I'm It! I'm It!

I've been tagged by my best friend Christine! As she explained it in her blog, this is when you are given a challenge to come up with 7 wonderful things about your life, other than friends, family, etc. I had a feeling that this challenge would soon come to me as I was reading my friend, Jeni's blog. She had tagged Christine, and somehow I knew.....it was coming. I'm sure the feeling had a lot to do with the fact that Christine is always there to listen to me vent. Now she wants to hear some good things...she's tired of hearing the bad. So, Christine, this is for you. I hope not to disapoint.
This is harder than I thought....(most of them will probably be food.)

1. The new Pomegranate Paradise Jamba, with Protien and Burner Boost ( I need all the help I can get! ). Eryn would disagree....her favorite is the Strawberry Whirl. It's so fun to stop at Jamba Juice and pick one up on the way home from the gym. It's nice to treat yourself after you've done something good, Right!

2. The Work and The Glory series....I've become something I never thought was possible. I'm a reader. I love these books. I'm on book 7 now. They're fun to read and I feel like I'm learning church history at the same time. Jens has been reading another series by Gerald N. Lund called The Kingdom and The Crown. I'll start those as soon as I finish with the Glories.

3. Television! I'm sorry, but yes! There's nothing quite like the thrill of waiting all week to watch your favorite shows. Lost, The Office and Grey's Anatomy. Oh, and don't let me forget AI. How could I forget Blake? Oh, what a long summer it will be without my shows!

4. Blogging! I love to scrapbook and journal, but I never find the time. It's so hard to get out all the paper, tools, stickers, print out stuff on my computer and put it together. Blogging is Fantastic, I can be creative, scrapbook and journal all at the same time without making a mess. I love it and, as I have previously stated, I'm obsessed with it.

5. Working out with your friends. 2 birds with 1 stone! I just have to say thanks to all the friends who poked and proded me to get to the gym and/or get outside. Walking with Christine, Going to the gym with Dena, Interval Training in my backyard with Tanya, Running up the Papago and on the beach in San Diego with Kaci and Danielle, Cycling class with Jens. How can you workout and love it if you're not chatting and bonding with your friends and family at the same time.

6. San Jose weather! The weather here lately has been beautiful! Warm sun, nice cool breezes. I love being able to leave my windows open. I love to hear the wind blow outside! I love that at times it's almost cold! I love the green trees and hills! I love all the flowers that have instantly bloomed in our backyard! I love that at the beach, the air is cold, but the sun and sand is nice and warm! Maybe I'm noticing it more due to the fact that in one month we will be living in smoldering, blistering hot weather. I'm trying to enjoy this weather as much as I can. I know I can't take it with me, it makes me sad. Thank Goodness we'll have a pool!

7. I've saved the best for last! My ipod! I love music! I love singing and dancing with my kids while we're listening to the ipod play in our kitchen. I love listening to it in my car. I love listening to it while I work out. I love it! It's small and easy and organized and very clean. No clutter of CD's to mess around with and have laying all over around the house. The Hills Are Alive!

Well, I thought this was going to be hard, but as I got going I realized that I had to leave out a few things to only pick 7. Like, eating your kids cheerios and pretzels snack at church (they taste so good.), strawberries & raspberries in season to make jam, sunday naps, Oma's Gulasch, free cool haircuts (thanks Kase!), my daily banana. I could go on and on, now. I'm still pretty proud of my list and hope you enjoyed it. Thanks Christine and Jeni! It is nice to reflect on all the wonderful blessings in life that you don't normally think of... The things that make you smile and help you get up in the morning. The things that make your day good or hopefully great! I do have to say, in closing, how much I do love my family and my friends. They are at the top of my list!
Oh, I almost forgot. It's my turn to tag someone, right! I tag Brooke! I'm so excited to have this chance to get back in touch with some of my high school buddies! It's fun to see what their lives are like now and remembering what they were like way back when. All of them look the same, if not better, to me! (not fair!) So, Brooke, I remember some of your favs from high school. What are they now?