Bucket List

Saw this on a friend's blog and decided to do this (here b/c i'm too stupid to figure out how to do it on facebook).  :)

The Bucket List. 

Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not, then send it to your friends.

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, do the list and tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.) If you don't see the Tag people in the upper right hand corner you are in the wrong place.)

Things you have done during your lifetime:
( X) Gone on a blind date 
( X) Skipped school
( ) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
( X) Been to Florida
() Jumped off a cliff
( ) Bungee jump 
() Parasailed
( ) Been to Hawaii
(X) Been on a plane
() Flown a plane
( ) Been on a helicopter
( X ) Been lost
(  ) Gone to Washington, DC
( X ) Swam in the ocean
( X ) Cried yourself to sleep
( ) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang Karaoke
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
() Been to New York City at Xmas time
( X ) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
( ) Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
( X ) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
( X ) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( X ) Danced in the rain
( X ) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
( X ) Watched the sunrise with someone
( X ) Blown bubbles
( ) 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
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( x ) Lived in more than one country
( X ) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars
( X ) Seen a falling star and made a wish 
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
( ) Been on a cruise..
( X ) Traveled by train 
( ) Traveled by motorcycle
( ) Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
( X ) Been to Disney World... 
( X ) Truly believe in the power of prayer/thought/energy
( ) Been in a rain forest
( ) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier crack
( ) Been spinnaker flying
(X ) Been water-skiing
( ) Been snow-skiing
( X ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game
( ) Been to a National Football League game
( ) Ever been skinny-dipping 
( X ) Laugh so hard you cry
( ) Follow a map for treasure
( ) Drive a dune buggy
( ) Get lost in East L.A. after dark
(X ) Got a Tattoo

grammar nazi

so i'm not really a grammar nazi but i have to say that i do tend to pay a lot of attention to it.  at any rate, yesterday morning when collin got up i asked, as usual, how he slept.  he immediately responded that he'd slept "well".  i was so proud.  i asked several more times and each time he replied "well", not "good".  yay collin!!!

good times and new experiences

so, friday i went w/a friend to my first drag show.  it was actually a lot of fun.  at first it just seemed like a really good way to get out of the house and do something just for me.  it was also to benefit a good cause - an aids foundation in ws.  the show was at wfu and sponsored by the gay/straight student alliance.  B/c it was sponsored by a school club i fully expected the performers to be students, which would have been fine and funny but they actually had professional drag queens.  some were very, very good and some not so good at all but all of it was interesting.  seeing that made me sort of want to see a real drag show but i'm not sure i'm up to trying to head out to a bar to see that kind of thing (b/c i don't care to go to bars, not b/c i have anything against seeing another drag show).  my only regret was that i left my bag (and camera) in the car.  i seriously contemplated heading to the car to get my camera during the intermission but traipsing across campus in heels in the cold made it seem not quite worth it.

all in all it was a lot of fun and i was very glad that i decided to go.  i'll just have to try to remember to look out for this next year as this was apparently the 6th annual deacon drag.  

visit to the eye doctor

so yesterday collin went to the eye doctor for a vision exam.  i recently learned that preemie's should have their eyes checked regularly b/c of the oxygen that they use in the nicu.  i have also had some concerns (jared thought i was overreacting) b/c collin would often squint and hold books and things very close to his face.  fortunately, the doctor said that he didn't have any of the problems you often find w/preemies.  she also said that he is a little farsighted but that it wasn't bad and that we didn't need to worry about correcting it at this time.  this is good news b/c i wasn't looking forward to incurring the cost for glasses if he needed them but, at the same time, i think how cute he'd be if he wore glasses.  

he did beautifully throughout his exam.  they were impressed that he knew his letters and numbers at 2 and said that he sat still and did what they asked w/o too much of a fight.  he had a little meltdown when it came time to dilate his eyes but when the doctor told him if he kept crying she'd have to put in more drops amazingly the tears disappeared immediately.  :-)

thankfully, we don't have to do this again for 2 more years!!