50 Things I have learned ...

1.) Standing up for your consumer rights pays off.

2.) Far away friends are sometimes better than the most closest friends.

3.) Calling someone when you think of them is meaningful. Tell people you love them.

4.) A cat in heat is very loud.

5.) Children are a reflection of what we know and what we have taught them. .

5.) Telling people how you are feeling isn't a bad thing when it involves your heart.

6.) Being there for a friend is more important than a happy hour.

7.) Reality TV is highly entertaining if you watch it with no expectations.

8.) Family is the most important thing. It even supercedes rollerblading.

9.) Loving yourself is more important than loving chewy runts.

10.) Stretching prior to any exercise is in your best interest.

11.) Cleaning your house means spending less on Christmas and Birthday gifts for young nieces and nephews.

12.) Keeping your head about ya and not drinking eight beers while canoeing for the first time is safer than not.

13.) Every negative attitude is a choice.

14.) The person that gets you upset the most could be only because they are who you care of the most.

15.) A winter without snow isn't bad.

16.) Using your talents is a gift to yourself and others.

17.) Taking time to read is taking time to exercise your brain.

18.) Humor is the best medicine.

19.) Material wealth means nothing when you have no one to enjoy it with you.

20.) Falling down the stairs hurts your ass

21.) There is no greater gift or honor than raising a child.

22.) Feeling sorry for yourself will only get you sympathy of one person. You.

23.) Facing your biggest fear can be your greatest accomplishment.

24.) Gaining someone's trust is more important than being cool in the moment.

25.) Letting your anger and emotions rule your actions can work against you.

26.) Every interaction you have with another being affects who you are if you are open to seeing it.

27.) Red hair clashes with pink clothes.

28.) Being yourself is better than pretending to be something your not.

29.) You can't make anyone love you.

30.) Pineapple doesn't taste good with ham after being sick for two weeks.

31.) What others think doesn't mean as much as what you think of yourself.

32.) When someone says you can't. You can.

33.) Feeling down can easily be amended by calling a sister who has three screaming estrogen filled girls under the age of seven.

34.) Remembering someone's lost loved ones years after they have passed is showing that you care and share their loss

35.) A persons eyes are the most revealing and intimate part of the human body.

36.) Your intuition is something to be listened to. Trust yourself.

37.) Laughter is the most relaxing exercise.

38.) McDonalds salads are loaded with sodium no matter how you want to argue it. Eat healthy.

39.) People who talk behind your back or are afraid to confront their jealousies are people who have a lot to learn about who they are inside.

40.) Holding on to baseball cards is a profitable thing.

41.) Learning a new thing is teaching yourself a little about yourself.

42.) Accepting people for who they are is harder than accepting them for who you want them to be.

43.) Cruising a kick ass muscle car down town on a cool spring night with the windows down is the most free you can feel unless you are on a motorcycle.

44.) Animals social structure works. We should examine that.

45.) Saying a prayer when you see an ambulance can only be a good thing for the person it is going to retrieve. It could be a friend.

46.) Running into garbage cans while rollerblading can be a good thing when you need to wake up. Stay focused.

47.) Loyalty is the most valuable trait in a friend.

48.) Flowers are a beautiful gift to yourself. Stop and smell them.

49.) Sometimes asking why instead of accepting the norm shows you have intelligence.

50.) No matter how bad you have it, it can always be worse. Deal with it and move on.