~Random~

A couple of my sweet blogging friends tagged me in a little game of:

 10 Random Things about Yourself

1. I turned the big 3-0 in October.  I think this year is going to be quite significant for me.  Through Bible study, reading Captivating, and just keying in on God's grace and ultimate purpose for me (to love Him), I am peeling back the layers of pretense.  I have a strong desire to be AUTHENTIC and to keep perspective of what REALLY matters.  I feel a need to be the me that God created me to be and "Cease striving" (Ps 46:10 NASB) to be everything else.  I have to surrender this at the foot of the cross daily.
2. My husband has successfully turned me into a Crossfit junkie.  I enjoy working out and feeling strong and healthy and having fun ( and a little competition) doing it.  Today I front squatted 145 pounds!  Woo Hoo!
3. I can NOT dance!  I do not enjoy it.  It makes me sick to my stomach if I feel like I may be pressured into a dancing situation.  AAHHHHH!  Drew and I took this little salsa lesson in Ecuador and I thought we might kill each other.  Makes me crazy just thinking about it.  EXCEPT when it comes to a dance party in the playroom with my sweet little ones and the stereo is blaring some Chipmunks or Imagination Movers.
4. I am a numbers person.  I like paperwork.  I think in costs and pounds and I guess that's what led me to get a degree in accounting...although I do not aspire to go back to work in the corporate arena and only learned what was necessary about tax to pass the CPA exam (and have since forgotten).  I wouldn't mind managing the office of a ministry or not for profit.
5. I have no self control when it comes to sweets within my reach...NONE.  I steal the chocolate out of my kids party bags from school every holiday.  If it is available, I will eat chocolate, cookies, cake, pie until I can't fit into my clothes.
6. I played tennis my junior and senior years of high school.  I only won 1 match the entire 2 seasons.  
7. I do not love animals.  I tolerate our dogs.  I like to hear the birds chirp.  Dog slobber makes me want to get in the shower immediately.
8. My favorite TV shows are Biggest Loser, Amazing Race, The Good Wife, & the Today Show.
9. There is rarely a night that I don't go back upstairs while my kids are sleeping just to stare at their peaceful little faces and pray that God hedges them in with His protection, that they know Him at an early age, that they love Him more than anything.... and that they don't wake up until the sun is up.   It amazes me how big my babies are getting!
10. In the last 3 weeks I have cut down my Diet Coke intake from about 5-6 a day to about 1 a day. 

Now I'm supposed to tag 10 friends to play this little game.  Little problem here.  I'm about the last person to do this so I'm thinking everyone who might play has been tagged...but here are a few who haven't gone yet.

1.  The Box Office

2. My Four Shadows

3. Bruises and Bows

4. Robinson Family Journal

5. Out of My Hands