101 Things

1. Grace is the theme of my life.
2. I really like to craft.
3. But the ideas I craft with are all stolen from other people. If you ask me where I got the idea from I’ll tell you…but most of the time I shut up and let people think I’m cool.
4. I do not like animals.
5. Animals can’t talk to you.
6. I hate listening to most Christian women speakers. They lack sass.
7. Sass is a big deal to me.
8. If you’re a girl and your pointer finger is longer than your ring finger, you are very fertile.
9. I am not nearly as smart as I like to think I am.
10. Americans have more carbon from corn in our hair than anything else, because of the mass amounts of corn syrup that we consume.
11. Ostentatious is a fabulous word.
12. “Batter my heart, three-person’d God” is my favorite poem.
13. I taught gymnastics for 6 years.
14. I wear high heels when I clean my room.
15. I read about serial killers obsessively.
16. Mr. Pansy is so unattractive.
17. Sometimes I start laughing and can’t stop. I get it from my mother.
18. I cannot play an instrument to save my life.
19. CS Lewis is my favorite author
20. Geniophobia is the fear of chins.
21. Not to be confused with genophobia (fear of sex)
22. Take me bowling and I’ll be happy.
23. Please don’t be passive-aggressive.
24. I don’t realize I talk with my hands until I watch videos of myself. I look like a flapping ostrich.
25. I like licking my candy canes into a sharp pointed hook. I can’t eat them any other way.
26. I’ve mellowed out.
27. Redemption is my favorite word.
28. I want a tattoo
29. I read a LOT of articles.
30. Sex.
31. But only in marriage, folks!
32. “Great is Thy Faithfulness” is a life theme of mine.
33. Words are really powerful.
34. I notice nearly everything.
35. “Someday, Sarah” by Dave Barnes is the best song in the history of the world.
36. I’ve always wanted to have a boy so I could give him the middle name “Danger”.
37. I did 101 things and then I decided I didn’t want to show them to anyone because they were stupid. So I re-did about half of them and put it up. I put WAY too much time into this thing.
38. But you know what? I am loved. I am SO freaking loved, from the tip of my toes to the top of my biggest curl, from the day I was born to the day I will die. And that, dear friends, is what matters.
39. When I was little my nickname was “Curly”. Then my hair got straight and I no longer had a nickname. Then it got curly again and no one picked it back up. I’m ok with that.
40. Ugly people don’t exist.
41. Those concrete poles that are beside buildings, like at fast food drive throughs—they’re called “bullards”.
42. Good-smelling boys make any day delightful.
43. I want to memorize the book of Colossians.
44. Musicals and chick-flicks are the sweet balm of my soul.
45. I’ve never heard a sermon on the Levite and his concubine.
46. Facebook will die someday. As will people.
47. “Eye of the Tiger”.
48. Don’t waste your life waiting around for a boy. That’s dumb.
49. I pick up the mannerisms of the people I’m around.
50. I apologize for that.
51. Accents are hot.
52. Tall is hotter. I’m talking 7 feet tall here. HOTTIE!
53. My love language is not physical touch or acts of service.
54. If you can’t articulate it you don’t know it.
55. I have a favorite curse word, and my favorite joke includes it.
56. I want someone to write a song about me.
57. I hate even numbers. They’re just…uninteresting. They’re like the dullards of numbers.
58. Where is the love? (the love, the love?)
59. Isaiah is my favorite book of the Bible (44:22)
60. I’m a good person to have around if you need to cry. I can give really long hugs.
61. I want to become really wise.
62. Walk in super-slow motion every once in awhile. Either you’ll be considered extremely socially awkward, or you’ll have tons of fun. Or both.
63. My middle name is lame
64. I listen to sermons when I knit. If you hear a good one, let me know.
65. I like hearing people’s life stories.
66. Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category.
67. Psalm 68:19
68. My little sister has Angelman’s Syndrome. She’s my favorite person on earth.
69. I can’t whistle.
70. Don’t judge me for not being able to whistle.
71. I can’t hula-hoop either.
72. But you do not want to face me in Trivial Pursuit.
73. I’d like to have 32 children.
74. That is a lie.
75. I know how to figure out how someone is related to you (like all your cousins)
76. I can’t understand grace. Even if I try really, really hard, suddenly there’s workers who get paid full wages for working half a day and there’s sinners and there’s forgiveness and there’s ME. And I look at this miracle of life and this gift of grace and I wonder why everyone doesn’t believe this–why they just can’t accept the truth of the gospel. Being loved this well in ways I get to spend a lifetime discovering is so beautiful.
77. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
78. There’s nothing wrong with a boring testimony.
79. I love camp.
80. I’m not a good photographer but I like taking pictures.
81. There are more chickens then people in the world.
82. Everyone should know the Hughes-Nixon Scale of Aggression and Leadership
83. I’m exceedingly flexible.
84. The word “perturbed” is not used nearly as much as it should be.
85. Chicken Patty Sandwiches
86. The older I get the more I believe in total depravity
87. Stamp collecting is one of the world’s most popular hobbies…I know!
88. Don Moen is my hero.
89. Death, thou shalt die.
90. I am really bad at math.
91. I always wished I was a tall girl.
92. Girls are supposed to adore chocolate. I’d much rather have vanilla. Maybe I’m not a girl.
93. Dr. Seuss in “If I Ran the Zoo” first used the word “nerd”, then in reference to a funny animal
94. Pumpkin pie.
95. Barefeet is the way to go.
96. I’m still trying to figure out the whole “gentle and quiet spirit” thing.
97. lethologica: forgetfulness of words
98. I once had a fish and I named him Sexy so every morning I could wake up and say “hello, Sexy!”
99. I am so glad that God doesn’t leave me to run in the “field of poop”.
100. I have a book called “Does Anything Eat Wasps” and it said that in order to be bulletproof (getting shot in the middle of your torso wouldn’t get to any organs), an man of average height would have to weigh around 1425 lbs. It made me glad that the morbidly obese have some defense against those who have vendettas against them.
101. Redeeming love has been my theme and shall be until I die.

3 Comments

  1. alan said,

    May 12, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    its actually “bollard”, Fyi. i enjoyed your site

  2. john said,

    June 10, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    101 is incredible…it’s good to know that others like william cowper (and Christ)

    yeah, I also enjoy(ed) your site…keep on writing!

  3. Buzz said,

    June 26, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    I haven’t a clue how I came upon your blog but once I did it caught me eye and the bits took in I’ve really enjoyed. You have an inviting tone in your written word, imagery and design (all elements of successful art). Thanks and cheers.

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