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Birthday Week Countdown

As I prepare to turn 30 this week, I want to share 30 valuable lessons/truths I have learned about life:

1. I am fearfully and wonderfully made
2. Laugh & the world laughs with you - snort, and you're on your own!
3. Couple skating is overrated
4. Being an old soul is cool
5. Sweet & Salty are better together, than apart
6. Crossing the finish line is the best part of the journey
7. Imaginary friends always fall out of the car
8. I AM a princess because my Father is the King of Kings
9. The chase is always more fun than the catch, though the catch is worth the chase
10. I'm loud, proud and country by the grace of God
11. Junior high may be Hell, or at least a close second
12. Hating is not nice, but I hate cats
13. Silver is better than gold
14. There's no place like the Fort
15. Mayonnaise is positively nasty
16. When you start to fall, take someone down with you so you don't have to go alone
17. Santa Claus is real
18. Saturday nights aren't the same without Hee-Haw
19. Everyday strive to be a blessing to someone
20. Don't pee in the pool
21. Always be passionate about using your time, talent and treasures
22. Don't follow too close, especially when it's raining
23. Everyone should be allowed to watch the Macy's T-Day parade in their pajamas
24. Penny Loafers should always have a penny in them
25. It is okay to say "no"
26. Every woman should have the opportunity to twirl in a wedding dress
27. Dedicating songs on the radio is not cool
28. Every girl should learn how to sew before she graduates high school, regardless
29. Riding in cars with boys make for the best car rides
30. In everything give thanks
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Anonymous said…
31. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
If I did one for each of my years, people might grow old reading them.
Love ya,
Diana
September 8, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Anonymous said…
Okay, I cracked up at the one about "dedicating songs on the radio is not cool". How many times in your junior high/senior high days did you dedicate songs to guys you had crushes on. CRACK ME UP!!!! I'm glad you've learned that's not cool, even though I tried to tell you way back then :)

Melissa S.
September 8, 2008 at 6:18 PM
Anonymous said…
you are one special girl....30 wonderful years of abby.
one thing i can say about you..what a change you have made. i used to get a rake and clean out from under your bed...and now you are clean and neat as a pin. who would have ever thought.

mama
September 9, 2008 at 10:38 AM
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