How many times have you entered your name into a drawing, just for the hell of it, never thinking you’d actually win anything? I have to admit I’ve been lucky at winning drawings a few times in my life. At my Junior prom I won a 1978 Toyota Corolla, which lasted me throughout my Junior year in college. Then in college I was the lucky recipient of a Fossil watch. So, I figure I’ve used quite a bit of prize winning luck, but every now and then I strike gold again. So, about a month ago I entered to win a prize package that the Richmond Times Dispatch was giving away. I filled out the entry form, dropped it in the mail, then two days ago, lo and behold, I win, I win! Is the suspense killing you? Are you wondering what it was? I won a gift certificate that entitles me to two full truckloads of junk removal with 1-800-GOT-JUNK and ten Glide-Outs from Shelf Conversions! I’ll be honest. I really could care less about the junk removal. We don’t have an abundance of junk and what junk we have we try to either donate to charity or Freecycle. After all, your junk may be another person’s treasure. But, I am super excited about the shelf conversion kit! Whoopie! I just need to figure out which shelves to convert!
Archive for October, 2006
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Friday, October 13th, 2006have you ever?
Thursday, October 12th, 2006Copy and publish on your blog, bold what you have done.
- Bought everyone in the bar a drink
- Swam with wild dolphins
- Climbed a mountain
- Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
- Been inside the Great Pyramid
- Held a tarantula (Bubba in Biology class)
- Taken a candlelit bath
- Said “I love you” and meant it (Every day)
- Hugged a tree
- Bungee jumped
- Visited Paris
- Watched a lightning storm at sea
- Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
- Seen the Northern Lights
- Gone to a huge sports game (and survived the crush afterwards)
- Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
- Grown and eaten your own vegetables
- Touched an iceberg
- Slept under the stars
- Changed a baby’s diaper
- Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
- Watched a meteor shower
- Gotten tipsy on champagne
- Given more than you can afford to charity
- Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
- Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
- Had a food fight
- Bet on a winning horse
- Asked out a stranger
- Had a snowball fight
- Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
- Held a lamb
- Seen a total eclipse
- Ridden a roller coaster
- Hit a home run
- Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
- Adopted an accent for an entire day
- Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
- Had two hard drives for your computer (Probably, considering who I married.)
- Visited all 50 states
- Taken care of someone who was drunk
- Had amazing friends
- Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
- Watched wild whales
- Stolen a sign
- Backpacked in Europe
- Taken a road-trip
- Gone rock climbing
- Midnight walk on the beach
- Gone sky diving
- Visited Ireland
- Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
- In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
- Visited Japan
- Milked a cow
- Alphabetized your CDs
- Pretended to be a superhero
- Sung karaoke
- Lounged around in bed all day
- Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
- Gone scuba diving
- Kissed in the rain
- Played in the mud
- Played in the rain
- Gone to a drive-in theater
- Visited the Great Wall of China
- Started a business
- Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
- Toured ancient sites
- Taken a martial arts class
- Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
- Gotten married
- Been in a movie
- Crashed a party
- Loved someone you shouldn’t have
- Changed your name
- Made cookies from scratch
- Won first prize in a costume contest
- Ridden a gondola in Venice
- Gotten a tattoo
- Rafted the Snake River
- Been on television news programs as an “expert”
- Got flowers for no reason
- Performed on stage
- Been to Las Vegas
- Recorded music
- Eaten shark
- edited (Of course I’ve done something I can’t talk about!)
- Gone to Thailand
- Bought a house
- Been in a combat zone
- Buried one/both of your parents
- Been on a cruise ship
- Spoken more than one language fluently
- Performed in Rocky Horror
- Raised children
- Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
- Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
- Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
- Walked the Golden Gate Bridge (We walked around it at the park)
- Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
- Had plastic surgery (I was three – I have a lazy eyelid)
- Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
- Wrote articles for a large publication
- Lost over 100 pounds
- Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them
- Piloted an airplane
- Petted a stingray
- Broken someone’s heart
- Helped an animal give birth
- Won money on a T.V. game show
- Broken a bone
- Gone on an African photo safari
- Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
- Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
- Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
- Ridden a horse
- Had major surgery
- Had a snake as a pet
- Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
- Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours (Mononucleosis!)
- Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
- Visited all 7 continents
- Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
- Eaten kangaroo meat
- Eaten sushi
- Had your picture in the newspaper
- Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
- Gone back to school
- Parasailed
- Petted a cockroach
- Eaten fried green tomatoes
- Read The Iliad
- Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating (Do fish count? I’ve done that once.)
- Skipped all your school reunions
- Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
- Been elected to public office (I was S.C.A. Reporter in high school)
- Written your own computer language
- Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
- Had to put someone you love into hospice care
- Built your own PC from parts
- Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
- Had a booth at a street fair
- Dyed your hair (Highlights)
- Been a DJ
- Shaved your head
- Caused a car accident (Just a low speed fender bender in a snowstorm)
- Saved someone’s life
