Monday, November 26, 2012

Challenge Accepted


I’ve always enjoyed a good challenge. When I was in 5th grade, I competed in the Spelling Bee, even though I was up against 6th graders, and I won! In high school, I broke the season rebounding record my junior year and had an article written about it in the newspaper. The journalist congratulated me and said I’d certainly end up in the top 5 for career rebounds but that I’d wind up well short of the all-time leader.  I worked hard all season and wound up not only beating the previous season record I had set the year before, but also seizing the career record. It was pretty amazing. So when I read my friend’s semi-recent post listing 100 things she’s thankful for and saw her challenge at the end of it, I knew I needed to sit down and do it, too. Oh, Thanksgiving was last week you say? Well, I guess I didn’t want to jump off the same bridge everyone else was ;)

Here we go! *in no particular order other than the order they came to mind*

1. God/Jesus/Holy Spirit (I thought it would be cheating to list them as 3 separate numbers…)
2. Friends.
3. Family.
4. My house.
5. Having enough food to eat.
6. My upcoming internship.
7. Access to medicine.
8. Snail mail.
9. Laughter.
10. Babies.
11. Catching up with good friends.
12. Travelling.
13. Having enough money to live comfortably.
14. Finding new friends via blogging.
15. Prayer.
16. Changing seasons.
17. My car.
18. Peace of mind.
19. Joy.
20. Hope.
21. Coffee.
22. Ice cream!
23. My health.
24. Daily mass.
25. The Bible.
26. Warm clothes.
27. The sound of the furnace turning on.
28. Bible study.
29. Good books.
30. Television.
31. Musicals.
32. Having friends who can sing!
33. Catholicism.
34. Email/Skype/Facebook/etc.
35. Library cards.
36. My glasses.
37. Courage
38. Others’ perspectives.
39. Free time.
40. Memories.
41. The mission trip to the Philippines.
42. Vacations I’ve taken to Europe.
43. The smell of homemade bread.
44. Beauty.
45. Truth.
46. My five senses.
47. Spending time with friends’ families.
48. Sunsets.
49. Trees during autumn.
50. Love.
51. Momma Mary.
52. Church traditions.
53. Recycling.
54. Blood donations.
55. Flowers.
56. The Sacraments.
57. TV show season premieres.
58. Music, live and on the radio.
59. My iPod.
60. Hot cocoa.
61. Silence.
62. Hair products.
63. Finding a good quote.
64. The saints!
65. Hugs.
66. Wine tasting.
67. Bringing joy to others.
68. Teeth.
69. Pita chips.
70. Pictures.
71. Popsicles.
72. Nature.
73. Jokes.
74. Disney movies.
75. Getting invited to things.
76. Easter Vigil.
77. GPS.
78. Fresh fruit.
79. Miracles.
80. Finding the good in the bad.
81. Learning new things.
82. Forgiveness.
83. Having the perfect example to follow.
84. Smiles.
85. Doctors and nurses.
86. Second chances.
87. Having wisdom imparted on me.
88. Christmas concerts.
89. Veterans.
90. People who chew with their mouths closed.
91. Low interest rates on loans.
92. Snow plows.
93. My phone.
94. Online banking.
95. Baby laughter.
96. Candles that smell like real Christmas trees.
97. Stars in the sky.
98. My laptop.
99. TV on DVD.
100. All of you wonderful people who read my extremely random blog.


That may quite possibly be the most random list of items I’ve ever compiled. Who knew I had so many things to be thankful for :) 

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I love your awesome list! I had trouble coming up with 30... I guess I didn't think hard enough:) BTW I laughed a little at # 90!

Morgan said...

super duper impressed...you're definitely holier than I :)

Jordan said...

Hahaha I just spent an hour waiting for a 3 year old to finish her lunch and she refused to close her mouth the entire time...made me appreciate number 90 even more!! ;)

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