Someone's Else's Bucket List

So, this list appeared on Facebook. You were supposed to copy it, mark with an X the things you'd done and then tag your friends. A few things occurred to me as I read this list filled out by someone else:
1. I've led a pretty uneventful life.
2. I HAVE done a few meaningful things that aren't included.
3. I'd rather put this on my blog than on Facebook. (At first Facebook was kind of fun, but now it's starting to annoy me.)

Things I've have done during my lifetime:
(x) Gone on a blind date
(x) Donated Blood
(x) Skipped school
( ) Watched someone die
(x) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Florida
(x) Been to Hawaii
(x) Been on a plane
(x) Been on a helicopter
(x) Been lost
( ) Gone to Washington, DC
( ) Hugged a homeless person
(x) Swam in the ocean
( ) Swam with Stingrays
( ) Been sailing in the ocean (I have been jet skiing in the ocean, though.)
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
(x) Recently colored with crayons
( ) Ran a marathon
( ) Sang Karaoke
( ) Volunteered at a soup kitchen
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
( ) Seen the Northern Lights
( ) Been Parasailing
(x) Been on TV
(x) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) Made prank phone calls (pardon me, but your cows are in my yard...)
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
( ) Fed an elephant
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Fired a gun
( ) Been to the Opera
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( )Serenaded someone
( ) Seen a U.S.President in person
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
( ) Driven a race car
( ) Been to a National Museum
(x) Been to a Wax Museum
( ) Eaten caviar
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice-skating
(x) Gone to the movies
( ) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
(x ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(x) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(x) Seen a falling star and made a wish
(x) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser (I marked this one, even though I haven't seen Old Faithful. I've been through Yellowstone and saw many geysers, just not that one in particular.)
( ) Seen the Grand Canyon
( ) Seen the Statue of Liberty (Does the one in Las Vegas count? No?)
(x) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
() Been on a cruise
(x) Traveled by train
(x) Traveled by motorcycle
(x) Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco cable car
(x) Been to Disneyland OR Disney World
(x) Truly believe in the power of prayer (Okay, now is not the best time to ask me about this one, but fundamentally, I know it's true.)
( ) Been in a rain forest
( ) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
( x) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf (I don't even know what that is.)
( ) Been spinnaker flying (...that either...)
(x) Been water-skiing
(x ) Been snow-skiing
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game (I'm anti-professional sports, so a big NO on this one.)
( ) Been to a National Football League game
( ) Swam with sharks
(x ) Been White Water Rafting (Disney Land does not count)
(x) Written a book or screen play

Here are some things I have done that are not on the list:
(X) Seen a prophet of god in person
(X) Been baptized into the only true and living church on the earth
(X) Been inside a holy temple
(X) Given birth to four children
(X) Lived in four states
(X) Driven almost 2000 miles with four cranky kids
(X) Stayed in love with the same man for fifteen years
(X) Moved 15 times (yes, FIFTEEN!)
(X) Read the entire Book of Mormon (I don't know how many times.)
(X) Stayed up all night with a crying baby (Ethan)
(X) Drove myself crazy trying to think of unique things I've done.

So, there you have it. My life's accomplishments. I supposed to most people they are pretty slim. Even to me, there are things missing that I'd hoped for, but at least the essential things are there.