Today

1. Home day
2. Feeling pretty good
3. Healthy family
4. Money in the bank
5. The internet (yahoogroup & blogging regarding health...what a relief to have!)
6. Mark
7. Got a shower today!
8. Did I mention feeling pretty good?
9. Media shut off again (except for educational shows, and limited at that).
10. My coffee press

A LONG & HEALTHY Life

1. To live long.
2. To be strong.
3. To be here for my kids, as long as I can into ollllddddd age (seeing great-great grandchildren?).
4. To celebrate AT LEAST my 50th Wedding Anniversary.
5. To watch the worlds changes.
6. To develop into a deeply spritual being.
7. To travel.
8. To help people all over the world.
9. To build a homestead on some land.
10. To see myself bloom over time, in every way.

Exercise- After a Workout

1. My body feels more alive
2. My body feels more limber & flexible
3. My body feels stronger
4. My body feels healthier
5. My mind feels clearer
6. My emotions are more balanced
7. I get reading time
8. I get "me" time
9. I boost my immune system
10. I get my circulation going, healing physical hurts

Today

1. I am healthy for the most part
2. Mark is coming home for lunch
3. The sun keeps poking through the clouds
4. I went to the gym last night and feel good from it still
5. I had a slim-fast shake this morning
6. I am not feeling depressed today
7. My house is less thrashed than usual
8. Biggest Loser is on tonight
9. I love my blogs
10. My kids put up with me

Bend

1. Sun
2. Red Dirt
3. Lots of outdoor activities
4. Trader Joe's
5. High Desert
6. Sage
7. Family
8. Hot summers
9. Lots of water sports
10. Closer to Santa Cruz

Oprah

1. Her book club.
2. Her philanthropy- challenges & solutions, and how I can help in this world.
3. Her TV show- for balancing entertainment with serious matters, for laughter & tears.
4. Her web site- for a nice place to start changing ME
5. Her connections- Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, Dr. Schmooly, Suze Orman, among others.
6. Her powerful woman-ness.- what a superb role model!
7. Her business owner/company running prowess.
8. How great a teacher/mentor she is around the world.
9. Her passion & inspiration.
10. For being born!

The Basics of Life

1. A house (with a huge yard, a carport, a cement driveway, a fence around the house and almost enough space for all 6 us).
2. Electricity (because some people in the US- and world- still have no electricity!).
3. Water- running, heated & fairly unpolluted (because in some places in the world, women have to walk miles to/from the well, river, etc . to get water and then heat it up, or boil it to clean it).
4. A washer & a dryer (because in some places in the world, women are scrubbing their families worn out clothes at the polluted river and/or boiling them and then hanging them to dry near their dusty home).
5. Natural gas (because some women have to chop a lot of wood every morning to heat up their stoves to heat their home, do laundry, and cook...before they go to work).
6. Technology (because we can use a cell, the computer/net, turn on cable and see the world at our finger tips, and some people are feeling isolated and have no options to do that).
7. Food in my large pantry & deep freezer (because somewhere in the world, dirt cookies are making people sick, a handful of rice isn't quite enough, and somewhere in the US a family has to share a package of dry crackers for a meal- I know, we've done it!).
8. A working car (because somewhere in the world, many actually, people have to walk miles and miles to get to health care, food, water, work, hauling heavy loads).
9. A good husband with a great job (because somewhere in the US, a family is wondering how they are going to find work, and have to make less, far less, than they can survive on).
10. Health insurance (GROUP that is) (because even though I have health issues that are too much money for us to afford, it is FAR, FAR less than I would have to pay out of pocket).
11. Being a Homemaker (for far too many reasons to list...it will have to be my list tomorrow!).
12. For living in the U.S.A. (because even though we aren't perfect, we are honestly safer, happier, and better taken care of than MANY countries in the world. there is no utopia out there, and I would rather live here than, say, the Middle East, Russia, China, parts of Africa, etc.).

Unitarian Universalist Church

1. The diversity of the congregation.
2. I have friends there, finally!
3. The kids program.
4. The sermon isn't about God or Jesus, but about PEOPLE, spirituality AND great teachings from all spiritual/religious backgrounds.
5. The 7 UU Principals.
6. CUUPS- Covenant of UU Pagans
7. How beautiful the building is.
8. Coffee (yeah, I know I quit...but this is the one day a week I like to indulge, for now).
9. Our UU Homeschooling Co-op (yet to be named).
10. No pressure.

Gymnastics & Wrestling

1. The physical strength the kids acquire.
2. The flexibility the kids keep and get more of throughout their life.
3. The physical & body skills they develop.
4. The discipline & coaching they receive, shaping their minds in a positive way.
5. Working as a team AND an individual at the same time.
6. Self-confidence & positive self-image.
7. Travel!
8. Social skills in a wide variety of settings and different people.
9. Competitive spirits- with a love of winning, love of learning, love of encouraging others to do their best and a good attitude when lost (or low scores), with the ability to pull themselves up and know they will do better, through hard work, the next time.
10. Skills Math, physics, reading and goal setting.