Thanks Coach

"If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards."
~Coach Bryant

Desperately Striving

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14

75. Go white water rafting... Check

Two Thursdays ago I went white water rafting. It was awesome! I was really excited until we got up there and they showed us this safety video that is a little stress inducing. I was pretty nervous walking the boat down to the water and looking at the class 4 rapid right in front of us, but once I got in the boat I was fine. For some reason the nerves just went away. We only went about five miles down the river, but I loved every minute of it. Everyone should go if you get the chance, but be warned, the water is freezing.

67. Tour a Civil War Battle Field With Dad

Well I was in Tennessee for Six weeks and what do I have to show for it? A growing spirit, some great new friends, and another thing crossed off of the list.

Mom and Dad came to visit me while I was working in Harrison, TN. We spent all day one Friday together and it was awesome. We started simple enough with lunch and then we went and toured the Chickamauga Battle field. It was so cool. It combined two of my favorite things. American History and goofing off with my parents. It was HOT that day but we had a lot of fun all the same. I'm not sure what my favorite part was. Either making it to the top of that 80 foot tower with out throwing up or when Dad scared Mom by making ghost noises in a really old cabin.

After we had our battle field tour we went to the Tennessee Aquarium. That was so fun too. they have a new penguin exhibit, but all the penguins were sitting on their eggs so all we saw them do was poop, which was pretty funny now that I think about it. My favorite part of the aquarium would either be the sharks or scaring mom near the sea horses.... Anyone else notice a pattern?

Anyway, I'll be crossing off another Big Ticket item next week, but I guess you will just have to wait and see what it is.
Seeing as the only people who read this are related to me I'll go ahead and tell yall how much I missed everyone and am glad to be back.
Love Yall!

79...... Check

79. Buy a meal for a stranger

I was not sure if anyone ever read this so it has been a while since I have posted on here. But as per Aunt Libba's request I thought I'd update yall on the list. Because it has been so long I don't remember the exact date, but I can cross number 79 off my list.

I was in the drive thru at Taco Casa and an elderly woman was behind be. Before I go to the window I said a little prayer that the woman would see Christ's love through a kind act of a stranger and hopefully pass on a favor to someone else. I was all ready to feel really fulfilled by what I did so I got up to the window I told the guy I would get the woman's behind me as well. Well it turned out she was getting food for her entire family! After he told me how much hers would be, I got control over my face, and decided i had gone to far to turn back.

As I drove away I did feel good (I'd like to think I felt good because I did a good deed, but i suspect it had a lot to do with being able to cross yet another thing off my list) and decided that even though I'd be eating cereal for the next two days, it was well worth it.

#12... check(ish)

12. Play a song on the piano with both hands

This has officially been accomplished. Mom and I started piano lessons (she being the teacher) and it must be said that the rules of reading sheet music are really dumb, I seriously could have done a better job at inventing the musical scales, but that's neither here nor there. Back to what's important.

I, Elizabeth A. Clark, can now play Row, row, row your boat on the piano with both hands at the same time! My right hand does the melody while my left hand plays chords (a C chord to be specific) thus meaning I have gotten my hands to work independently of each other for approximately 10 seconds. oh and did I mention that is not from memory it is from the music which I now know how to read. Thank you very much. Just because number 12 is accomplished I am not turning my back on the piano (even though I hate it and it's stupid) just yet. I will continue on in my tutelage compliments of my mother (even though she has not exactly agreed to this) and quite possibly the Internet. So say hello to my new obsession (last summer it was golf)

Edit:
Other songs in my new found piano repatoir (is that how you spell that word?) include, but are not limited to, When the saints go marching in and two songs about riding a bicycle
This made possible by piano lesson book 1

dear dearest love

My beloved Spring Break,
Oh how I long for your lazy days and warm embrace. Run to me, my darling, as fast as the month of march will allow. Although school is putting up obstacles between you and I, like tests, papers, and case studies, I will not grow wearing as I run the gauntlet of academia until we are reunited once more. Just three more days, dear one, and I can already feel the essence of sweet reunion in the air.
yours truly, now and ever more,
Elizabeth Anne