009-today has been rough but I'm thankful that I got breakfast this morning. Don't know what I would have been like without it.

010-I got to go out to eat with Ashlee yesterday for lunch. It was so great to catch up with her after a couple weeks of not really talking.

011-Chris bought me Reese's Peanut Butter Cups last night. It made me happy.

012-I'm thankful that God showed me how to calm down through a random song found on a random cd in my car on the way to Dallas today.

013-I am thankful that God has given so many people hearts to go to beach reach!! It's going to be phenomenal.

014-I am so thankful that there was no room for my sculpture to be critiqued today. It's going to make a big difference to have the weekend to finish things up.

015-My wood piece got into the Juried Art Show!! It was so awesome. I was super excited. I'm a real artist!

016-I'm grateful that Chris sacrificed study time to help me celebrate my piece getting in.

017-Christina called me up to meet with her this Friday. I'm excited about that. It's awesome that she has such initiative to call me because I don't think I'd ever think I had time to call her or meet with her if I did it on my own...

018-God is growing me into a more mature person...it's tough, but I can feel him showing me how to be a grown up. I think that's probably a good thing.

019-Our book is going to be published soon!! I'll be busy finishing the project in the next two weeks and after that, this book can go out to the nations and hopefully inspire people to go minister to New Yorkers. They need it. What a great ministry tool.

020-I am thankful for lotion.

new thing...

So, my good friend and mentor Ashlee does this thing on her blog here that has been a real blessing to me so I am going to start doing the same thing I think. I'll probably add more random blogs in between but all in all I think it is a good practice and I'd like to start doing it too...she started out with a challenge. She decided she would write 100 things that she was thankful for and after the 100 things...she just kept going! Not only does it still continue to tell what's going on in her life, it also shows that God is with her through everything...FANTASTIC. So, here I go...things I'm thankful for today.

001-I'm thankful for Ashlee. She is always there for me even though I'm pretty selfish when it comes to our relationship. She pushes me on toward the upward call when I don't feel like pushing myself. [Phil 3:13-14]

002-For God showing me what it's like to be in a relationship that is not based on attractiveness or how successful the other person is but is securely focused on God. It's different, but I definitely like it.

003-For my Granny. She's the one person I can call anytime and just say absolutely everything that's on my mind and she just lets me talk. It's fantastic.

004-A lady from my church and I are going to start meeting weekly so that she can be my prayer mentor. Praise God for letting her approach me about it where I was unsure of how to go about starting a mentoring relationship with a more mature christian woman.

005-I'm thankful for my bed. It is so comfortable. I sometimes wish I could just sleep all day long because I'd just be comfortable forever.

006-Catherine got me some twilight chocolates for Valentines Day and we went to see Percy Jackson...I guess you could call it a date. She makes me laugh. It's great.

007-I just was introduced to these guys on youtube that are just hilarious. Check out this video...one of many...

008-I got a plant today. It's a Croton and now sits in his own little ivory ceramic planter next to the window. I hope to get a planter at the ceramic fundraiser for him that will be more fun but for now...his name is Cornelius and he likes the sun. Come say hi. :)

That's it I think for now.