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30 Things!

The final day is here! Day 30! Here is a link to the 30 Things post with every single question on it with links to my posts with the answers

30 Things

30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.

These are in no particular order just whatever popped into my head.

1. My generally/usually happy attitude towards life and others.
2. My ability to capture awesome and memorable photographs.
3. My fierce love of family.
4. My willingness to always help out.
5. My creative and crafty talents.
6. My love of sports and being outdoors.
7. My love of travel and experiencing new places.
8. My ability to make tasty food and desserts.
9. My love of books and movies.
10. My child-like enthusasium that I exhibited for life.

30 Things | Day 29

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29. What do you think people misunderstand about you most?

A lot of things. Most people, when I'm talking to them, assume right away what I'm going to say before I say it. They don't listen to me. So they misunderstand me right off the bat. I can tell because usually they are shaking their head or making a comment while I'm talking. That says to me that they already assume they know what I'm going to say. Wrong! Listen first.

I don't know if that really answers the question or not. I've had a lot of people misunderstand me which could be because I'm not saying something the way they understand it or they aren't really listening. Who knows. It's hard to tell.

People misunderstand my heart. I am very sensitive but I think some people don't think so because of my actions. I do what I can to guard from getting hurt by people. I try and stay strong which sometimes gets looked at as being heartless. I do what I need to in order to get something done or get past something. I don't cry a lot in public. I don't like arguing in public either. So by not doing either of those I can be portrayed as being heartless (not crying or showing emotion) or ignorant/impassive/don't care (not reacting to arguing in public). That isn't the case I just choose to release those emotions in a more private venue where it's more appropriate.

30 Things | Day 28

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28. What is your love language?

Words of Affirmation – not necessarily “I love you” a lot but unsolicited compliments. Even if I look embarrassed that type of affirmation means the most to me. I don’t read people well so hearing it means more to me than an action. It’s really hard for me to say what is most important for my love language. I should find a test to take. I also need quality time with people with no distractions. Hanging out with people really does it for me. I like one-on-one time and I like group but sometimes one-on-one is easier for me.

30 Things | Day 27

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27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?

My legs…because they are muscular and long and generally look fairly hot.

30 Things | Day 26

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26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?

You have to be a slave to your job. No, you don’t. Life is not about living to work it’s working to live. Work as much as you have to but not more than you really have to. Work enough to fulfill that need but leave enough room to have fun and enjoy life. Otherwise what’s the point? When I need to work extra I do but I don't all the time because then you start to get burnt out.

30 Things | Day 25

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25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?

My great-great Grandparents on my grandmother’s side. I would ask them why they decided to come over to the U.S. What life was like in Germany/Bohemia. What they wanted their future to be. What they think of our lives now. I would eat their traditional meal from their time.

 

30 Things | Day 24

30 Things (original post. I've got 23 days worth of days done and all days are linked into this original post, so you can go to each of the days I've completed.)

24. Describe your family dynamic of your childhood vs. your family dynamic now.

When I was a kid it was basically just mom and us six kids. Dad was working away from home a lot. So the older kids did a lot of cleaning and taking care of the younger kids. We had to share everything, our rooms and one bathroom. So we fought a lot because we were in close quarters. We played a lot together too. All of us would go to each other’s sporting events. We were a close knit family.

Now we are all done with school, married, unmarried and with kids. We get together whenever we can. We hang out together. Play on a family softball team. We go to movies together. Go on vacations together. Have card nights. Have game nights. Stop over at each other’s houses for the heck of it. Watch each other’s kids. We all live in the same county. A couple of us live a couple blocks away from each other. So we are still a close knit family. Sure we still squabble but that's normal.

30 Things | Day 23

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23. List your top 5 hobbies and why you love them.

Photography – Because I can take beautiful images. Because I document my family for the future. That’s most important.

Scrapbooking – Same as photography. LOL

Reading – Because when I read I am transported to someplace else. I am in the story. I am a different person and that’s so much fun. To be completely taken out of my realm and put into another. I can forget reality for a small time. Nothing’s better than that.

Traveling – I love seeing new places. Experiencing new things and eating food. J

Sports – I love playing sports and watching sports. I like doing sports outside, inside, in electronic games, etc. I like watching sports on TV and in person.

30 Things | Day 22

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22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?

5 years – Living in a house in Owatonna. Nieces and Nephews coming over to visit. Making dinner for myself and family. Playing bean bags out in the backyard. Scrapping in my "scrapbook" room. Having my big screen in the living room where it belongs flanked by my awesome movie collection.

10 years – Same

15 years - Same

30 Things | Day 21

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21. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you do with it first?

Flying. I would love to fly. I would fly to all of my favorite vacation days whenever I wanted to. That's it.