I stole this idea from Kimberly as I was at a loss for a blog topic. Even then, I wasn't sure I'd come up with 25 things to complete this (without totally boring reading - well, maybe only a little yawn). I only wish I'd had kept a journal, like how many monkey bars I could complete in the allotted time. I do know that I had the fasted time
or the most completed sets of these monkey bars in my army basic training (item #9 below) in our final PT test.
1. I was born in Henderson, NV- St Rose Hospital.
2. I’ve sat on a dynamite box in the back of grandpa’s jeep riding up a bumpy trail.
3. I’ve sat next to a miner crimping blasting caps & fuses in these sticks of dynamite and then I tapped them down into holes with an old broom stick.
4. I never ditched a day of school in my life. (no one believe me!)
5. I wanted to play drums in school but Dad bought me the coronet instead-I was a less than enthusiastic student.
6. I was engaged to be married before Carol…. I was in kindergarten.
7. I’ve swam and water skied in a lake with water moccasins - until I knew - then no more.
8. I’ve shot rattle snakes.
9. I was platoon champ at hand over hand parallel monkey bars in the Army. (insert picture)
10. I’ve ridden in a car on Dayton Beach racetrack as well as on the actual beach.
11. I once tried dental repairs without Novocain...didn’t work out too well.
12. I built our house once. (with help, of course)
13. I tried to jump over but was thrown over a speeding car once.
14. I have a bone graft & its applicable hardware in me due to above jumping incident.
15. I used to ride to scout camp in the back of a pickup truck and enjoy it.
16. I used to slalom water ski.
17. Pre-LDS days I “inhaled” and had a few hangovers.
18. I’ve been in a few physical confrontations where I wasn’t sure of the outcome.
19. I was once the store’s only shipping & receiving clerk at Montgomery Wards in Vegas.
20. My last deer hunting experience made me realize I only went because of dad.
21. I ran away from home once. I was five years old and don’t remember the reason I felt I had to run away.
22. I drove from Alabama to Vegas in three days in a car without a working speedometer.
23. I rode my bike to school up into Jr High. (okay, not so exciting)
24. I’ve met both Clintons and Al Gore – more than once.
25. I’ve been in the ring with Mike Tyson.
Today I found out why flavored carbonated beverages are called "soft drinks". It's because soft drink refers to nearly all beverages that do not contain a significant amount of alcohol (hard drinks). I grew up calling all soft drinks, coke; but later heard the terms"pop" or "soda." Strange how that is. Interestingly, a study in 2006 found most carbonated drinks actually do contain a little alcohol. . . hic . . . Didn't know that, did you? We can thank the CO2, which when added, results in a natural fermentation of the sugars and the flavor extracts used in these "soft drinks". Wait!! It should be noted that a typical container of yogurt of similar size contains about two times the amount of alcohol. 
but most of all, there's nothing like the sound of the ball falling into the cup after successfully reaching the green.
