The Friendship List is about two friends who challenge each other to get out of their comfort zones, and the results are life-changing! So Susan Mallery wants to challenge you and your best friends to stretch yourselves and make this an exciting time of your life. Complete three or more challenges to get on The Friendship List Challenge Wall of Fame.
Challenges
Snapchat flter
Quotation
Frame printed photo
"We love to send each other goofy/fun snapchats daily... we get to see each others faces, almost like a face-to-face convo!"
Challenges
Complete your own challenge: meet at a place we have never been before
Reminisce First Memory
"We met in 1970 on a very small, out of the way campground in Loutraki, Greece. We started talking as their car license plate indicated they were from the same area as we were (Vienna, Austria). when they left we stayed another week with our son who was only about 2 years old. Then when we left we decided to drive to Turkey (it's not that far) and low and behold, our newfound friends were at the same campground. From then on, we had our vacations together and they even came to visit me in the US when I moved. We talked about that on Saturday when I called her and wished her happy birthday. She doesn't do computers but she uses Whatsapp for pictures and phone calls. I miss her and visit as often as i can. She doesn't want to fly for longer than 4 hours, so it's up to me. But when I visit, we are having a great time to be together."
Challenges
Frame Printed Photo
Binge watch show together
"We watched orange is the new black on Netflix. It was so fun. We talked about how we would act if we were in prison and the girl gang we would form! Lol"
Challenges
Binge Watch Show
Quotation Online
Reminisce First Memory
Invent Dessert
Dare Emotionally Intimidating
"We have been making time to walk together every night, and make sure we get our favorite Starbucks drinks and chat about life"
Challenges
Frame Printed Photo
Complete Your Own Challenge
"Gail and I have been friends for 60 years. Now we live 30 miles apart, and we haven’t been able to see each other often during the pandemic. My husband and I drove to meet Gail and her husband in a parking lot to bring them some fresh veggies—but really to catch up with each other.
This is one of our favorite pictures. We both love it. We were dressed for prom, 1965. I had a copy made for Gail a few years ago. "
Challenges
Try a New Recipe Together over Facetime
Complete Your Own Challenge: Journal 29, doing one challenge every Sunday
"I decided to buy us both Journal 29 and we’re doing one challenge every Sunday. It’s like an escape room in book form. It’s been a lot of fun.
"Yesterday Emily and I made Pan de sal buns. They turned out delicious and it’s definitely going to be something we make again. I had bought her a bread machine from Facebook and she finally had an extra day off (BC DAY) so we could do it together over FaceTime."
Challenges
Binge Watch Show
Frame Printed Photo
Complete Own Challenge: Bloodwork on the same day for doctors' appointments because we don't like needles
"Melanie and I love to watch true crime shows about murders and we also love the masked singer. We often craft or sew clothes while watching, one time we were sewing historical corsets. Hers came out perfect. Mine fit better backwards than forwards."
Challenges
Plan dream vacation
Frame printed photo
"We're planning a dream vacation to Mt. Rushmore!"
Challenges
Find a quotation online
Frame printed photo
"Tsianina and I met over 40 years ago when we first started a Deaf Ministry in our church. She and her husband couldn't find anywhere to attend services that had interpreters and she was so thrilled to finally find a place to worship. Over the years, the group grew from 6 to over 55. She is one of the strongest, most loving people that I know and we have had many adventures together. The picture of us is from one of the Deaf fellowships we had where we celebrate the month's birthdays. I should not be in the picture. But Tsianina insisted that I bring a picture of my daughter, who had a birthday that month but had died, and stand with her for the picture. A true forever friend."
Challenges
Binge Watch Show
Quotation Online
Reminisce First Memory
Toilet Paper
Invent Dessert
Plan Dream Vacation
Frame Printed Photo
"#Tandg From Theresa – How we met and quote: Walking into Gale’s house 21 years ago for the first time I was awestruck. I had never seen a kitchen painted purple before and I loved it. Soon enough a kitty made his presence known; we said hello. Our first in person meeting was going quite well. We were brought together by our local Human Resources association chapter to design a session on HR in the tech industry. Our passion for great people practices emerged as we worked to shape our program. The color purple, profession of Human Resources and love of cats formed our immediate attraction. Sharing knowledge, discovering new loves, all the while making each other laugh on a regular basis keeps our friendship fresh.
And a quote for our friendship: "Finding a friend with the same mental disorder --- Priceless"
Dream vacation note: We talked about going to Italy, before this worldwide pandemic, and for this challenge we planned a tentative route. Will we make it? Who knows? But we’d love to try.
From Gale’s perspective: When I read the list challenges, I realized that my friend Theresa and I had done so many of them – or at least a variation, g & T style! I call her ‘T’ and that’s also the way she signs her name to me. I use a ‘g’. You see, my friend (Big) T is eight inches shorter than I am and our signatures are hilarious to me. Yeah, yeah, I have a sick sense of humor. It gets better when I start humming “short people…” under my breath. No worries! She just kicks me in the ankles, mostly because that’s how far she can reach. ???? (Don’t hurt me, T!!)
As she says, we met in 1999. This was California during the first tech boom. From those first meetings, we became colleagues, and then fast friends. She was always there for me to bounce ideas/issues/problems off and our snarky senses of humor just took over from there. Even though I no longer live in California, we’ve remained close friends. She is one of those people that we can not see each other, or talk, for a while but when we do? OMG, it’s like we just spoke a few minutes before! It’s not often you have a friend like that and I treasure our friendship. I love that we have fun together. I love that we can joke. I love that we can unload on one another and hopefully, feel better when we are done. She is very special to me and I hope that she is my friend for a much longer time.
Our picture submission: We often email/talk and exchange recipes. Usually, it is bread or cake or something yummy for dinner. (Let’s not talk about the mini hot dog rolls I made that I refused to send her a picture because of what they looked like.) Theresa found a cookie recipe and we adapted the middle layer to be purple - to us, it showcases who we are: chocolate and vanilla with purple holding us together. We love cats. We love flamingos. We love flip flops. We love HR. We love snarkiness. We love purple, of course. We have a love for shoes, especially high heels – which neither of us can wear any more. We love each other. And we couldn’t be more different if we tried. I guess that’s what makes us stronger. There are two pics of us I framed – one from 2003, when I moved out of California and one from January of this year, when I spent a month in California housesitting/cat sitting for a mutual friend. We are a wee bit older, and a wee bit grayer around the edges. But notice we are laughing, as we always do. Oh yes. And she gave me a roll of toilet paper last year. Don’t ask. ???? Love ya, T! (And T says, Love ya back!) "
Challenges
Binge Watch Show
Complete Your Own Challenge: Facebook Group Chats
"We have Facebook video calls and use the silly filters while trying to keep a straight face through our conversation! It is hilarious when your trying to have a conversation with a pizza lol. It always brightens my day and it's a perfect quarantine activity. Friends and laughter are good for the soul!"
Challenges
Binge Watch Show
Share an Unusual Lesson Learned from Your Parents
Plan a Dream Vacation Together
"We always go to baseball games every year. This year we have had to just talk about the games instead of going. We have also dreamed of renting a motorhome and traveling down the east coast starting at the tip of Maine. We probably will never make that trip, but we can dream. We did travel to Las Vegas via car and considered ourselves Thelma and Louise."
Challenges
Quotation
Snapchat filter
Send your friend a roll of toilet paper
"SnapChat has been a constant source of laughs for us during the pandemic. Some days that is the only way we communicate. No text, just silly pictures to get us through the day."
Challenges
Quotation
Plan dream vacation
Frame printed photo
"KJ and I met through her ex boyfriend who is my ex husband. I divorced him and kept her. We have been friends now for 37 years. We live in different states, but it doesn't matter. She is my heart sister!"
Challenges
Binge Watch Show - Ozark on Netflix
Plan Dream Vacation
"Our challenge was for me to come from California and visit her in Connecticut. On my bucket list was to go to Niagra Falls and go to Canada. We visited Niagra Falls on the New York side and then to Canada for dinner. It was an amazing adventure!!!"
Challenges
Write an Old-Fashioned Letter
Reminisce First Memory
Share a Story from the Past
Frame Printed Photo
"These are things we do with each other often! We love sharing memories, writing to each other to lift each other up, I sent her a book, & other things to let her know she's thought of often & loved. She's been pretty confined to her home during the Pandemic as her health is compromised. "
Challenges
Binge Watch Show
Reminisce First Memory
Invent a Dessert Inspired by Your Friendship
Plan Dream Vacation
Frame Printed Photo
Complete Own Challenge
"Nancy and I have challenged each other to sew....me to finish my many UFOs and her to get back into quilting."
Challenges
Reminisce about an early memory
Choose your own challenge: Texted a picture of a card she sent me years ago, that I had saved.
"We reminisced about how we always had Easter outfits. #sisters"
Challenges
Reminisce about an early memory
Frame a printed photo
Plan a dream vacation
"Every morning we send text and pictures of our dogs or families. We planned a dream vacation to Australia!"
Challenges
Write an Old-Fashioned Letter
Snapchat filter
Share a Story from the Past
Send your Friend a Roll of Toilet Paper
Share an Unusual Lesson Learned from your Parents
Dare Each Other to Do Something Emotionally Intimidating
Frame Printed Photo
"We decided to get each other masks....well this past weekend she gave me a comics “WoW”, “BAM” mask & I failed bc her sister gave her an extra mask so I got us each matching T-shirts that say “Apparently we’re TROUBLE when together” haha..LOL Of course we both were beyond thrilled, especially since we had finally gotten to see each in person since March."
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