1,300 Things To Be Thankful For -- Guest Post!

Just a note:

This is the very first post in a new year of  Things To Be Thankful For. Each week for the next year, my weekly 1,300 post will be done by a guest blogger or someone who is personally close to me!

I'm very excited and super honored that so many bloggers have volunteered to take part in this wonderful series and I really hope you all enjoy it.

(Without further adieu, our very first post is by none other than the love of my whole life, my Husband, Dustin.)

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My name is Dustin. I work most of the time, and read, draw, and write the rest. I'm afraid of the oven and fire in general, I love finding new bands in the bargain bin of our local used music store and I can eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich everyday for lunch without getting sick of it. I love my Family, my dogs and where I am currently in my life. Violet, my wife, elected me to go first in her series of thankful guests, so here you have it.

 

1. Sweet Apps for your phone.


2. Appkillers to preserve the precious battery of your phone.


3. The awesomeness that is Neosporin.


4. Walking in to a restaurant without a reservation and being seated in ten minutes.


5. Ladder Golf.
   


6. Making Ladder Golf interesting by turning it into a drinking game.


7. Taking naps mid-day and waking refreshed.


8. Handmade furniture. Especially modern credenzas.


9. Getting a bonus check.


10. Riding in cars that absorb the bumps and create a crazy-smooth ride.


11. Books that become favorites and are read again and again.


12. The Hubble telescope.


13. Wireless keyboards and wireless mouse...es. Multiple mouse.


14. Board game nights with friends on a weekday. Booya!


15. Having a wife who happens to be your best friend.
    
    
    


16. Having over 300 CDs on a single digital device.


17. The shadows cast from trees swaying.


18. Pets that obey as well as they love.
    
    


19. Finding an ideal gift for a friend without an occasion.


20. The co-worker that helps out without you even asking, and you really needed it.


21. Leather-bound books.


22. The timeless look of Converse.


23. Carpool lanes and two-seater vehicles, coupled with FastTrak to make a forty minute commute fifteen.


24. The Last Wish, by Andrzej Sapkowski


25. Video montages of weeks or months worth of time lapsing in seconds.
    
    
    
    
    
    

Comments

[Caitlin]

What a cool idea this is. Makes me want to do my own, but for now I will enjoy what the guest bloggers write each week :) <33

I smiled about the Converse things - my husband and I love Converse, so much so that we wore them on our wedding day :)

[Larissa]

I LOVEEEE that you had Dustin do this. Such a sweet idea. You two have such a sweet love, it is so evident in both of your writings. Congratulations on being able to create something beautiful from that. I am so incredibly happy for you two.

[Leigh-Ann]

Cool list Dustin :)
I thought the Vanager would be on there, and Brian ;)

[Amanda]

Ahhhh that video is so neat! Time lapse is so cool :D The rest of the list great too :)

[Megan Van Sipe]

Sweet! So fun that Dustin went first! He made a really good list, too. :)

[Kyla Roma]

Such a cool list! You guys seem like such an amazing couple :)

[bein good to me]

I love that you asked your husband to write the first guest post in this series! Fun list to read. :)
-Lisa

[lacy]

great list!

[Dustin Clark]

@FreckledNest: The Vanager was number 26. :)

The most difficult thing about a list of 25, for me, was not so much the list but the introduction paragraph. Whenever we'd have to say five interesting things about ourselves in a classroom, say, I'd never know what to say. Even in person, I tend to introduce myself and then jump right into conversation.

[Julie Keller]

Hahaha - you "ladder golf" game, my family calls it "twisted testicles." Try saying that three times fast when you make the game more interesting by adding alcohol :)