Grace in Small Things: 13 of 365 - Halloween Six Flags Edition

1. Viper
2. Raging Bull
3. Superman
4. The Dark Knight
5. Batman

Grace in Small Things: 12 of 365

1. "How to Be" screening last night.
   
2. Having a friend who got just as geeked as me about said screening.
   
3. Funny Q&A with the director, composer and two of the actors afterwords.
   
4. British accents.
5. Autographs & photos.
   

Grace in Small Things: 11 of 365 - Weekend Fat Pants Edition

1. Cranberry-Orange bagels.
2. Homemade macaroni & cheese.
3. Girl Scout cookies.
4. Bacon.
5. Philly Cheese Steak sandwich.
   

Grace in Small Things: 10 of 365

1. The Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series.
   
2. The Tiki Girl print by Mitch O'Connell my sister got me for my birthday.
   
3. Clean sheets.
4. Enchiladas.
5. The bridesmaid dress I ordered today for my sister's wedding this summer.

Grace in Small Things: 9 of 365

1. Super Mario Brothers 3 on the Wii.
2. Xanadu!
3. Wow Bao.
4. The friendship between sisters.
   
5. Feeling hopeful about where things are going.
   

Grace in Small Things: 8 of 365

1. Saturday morning breakfast at Flat Top Grill.
2. Unseasonably warm weather and the feeling of sunshine on my face.
3. A walk by the lakefront.
4. Good conversation.
5. Monday morning spooning.
   

Grace in Small Things: 7 of 365

1. Friday! Weekend!
2. A surprise visit yesterday.
3. 50 degree weather.
4. A hot shower after a hard workout.
5. Hula hoops.
   

Grace in Small Things: 6 of 365

1. Having a nice coworker who brought donuts in this morning.
   
2. Catching up with a friend I haven't talked to in awhile even if it was only briefly.
3. New Lost tonight!
4. Getting a seat on my train ride home.
5. The after workout high.

Grace in Small Things: 5 of 365 - Media Edition

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
3. The Hulu Superbowl commercial with Alec Baldwin
4. Sugalumps
5. Barney Stinson. Awesome.
   

Grace in Small Things: 4 of 365

1. Spending the weekend with my mom, sister & cousin.
2. The Wii Fit.
3. Hawaiian pizza.
4. A lazy Sunday afternoon.
5. Getting tickets to Phish at Deer Creek & Alpine Valley in June. SO LUCKY!!
   

Grace in Small Things: 3 of 365

1. The kindly neighbor who came along at exactly the right moment & helped me get my truck unstuck from the snow. I would have been stuck there all day without him!
2. Walking into my house after a long day of work to the delicious smell of soup cooking in the crockpot.
3. The two older gentlemen singing a cappella on the Washington blue line platform.
4. Coming home to a made bed. (I should do that more often!)
5. This laptop bag.
   

Grace in Small Things: 2 of 365

1. The internet! From the comfort of my own home! Finally.
2. Blueberry Oatmeal Bars left over from yesterday's potluck.
3. A warm Lily-Cat snuggling on my lap.
4. A clean apartment.
5. Kashi Honey Sunshine cereal.

Grace in Small Things: 1 of 365

Blog. Blog, blog, blog. I always have good intentions to write on a regular basis and then ... well, it never goes anywhere. I've decided to do Schmutzie's "Grace in Small Things" and see if that doesn't get me writing regularly. I can write 5 things per day, right? Right. And maybe then I will want to start writing more than 5 things per day. Hopefully. I guess we'll find out!

Grace in Small Things - Day 1 of 365:

1. My new, shiny, red laptop that finally arrived!
2. LOST is back.
3. Not having to drive to Rolling Meadows for jury duty.
4. The colorful office potluck lunch today - so many yummy foods!
5. These shoes.