The 50th Post

Hmm... it seems like some kind of celebration is in order.

50 things I've done since beginning this blog.

In four short months, I have:

1. Created 50 posts for my blog
2. Persuaded each member of my family to read (and comment) on my blog
3. Read Gossamer and Esperanza Rising (review to come for the latter)
4. Begun to read Esperanza Renace (practicing my Spanish!), Of Mice and Men (distressed face), and The Princess and Curdie (my Christian fiction relief!)
5. Purchased the perfect pointy-toed black flats on clearance for $10.
6. Been in a wedding
7. Fasted 21 days
8. Been to Kirkland just twice :(
9. Lost my keys twice
10. Been in a church dance
11. Memorized Luke 16:10-13
12. Ended my second quarter of teacher training and begun the third
13. Paid a ticket for running a red light
14. Made pinapple upside-down cake for my dad's birthday
15. Finished reading The Calvary Road for the second time
16. Taught middle-school students MATH!
17. Painted my name on a bedroom wall
18. Heard Armando and Lisa share a testimony of God's faithfulness
19. Watched Jane Austen's Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice (6-hour version), and Pride and Prejudice (newest version, twice!)
20. Seen snow in April :)
21. Bought United Pursuit Band's EP album on iTunes, along with the songs "Prodigal" and "Wrap Me in Your Arms" by the Michael Gungor Band and "When God Ran" by Benny Hester
22. Seen the one-year anniversary of Ivory and Jared courting :P
23. Confronted my youth group
24. Reminisced over lunch with my friend Liz
25. Had breakfast at the Anjou Bakery with Ivory and my mom
26. Participated in a third-grade classroom!
27. Begun tutoring a fourth-grade girl in reading!!
28. Helped initiate a Future Teachers for Christ group
29. Led a prayer service at my church
30. Totally called a student I work with by the wrong name when I saw her at a wedding
31. Learned that our cat who mysteriously "disappeared" had actually been shot by my dad :(
32. Begun cooking for my family on Saturday nights!
33. Exercised consistently for about a week :D
34. Savored the first corn-on-the-cob of the season
35. Bought a PINK jacket on a whim -- because I was cold!
36. Picked out a purse for Ivory to gift me next month
37. Watched my laptop crash
38. Gained weight...I'm pretty sure...
39. Visited the dentist to have 7 cavities filled....only to be told that I have NO cavities!! What?!
40. Soaked in the hot tub once
41. Been convicted by the Holy Spirit in the area of punctuality
42. Had an amazing prayer time with my mom and Ivory for my dad, while he was in Mexico for three weeks
43. Received a heart of intercession
44. Been notified of Laura's engagement to Erik -- AAH :)...and begun planning a trip for the wedding
45. Been encouraged to serve my mom's vision
46. Ventured out on a walk with Jayna in Bellevue dry, and returned drenched (What movie is this from?: "I said drrrrrenched, and I mean drrrrrenched!")
47. Created my first prophetic art...for Grace! :)
48. Weeped for the nth time while listening to the song "Never Alone, Martin" by Jason Upton
49. Taken up practicing the piano again on occasion
50. Seen the Lord's faithfulness over and over again

Happy 50th :)