Why I Love Being Mormon

1. The Christ statue in SLC

2. Family Home Evening (with your actual family)

3. The old people who work at the temple

4. I Feel My Savior's Love

5. I Know That my Redeemer Lives

6. Because I Have Been Given Much

7. Called to Serve

8. The MTC

9.  The feeling at the temple

10. I don't really want to go to BYU, but it's pretty. And fun.

11. The old people who lead this church. 

12. For example, David B Haight's funny talks

13. And Gordon B. Hinckley's smile and love for his wife

14. And Neal A. Maxwell and Boyd K. Packer's pure intelligence

15. That the smell of bleach makes me want to be righteous 'cause I always think of the temple

16. Bishop Offices

17. Temple Recommends

18. The play "My Turn on Earth"

19. The Idaho Falls Greenbelt

20. Great Missionary Stories

21. Pretty much every conversion story

22. Family Prayer

23. Priesthood Blessings

24. Patriarchal Blessings

25. Baptism

26. Daddy-daughter dates & Miss and Her Mom Parties

27. Youth Conference in the South

28. Girls' Camp

29. The First Vision and The Sacred Grove

30. Isaiah 29

31. New perspectives on Corinthians

32.Ether 12, Helaman 5, and all of Mosiah

33. The feeling in my Nana  & Grandpa's house

34. That it changed my dad's life

35. The amazing organization of it all.

36. For example, the humanitarian aid

37. And the Storehouse

38. And Tithing funds

39. Callings. And the process of callings.

40. Homemaking 

41. Institute

Christin’s 101 Little Happy Makers List

Work It
1- Run 3 miles everyday for 6 days in a row
2- Run 3 miles everyday for 6 days in a row for 4 weeks
3- Do 4 pull-ups. Yes, in a row.
4- Take a couple spinning classes.
5- Do the See Jane Run triathlon
6- Attend a Phoenix Triathlon Club meeting. Join?
7- Have triathlon training session for swimming
8- Go Somewhere on a bike
9- Let Ariana & Bridget & Johnny coach me on swimming
10- Do 1 other triathlon

Preserve the Earth
11- Keep canvas bags in my car. Learn to use them.

Learn
12- Learn 3 songs on the guitar to the point that I’m not embarrassed to play them in front of other people
13- Translate 12 articles from the Liahona
14- Learn 20 Spanish phrases that might apply at work
15- Take a yoga class
16- Take a meditation class
17- Take a pilates class
18- Take one month of voice lessons
19- Renew subscription to “The WEEK”
20- Make a pot roast
21- Make rolls

Read
22- Read “The Audacity of Hope”
23- Read the Old Testament
24- Read 2 books to understand the Old Testament
25- Read “Brave New World”
26- Read “Grapes of Wrath”
27- Read “Julia and Julia”
28- Read “Old Yeller”
29- Read 20 perfect Phoenix days; go fun places

Do
30- Use up all my teeth whitening gel from my dentist
31- Finish Tate’s Quilt
32- Apply to DNP Program
33- Send Christmas Cards out before May
34- Eat at 5 new restaurants in Phoenix (1 down) Delux, Riazzi's, LoLo's, Green, TrueFood, PURE
35- Have a “hippie day.” Celebrate however you wish.
36- Go Skydiving
37- Earn a Shine Check
38- Get my hair done by someone I’m not related to
39- Attend car show with Bel Air in pink dress
40- Make a day of visiting Roosevelt streets art galleries
41- Attend a first Friday
42- Attend one of Meghan’s concerts
43- Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes (literally)
44- Hike Camelback in Boise
45- Hike Camelback in Phoenix
46- Get fishing license
47- Fish in 4 different places (1 down!)
48- Kiss a stranger
49- Go to an amusement park
50- Surf
51- Go Skinny Dipping
52- Go rock climbing
53- Play the bongos on Mill Ave. May combine with hippie day.
54- Make my bed for a week
55- Buy a couple of food storage kits and a recipe book
56- Make the tile mosaic under my washer & dryer
57- Ride the Phoenix bus
58- Ride the Light Rail
59- Floss everyday for a month
60- Get the Bel Air detailed
61- Shop Mill Ave.
62- Go to a Phoenix Diamondbacks game
63- Go to Phoenix Suns game
64- Go to ASU football game
65- Go to any other sporting event that sounds like fun
66- Watch Goonies
67- Organize radio stations
68- Go to 10-year high school reunion
69- Get Iron levels checked
70- Have Preventative Mammogram

For the Good of Humanity
71- Go three times to read to children
72- Go twice to visit people at a retirement home
73- Give Project Cuddle tapes to 4 high schools
74- Pay off signature loan!

To Nourish my Soul
75- Mark a new Book of Mormon
76- Mark a New Testament
77- Make more frequent journal entries, especially about funny stories and spiritual experiences
78- Remember 10 friends’ birthdays every year.
79- Call them or send a card. Anniversaries too.
80- Type those dates into cell phone
81- Eat a popsicle in the park
82- Organize my church notebooks, especially quotes
83- Read Relief Society lessons ahead of time.
84- Re-read a conference issue
85- Read a Buddhist book
86- Go to the temple at least once a month
87- Get rid of printer & cartridges

See
88- New England in the Fall
89- The Other Side of the Ocean
90- The Grand Canyon
91- California
92- “Wicked”
93- Two fun concerts Dave Matthews, John Legend
94- The Easter Pageant
95- Tempe Center for the Arts
96-My Aunt Margie in Prescott

Late Entries

97-Take Pictures of me and friends on the sculptures in Mesa
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101-Finish this list on Saturday, Dec 11, 2010