I'm loving whoever first invented the idea of a list.

A little Lent update: I'm sincerely enjoying the amount of hymns & choruses that I've been singing lately now that I've forgone love songs until Easter.  I must admit though, when I flip through the iPod it's hard to pass by Adele without hesitating.  Sorry girl, I'll be back.  I've also noticed how much of my music, how much of music in general, is written for or about romantic love.  One (albeit, powerful) part of any person's life.  There's so many other things to talk sing about!

Speaking of which... here's the March list of things I want to accomplish.

1.  Continue cooking more often for the famjamily.  Go that extra mile and research recipes (thank goodness for All Recipes and that stupid Pinterest site), and then print them off, and then try them, and then find out what works and what should never have been printed.  I've realized that when it comes to things like cooking, I'm a better prepared than spontaneous chef.  I feel like I'm better at throwing things together when I bake, but if I cook specifically for other people, I want to know what I'm doing.  I would like to get to place where I could just pull things out and play mad scientist.

2.  Record that "baking" song you wrote just last month.  Do it for the fun of it.   BAM.  Maybe it will even cultivate some brother-seester bonding.  (My brother has a plethora of recording equipment.)

3.  Read my first C.S. Lewis book.  If you know who he is then you're ashamed of me.  Sorry man.  I think I was the only one in my Bible school class that hadn't read any of his works, and two years later, I'm still that girl.  But not much longer!  I ordered an anthology of his most famous works.  Bow-chicka-wow-wow, what up.

4.  Take a family photo, make an Easter card, and actually send it to people.  Step one was accomplished (with some hostility) earlier today.  Cards were made on the jazziest card making site out there.  Hurrah!  It's typically Friesenly casual.  I shouldn't have expected more (but I did, a little).  Anyways, I'm thrilled that there is actually a card to speak of (even if only virtual at this point).

5.  Go to the retirement home at least one Thursday to sing with the elderly.  This intimidates me!  But I genuinely think that this is one of those fears that should be faced.  I imagine that I will actually enjoy it once I've had the opportunity to experience it.

6.  Clean both dressers, bookshelves, and night table.  Get rid of anything that is no longer useful, tattered, or a hindrance to your relationship with God.  This is tricky.

7.  Send flowers to the secretaries at the high school.  You know, they were always such a friendly bunch to me when I was in school, and I don't think I ever properly thanked them.

8.  Do laundry!  And other such activities that you would be forced to do if you lived on your own.   It's actually something to be embarrassed about.  My mom does the vast, vast majority of the housework.  I really want to improve in this area!  One day I'll be on the other side of the ironing board and I hope I can sow some good seeds before then.

So there's the granddaddy list.  Simple, doable, but all of them take effort and initiative.  I managed to complete everything (except for a thorough cleaning of the car... and I didn't exactly cook twice a week... but OTHER THAN THAT.. oh yeah, big time completed) on my February list.  Detail helps.

Cheers to facing fears.