The Narrator's "30 Things I learned this year"

1. Don’t put makeup on boys when they sleep. It may be hilarious, but they stop talking to you after that. Sheesh! Learn to take a joke.

2. Even when you can’t feel God, he’s there. Just keep believing.

3. Prioritize, don’t procrastinate!!! It makes life so much more fun.

4. After you turn 18, talking to unnatractive boys is considered hitting on them. At least to them it is.

5. Righty tighty, lefty loosey.

6. Just say "no".

7. If you’ve had it for more than five years, seriously consider donating or throwing it out.

8. Reduce, reuse, recycle.

9. Three people on a kiddie amusement ride is a BAD idea.

10. How to "git ‘r done". Something needs to be done? Figure out how and just do it!

11. Drink lots of water, because heat exhaustion is no fun.

12. Talk with your grandparents, they talk a lot and know a lot.

13. A smile is like a tranquilizer to a cranky person.

14. How to handle money. I was freaked out by it before. Silly, right?

15. How to garden. It’s liberating.

16. Rejection means nothing. Get up and do it again.

17. Give in to the insanity around you. Stressing out accomplishes nothing.

18. Make new friends and keep the old.

19. Timewasting is an artform.

20. How to kill a cockroach correctly; stomp, twist, slide.

21. Savor the moment. Mmmm.

22. Be yourself. (something I relearn every year)

23. How to ride the bus.

24. Offroad unicycling is a sport.

25. All free things are to be taken immediate advantage of.

26. What happens to the baby chicks at the zoo…

27. How to pop, lock and drop it.

28. How to improvise.

29. Grilled oysters are delicious.

30. Family is everything.