Katie's 99 in 999 (currently 55 in 555!)

(prompt from here ) "Some of the things that make me happy are . . ." ...turning to a radio station just as a Backstreet Boys song comes on. ...seeing my cats sitting in the window from outside. ...smelling anything cinnamon-spicy. (Christmas!) ...line dances. ...singing tenor to Ricky's bass during church. ...going to the gas station with Ricky to get doughnuts in the middle of the night. ...finding a parking space for class on the first floor of the garage. ...hearing the theme songs from my favorite '90s sitcoms. ...those little pockets of sunbeams through clouds. ...walking out of an airport into a brand new place. ...organizing my bookshelves. ...driving through the Everglades. ...re-reading a favorite book series. ...Main Street at Magic Kingdom. ...finding out that a friend likes something nerdy that I like. ...children's rooms in libraries. ...coming over the Food Lion hill and seeing

(prompt from here ) I realized today that I forgot to write a journal post last week due to our South Carolina festivities, so expect two this week.  Here's the first: What did you learn this week?   Since I finished Lois Lowry's The Messenger this week, I've been thinking a lot about charity.  We talk frequently at church about how charity is "the pure love of Christ," which is a true and beautiful statement. However, too often that charity is limited, the way that the love of Christ never is. I see wonderful people doing wonderful things all the time: babysitting kids for free so a couple can go on a date night; taking meals to a new mom; moving a family into a new apartment.  That's why it makes it even more baffling when I hear some of those same wonderful people judge the circumstances of others who have never had the same education/means/parenting/values that they did, and even scoff at the idea of helping those people because "

(prompt from here ) A List of Favorite Movies   (narrowed down to the top 6 after much deliberation) I like movies in a different way than I like books.  Movies can convey in a minute what it may take a half hour's worth of reading to establish in a book; the communication process is completely different, and I like that.  I like that I don't know much about movies outside of one summer film class, and I like that filmmaking is foreign to me in a way that writing isn't.  It makes watching movies like watching a really good magician.  Because of that, I probably can't intelligently discuss why these movies are my favorite, but they are, because they're magical.  They're those movies that sink into you and make you sit through the credits because you're not ready for them to be over. 1. A Little Princess (1995) (Stop cringing, Robin!) Speaking of books and movies: I hate to admit it, but this movie adaptation is so much better than the boo