158. Written a poem

159. Carried your lunch in a lunchbox

160. Gotten food poisoning

161. Gone on a service, humanitarian or religious mission

162. Hiked the Grand Canyon (they already asked this question...so I'll say yes because I hiked Yellowstone National Park which has the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone)

163. Sat on a park bench and fed the ducks (pigeons)

164. Gone to the opera

165. Gotten a letter from someone famous

166. Worn knickers (in Britian nickers are underwear...so yes)

167. Ridden in a limousine

168. Attended the Olympics (moved from Calgary in 1986 before the winter Olympics)

169. Can hula or waltz and polka.

170. Read a half dozen Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books

171. Been stuck in an elevator

172. Had a revelatory dream

173. Thought you might crash in an airplane

174. Had a song dedicated to you on the radio or at a concert

175. Saved someone’s life

176. Eaten raw whale

177. Know how to tat, smock or do needlepoint

178. Laughed till your side hurt

179. Straddled the equator

180. Taken a photograph of something other than people that is worth framing

181. Gone to a Shakespeare Festival

182. Sent a message in a bottle

183. Spent the night in a hostel

184. Been a cashier

185. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

186. Joined a union

187. Donated blood or plasma

188. Built a campfire

189. Kept a blog

190. Had hives

191. Worn custom made shoes or boots

192. Made a PowerPoint presentation

193. Taken a Hunter’s Safety Course

194. Served at a soup kitchen

195. Conquered the Rubik’s cube

196. Know CPR

197. Ridden in or owned a convertible

198. Found a long lost friend

199. Helped solve a crime

200. Responded to a NJP newsletter ( help me people....what is that?)

They should have:

201. Dove from a height of more than 60 feet (in Jamaica)

202. Ridden a donkey (on the island of Santorini)

203. Danced to the strains of bouzouki music, while drinking raki on a small island in Greece

204.Taken a cooking class (here and in Greece...hope to have many more experiences!!!!!!!!!)

205. Seen your child graduate

206. Been very proud of someone else's accomplishments

207. Caught a fish ( even jigged for squid off the coast of Newfoundland)

208. Smelled a rose

209. Eaten an heirloom tomato

210. Cooked for more than 50

211. Ever gone waterskiing, wakeboarding or tubing
212. Owned a dog or a cat

213. Celebrated a milestone birthday

215. Had hemorrhoids...wink...wink...

216. Hitchiked

217. Walked out of a store without paying for something (mind on other things I guess)

218.Helped a stranger

219. Come in contact with a wild animal (bear, moose, deer, elk, cougar....)

220. Seen the Pope, Prime Minister, President.....I shook Pierre Trudeau's hand)

221. Piloted a plane

222. Taken a ferry to Alaska

223. Swam in the Dead Sea

224. Visited the elderly in a care home

225. Given birth

Can you think of anything else??????????????