Her list contains everything from the mini (or major) personal accomplishments like doing a pull-up (#29), to the extravagant, such as writing a whitepaper (#2) to planning a surprise weekend trip for Ryan (#75). She has given herself 1001 days, basically 2 and 3/4 years, to accomplish everything, and even if it may not be a public blog (woops sorry!) then I think it’s a noble/cool idea.

At the risk of sounding like a copycat, I’ve started formulating a list of 101 things I’d like to do, and perhaps someday when it is completed, I’ll post it. Thanks Jennifer!

The District of Columbia police auctioned off about 100 unclaimed bicycles Friday. “One dollar,” said an 11-year-old boy as the bidding opened on the first bike. The bidding, however, went much higher. “One dollar,” the boy repeated hopefully each time another bike came up.

The auctioneer, who had been auctioning stolen or lost bikes for 43 years, noticed that the boy’s hopes seemed to soar higher whenever a racer-type bicycle was put up.

Then there was just one racer left. The bidding went to eight dollars. “Sold to that boy over there for nine dollars!” said the auctioneer. He took eight dollars from his own pocket and asked the boy for his dollar. The youngster turned it over in pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters—took his bike, and started to leave. But he went only a few feet. Carefully parking his new possession, he went back, gratefully threw his arms around the auctioneer’s neck, and cried.

From the First Presidency Message for the month of September, by Thomas S. Monson.

Not much more to say besides that. How often do we walk around, missing gratitude in our lives on even the simplest scale?