A few days ago I received an interesting tweet from Terje (@terjeakke): a little challenge for you! I quickly read Terje's list. I was in! I even tweeted Terje that her challenge was accepted. Then I started doubting myself....
Then a few days later, my list is born:
- daughter
- home
- job that I love
- growing up in a secure and stable home
- viber app to text internationally
- skype to see my daughter's face when talking to her
- church family
- my mother-in-law and father-in-law
- raspberries
- sisters-in-law
- blueberries
- library booksales
- Kathy who makes my Thursday Corner Bookshop hours so much fun
- Saturday morning coffee time with friends
- brothers-in-law
- Pumpkin Spice coffee from Trader Joe's
- cousins who cross the ocean to come for a visit
- Facebook to keep in touch with friends across the oceans
- blogging community
- Thursday's spiritual journey group
- fellow ESL teachers
- nieces and nephews
- Youtube music
- Pentatonix Little Drummer Boy
- central heat
- Kindle
- great nieces and nephews
- precooked dumplings
- health
- my exercise pal Val
- colleagues who are willing to share
- trust
- on demand (that I just discovered!)
- sunrise
- short commute to work
- letter from Susan this week
- "Break Every Chain" by Tasha Cobbs
- poetry jams
- Finnish chocolate
- Mustikkapiirakka
- blue and white
- twitter PD
- Christmas candlelight service at the Vineyeard
- wake-up call/text from my daughter: "Love you Mom!"
- comments on my blog
- Little Women--book or movie
- one word
- health insurance
- warm socks
- fitbit
- kalakukko
- great cup of coffee
- relaxing mornings at home
- snuggling with a good book
- students' progress
- slice of cake from a coworker in the middle of the afternoon
- journaling
- morning pages
- korvapuusti (Finnish cinnamon rolls)
- spine poetry
- blogging students
- "Ms. I missed you!" from my students
- technology
- iPad--finally
- answered prayers
- languages
- perfect earrings
- comfy shoes
- visiting manual dishwasher
- green
- vanilla lotion
- comedy that works
- remote control
- smiling babies
- air conditioning
- fish soup
- Thanksgiving Day
- swimming in a lake
- sauna by the lake
- birch trees
- fall maple trees
- double sided tape
- curtains
- Keurig
- single moms dinners
- memories
- photographs
- student teachers
- translate app
- God's faithfulness
- movies that touch me
- knitting
- long weekends
- road trips
- cellphone
- mechanical pencils (0.3 of course)
- color printer
- soft blanket
- helping hands
- meeting blogging friends in real life
If you are reading my list, consider the challenge passed on to you! Don't forget to let me know if you write a list as I would love to read yours!
And, Dorothy, this is the official challenge for you as well! Love, äiti
And, Dorothy, this is the official challenge for you as well! Love, äiti
I LOVE this!!! I took the challenge from Terje too! So did some of my students!! I love your list and it was so much fun making mine!
ReplyDeleteI love your list. The Finnish bits make it extra fun to read.
ReplyDeleteLove your list. There is so much we all have to be grateful for but unfortunately we don't dwell on those. Too often we complain more about what we perceive to be wrong with our lives. It is much better to be positive. I might have to try this in a future post.
ReplyDeleteSo much to be grateful for and celebrate, Jaana!
ReplyDeleteNice to read all the list, Jaana.
ReplyDeleteMy list is still simmering in my mind. I guess it's time to put it in writing. Great list! We have so much in our country.
ReplyDeleteOoooh! This is a perfect mindset activity. I'm going to start mine tonight in my journal. Thanks for sharing the idea!
ReplyDeleteChallenge Accepted!
ReplyDeleteYou created a list poem, Jaana. My friend did this on Facebook and every day for 100 days she posted a photo from her day that brought her happiness and gratitude. She changed it to everyday happiness when she was finished because it brought her such joy. You reminded me tonight that there are many paths to the same outcome.
ReplyDeleteI finally got my list up today! We have a couple of similar things - I had to laugh at comfy shoes and the color green. It is amazing what you can learn from someone simply from a list of 100 things.
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