Name some things you have done

[dimimi]

Here is what I can think of:

*Drew Carey bought me a drink at my bachlorette party
*went skiing in shorts in the Alps (it was August) and was shocked when we arrived back at the ski lodge to find high school French girls topless laying in the sun by their fathers (it was our first trip to Europe)
*had my picture taken in New York City with John Lennon
*Went to a monkey reserve in Mexico. The monkeys sat on you and crawled all over you.
*Participated in Hands Across America. (I can't remember the date, but it was in the 80's)
*was on the Today Show while they filmed a group at the 100th Anniversery of Hershey Chocolate. (it was before the day when we could tape it...that would be fun to have today. Our son was an infant and rode with me...about 16 years ago.)

 

[themilesfamily]

Broken seven bones in one day!

 

[rie'smom]

Sat in a Tibetan monastery listening to monks chant.

Cruised the Nile.

Had dinner at Club 33 in Disneyland.

Did a princess meal at Disneyland Paris.

Gazed up at the Statue of David.

Held my husband's hand on the Eiffel tower.

Spent a year in therapy trying to overcome a lobster phobia.

Graduated college in 3 years with a 3.98 GPA while having a baby midway through.

Became best friends with my husband's ex-wife.

My present husband and my ex husband became very good friends and called each other husband-in-law.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

My present husband and my ex husband became very good friends and called each other husband-in-law.

My DH and my ex are good friends too.

 

[mousebymarriage]

I think I am pretty boring compared to most of the others but, here goes:

-had a fractured skull when I was 2 years old (not child abuse just an accident)
-Had skull surgery to repair the fractured skull (my forehead actually shattered and they had to rebuild it with metal and plastic, except for a couple of huge scars which my bangs/hair cover no one can tell)
-went into cardiac arrest on the table during the above mentioned surgery
-attended 6 different elementary schools(we moved alot)
-was a candy striper at a local hospital for 5 years
-was named junior volunteer of the year (just locally)when I was 15
-fainted at a wedding (I was 8 months pregnant and baby caused my heart rate to drop-I have a heart condition. left the wedding in an ambulance. doc said I was ok so I went back to the wedding)
-had 2 c-sections
-held someones hand as they look their last breath (DH's grandfather)
-got into a car accident with a cop (his fault-he crossed the double yellow line into my lane. no injuries just lots of damage to my car)
-attended the following concerts:
-Def Leppard
-Madonna
-Celine Dion (2x's)
-Meatloaf (2x's)
-Heart (4x's)
-Journey
-Cheap Trick
-witnessed a plane crash-TWICE(the first was when I was a teenager and 2 planes crashed on my block, they were small private planes-no survivors, a few people on the ground were injured and I think 1 or 2 people died too)(the second was because I live a few minutes from a small local airport (didn't live near the airport the first time) and a small private plane crashed into a building by my house-we saw the plane coming in too low and the engines were silent, suddenly it hit the unoccupied building(warehouse)-the pilot and passenger died).
-climbed to the crown on the Statue of Liberty
-swam in the Hudson River (on NJ side) I was a stupid teenager.
-roller skated while hanging on the back of a moving city bus. (I was a stupid teenager)
-was the coach for my cousin when each of her 3 kids were born (her DH was there too)
-when I was 19 I found out that the person I thought was my mom was really my grandmother and the person I thought was my oldest sister was actually my mother (she was 14 when I was born). I lost her when I was 38 so ironically I had her for 19 years as my sister and 19 years as my mom.

 

[paintnolish]

Touched Gunnar Nelson's leg...that's right...the hair band duo, Nelson, from the early 90s. We should just stop the thread now. This can't be beat.

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

I ate a whole can of Redi-Whip in one sitting!

 

[chattyann]

Okay here goes:

Had 1 emergency C-section. Son born at 30 weeks weighed 2 pds 13oz.
2nd C-section. Son born with 6 toes.
Had back surgery and then 6 weeks later had a spinal leak and had to have emergency surgery to fix the leak.
Fell down flight of stairs at my job and had to have 2 back fusion surgeries and broke my tailbone. So total of 4 back surgeries.
First concert Richard Marx and Henry Lee Summer. Saw Aerosmith and Jackyll. Travis Tritt 2x, Diamond Rio, Sammy Kershaw, Bad Company and Damn Yankees, and Michael Bolton and Kenny G to name a few.
My very first Nascar race was at Bristol, everything was free, stayed at the Martha Washington Inn and had seats for the weekends races in the suites at the track.
Have been married to "My very best friend" and the "Love of my Life" for the last 17 years.

 

[DisneyCP2002]

I think my list is pretty boring but here goes:
Lived in 5 states(TX, AR, MS, AL, & FL)
Been apart of the Disney College Program twice(2002 and 2005)
Watched as the torch ran by on it's way to Atlanta in the 90's
Been to WDW 10 times
Sang with George Beverly Shae, Sandi Patti, and several other christian artists as a part of different church choirs
attended a rally held for Bill Clinton when he was running for president

 

[beachbunny]

Here are some of the more exotic things I've done:
Stood at both 0 degrees latitude, Quito Ecuador and 0 degrees longitude Greenwich England.
Been on an African safari and visited with a Maasai tribe.
Set foot on every Hawaiian Island, including Kahoolawe.
Lived in Tokyo for several years.
Participated in the reinactment of Admiral Nelson's funeral procession on the Thames - as part of the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Swam with penguins and sea lions in the Galapagos Islands, and seen blue footed b**bies.
Hiked several volcanoes.
Crossed Checkpoint Charlie from West to East Berlin and seen the Berlin Wall intact - while all of this still existed.
Visited Russia while it was still the USSR, and seen Lenin's Tomb.
Visited almost all 50 States.
Welcomed in the Millenium with several hundred thousand of my closest friends on the Las Vegas strip.
Danced on stage with Buddy Guy - I started out in the audience when he pulled me up.
Attended the same high school as a U.S. President, the founder of AOL, the founder of EBay, and a movie star.
Graduated high school and college with a 4.0 GPA.
Visited every Disney park on the planet.
And I live on the beach.

 

[ctinct]

This has been really interesting to read the various experiences of the everyone here.

Let's see if I can add anything....

1) Have coached 2 All-American track athletes; one of whom had competed in the Olympic Trials
2) Have a Master's degree
3) Several times went to North Dakota for vacation as a kid-my mom was from North Dakota
4) Watched my cousin play with her country western band several times-the Grammy that they won was hanging in my aunt's basement-she no longer is with the group
5) Been to WDW 5 times with my wife-the next time I will be on a solo trip because she is no longer with us-and try to find her memorial cards that my brother hid throughout the parks

Best of luck to you.

 

[luv2sew]

sorry double post

 

[luv2sew]

Just thought of another one...

Saw Edgar Allen Poe's funeral (Baltimore 2009) and attended many of his birthday celebrations.

 

[PatsGirl]

Lets see ~

Scalped concert tickets roadside as my primary summer job while in high school. So of course, I saw every concert that came to town for three consecutive summers.

Got arrested Christmas morning for driving without a license at age 16. My parents gave me a car (from money they owed me really, lol) that morning and let me take it for a spin down the road. Got caught about 2 miles from home, just outside my grandparents' driveway.

Went cross country for 3 months with a boyfriend the night I graduated from high school.

Sold flowers on the street corner in San Jose, CA in 1979 to earn money to eat

Built a house when I was 23 years old (not myself but had it built, lol) where I still live today.

Dated, moved in with, and became engaged to my boss from my first "real career" job and helped him take care of foster infants/kids nearly every weekend for two years. That wasn't working for me though

Did a solo backpacking trip around Europe (13 countries) for six months the year I turned 25.

Got stuck for many overnight hours during a full moon high tide at the local 4X4 beach with DD when she was an infant.

I'm sure there's more but its Sunday morning and I'm only on cup #1

 

[mantysk8coach]

Touched Gunnar Nelson's leg...that's right...the hair band duo, Nelson, from the early 90s. We should just stop the thread now. This can't be beat.

I can appreciate this one! Love them!!!

 

[chellewashere]

Wow nothing as adventurous as most of you foks, but heres mine.
~Had to give my children up for adoption when I was younger
~Found them 15 years later and I am so happy to be part of their lives now
~Tried to 5 years to have my youngest child
~Did IVF and FET to have her, thought I would die from having OHSS
~ Have visited most of the 48 continous states (still hoping to get to Maine and North Dakota)
~ Went to Cancun for my honeymoon and while coming back into Miami was chased down thru the airport by Homeland Security because they thought I was someone else (scared the crap out of me)
~ Been to so many concerts I cant count. First one was Elton John in central park when I was 6 then many years later I got to return to see Garth Brooks play in Central Park
~Met Jon Hensley as a teenager after working with his dad ran out of the room embarrassed because the day before I happen to be watching his show As The World Turns and he was going into a pond in his undies and that is all I saw when I first met him
~Met Rod Steward (lived in the same small town) and Kelly Emberg..think I offened her by telling her at 5AM in the small general store that it was nice to see she woke up looking like crap like the rest of us
~Went to Live Aid in Philly in 85
~ Hitchhiked alone from Philly to Florida same year (dumb teenager)
~Knew the Hooters when I was a teen they were good friends with some of my friends
~My aunt babysat Joey Lawrence when we were younger but he wasnt nothing but a pain in the butt then had no clue who he would grow up to be
~Married a man 10 years younger than me that everyone said wouldnt work out and all those naysayers are divorced and we are still happily married
~When I was about 4 or 5 I met Andre the Giant and he scolded me for melting crayons on the sidewalk so I ran home to get my stepdad to yell at him and the look on his face when he came face to face with Andre is priceless
~Saved my brother from drowning in a frozen lake when I was 6 and he was 5
~Follwed Bon Jovi and Cinderella in concert thru 5 states in the 80s
~Quit smoking this month to save money to go to Disney

Oh yeah and hubby is related to Brian Austin Green but he refuses to admit it and says his family is making up to tease him. He isnt a fan of him at all. But now he says maybe they are right since he married Megan Fox MEN

 

[mantysk8coach]

I saw NKOTB in concert a dozen times as a teenager including 4 times in one weekend. When I was 14 my grandparents took me to Boston (from Michigan) on vacation to see all their houses and go to their hangouts. We went to the pizza place they hung out and brought home an extra pizza that we let dry out and sprayed with a sealer and it is still in my grandparents attic in the box.

OMG - HiFi Pizza!!! You are my hero for preserving and keeping the pizza!

Have you gone to see them at all this time around?

 

[IDoDis]

I'll just choose there to keep my list short, but there are many more...

Was featured on "ABC's World News Tonight" with Peter Jennings back in the late 90s. The story was about my classroom. News people and camera men were in my classroom for several hours!

Was part of what seemed like a "spy movie" while on a train in Italy where a thief stalked my friend and I, snuck in our sitting room while we were sleeping and stole her camera bag, and then had another passenger chase the thief through the moving train to get my friend's camera bag back. After that the thief was still on the train and kept stalking us all night again, waiting for us to fall asleep!

Had front row center seats to a Van Halen concert in 1980 where I gave David Lee Roth a sombrero! Years later I won a contest where I got dinner, limo ride and backstage passes to a David Lee Roth concert (post Van Halen).

 

[N&B'smom]

I'm so boring so not sure how exciting these will be...let's see.....

got snowed in at our hotel in Israel
went SNUBA diving
swam in the Sea of Galilee
had an EXTREMELY rare form of cancer (LUCKY ME!)
both of my children required surgery (different types) within the first year of their lives
live in a house that's well over 100 years old

I'm SO boring.

 

[phinz]

Was on the M/Y Nadine, Bernie Little's yacht, the year before it sank. We were the first guests on the boat after John Travolta had taken his cruise.
Have built stages for Bel Biv Devoe, Hammer, Motley Crue, Aerosmith, Richard Marx, Whitney Houston, New Kids on the Block and many others.
Have driven on the track at Road Atlanta and Virginia International Raceway, and have worked in the pits at Daytona International Speedway.
Was an example in a case brought by the ACLU and heard by the SCotUS regarding minors and their constitutional right to freedom of speech.
Had teacher who was also a Derrick Doll (the Houston Oilers equivalent of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders)
Spent a week with Davey Allison's kids Christa and Robbie and former wife Liz (he had passed away a couple of years before) at a dude ranch in Colorado. She and the kids were *awesome.*
Marched in the Astrodome before a Houston Astros game.
Saved a man from drowning.
Have driven 165 indicated miles per hour.
Flew 10 of my friends to Key West and rented 3 houses for my 40th birthday.
Helped start the longest-running Miata gathering in the world. 15 years this year.
Wear Star Wars armor on a regular basis.

I'm sure there's more...