What I have done

From One Feather Tail. Those that I have done are in italics, my comments are bold.

1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said “I love you” and meant it!
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Drunk tequila
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Scored a winning goal (I have never scored the winning goal, but I have prevented the other team from making the winning goal....so I made the winning save. I am going to count that.)
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Visited all 5 continents
40. Taken care of someone who was drunk
41. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
42. Watched wild whales
43. Stolen a sign ( I stole the F from a McDonalds sign that said "Now Hiring all Shifts" vegetarian vandlizem. :-) )
44. Backpacked
45. Taken a road-trip
46. Gone rock climbing
47. Midnight walk on the beach
45. Gone sky diving
49. Taken a train through Europe (Does a midnight train from Moscow to Leningrad count? I still love that trip.)
50. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
51. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table, and had a meal with them
52. Milked a cow
53. Alphabetized your CDs
54. Sung karaoke
55. Lounged around in bed all day
56. Gone scuba diving
57. Kissed in the rain
58. Gone to a drive-in theatre
59. Started a business
60. Taken a martial arts class
61. Been in a movie
62. Crashed a party
63. Gone without food for 5 days
64. Gotten a tattoo
65. Got flowers for no reason
66. Performed on stage
67. Been to Las Vegas
68. Recorded music
69. Eaten shark
70. Buried one/both of your parents
71. Been on a cruise ship
72. Spoken more than one language fluently (My Russian has never been fluent that that is something I have always been a bit upset about.)
73. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
74. Walked a famous bridge
75. Had plastic surgery
76. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
78. Wrote articles for a large publication
79. Tried to lose weight seriously
80. Piloted an airplane
80. Petted a stingray
81. Broken someone’s heart
82. Broken a bone
83. Eaten sushi
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Parasailed
86. Skipped all your school reunions
87. Shaved your head
88. Caused a car accident
89. Pretended to be “sick”
90. Swam in the Pacific Ocean
91. Saved someone’s life (Used to be a lifegaurd and I worked on a vollenteer rescue so I have done many things...I hope some of them saved peoples' lives)
92. Fainted
93. Been in the room while someone is giving birth (Self only)
94. Hitchhiked
95. Adopted a child
96. Been caught daydreaming
97. Been to the Painted Desert
98. Called off a wedding engagement
99. Donated your blood
100. Had an out-of-body experience

Forgiveness

I would like to think I am a forgiving person. I have forgiven many people that friends and family have questioned me about doing.

I just read an article about a man in Salt Lake city who forgave a man killed his wife and two of his kids while driving drunk. I am not so sure I could do that. Forgiveness is a major part of my life so I would like to think that I could forgive someone like that, but I am not sure that I could. Because of that I really admire this man.

Reading level chart

I just got back from walking the girls to school and one of the teachers told me about this chart which is just what I was looking for.

Horse Girl and her reading

I got a call from the person who is setting up Horse Girl's extended year services...she is the same person who did it last year and I know that because she pronounces Horse Girl's name wrong every time...it would be the equivalent of me calling her House Girl because only one letter is wrong and it is still word and maybe a name, but it isn't Horse Girl's name and it upsets me and I correct her and she still does it. I don't feel like I can get really upset about it because this woman is working hard to fit Horse Girl's services around her camp schedule.

Yesterday Horse Girl read to me half of an I level book. She started to get tired so I took over half way through. I totally understand needing to stop reading because something is hard to read. With Horse Girl's and my learning differences reading something that does wear us out when we push ourselves. Fly Guy jokes about how I read Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives by Alan Bullock and how he could never read a book like that, but what he doesn't talk about is how it took me about six months and it was hard exhausting reading. So if Horse Girl says she is tired I totally can relate and I don't push her because I don't want make her hate pushing herself, because she pushes herself enough without me pushing too.

If someone knows a website that compares all the different ways of ranking reading level I would love to know about it. The books that I got Horse Girl to read at home are ranked with letters, the ones at school are DRA levels and then there are the RL levels and they all confuse me and I would like to know what they are in relation to each other. For example in January Horse Girl's DRA level was 4 in January, but she just read half an I book yesterday. I would like to know how that compares. It is most likely like converting hogsheads to liters. (Just so you don't need to look it up there are 238 liters in a hogshead. ;-) )

What is Your Patronus?

What is Your Patronus? Version 1

Your Patronus is the Badger! The badger is a symbol of aggressiveness, passion and drive. He is also the mascot for Hufflepuff. As your Patronus, the Badger will bite and claw to protect you. Congratulations!That your Patronus is a badger says that you are very driven in whatever you do. When you enjoy something, you go at it with all of your heart. Unfortunately, you also tend to be aggressive, and this can lead to a bossy attitude. Try to keep that aggression in check, and you'll be a wonderful witch or wizard! Take this quiz! Quizilla | Join | Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab Code

House Sorting

Well this doesn't surprise one bit at this point after being told that I am part of the Wesley family with the two character quizzes.



I'm
a Gryffindor!


"You belong in Gryffindor,
where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
set Gryffindors apart."


Gryffindor values courage, chivalry and boldness. Its emblematic animal is the lion, and its colours are scarlet and gold. Minerva McGonagall is the most recent Head of House. Nearly Headless Nick is the house ghost. The founder of the house is Godric Gryffindor.

More Harry Potter Time Wasting

Which would you prefer for a pet: Hedwig, Crookshanks, Trevor, Fang or Fawkes?

Hedwig

What would you see in the Mirror of Erised?

My family and myself to be happy and healthy both mentally and physically healthy

What subject would be your favorite at Hogwarts? (assume a nice and competent teacher): Potions, Transfiguration, Charms, Divination, Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures or Defense Against the Dark Arts?

Care of Magical Creatures

Which woud be your least favorite?

Herbology...

I hate gardening

In which House would the Sorting Hat place you?

Gryffindor

Could you see Thestrals?

Yes

Which Quidditch position would you prefer to play: Keeper, Beater, Chaser, or Seeker?

Seeker

Which magical object would be most useful to you, Sneak-o-scope, Foe Glass, Time-turner, Remembrall, or Pensieve?

Pensieve

What would be your preferred Hogwarts sweet: Chocolate Frogs, Bertie's Every Flavor Beans, Acid pops, Cockroach cluster?

Acid Pops......I really do love these things.....my girls think I am crazy. :-)

Pumpkin juice, butterbeer, or elf-made wine?

Pumpkin juice

Is your best friend more like Ron, Herimone, Luna, Neville, Ginny or Hagrid?

Ginny

Is the most toxic person in your life more like Lockhart, Snape, Umbridge, Malfoy, Filch or Fudge?

Umbridge.
Is your most embarrassing relative most like Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, Dudley, or Percy Weasley?

Aunt Petunia
What shape would your patronus take?

A dolphin