Great Things in Life - Part One

In an effort to avoid being a one trick pony who always blogs on what is wrong with government and/or writing about disturbing things in our world (but then I repeat myself!!!) here is a blog posting devoted to the things, ideas, places that I feel enrich my life and make me happy. By now my wife has probably fallen out of her desk chair in a state of shock as she reads this posting so success is mine :-)

Here is my initial list of the "Great Things in Life" which I hope you enjoy as much as I do:

• Walking in the rain
• Reading the daily newspaper early in the morning
• Boy Scouts of America -- our country would be better if more boys joined
• College fraternities
• Chicago style deep dish pizza
• Laying in the steam room at my gym
• Playing racquetball with my old gang
• Reading books to our daughter when she goes to bed
• Canoeing in the Boundary Waters of Northern Minnesota (www.ely.org)
• Scuba diving in the Caribbean
• Windowless restaurants in the British Virgin Islands
• Free music from iTunes
• Crock pots
• Ending the day by reading a book in bed
• Reflecting on my life while "half-listening" to the sermon in my church
• Order of the Arrow -- if you are a member you know what I mean
• the USA
• Freedom
• Blogging technology/Internet access
• Log cabins in quiet places
• Spas
• Pedicures and manicures -- I am convinced health care costs could be lowered if more people purchased these services
• Hiking in Arizona
• Baseball Spring Training
• Any level of American football from Pop Warner to the Super Bowl
• Family
• Faith
• Traveling to foreign countries
• Collecting book markers
• Waffles sold by street vendors in Brussels, Belgium
• A hobby farm -- since open spaces create good neighbors :-)

Well, that is enough items for this first installment of what I hope is the first one of many more postings to follow.

Half full,

Todd