99 .... um things?

Ok so I saw this on my friends blog today and thought it was so um.... cool? Anyway I will do the same thing she did and put the things I've done in bold so... enjoy!

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. 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 (it was to order my wedding cake ok)
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a Lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice (ok it was in Vegas)
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 ( does OP count?)
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
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 (I'm actually advanced scuba certified!)
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 China
57. Started a business
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
85. Read the entire Bible
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

Mini Update

This is going to be a SUPER short update that hopefully will be followed by a much LARGER update when I get home from work today! Its Monday and its March 23rd... the snow should be LOOONG gone by now right? Well not in Utah! I went to Vegas for the weekend just for a quick 2 day get away and woke up yesterday to the sun shining with temps around 70 we even went swimming! Then half way home around 7:00 at night we were just about to come into Cedar City and we hit SNOW!! I was so sad... and its been snowing all day in different parts of town. Thankfully when I woke up today there was no Snow at my house but there is at work! Anyways back to Vegas! We had a great time, we stayed in the Excalibur and shopped and walked and walked and ate and walked! Oh ya and took TONS of pictures!! (which will be in my later post along with picture of other things that have happened in the last month or so!) Anyway this is my mini post! I'll be back in like 8 hours to do an actual update of life!

In love with a Soldier

I know I also posted this to my facebook but for those of you who don't look at my facebook and only check my blog... this is the most .... true statement I've ever found about being in love with a Soldier! As many of you know I've started dating an amazing person who is also yes... in the ARMY.. lol whats with me? I think I am drawn to military men simply for the fact that I admire them SO much. Anways I don't know the author of this short story but THANK YOU for writing it! My amazing soldier comes home from Iraq this fall, I had two weeks with him at the end of February and wont see him again until at least October 5th, (thats his 1 year in Iraq mark) but his unit might get extended until December, and might normally means will but for now I'll keep my fingeres crossed I get to see him in 208 days!!

In Love with a Soldier- Author Unknown

If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't know adventure. You don't know smelly gray PT uniforms that require a daily washing. You can't understand green and brown camouflaged bags flooding your bedroom floor.

If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't understand the meaning of the phrase "going to the field" and the weeks you spend away from each other.

If you're not in love with a soldier, you can never imagine the hole in your heart when that phone call comes. "Honey, I am leaving tomorrow to go overseas. I don't know how long I will be gone or exactly where I am going, but I want you to know that I love you - always!"

If you're not in love with a soldier, you don't know what it's like to say that final good-bye. You don't know what it really means to be glued to the television. You don't understand fear and you can't possibly understand the sleepless nights of endless crying wondering if you will ever see the love of your life alive again.

If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't know the immense joy, the uncontrollable smile, or the butterflies in your stomach when you see your soldier march into the family waiting area upon redeployment. You can't understand the self-control it takes to stand on the other side of the room as some higher-up gives a seemingly endless welcome home speech while all the soldiers stand in formation. You don't know what it's like to have that second first kiss or what it's like to experience puppy love all over.

If you're not in love with a soldier, you can't truly understand how to make every moment count because you never know when that phone call may come again.

If you're not in love with a soldier, you can never really understand how very delicate life is!

Today...

I'm hoping if I write out what I need to get done today... I'll actually do it!

1. Clean room

2. Laundry

3. Pick up prints from the lab

4. Muddy Buddies

5. Grayson/Morgan pictures

6. Edit more photos

7. Get papers to file taxes!!

8. Go to wal-mart and get a new toothbrush head and NOTHING else!

For now.. I think thats it but I'm sure there is more that I'm just forgetting about...