Saturday, January 3, 2009

Books I Read in 2008

1. Unashamed - Francine Rivers
2. Just Beyond the Clouds - Karen Kingsbury
3. 74 Seaside Avenue - Debbie Macomber
4. Shirley, Goodness and Mercy - Debbie Macomber
5. Bad Luck and Trouble - Lee Child
6. The Land of Mango Sunsets - Dorothea Benton Frank
7. Leota's Garden - Francine Rivers
8. Tex - S.E. Hinton
9. The Legacy of Sovereign Joy - John Piper
10. The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
11. Sunrise - Karen Kingsbury
12. The Train to Estelline - Jane Roberts Wood
13. The Passion of Jesus Christ - John Piper
14. Dark Harbor - Stuart Woods
15. The Short Forever - Stuart Woods
16. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen - Susan Gregg Gilmore
17. Don't Waste Your Life - John Piper
18. The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel
19. Hundred-Dollar Baby - Robert B. Parker
20. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
21. Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear
22. The Edge of Winter - Luanne Rice
23. Birds of a Feather - Jacqueline Winspear
24. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict - Laurie Viera Rigler
25. Pardonable Lies - Jacqueline Winspear
26. Messenger of Truth - Jacqueline Winspear
27. The Duchess and the Dragon - Jamie Carie
28. Look to the Lady - Margery Allingham
29. Obsession - Jonathan Kellerman
30. a long way gone-Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah
31. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
32. Sisterchicks Go Brit! - Robin Jones Gunn
33. The Last Jihad - Joel C. Rosenberg
34. Twenty Wishes - Debbie Macomber
35. Freefall - Kristen Heitzmann
36. An Incomplete Revenge - Jacqueline Winspear
37. Running Blind - Lee Child
38. The Faithful Spy - Alex Berenson
39. Tripwire - Lee Child
40. My Louisiana Sky - Kimberly Willis Holt
41. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Piccoult
42. Joan of Arc - Kathleen Kudlinski
43. Sundays at Tiffany's - James Patterson
44. Change of Heart - Jodi Piccoult
45. Suck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On! What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters That the Rest of Ya'll Should Know Too - Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
46. Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt - Karen Scalf Linamen
47. Stone Creek - Victoria Lustbader
48. The Knitting Circle - Ann Hood
49. Stone Crossings - L.L. Barkat
50. Washington's Lady - Nancy Moser
51. Nothing to Lose - Lee Child
52. The Marketing of Evil - David Kupelian
53. One of Those Malibu Nights - Elizabeth Adler
54. Blue Like Jazz - Donald Miller
55. The Shack - William P. Young
56. Back Story - Robert B. Parker
57. Swimming to Catalina - Stuart Woods
58. Hold Tight - Harlan Coben
59. 8 Sandpiper Way - Debbie Macomber
60. A Cedar Cove Christmas - Debbie Macomber
61. Sabrina - Lori Wick
62. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
63. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
64. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
65. Table for Five - Susan Wiggs
66. The Persuader - Lee Child
67. Deal Breaker - Harlan Coben
68. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
69. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
70. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
71. The Company Man - Joseph Finder
72. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction - Eugene Peterson
73. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
74. The Pact - Jodi Piccoult
75. Gods & Kings - Lynn Austin
76. Song of Redemption - Lynn Austin

Friday, January 2, 2009

Continued Thankfulness in 2009

718. Pike's dark roast coffee from Starbucks
719. A phone call from hubby "just to talk"
720. The privilege of praying for friends
721. God's faithfulness brings unspeakable joy
722. Buttermilk Pie
723. David Crowder Band
724. Brandon Heath's "Give Me Your Eyes"
725. God's truth > my truth
726. He provides the way of escape
727. Prayer changes passions
728. Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains
729. Stomp!
730. Breaking Free live taping with Beth Moore
731. I love because He first loved me
732. He trades my ashes for beauty
733. "Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest."
734. Freedom from the captivity of activity
735. Franklin Avenue Baptist Church
736. My God loves me and thinks I'm beautiful -- He initiates relationship with me
737. God is on His throne and does as He pleases
738. Cold, windy mornings
739. The sound of 1,000 women lifting their voices in prayer and praise
740. Snow in NOLA 12-11-08!
741. Sharing snow pictures via Facebook
742. My kids squealing with joy over the snow
743. Listening to my kids play piano
744. Christmas 2008: fewer presents, but more meaning to the season
745. Two movies in one weekend: The Tales of Despereaux with Abby & Erin; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Neil
746. Raisin Bran muffins, scrambled eggs, sausage links, grape juice and coffee with sweetened condensed milk on Christmas morning
747. Watching my kids laugh and play with their NC cousins
748. Pork roast, cabbage, black-eyed peas and cornbread for New Year's Day lunch
749. Crawfish and corn bisque for New Year's Day dinner
750. A clean house after all the decorations are put away until next year
751. Out with the old: 2008
752. In with the new: 2009
753. A chance to memorize Scripture in 2009 with a couple thousand other sisters in Christ
754. Psalms 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the hills -- where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth
755. Habakkuk 3:17-18 Though the fig tree does not bud and there is no fruit on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will triumph in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
756. Chronicles of the Kings series by Lynn Austin: 1) Gods and Kings; 2) Song of Redemption; 3) The Strength of His Hand; 4) Faith of My Fathers; and 5) Among the Gods
757. Runts candy
758. A new puzzle for a new year
759. A clip-on book light so I can read in bed without waking hubby
760. Dark chocolate Hershey's kisses
761. Ferrero Rocher candy
762. "Five Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter" by Vicki Courtney
763. A job that allows me to stay involved with and be available for my kids
764. Chapstick
765. Arbonne hand and nail products
766. My Blackjack
767. James 1:25 But the truly happy people are those who carefully study God's perfect law that makes people free, and they continue to study it. They do not forget what they heard, but they obey what God's teaching says. Those who do this will be made happy. [NCV]