Thursday, November 28, 2013

50 Things I'm Thankful For

In the spirit of American thanksgiving...


1. Jesus Christ, my Saviour and Lord

2. My fellow brothers and sisters in Christ - even if they are frustrating at times

3. Fantastic friends and family

4. The funds to be able to go to school

5. A house to live in and food to eat every day

6. Coffee - because, yeah

7. Intelligence - even if it is not utilized at all times

8. Laughter

9. Music

10. My cats 'cause they are so darn cute (Izzie, Lennon, Ringo, Harrison, Max, and Chase) - I may be a crazy cat lady...

11. Thai food - because, yum!

12. The Beatles - even if they are only 50% alive, they are still 100% awesome

13. STARBUCKS

14. Books

15. Health, for the most part

16. Airplanes - because they take you back to homes far away

17. Jimmy Fallon - for providing a study break every night where I can spend the entire time laughing

18. Adam Young - for being awesome

19. Wealth - though being a poor university student, I am still rich in the things that matter

20. Challenging lessons

21. Freedom

22. Lactose-free milk - so I can still drink milk w/o feeling sick!

23. Funny neighbours - who clearly like Dr. Who b/c it says BAD WOLF on their car...

24. Lord of the Rings memes - for being, like, the only reason I still go on Pinterest

25. Sitcoms  

26. Puzzles

27. Twitter - which is way better than FB, I've officially "jumped on the bandwagon"

28. Cookies

29. Roommates who bake things :)

30. Extremely goofy roommates!

31. Memories

32. Weddings - even if they seem to be coming by the truckload nowadays...

33. Professors that hand out candy in class

34. French people - because they are hilarious

35. OneNote

36. Pen pals - even if I forget to write them back or vice versa

37. Summer - so I don't have to wear shoes

38. Weekends

39. Blogs, bloggers, and blogging

40. Pie

41. The fact that Jackson Avery is still on Grey's Anatomy and they haven't killed him off yet because that show kills off so many characters...

42. French toast bagels @ Timmy Horton's - I'm hooked

43. Having a super smart lab partner this term - which made lab a lot easier

44. Laptops - because handwriting my Anatomy notes this term would've been the death of me

45. JT deciding to return to the music business

46. Boston Pizza - and the fact that they deliver

47. YouTube

48. Chocolate kisses & Mini Reese's Cups - for being my motivation to read my Psych textbook

49. Drano - b/c clogged sinks are super annoying...

50. Disney movies


"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 

Thursday, November 21, 2013

#23: Hobbies

#23: What are your top 5 hobbies and why do you love them?

These are in no particular order.

1) Listening to music
Is this considered a hobby? I literally can't go anywhere without having my headphones in. (Which probably isn't a good thing, very anti-social). Even when I'm just walking to the store, which is 5 minutes away, I listen to music.

2) Reading
I love to read. Sometimes you wouldn't be able to tell because it seems to be something I do less and less, but really... I love reading. And I usually read like 5 books at a time. I have a serious problem of starting books and then starting another one a week later. And then soon I have 5 books on my "currently reading" list on Goodreads. What!?
In fact, for curiosity's sake, here are the books I'm currently reading:
 The Sweet Far Thing - Libba Bray
 The Two Towers - Tolkien
 Inches from America - Andrew Unger (fun fact: he was my high school English teacher)
 The Scarlet Letter - Hawthorne

3) Following TV shows
This seems incredibly dumb, I know. But this is actually one of my favourite things to do. I love getting all excited for the next episode and the anticipation of waiting a week to see what happens next is insane. I tend to lean towards medical dramas and fantasy stuff. Don't know why?

4) Cooking
I've always kind of liked cooking. I started to like it less when I started doing it as a job, but it's still probably in my top 5 hobbies. I like cooking for other people. I don't really like cooking for myself.

5) Writing
I have a blog, this seems like a fairly obvious one, no?

I guess I didn't really describe why, but hey, whatever... haha. It's late.