Thursday Thirteen #11

Thirteen Things I'm Thankful For

In honor of Thanksgiving next week, and because I need to think positively, I'm going to list some of the blessings in my life.

I'm thankful for...

1. My sweet husband who loves me and cares for me and makes me lunch and even dinner, too.
2. My parents who have always supported and loved me and gave me the most beautiful wedding I could have hoped for.

3. My brother whom I respect so much and is so different from me.

4. My job that I love (most of the time) even though I'm grossly underpaid. :)
5. My sweet, crazy dog Bailey, who is always glad to see me when I get home.
6. Friends who keep in touch, even though it's hard and we're all so busy.
7. A place to call home.
8. A car to drive.
9. Having enough money that we can eat out sometimes when we want to.
10. Living in a country full of more opportunity and blessing than other people across the globe will ever experience.
11. My in-laws, who have welcomed me into their family with open arms.
12. Having two degrees that no one can ever take away from me.
13. The love and salvation and mercy and wrath and holiness and justice and sovereignty and omniscience and faithfulness of God. Without Him, I would be nothing.

What are you thankful for?

Thursday Thirteen #10

Thirteen Things about Erin Thirteen Favorite Bible Verses All of these Scriptures have been influential in my walk with Christ in one way or another. Click on the verse to read it. 1. Isaiah 61:10 2. Philippians 2:5-11 3. Romans 11:33-36 4. Isaish 41:10 5. Psalm 139:7-18 6. John 15:5-17 7. Galations 2:20 8. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 9. Zephaniah 3:17 10. Isaiah 6:1-8 11. Philippians 4:12-13 12. Psalm 145 (I love it too much to just pick part of it!) 13. John 3:30 May the reading of God's Word bless you as it blesses me. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. Sandee (Comedy +) 2. Amy 3. Susan Helene Gottfried 4. Lori 5. MissMeliss 6. ellen b 7. SJ Reidhead (The Pink Flamingo) 8. Sue

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Thursday Thirteen #8

Thirteen Things about Erin 13 Events of 1981, my year of birth My birthday is on Monday, so I thought I'd commemorate it by exploring important happenings in 1981. 1. Ronald Regan was inaugurated as the 40th President on Jan. 20 2. That very same day, the Iran Hostage Crisis ended. 3. On March 30, President Regan is shot by John Hinckley. 4. Apparently it's the year for assassination attempts, as Pope John Paul II was shot in St. Peter's Square. 5. The highest grossing film of 1981 is Raiders of the Lost Ark (love that movie!). 6. Chariots of Fire won the Academy Award for Best Picture (I've never seen that movie). 7. Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first female Supreme Court Justice. 8. On July 29, Prince Charles married Diana. 9. On August 1, MTV Network debuted. They might have actually played some music videos then... 10. On September 12, Smurfs premiered. 11. Toni Morrison's Tar Baby was published. 12. On October 22, I entered the world. It was a good day. 13. The number one song on the day of my birth was, "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" by Christopher Cross. (To find out what your song is, click here.) Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. Sassy 2. No Nonsense Girl 3. Lynn 4. Ellen B 5. Nicholas 6. The Gal Herself 7. L^2 8. Mama Pajama 9. Amy 10. Mitchypoo

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Thursday Thirteen #7

Thirteen Things about ErinThirteen of My Favorite Comedies (in no particular order) 1. Elf 2. The Princess Bride 3. Airplane 4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 5. Big 6. Groundhog Day 7. Napoleon Dynamite 8. Legally Blonde 9. Office Space 10. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 11. The Money Pit 12. Monsters Inc. 13. Finding Nemo Runners-up: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Back to the Future, and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure What are your favorites? Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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Thursday Thirteen #6

Thirteen Things about Erin Thirteen Things I'd Rather Do Instead of Grade Papers 1. Watch TV with Hubby. (Has anybody watched Chuck? It's my favorite new show.) 2. Cuddle with Hubby. 3. Eat meals with Hubby. 4. Pretty much anything with Hubby. 5. Admire the stargazer lilies Hubby got me for our four month anniversary. 6. Update my facebook profile. 7. Read feeds on Google Reader. 8. Play online Sudoku. 9. Catch up on spoilers. 10. Manage my Project Playlist. 11. Watch the shows I've recorded with DVR (The Ellen DeGeneres Show is a great relaxer.) 12. Play Monkey Kick Off. (My personal best is 4508. Can you beat me?) 13. Post my Thursday Thirteen (of course!). Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. Amy 2. The Gal Herself 3. Lori 4. Journeywoman 5. Thomma Lyn 6. Susan Helene Gottfried 7. Nap Warden 8. Damozel 9. Secret Agent Mama 10. Robin 11. Nicholas

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Thursday Thirteen #5

Thirteen Things about Erin Thirteen Words that Describe Me 1. Effervescent 2. Giggly 3. Insecure 4. Trustworthy 5. Reliable 6. Introverted 7. Encouraging 8. Critical 9. Hopeful 10. Loving 11. Affectionate 12. Complex 13. Sensitive Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. Pen 2. Bare Naked Politics (Damozel) 3. Amy 4. Sparky Duck 5. DoubleDeckerBusGuy 6. Robin 7. Nicholas

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Thursday Thirteen #4

Thirteen Things about Erin 1. I have loved dolphins and all things related to dolphins since I was in the fourth grade and my teacher read my class Island of the Blue Dolphins (which, incidentally, doesn't have much to do with dolphins). 2. I realized my life's dream of swimming with dolphins the summer after I graduated college. My family went on a cruise to Jamaica, and I got to swim with a sweet dolphin named Hannah. She kissed me on the cheek, which means we're best friends for life. 3. Some kids got in trouble for talking in class, but I got in trouble for reading books by holding them under my desk. 4. I also got in trouble for reading books by flashlight in my bed, long after I was supposed to have gone to sleep. 5. The first time I babysat, I put the baby's diaper on backwards. I didn't even realize it until the parents gently pointed it out. And I took a babysitting course and everything! 6. I used to arrange my clothes by color (ROYGBIV), but now I arrange them by type (shirts without collar, shirts with collar, jeans, dress pants, skirts). 7. My paternal grandmother is from El Salvador. Whenever I see her she tries to get me to talk in Spanish, but I'm nowhere near fluent, sadly enough. 8. I'm left-handed. 9. I love driving on the interstate with the windows down and the music up. 10. My biggest pet peeve is when people use the word "alot." This word does not exist! Tell all of your friends! 11. I love daisies. They come in a fabulous array of colors and can last for weeks. Tulips are also lovely, but they have very short lives. 12. I really would love to go sky-diving, but I don't know if I'll ever get up enough nerve to do so. 13. Gilmore Girls is my all-time favorite show, and I was truly heartbroken when it got canceled. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. Daniel 2. Lynn 3. Damozel 4. Nap Warden 5. Natalie 6. Denise Patrick 7. The Gal Herself 8. Ginny 9. Nicole 10. Robin 11. Thomma Lyn 12. Christine 13. L^2 14. Joely Sue Burkhart 15. Elisa 16. Samulli 17. Frigga

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