A week ago, I favorited a blog post that I read from Leah Beyer about the things she has never done. I thought, "Wow! I haven't done a lot of the same things SHE hasn't done, and although I'm not twice as old as she is, when you compare our ages in dog years, well, I feel like I should have done a lot more by now!"
Leah has never owned a Ford. I haven't either, but my parents owned one and let me drive it when I was a teenager. I totalled it in a roll-over. On April Fool's Day 1978. On my way to school. On a Saturday.
Leah has never been sky diving. Neither have I. I don't know about her, but I intend to keep this particular item in the "I have never" list.
On the opposite side of the list, Leah has never had black hair. I have had black hair. I have had red hair. I have had slightly pinkish hair, the result of a teensy-weesny bit of miscommunication between my stylist and myself. (Is that the right word to use?)
But rather than compare what Leah and I have and haven't done, I thought I should make my own list. So with thanks to Leah Beyer's infectious funny bone, here is my, "What I Haven't Done," list:
I haven't:
1. Eaten a Rocky Mountain Oyster (and I never will).
2. Slept in an igloo.
3. Flown an ultra-light. (Although one did fly over our house not too long ago, and I felt a teensy bit jealous!)
4. Watched an entire Halloween movie (because I closed my eyes at the scary parts).
5. Showered with my clothes on. (I actually don't know why I thought of this!)
6. Refrigerated my glasses (the ones that go on my face, I mean. Although I have mistakenly refrigerated cereal and canned goods in the past).
7. Read any of the Harry Potter books.
8. Taken apart an engine.
9. Put an engine together.
10. Learned to play the guitar.
11. Made cherries jubilee.
12. Actually done a scientific "science fair" project. (Oh, I did projects, they were just pretty lame!!)
13. Played in a hip-hop group (although I do have the rock and country group thing covered).
14. Sung the national anthem at a ball game.
15. Caught a greased pig. Come to think of it, I've never chased one, either.
16. Taken my dog to a groomer.
17. Told my kids to become doctors or lawyers.
18. Invented anything.
19. Flown across an ocean. Any ocean.
20. Eaten sushi.
21. Watched It's a Wonderful Life without crying.
22. Watched Toy Story 3 without crying!
23. Planted zucchini.
24. Driven a tractor, or combine or any other farm implement. (My brothers always got to do that, darn them!)
25. Balanced the checkbook for, well, a really, really long time.
26. Envisioned my life 10 years from now. When I was two months from high school graduation, I couldn't picture myself actually graduating. When I was a month away from graduating from college, I never imagined what life would be like after college.
Overall, I'd have to say that NOT doing these things hasn't made my life any less fulfilling. In fact, some of the best things have been happy accidents.
So, I guess I'm just taking it all one day at a time!! Hey, that's something I HAVE done.
What haven't you done?
Dawn
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