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Happy (half) birthday to me! :)

So...today is November 16th, which happens to be my half-birthday. That means it is exactly 6 months until my birthday. To celebrate, I jotted down this little list of 25 things I want to do before I'm 25. Granted, since I only have 6 months left, I may very possibly not actually accomplish all of these things. But it was fun making the list... :) (and yes, the idea sprouted from a comment my mom posted on a previous "25 things" list of a different theme on Facebook. :) ) These are really in no particular order!

  1. Read all of "The Journals of Jim Elliot"
  2. Scrapbook the trip to Bolivia
  3. Finish the Beth Moore Bible study I'm currently doing (A Woman's Heart: God's Dwelling Place--great stuff! :) )
  4. Learn to skate on in-line skates
  5. Read all the unread books on my bookcase
  6. Apply for the fall 2011 semester at Ellerslie (http://www.ellerslie.com/)
  7. Beat my sister at a speed game (Dutch Blitz, Spoons, Blink, etc.)
  8. Finish editing my "Let There Be Light" story
  9. Submit said story for publication somewhere
  10. Get to where I can play a game of tennis with my brothers--and actually score points!
  11. Read the "Anne of Green Gables" books
  12. Write a Bible study
  13. Improve my cake-decorating skills
  14. Love as many children as possible...or at least as many as God brings me!
  15. Learn to actually play at least one song on the harp
  16. Learn sign language
  17. Co-write more songs
  18. Record a CD with the songs I've co-written
  19. Improve my piano-playing
  20. Read the entire Bible through from Genesis to Revelation
  21. Pet some kind of big wild cat (leopard, cheetah, lion, tiger, panther... :) )
  22. Memorize Psalm 119
  23. Try at least 10 new recipes of some sort
  24. Start a puppet/ministry team
  25. Fall even and ever more deeply in love with Jesus Christ, Lover of my soul and the Love of my life!
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Jenny said…
Memorizing Psalm 119 sounds like the hardest one on there lol. I like the list though. Maybe I should make one now so I have time to do it haha. Btw...You've never read the Anne of Green Gables books??
November 16, 2010 at 11:43 AM
RejoicingComet said…
yeah...but, I have 182.5 days; if I memorize one verse a day, that leaves me a whole 6.5 extra days! :)

And no...I've never read the Anne of Green Gables books...despite the fact that I have been told over and over by friends and family how wonderful they are. I just never seem to get around to it!!
November 16, 2010 at 12:17 PM
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