99 Things....

I check my friend's blog almost daily and I saw this list. It drew me in and when I looked at her blog a few days later, this was still her latest post. So here we go...here is a list of 99 things and the ones in bold are the ones that I have done thus far in my short life on this world.

1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more time than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo.
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Adopted a child.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked.
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill.
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon.
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagra Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing.
40. Seen Michelangelo's David.
41. Sung karaoke.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted.
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of Eiffel Tower in Paris.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Russia.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies.
62. Gone wale watching.
63. Got flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone sky diving.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp.
67. Bounced a check.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Times Square.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited the Vatican.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Walked in Jerusalem.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year's Eve.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone's life.
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Got a tattoo.
94. Had a baby.
95. Seen the Alamo in person.
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake.
97. Been involved in a law suit.
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.

I did this list and realized how many things I have not yet done in my life. I ant to travel the world and see great historical sites. I want to start a family and then, as a family, adopt a child so that we can give back to just one person the love that we have for each other. I want my life to mean something to someone, just one person, so that I can know that all I do in my life is not in vain.

I've been bit...

...By the green bug of envy.

We met Eric & Stacy for dessert on Wednesday night at The Cheesecake Factory. The minute Stacy walked up to us, I just knew. I knew she was pregnant and I'm not sure how I knew, but I knew. I didn't say something because if I was wrong, that would have been horrible. We waited for our table, got seated, ordered dessert, talked about life and our plans and what's going on now, and then, at the very end of the evening, after we'd been hanging out and talking for a couple of hours, Stacy says "Well, when we buy a house we're going to have to move WITH the baby!" And that's when I realized that what I had suspected when she first got there was true. Stacy is pregnant and due at the end of August.

I'm super excited for them....BUT....why must there be a but? BUT....there is.

BUT....I am SUPER jealous!

Ever since Mike and I got married, I've known that kids are in our future. I know that I want to be a mom. I know that I want to start our family. But it's also important to me to buy a house first. It's important to me to bring our kids HOME, and not just to some place that we live. I want to paint and decorate and....nest. I want to nest. And now Stacy & Eric get to do it before us.

So yeah, I'm jealous and excited all at the same time. I know our time will come, but right now is not the time and that makes me sad. I just have to remember that things don't happen in "our time." They happen in His. I just need to learn patience. It really is a gift that some people have. I'm not "some people."