Gratitude Challenge

This months Home Teaching message is on Gratitude.  In the youth section there is a Gratitude Challenge.  The challenge lists ten categories and suggests writing ten things in each category. Sunday afternoon I sat down and  started writing my list of 100 things that I am grateful for. 

Ten living people I am grateful for:
1-Randy (and his family)
2-Mother (and Bob)
3-Shelby (and Drs. Reilly, Lee, Cohen, Logan, Yorgan, Rider and their surgical teams and staff)
4-Mark (Rachel, Grant, Cami, Kara)
5-Alison ( Jean the PA, Dr. Kim Manwaring & surgical team)
6-Bethany
7-Morgan
8-Mary Abrahams
9-My Siblings (Randi, Kathy,Heidi,Eric, Andy)
10-Rosemary Isbell

Ten people who have died that I am grateful for:
1-Dad
2-Dean
3-Grandmother Callie Haggard
4-Grandpa W.P. Haggard
5-Grandma Ruth Haggard
6-Grandpa Hans Thude
7-Grandma Erna Thude
8-Grandma Fern Maroney
9-Marjean Paxman
10-Aunt Beth, Aunt Bessie

Ten Physical Abilities
1-Sight - to read and learn
2-Smells
3- Legs to run, walk and cycle
4- Hands - touch, work, craft, sew, etc.
5-SLEEP (I love being able to sleep)
6-arms to hug and hold
7-ears to hear music, voices, etc.
8-Balance & strength
9-Think
10- Chewing

Ten Material Possessions
1-Home
2-Bed and soft warm sheets
3-Warm shower
4-truck to drive
5-piano
6-washing machine
7-indoor plumbing
8-books
9-furniture
10-garden

Ten things about nature
1-Sunrise
2-Beautiful Sunsets
3-Trees
4-Flowers for Cami and Grant to pick
5-Warmth of the sun
6-Changing seasons
7-smell of citrus blossoms
8-Night skies
9-birds morning songs
10-lizards

Ten things about today (Sunday, December 4, 2011)
1-Meeting House
2-Primary
3-Music
4-That my children attend church
5-Peanut brittle
6-Fasting
7-Randy's church service
8-byu.tv & Christmas Devotional
9-Ensign and the Gratitude Challenge
10-Coat and warm clothes

Ten Places on earth
1-Temples
2-grocery stores
3-Childhood home
4-Campgrounds
5-Huachuca Mountains
6-library
7-bike paths
8-hospitals
9-schools
10-anywhere Randy is :)

Ten modern-day inventions
1-Phones
2-texting
3-Kindle & e-books
4-electricity
5-medical diagnostic equipment
6-Stove and oven
7-refrigerator
8-freezer
9-printer/copier
10-Stereo

Ten foods
1-homemade bread
2-oranges (citrus)
3-potatoes
4-food storage
5-flaxseed & bran cereal
6-homemade applesauce
7-warm soups
8-garden fresh veggies
9-eggs (they don't upset Morgans tummy)
10-tree ripened fruit

Ten things about the gospel
1-Jesus Christ - His life, example, atonement
2-A loving Heavenly Father who knows me
3-The gift of the Holy Ghost
4-my Bishop
5-Priesthood
6-Sealing Ordinances
7-Prophets
8-Scriptures
9-Repentance
10-Revelation

I am so very blessed.  Life is Good!!!!!