Things I Do When I Have Things To Do

Make to-do lists

Check emails

Organize my side of the room

Complain

Make tea or coffee

Scroll Pinterest

Get a snack

Actually Log on to Facebook

Journal

Clean the bathroom

Watch Jeopardy

Start the to-do list

Things That Make Me Cry

Stress

Nostalgia
Perfect moments

Tragic love stories

“You jump, I jump, remember?”

Favorite characters dying

Funerals

Series finales (Books & on the screen)

Meaningful compliments

Unexpectedly rude comments

Soldiers coming home

Inspiring interviews, films, videos

Wedding proposals

Wedding montages

Specific songs

Onions

Souvenirs Collected Over the Years by a Native Minnesotan

Log Chute Pictures in Camp Snoopy Frames

Minnesota Passport

Pooping Cow Keychain

Minnesota Twins Sweatshirt

Vikings Slipper Socks

Mosquito Socks

Mosquito Trap

Oversize Paul Bunyan Land Postcard

Paul Bunyan Land Collectible Plate

Paul Bunyan Land Statuette

The Grinch Coin Purse from Macy’s 8^th Floor Holiday Display

T-Shirt: 10 Commandments Minnesota Style

1.     Der’s only one God, ya know.

2.     Don’t make that fish on your mantle an idol.

3.     Cussin’ ain’t Minnesota nice.

4.     Go to church even when you’re up nort.

5.     Honor your folks.

6.     Don’t kill. Catch and release.

7.     There is only one Lena for every Ole. No cheatin’.

8.     If it ain’t your Lutefisk, don’t take it.

9.     Don’t be braggin’ about how much snow ya shoveled.

10. Keep your mind off your neighbor’s hotdish.

Pooping Moose Keychains

Lake Como Keychain

Tiny Cardinal Made of Bark

Twin Cities Monopoly

Life on a Farm Boardgame

Books:

             You Know You’re a Minnesotan If…

            Minnesota Shapes

How To Talk Minnesotan: A Visitor’s Guide

Critters of Minnesota Pocket Guide

You Know You Are a Lutheran If…

Ghostly Tales of Minnesota

History of the Golden Gophers

Minnesota: Memories & Images

A Rewind on the Minnesota Music Scene

A History of Minnesota Sports

University of Minnesota Shirt

St. Cloud State Shirt

Lester Prairie Bulldogs Baseball Hat

Lester Prairie Public School Commemorative Mug

Lester Prairie Centennial Commemorative Mug

Jar from Itasca State Park (Headwaters of the Mississippi River)

Beer Stein from Bayrischer Hof Restaurant

Schmidt Beer Pitcher from Danke Schoen Tagen in Mayer, MN

Burning Down the House

"If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It's a conflict between what's practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Think of it as an interview condensed into one question." 

via TheBurningHouse

Name: Karina
Age: 22
Location: Los Angeles
Occupation: Student
List:

• My favorite purse
• Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Marie Rilke
• Journal
• Bible given to me by my parents
• Cell phone
• Tiffany's ring from my Confirmation & my Grandmother's ring
• Necklace from my Mom, with a larimar stone I carved in the Dominican Republic
• Letters & cards from friends & family
• Kindle
• Fossil wallet
• Ray Bans
• Apartment & car keys