Today was a good day, a really really good day. I can sleep well.
*Piano. I love making music. The Easy Winners by Scott Joplin - ragtime. Prelude in G Minor by Rachmaninoff - clllllassical? No. Romantic. I think. Ahhhh. I need to build stamina though. My left arm/hand gets so tired playing my prelude - which I need to work on in case I end up applying for a specific music scholarship...
*Acing a test. Need I say more?
*Sunshine.
*Running across the yard - barefoot - in the frost.
*Finishing up my first college application for-reals. (I know, I know. I put that yesterday. Um, I forgot to stamp the envelope though...)
*Having two more applications ready to go. Almost. I need $20 for the application fee for MSUM and an academic reference for NWC. (Any takers? All you have to verify is that I'm really brilliant - a second Einstein of sorts. Not difficult. *Coughcough*)
*Playing the hammer dulcimer. Yep! It's been hiding under my bed forever. Mom bought it years ago, rather more wishfully than needfully. But I like it! Now that I've got some piano under my belt, I have the "tools" to play it. I figured out how to tune the thing and picked out a few melodies on it. I don't think I really want to put it back either.
*Changing my profile picture. You should look at it. The pooch? Yeah. S'my dog, Rusty (female!!!) Her and I is best of friends.
*My soccer coach. I've played under him for 3 years, ever since he started coaching our team. I didn't play this year though. At the end of the season, it's tradition to get the team together for a potluck. We watch a slide-show of pics from the games, make the coaches give speeches, give them a little gift, and give the seniors medallions. I wasn't expecting to receive a medallion during the ceremony. In fact, I had stuff to do, so I stayed home. My coach talked to mom and said "I can't give out the medallions if all the seniors aren't here! Can't she come? Doesn't she get a medallion?" Mom admitted that she'd ordered one for me and just hadn't felt right honoring me with the others. But for him, she called me and asked me to come. It was so special! And I quote my coach: "When I started coaching, there wasn't much of a team. It was these seniors - they were younger then - that I relied on for a majority of the hard work. They played hard and well and they were the players I depended on."
*Baby puppies.
*Good night.
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Wednesday
Gratitude Challenge: Day 11
Wow. I'm blessed. I just keep coming back to that. There are just so many little things.
*I got to wash my hair.
*My sister let me shower first.
*I get to play an amazing song for my senior recital. Prelude in G Minor by Rachmaninoff. In case you were wondering. You probably weren't. Now you know anyway.
*There are so many other people who are grateful for little things too! It's amazing!
*I have a dog, and she loves me as much as I love her. Just watch her follow me around and tell me otherwise.
*I have a test tomorrow. And you're thinking "Now she's gone off the deep end." Nope. That happened ages ago. Better swimming down here.
Actually, it's a chance for me to prove that I'm learning something - to myself and to my professor. And tests are kind of exciting things, don't you think? Probably not. *Sigh*
*I have six things to be grateful for. That's a lot. Cool.
*It is amazingly beautiful outside. I just can't get enough of fall! Every time I think about it I get that runny-cartwheely-jump-up-and-downy feeling an' I wanna go jump in a pile of leaves and play with me pooch and ride me horse and Ooooooooooh! Fall is just so amazing.
*Praying for people. There is something indescribable about going into the presence of a holy and loving God and saying "I'm not here for me. Please, please be with this friend/family member and bless them.Carry them close to your heart God, and carry their heart in your hands. Bind up their wounds. Be with them and give them the faith and the peace they need." I want those people to know that their cause is being petitioned at the foot of their heavenly Father's throne, and that the cause will not be dropped until an answer is received. And then to say, "Thank you, God, that you have answered me already."
*I don't have to get up at 5 tomorrow. (Others in my family do. Touche.)
*I got to go into the 5th and 6th grade AWANA T&T room tonight and help listen to verses during handbook time. I. Love. Those. Girls. About five of them gave me hugs right off the bat. They're all so energetic and wonderful! I can't wait for next Wednesday evening.
Gratefully yours,
Miz Fingers
*I got to wash my hair.
*My sister let me shower first.
*I get to play an amazing song for my senior recital. Prelude in G Minor by Rachmaninoff. In case you were wondering. You probably weren't. Now you know anyway.
*There are so many other people who are grateful for little things too! It's amazing!
*I have a dog, and she loves me as much as I love her. Just watch her follow me around and tell me otherwise.
*I have a test tomorrow. And you're thinking "Now she's gone off the deep end." Nope. That happened ages ago. Better swimming down here.
Actually, it's a chance for me to prove that I'm learning something - to myself and to my professor. And tests are kind of exciting things, don't you think? Probably not. *Sigh*
*I have six things to be grateful for. That's a lot. Cool.
*It is amazingly beautiful outside. I just can't get enough of fall! Every time I think about it I get that runny-cartwheely-jump-up-and-downy feeling an' I wanna go jump in a pile of leaves and play with me pooch and ride me horse and Ooooooooooh! Fall is just so amazing.
*Praying for people. There is something indescribable about going into the presence of a holy and loving God and saying "I'm not here for me. Please, please be with this friend/family member and bless them.Carry them close to your heart God, and carry their heart in your hands. Bind up their wounds. Be with them and give them the faith and the peace they need." I want those people to know that their cause is being petitioned at the foot of their heavenly Father's throne, and that the cause will not be dropped until an answer is received. And then to say, "Thank you, God, that you have answered me already."
*I don't have to get up at 5 tomorrow. (Others in my family do. Touche.)
*I got to go into the 5th and 6th grade AWANA T&T room tonight and help listen to verses during handbook time. I. Love. Those. Girls. About five of them gave me hugs right off the bat. They're all so energetic and wonderful! I can't wait for next Wednesday evening.
Gratefully yours,
Miz Fingers
Sunday
Gratitude Challenge: Day 3
Oops.
I missed a few days. Boo for busyness.
I'll keep going. Day three can be today and yesterday combined.
*I love ice-cream. Yummy.
*I love ice-cream even better when you have a ginormous bowl with chocolate on top and you get to eat it watching a chick-flick with your amazing mother and fabulous sister. Wonderfulness.
*I love the new movie, Courageous. God is clearly at work when a church can produce a strongly Christian movie that has you laughing breathlessly one moment and sobbing the next.
*When the pastor of your church says something that makes sense and speaks to you where you are.
*Autumn has cast a spell-binding charm over me with the richness of her color pallet. I am ecstatic in this season.
*The sound of dried leaves dancing gently to the grass in the middle of a fall afternoon.
*Realizing that I can enter the throne room of my Holy and Almighty God - and run into his arms singing and laughing!
*Realizing that that reaction thrills God!
*Having friends over for supper - making homemade pizza - eating outside? - enjoying fellowship.
*Having my older brother home.
"Thank you Jesus for the beauty and wonder that surround me."
I missed a few days. Boo for busyness.
I'll keep going. Day three can be today and yesterday combined.
*I love ice-cream. Yummy.
*I love ice-cream even better when you have a ginormous bowl with chocolate on top and you get to eat it watching a chick-flick with your amazing mother and fabulous sister. Wonderfulness.
*I love the new movie, Courageous. God is clearly at work when a church can produce a strongly Christian movie that has you laughing breathlessly one moment and sobbing the next.
*When the pastor of your church says something that makes sense and speaks to you where you are.
*Autumn has cast a spell-binding charm over me with the richness of her color pallet. I am ecstatic in this season.
*The sound of dried leaves dancing gently to the grass in the middle of a fall afternoon.
*Realizing that I can enter the throne room of my Holy and Almighty God - and run into his arms singing and laughing!
*Realizing that that reaction thrills God!
*Having friends over for supper - making homemade pizza - eating outside? - enjoying fellowship.
*Having my older brother home.
"Thank you Jesus for the beauty and wonder that surround me."
Wednesday
Gratitude Challenge: Day 1
*I am grateful that I have little school to do. I can take my time! Yay!
*It felt good to sleep in this morning. It's because I was sick, ya know, but hey, there are benefits!
*I get to do a photo shoot today! As in, I'm the model. Senior Pictures, Here I come! I love photo shoots. :D
*The park we're going to for my pictures is gorgeous this time of year! Beautiful trees, old wooden bridge, old stone building, stream...all great places for posing!
*I have an amazing mother.
*I'm reading a good book.
*I have another good book on hold at the Library.
*My little brother gave me a hug.
*I ate a piece of fresh, homemade bread with honey. Mmmmmm.
*It's a beautiful day.
Join the challenge! Find ten things you're grateful for every day for 21 days. Can't wait to read your posts!
*It felt good to sleep in this morning. It's because I was sick, ya know, but hey, there are benefits!
*I get to do a photo shoot today! As in, I'm the model. Senior Pictures, Here I come! I love photo shoots. :D
*The park we're going to for my pictures is gorgeous this time of year! Beautiful trees, old wooden bridge, old stone building, stream...all great places for posing!
*I have an amazing mother.
*I'm reading a good book.
*I have another good book on hold at the Library.
*My little brother gave me a hug.
*I ate a piece of fresh, homemade bread with honey. Mmmmmm.
*It's a beautiful day.
Join the challenge! Find ten things you're grateful for every day for 21 days. Can't wait to read your posts!
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