100 from 2011

I had a hard time deciding what I wanted to do to ring in the new year. I wanted to do something special, something memorable. Also, I wanted all of you to be able to participate. I didn't just want to make New Years resolutions, because they're usually forgotten about a week into January. 

Then, last night, I had a beautiful dream... and when I woke up, this idea just came to me.

In my dream, I was sitting in a rowboat in the middle of a big lake. It was nighttime, and it was very dark. There were stars, but only a few, twinkling in the sky above me. Suddenly, I closed my eyes and started naming all of the things I was grateful for. I noticed that most of them were recent, like, within the last year. When I opened my eyes, I looked up, and the sky was filled with floating, paper lanterns. As I named another blessing, another lantern floated up to join the rest.

Then, of course, I had to wake up. (Don't you just hate that?) But somewhere in that "just-waking-up" phase, I had my idea. And so I got out my laptop and got to work.

I want to name all of the things that I am thankful for, just in this past year. With everything amazing that's happened to me, I should be able to name one-hundred blessings from 2011. It won't be easy, but that's the point. I want to make myself remember as many little things as I can about this year, before it's gone forever.

So... here I go:

1. a new sibling
2. a new home
3. friends, new and old
4. learning to drive (however infrequently)
5. hands that can create
6. brothers that have my back
7. two parakeets and a lovebird (...maybe. still not sure.)
8. dark kiss scented EVERYTHING
9. pencils and paper
10. bedazzled jeans
11. cool autumn breezes
12. thunder (followed shortly by lightning)
13. my first cell phone
14. red toe-nail polish
15. friendship bracelets, and how easy they are to make ;)
16. pop-top bracelets and how NOT so easy they are to make -.-
17. shopping with friends
18. On Stranger Tides
19. Sunday paper comic strips
20. friendly next-door new-yorkers (i miss you guys!♥)
21. blogging
22. 145 followers?! XD (eek-squeek-and yay.)
23. pumpkin roll
24. The Only Exception
25. Versace eyeglasses
26. mp3 players
27. cousins
28. aunts
29. blog giveaways
30. sponsors
31. Pinterest
32. sunrises and sunsets, both which inspire me to the core
33. Mellborne
34. chocolate-chip cookies
35. poetry
36. clouds (because they're awesome like that)
37. Tangled
38. Gnomeo and Juliet
39. The Help
40. Thor
41. I Am Number Four (the book, NOT the movie >.<)
42. Beastly (dittos)
43. libraries
44. online chatrooms
45. Jim Staley
46. uncles who do a jig and make you laugh when the Cowboys score a point
47. surprise parties
48. Flightless Bird, American Mouth
49. homemade chilli-cheese conies
50. Keanne
51. short stories
52. laying on a sheet in the wet grass and looking up at the stars until you start to doze off, then getting up and realizing your butt is soaked.
53. pitbulls♥
54. The Halo books
55. babysitting
56. Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, (which now usually go together in my head like oreos and milk)
57. Psalms 27
58. Facebook, and its ability to keep me connected with people I hardly ever see
59. Kelly Clarkson
60. cupcakes
61. iPad 2's (Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, please, please, please, PUH-LEASE?!)
62. old, vintage type-writers
63. real toothpaste (inside joke)
64. baby faces (oooooooh, they're just the cutest!♥)
65. dreams. in which i meet will turner. (oh yes.)
66. Mr. Darcy (I love you, quite ardently, I should say.)
67. rusty, muddy pick-up trucks
68. inspiration boards
69. Grandma's Om Noms (recipe hopefully coming soon.)
70. chickens and ducks
71. The Sims 3
72. jokes
73. laughter
74. Taylor Swift
75. Google. (Even though you spend the better portion of your time ticking me off.)
76. Avril Lavigne
77. Norman Rockwell
78. In Another Life
79. blogging friends. you guys don't just plain rock, you epic-ly rock.
80. letters with foreign stamps
81. writing "/11" after everything (last day, people)
82. The Immortals Series
83. The A.D Chronicles
84. art
85. photography. my love for it has grown, i must confess.
86. family
87. raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens... :P
88. headphones that last more than a few months
89. all-tile flooring. no, really, it has given me a greater appreciation for carpet.
90. ballpoint pens
91. leather jackets
92. freshwater pearls
93. imagination
94. hawayn, hawaiin, tropical flowers
95. awesome ninja skills... wait, what? (muahaha, it is i, clever cub. don't tell, shh.)
96. Peeta Mellark
97. love
98. Adam Levine
99. animes that make me laugh
100. LIFE.

So, would you guys like to join me? Let's ring in the new year with grateful hearts, shall we?

1. Grab the button below and put it in a post, along with a list of 100 things you were blessed by/with/because of this past year.

2. Add your link below.

3. Read and comment on at least one other person's post :D

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Have fun!Love, Jessica