fill-in-the-blank friday

[1] The most spontaneous thing I've ever done was...[it's sad how hard I'm having to think about this...guess I'm not very spontaneous] [ok, surely I've done something more spontaneous than this, but I'm just gonna settle with this answer] starting running.  My mom & I were arguing about running plans one night [how we got on that, I have no idea].  I thought they'd really help, she thought they were dumb.  So she said, "ok, we start tomorrow."  Now, that doesn't seem super spontaneous...but if you just knew how much I despised running, you would realize how shocking it was that I even agreed to it.

[2] The best gift I've ever received was...well, life, salvation, a family that knows Jesus,..those are the greatest gifts.  Aside from that...last Christmas my grandmother had found some old black & white photographs at my great aunt's house.  Apparently when my aunt was young, she would send fan mail to stars & they'd send her autographed photos.  So my grandmother had them enlarged & framed for me.  I have ones like Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, Vera Ellen, Angela Lansbury, Deborah Kerr, etc.

[3] A time that I was truly & genuinely surprised was...sophomore year of college...I was having a really rough semester, mostly thanks to biology.  One night when I was studying, someone knocked on my door & in walked my boyfriend at the time.  He went to school about 2 hours away so I definitely wasn't expecting him, but he'd schemed with my friends & came up to surprise me.  Why, you might ask?  Because The Little Mermaid had come out on DVD that day & I adore that movie, so he bought it & brought it to me.  *Side note: I am a believer that there is an actual vault that Disney locks the movies in until they come out on DVD.  And once they're out of the vault, you've gotta snatch them up, because you don't know when they'll be out again!  Anyone who believes & would like to join my club is welcome.  P.S. Not real sure how I feel about sharing a story about an old boyfriend, but that little surprise did make me really happy :)

[4] I can't leave the house without...a purse big enough to hold these items: book, camera, lip gloss, phone, & iPod.

[5] My favorite day of the week is...Sunday because...I get to go to church, enjoy worshiping with other people, & see people that I don't get to see every other day of the week.  And if it's the kind of Sunday that I like, [but doesn't happen very often] I'd come home & get to read or take a nap before being back at church.

[6] Something that can always make me laugh is...my family.  When me, my mom, cousin, aunt, & grandmother are together...there is always laughter.  Also, this girl [especially when on an airplane], this girl & this girl make me laugh a lot.

[7] My perfect day would include...one of our shopping trips with my mom, grandmother, cousin, & aunt [these trips should be legendary], or a craft day with McKinlie, or just anything with the TSFs [Em, Case, & Beth], or a day that included a roof date with Cait [which sounds like a talk show].

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#4. good books that entertain and encourage

#5. celebrating birthdays

#6. Mexican food

#7. blog friends who become real friends