Birthday, Smirthday

For my 39th birthday, I've compiled a list of 39 noteworthy things (and some not so much) that I've done in my life:

1. flown over Greenland & had an emergency landing in Iceland

2. married in the Salt Lake temple

3. blown a slide on a 767 airplane

4. had 4 wisdom teeth pulled

5. sat next to Johnny Depp on a flight to San Juan

6. raised day old ducklings

7. skinny dipped

8. worked as a salad girl, front desk clerk, floral designer, retail, & international flight attendant

9. snorkeled and swam with sting rays and nurse sharks in Belize

10. failed my driving test 2 times

11. won a blue ribbon for my bread and butter pickles

12. lived in NYC for 10+ years

13. brought a cat home from Caracas, Venezuela

14. seen Phantom of the Opera at the oldest theatre in the world (Drury Lane in London)

15. had my tonsils out

16. stabbed myself (accidentally) in the head with a pair of rose sheers (surprisingly, only needed 1 stitch)

17. traveled around Bermuda on a moped

18. rescued a pigeon and a baby mouse

19. arranged flowers for several weddings

20. ate a flying fish sandwich in Barbados

21. fallen asleep on the banks of a babbling brook in Bruges, Belgium

22. glued an earring to my ear

23. made a brief appearance on the Conan O'Brien show (in my flight attendant uniform!)

24. gave birth to 3 children (one of them was 10lb. 4oz!)

25. worn shoes for "looks" only

25. rescued a duck mother and her 7 ducklings from a Home Depot parking lot

26. got 2 speeding tickets (amounting to 4 points--had to take a class to have them reduced)

27. won a chili cookoff

28. drank a swig of Liz Claiborne perfume for fresh breath to impress a boy during study hall (not so sure this worked!) (really stupid!) (I hate Liz Claiborne perfume to this day!)

29. ate beligium waffle in the middle of the Grand Plaz (Belgium)

30. been to the David Letterman show twice

31. started a blog

32. visited Argentina (Buenos Aires and Rio), Santo Domingo, Haiti, St. Maarten, St. Lucia, San Juan, St. Croix, Barbados, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brussels, Paris, Zurich, London, Iceland.

33. had my house featured in a magazine

34. went white water rafting on the Black River

35. participated in a sleep study with my husband that aired as a two part series on the WB news in NYC...

36. had my house published in a magazine

37. lived on Betty Crocker butter recipe frosting and icewater for 3 days

38. a jeep safari trip in Caracas

39. met Martha Stewart! (and by meeting her I mean stood there with my mouth open while she asked us a question)

So there you have it!...Let's see what the next 39 years have in store for me!