16. Pray for someone- with them- outloud

On July 9th 2010 I lost another person in my life.

Kathy Miller was a "mother" to me when I was in 8th grade and my Dad moved to Texas a month before school let out. The Millers took me into their home and treated me as their own child for the weeks that I lived there. I have never had a relationship with another family as I have with the Millers.

MINUTES before my Dad passed away Kathy Miller called me to pray with my Dad, however he was asleep so I asked if she would pray with me. Kathy prayed the sweetest prayer and I firmly believe God sent her to me for that ONE moment in my life where I would need to have the softened heart of acceptance to understand and accept the fact that God had bigger plans and that my Dads time had come for him to transition into heaven. Kathy was the last person I talked to before my Dad passed 2 minutes later. Her prayer was exactly what I needed, God was speaking through her to me. I'll never forget that moment we had.

When I got the call that Kathy had passed suddenly from a heartattack I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that Kathy, an otherwise healthy person, could have passed on. She was so full of life the last time I had talked to her (a few weeks ago) and I was heartbroken for her family. Her daughter Genesa has been one of my best friends since 7th grade and because of that I've always felt so close all of the Millers. I got to California as fast as I could and I helped as much as I could, with whatever I could. I loved being there. I hated why I was there, but I loved being around family.

The last day I was there Genesa asked if we could have a family prayer. Bernard (her Dad), Lil Bernard (brother), Marcus (her husband), Genesa and I stood in a circle holding hands for nearly a half hour praying for eachother, friends and family of Kathy's that are also heartbroken. During the prayer time I had the opportunity to pray outloud for the people standing with me in the circle. NEVER HAVE I EVER felt as though GOD was speaking THROUGH me like HE was right then. I was sobbing, SOBBING, going through my prayer, thanking HIM for the Kathy's life and all the people she has touched through HIM.

It felt good to pray outloud for someone. It was a fear of mine, for the fear of not saying the right things. But with GOD speaking through me, I had no concerns, I just opened my mouth and let HIM take control!

Thank you LORD for the Millers. Thank you LORD for Kathy!

6. Pass my content exam

I took the exam on June 26th and I had to wait for results until July 19!!

The wait was worth it!

I PASSED MY CONTENT EXAM!!!!!!!!!


YAY!!!!!!

TWO MORE, and GRADUATION then I'm a TEACHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!

97 to go!

#32

32. Hang curtains in our room

**Picture coming**

AJ and I worked out a system to decorating our house and I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER!! We haven't put anything up on our walls aside from the curtains in the living room and a huge (non working) clock in the dining room. The house has felt a lot like a temporary living space for a while now and I really wanted it to feel more like home. However, when AJ and I work on something (i.e. building something) I tend to bark when he's doing things "wrong" so we decided that HE would do the hanging, and I would do the pointing! I love this arrangement!! We also agreed that we would tackle one wall a day, so that it wouldn't be a long drawn out process!!

WELL............

We finally got the curtains up in the bedroom!! I'm excited, now if I need/want to nap I can clothes the curtains and it'll be dark(ish) in the room!!

I love the look, I really think it completes the feel of the room!!

Thank you hunny for being my curtain installer!

101 - 3 = 98 to go!!!

#9

9. Take Jackson to the movies



We did it! We went to the Movies!!! It was a COMPLETE FLOP!!

The theatre had ONE box office open selling tickets. So we waited 20 minutes in line1
The theatre decided to start the movie 25 minutes late..so we waited (another) 20 minutes!
The theatre showed the WORST quality movie, the screen was dark, Shrek was a light green instead of his BRIGHT OGRE SELF!

I was un-impressed!

Jackson asked to go home about 20 minutes after the movie started. We did.

I was over it, he was over it. We came home, we played, we had a good afternoon!

I am moving right along with my 101 in 1001, 2 down! 99 to go!

101 in 1001

I saw a blog that had a list of 101 things that the author wanted to complete in 1001 days. That's a long time....yet not really long at all.

I love challenges and lists so I too decided to jump on the 101 in 1001 wagon!

It's simple. Create a list of 101 "tasks" I wanted complete by the end of 1001 days, my official start date is today. June 14 2010 and I will need to complete my list in its entirety by March 11 2013 that gives me 2 years 8 months and 25 days, 86,486,400 seconds, 24,024 hours or 143 weeks to complete my list.

So, please pray for me as I undertake this challenge, I am praying to be a better person, have a stronger relationship with God and really just push myself to "do" more.

I am not completely finished with my list so I will be finishing it sometime this week!

THE LIST
1. Read a daily Bible study for one complete month (hoping to make it an everyday thing)
2. Go on a mission trip
3. Run a 5K
4. Pay off my Bank of America Visa
5. Graduate with my Bachelors Degree
6. Pass my content exam
7. Pass my PPR exam
8. Pass my ESL exam (I'm not sure if there is an exam, but if there is, I need to pass it!)
9. Take Jackson to the movies
10. Take Jackson to seaworld
11. Pay a deposit on Discovery Cove vacation for Jacksons SIXTH birthday
12. Get a teaching contract
13. Take a Masters degree course and pass with an A
14. Volunteer for and work VBS for an entire week at church
15. Pay for a total strangers meal at a restaurant
16. Pray for someone- with them- outloud
17. Mount my diploma in the frame Dad bought me
18. Pay off the truck
19. Order the frame Dad bought me
20. Read the Bible cover to cover
21. Get my wedding dress boxed
22. Have a successful no spend week (details to follow)
23. Create photobooks of Jacksons first year.
24. Create photobooks of Jacksons second year.
25. Create photobooks of Jacksons third year.
26. Create photobooks of Jacksons four year.
27. Hand write a letter to someone important to me.
28. Take a cake decorating class
29. Have a Pajama party at a hotel with friends (girls only!)
30. Get a kitchenaid mixer (I would say buy, but I think my mom is getting me one for Christmas!!)
31. Hang curtains in Jacksons room
32. Hang curtains in our room
33. Go camping
34. Take and post at least 100 pictures each month to facebook for 6 month.
35. Take family photos by a professional photographer
36. Send off the wedding tape to be put on DVD
37. Sauter rings together
38. Host a housewarming party for my sister in law
39. Throw a fun fourth of July BBQ
40. Make a freezer meal for a friend for no real reason
41. Make plans with AJ for a 5 year anniversary trip (2011)
42. Blog 4x a week for 4 weeks straight
43. Send out Graduation party invitations
44. Send out Graduation party thank yous
45. Cook 30 different recipes in 30 days
46. Take Jackson to a beach
47. Send Jackson to Mom's for a sleepover
48. Print pictures of Dad, frame them and send them to Gramps.
49. Send a fathers day card to Gramps.
50. Invite a different couple over 1x a week for 4 weeks.
51. Send a congratulatory card to someone who is newly pregnant
52. Go Ice skating
53. Get a passport for AJ
54. Take Jackson to a parade
55. Put 1,000$ into Jacksons college fund with our tax return
56. Go to a play at the Creighton
57. Go to a play put on by TUTS
58. Get lamps for the living room
59. Organize the front closet
60. Workout for 5 hours in one week
61. Take Jackson to play in the snow
62. Take Jackson to the aquarium downtown
63. Finish the novel THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE SKY (bought it, started it, need to finish it)
64. Organize the bedroom closet
65. Have a date night at the cheesecake factory (AJ's never been)
66. Take AJ for a couples massage without telling him until we get there!
67. Organize Mom's garage (it's loaded with our junk!)
68. Completely potty train Jackson
69. Make a weekly chore chart
70. Follow the chore chart for at least 3 weeks
71. Go to a Women of Faith conference
72. Go to an Aeros game
73. Start and/or participate in a dinner club
74. Turn my phone off for 48 hours
75. Keep the computer/TV/Blackberry off for 24 hours
76. Go Golfing with AJ
77. Go watch a movie just because AJ wants to see it (I never go when I dont want to see it!)
78. Go play paintball
79. Take Jackson to the circus
80. Take Jackson to the Nickelodeon show
81. Take Jackson to the downtown childrens museum
82. Walk for a cause
83. Purge my facebook friends list to people that I've actually talked to in the past month that I plan on talking to in the future.
84. Clean the house before I sit down at the computer for 3 days in a row.
85. QUIT CUSSING (I have never been told NOT to cuss (parents) so I've never really filtered my language. I hate that about me. I hate that I can be witnessing to someone and then once the conversation gets candid and personal I say words that may question why the person would listen to me. It's a personal goal, and it's a needed goal. I'd like to start out with a day of not cussing, and progress from there.
86. Send a thank you note to someone in my life for all that they do and or have done to inspire me.
87. Cut off our cable
88. Buy a house
89. Move into said house
90. Start my life as a teacher
91. Buy Jackson new bedroom furniture
92. Host a game night at the apartment
93. Wrap all of Jackson's Christmas Presents BEFORE December 21 2010
94.


...that's all I've got at this point!!
I'll update the list and post a blog when each goal has been accomplished.