30 things

my friend amy posted a blog similar to this earlier this week.  i liked the concept so much, i stole it!  so below, you'll find 30 things i have learned in the last 30 years (yikes.  it still is weird to say that.).  quite obviously, i've learned so much more than this . . . i tried to stay away from being melodramatic and cliché, but i am ME, so i'm pretty positive some of that seeped in.

1. i should have paid attention when my mom tried to teach me to sew
   
2. i wasn’t cut out for a small college, but i wish i lived in a small town.
   
3. wheat bread is better than white bread.  always.
   
4. crock pots could quite possibly be the best invention ever.
   
5. waking up to 'help' feed cattle with your grandpa is always much easier when gramma has the malt-o-meal and brown sugar waiting for you at breakfast.
   
6. chili and chili soup are two different things.
   
7. cobbler and crisps are two different things.
   
8. it was okay to be a band nerd.  
9. pie will always taste better in osborne.
   
10. green beans will always taste better if nana made them.
    
11. tell people they matter to you.
    
12. sincerity is imperative.
    
13. my mom has a ridiculous amount of patience.
    
14. as einstein said, “never stop questioning.”
    
15. poetry doesn’t have to rhyme.  poetry doesn’t have to be analyzed.
    
16. it’s okay to have standards, but don’t let your standards limit you.
17. npr will always make me think of tuesday afternoons with my dad driving between owasso, claremore, and pryor.
    
18. owasso’s bueno is the best, hands down.
    
19. sometimes people don’t really want to hear your opinion.  you'll probably stay friends if you can figure out when those times are.
    
20. reconnecting with your past helps you move into the future.
    
21. you don’t always have to go out on friday and saturday nights.
    
22. saying “i want to punch them in the face” is strangely satisfying, even if you are just saying it to yourself in an empty car.
    
23. treat the “new kid” at work or school the way you would want to be treated if you were in their place instead.
    
24. go on dates with yourself. (i’ll explain later.)
    
25. don’t participate in the politics at work, school, church, etc.
    
26. do participate in the politics of voting.
    
27. music is always better if it is performed live.
    
28. it’s okay to like things that are popular or trendy. 
    
29. wal-mart isn’t always the spawn of satan.
    
30. the rose parade is over 5 miles long.  even longer if the disneyland float breaks down.
    

and for the single ladies - cody just called while i was writing this to inform me that apparently liquor stores are where we should be hanging out to meet men.  so, i thought i'd add that as a p.s. here.  she did not really elaborate on the quality available, so shop at your own risk, i imagine.