Happy New Year!

As I was sitting here on New Years Eve contemplating 2008, trying to remember all of the important events that occurred, I noticed that I had been tagged. Now, this is not just any tag...it is a list of "Things to do before you die". And if any of you know me, I LOVE making lists of things to do before I die. So, imagine how thrilling it is when someone else makes a list for me! Below is the list, and the idea is to mark the ones you have already done. I am marking them as follows:

The ones I have done are in BLUE.
The ones I want to do are in RED.
The ones I plan to do in 2009 (or every year following until I am successful) are in GREEN.
The ones I don't want to do or will likely never do are in PURPLE.
Let the fun begin:

Started your own blog
Slept under the stars
Played in a band
Visited Hawaii
Watched a meteor shower (the day my grandpa died)
Given more than you can afford to charity (and I call that charity the LDS church...)
Been to Disneyland
Climbed a mountain
Held a praying mantis
Sang a solo (two weeks ago in Primary...)
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightning storm at sea
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Adopted a child
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Grown your own vegetables
Slept on an overnight train (Fun Train!)
Had a pillow fight
Hitch hiked
Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a Marathon (not likely!)
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset
Hit a home run
Been on a cruise
Seen Niagara Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (I hope the German airport counts!)
Seen an Amish community
Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol (and practically burned my hand off. Here's a tip...don't hold the barrel when you fire a pistol!)
Michelangelo’s David
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal
Visited Africa
Walked on a beach by moonlight
Been transported in an ambulance (hopefully I will never have to experience this...)
Had your portrait painted
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (and I could add "Learned how to swim")
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gone to a drive-in theater
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business (making people's scrapbooks...I'll start with you, AJ!)
Taken a martial arts class
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout Cookies
Gone whale watching
Got flowers for no reason
Donated blood, platelets or plasma-- NEVER going to happen...unless they drug me first!
Gone sky diving
Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
Bounced a check
Flown in a helicopter
Saved a favorite childhood toy
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten Caviar
Pieced a quilt
Stood in Times Square
Been fired from a job
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Been on a speeding motorcycle
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
Published something (several articles in my HS newspaper)
Bought a brand new car
Walked in Jerusalem
Visited the White House
Had chickenpox
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one
Had a baby
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Ocean
Owned a cell phone
Been stung by a bee
Seen Mount Rushmore in person
Learned to play an instrument
Held a tarantula
Touched an iceberg
Changed a baby’s diaper
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
Had a food fight
Had a snowball fight
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Ridden a roller coaster
Visited all 50 states--So far, I've only been to 16, and I only count them if I have urinated in the state!
Taken a road-trip
Milked a cow
Been in a movie (an MTC movie...)
Crashed a party ("Crashed" would mean I was not invited, right? Well, I'm ALWAYS invited!)
Made cookies from scratch
Gotten a tattoo
Rafted the Snake River (maybe when I learn how to swim...)
Performed on stage
Been to Las Vegas
Eaten shark
Bought a house
Been in a combat zone (of a Civil War re-enactment in Rhode Island...YES, of a real one, no)
Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
Touched a stingray
Broken a bone
Ridden a horse
Eaten sushi
Had your picture in the newspaper
Gone back to school
Eaten fried green tomatoes
Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I am totally counting fish)
Dyed your hair
Caused a car accident (um...with a church...)
Saved someone’s life (technically, I save my own life regularly but I don't think that counts).

I figured this would be the easiest way to share my New Years Resolutions for 2009, since they are both on this list (and since they have been on my list ever since I got married, and will be probably FOREVER!) I tag anyone who is interested in this sort of thing, but I am very interested in what Shoshi, Jen, and Tia have to say.