99 Things

Things you've already done: bold
Things you want to do: italicize
Things you haven't done and don't want to - leave in plain font

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/world.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo. I hope that some day I will be able to sing well enough to want to do a solo.
11. Bungee jumped. No desire. At all.
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.
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a marathon. Again, not even the slightest desire.
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run. I'd have a very proud husband
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors. Sweden and Southern California
35. Seen an Amish community (I'm from Pennsylvania)
36. Taught yourself a new language. This is the year.
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 in person
41. Sung Karaoke. Its never fun.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant. But only because someone did it for us first.
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 Sistene chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Heidi, why is this so France related?
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre. Western PA loves their drive-in theaters.
55. Been in a movie. Apparently when I was little I was in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China (I think I'd be okay if I died without going to Asia.)
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. Gotten flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood. I haven't, because my blood isn't healthy but I might some day. It just makes me queasy to think about.
65. Gone sky diving. No way.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp. I went to Germany with my family, we were near Dachau but we couldn't find it and felt bad asking locals where it was so we never really went.
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. It still hurts a little.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person. I don't remember, but I think I did when I was little.
80. Published a book. Definitely something that I'd like to do.
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car. Never will. (If ever I own a brand new car, it will be because I won it.)
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper. Caption: "Brook Haglund Good Listener" This was over a picture of me at story hour when I was four sucking my thumb and listening to the story. I wasn't a thumb sucker at all but I saw a camera and figured that I should pose.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House. I've seen the outside. That counts.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life. (I don't want to do this, not that I want someone to die but I just don't ever want to be in a position where it is up to me.)
90. Sat on a jury. I really want to.
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Had a baby.
95. Seen the Alamo in person. They even took me on a tour of the basement...
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake. I may have done this when I was younger but I'm definitely going to do it before I move.
97. Been involved in a law suit.
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.

Church Appropriate

You tell me. Which of these things are appropriate for church?

Is it okay to:
tickle?
make out?
sing hymns?
clip your toenails?
cross stitch?
kiss?
back scratch?
pray?
lay down?
clip your fingernails?
give yourself a haircut?
sit quietly and reverently?
bring really noisy kid toys and dance to the sounds that they make in stead of turning them off?

I know, its tricky!

What I learned this week.

I'm brave.
I had tooth #1 taken out on Monday.

Novocaine tastes horrible.
The shots weren't too bad but the taste after was Y-U-C-K-Y

I don't mind cleaning up my own blood as much as I do other people's.
I realized this as I was cleaning my room after the extraction and also as I was wiping my bloody foot prints off of the bathroom floor because of a freak razor accident.

Amoxicillin might make me very cheerful.
My family has some emotional allergic reactions. Chocolate makes my brother depressed, amoxicillin makes my gramma grumpy and it seems to make me happy and nice. (Ask Linwood.)

I can remember to take my drugs.
I have to take antibiotics every 6 hours because of some possible infection and I haven't missed a dose yet.

There is nothing to eat if I can't eat dairy.
I've heard that dairy might cause infection so I've decided to stop eating it for a week. When I'm hungry I mostly drink juice. Soon I'll be able to open my mouth wide enough to eat something else. Hopefully... I'm really hungry.

The tooth fairy doesn't come for adults.
I didn't get squat.

I can make dinner!
I made dinner 5 times this week! Thanks to simplifysupper.com

I'm not good at reciting Shakespeare while polishing someone's teeth.
But any other time, I'm pretty good.

Here are some pictures from this week.

My numb face.


Notice the blood on my cheek.


The mess.


Probably singing "How Much is that Doggy in the Window".


Trying to look cool.

Temples!

When I go on trips I like to visit baseball stadiums and the Mormon temples in the area. Here's a list of the temples that I've been to. Someday Linwood will post a list of the baseball stadiums he's been to, I'm sure.
Washington D.C.
Toronto, Ontario
Palmyra, NY
Manhattan, NY
Columbus, OH
Stockholm, Sweden
The Hague, Netherlands
Los Angeles, CA
San Diego, CA
Idaho Falls, ID
Logan, UT
Bountiful, UT
Salt Lake City, UT
Mount Timpanogos, UT
Provo, UT
Las Vegas, NV
Mesa, AZ
Kirtland, OH
Seattle, WA
Denver, CO
Guadalajara, Mexico
Rexburg, ID

6 Things

Tagged by Lex, I need to post 6 things that you don't know about me. This is difficult for three reasons, I posted 100 things about me not too long ago, I'm an open book, and I don't know who reads this so who is it that doesn't know stuff about me? I'll do my best.
1. I don't like to wear red because it was our school colors and red t-shirts just remind me of Moon Area High School.
2. I've never had butterflies in my stomach.
3. I got caught skipping school once but I talked my way out of it.
4. When I would recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning, I wouldn't say God because I thought that was using the Lord's name in vain so I would just move my lips so I wouldn't get in trouble.
5. I haven't read a single word of a Harry Potter book.
6. I make up cheers for silly everyday things. Example: "One more thing! *clap* One more thing! *clap* One more thing for my list!"
That last one might be a little embarrassing, but there are more where that came from.

FOOD

This is from Heidi. I want to see how I measure up.

The items I have eaten are in bold. The ones I would never consider eating (or eating again) are in italics.

Venison
Nettle tea
Huevos rancheros
Steak tartare
Crocodile
Black pudding
Cheese fondue
Carp
Borscht
Baba ghanoush
Calamari
Pho
PB&J sandwich
Aloo gobi
Hot dog from a street cart
Epoisses
Black truffle
Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
Steamed pork buns
Pistachio ice cream
Heirloom tomatoes
Fresh wild berries
Foie gras
Rice and beans
Brawn, or head cheese
Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
Dulce de leche
Oysters
Baklava
Bagna cauda
Wasabi peas
Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
Salted lassi
Sauerkraut
Root beer float
Cognac with a fat cigar
Clotted cream tea
Vodka jelly
Gumbo
Oxtail
Curried goat
Whole insects
Phaal
Goat's milk
Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more
Fugu
Chicken tikka masala
Eel
Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
Sea urchin
Prickly pear
Umeboshi
Abalone
Paneer
McDonald's Big Mac Meal
Spaetzle
Dirty gin martini
Beer above 8% ABV
Poutine
Carob chips
S'mores
Sweetbreads
Kaolin
Currywurst
Durian
Frog's Legs
Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
Haggis
Fried plantain
Chitterlings or andouillette
Gazpacho
Caviar and blini
Louche absinthe
Gjetost or brunost
Roadkill
Baijiu
Hostess Fruit Pie
Snail
Lapsang souchong
Bellini
Tom yum
Eggs Benedict
Pocky
Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
Kobe beef
Hare
Goulash
Flowers
Horse
Criollo chocolate
Spam
Soft shell crab
Rose harissa
Catfish
Mole poblano
Bagel and lox
Lobster Thermidor
Polenta
Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
Snake

I don't know what this means except I'm not very adventurous with my alcohol, but I am with items I've never even heard of before. Why not try it once?

Reasons Sam's Club is better than our apartment:

*Its at least 30 degrees cooler
*They have way more food
*The couches are more comfortable
*Sometimes its cleaner
*Its a little bit bigger
*There is a chef on Saturdays
*I'm sure it has the internet
*Trampoline (even though its on the wall, I think it would be fun.)
*Multiple big screen TVs for Linwood
*A blood pressure checker
*Lots of parking
If only Sam's Club had windows, then I would definitely move in.