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201-250 Gifts

201. Green Machine (for those inevitable spills)
202. Comfy tennis shoes
203. Hip hugging laundry baskets
204. The crunch of the frosty grass under my feet
205. Tulips
206. Playing Spoons with my teens
207. knowing how to type properly
208. making a 3 layer cake with butter cream frosting from scratch
209. My Grampa teaching me to make pies (and me taking them home afterward!)
210. When my Dad hugged me with tears running down his face right after my wedding
211. Hearing my father-in-law say his son had chosen well
212. Old German Christmas ornaments from my Great Grandparents
213. Whitman’s candy sampler boxes- reminds me of my Great Gram Clark- she loved the candy and saved every box for treasures
214. My husband’s homemade mashed potatoes
215. Goodwill The Store
216. My Mama the Queen of Goodwill Shopping and world’s most wonderful and extremely inexpensive babysitter
217. Black ball point pens
218. Wading in a creek bank
219. Catching minnows in nets with my kids
220. Footed glass cake stand
221. My Hoosier cabinet passed down to me from my Mama
222. Antiques that are meant to be used and loved and dented and scrapped
223. Knitting needles
224. My knitting needles passed down to me from my Great Gram Clark
225. Carving pumpkins into Jack-o-lanterns
226. Lighting the Jack-o-lanterns and sprinkling pumpkin spice in the lid- oh the lovely aroma!
227. Giving to alabaster offering at church
228. The mission trip I took to Chattanooga, TN
229. Catching a big Pike
230. Laughing as my bro-in-law tested my new fishing pole and broke it.
231. Bringing a good book on a fishing trip- (my hubby gets me to go out with him and I get to read while drownin’ worms)
232. Little House on the Prairie books
232. Reading those books with my daughters
233. My copy of Little Women and Little Men given to me by my grandparents
234. Being a stay-at-home Mom
235. Homeschooling (I may have mentioned it once but it bears repeating!)
236. Reading the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy and watching the movies
237. Taking walks with my husband- holding hands
238. Watching my children’s reaction to wonderful surprises
239. Listening to my children recite a new verse from the Bible
240. Singing worship songs in the grocery store
241. Whistling
242. Being able to lift just one eyebrow
243. Old friends
244. Snowball fights
245. Making a snow family
246. Homemade ice cream
247. Making my own butter
248. Making my own bread
249. Making my own laundry detergent!
250. My Washer and Dryer