100th Post!

I can't believe I'm already here... apparently, in blog tradition, for your 100th post you're supposed to write 100 things about yourself; however, I have already done that. So, I was kind of in a quandary as to what to write.... Should I skip out and just post as normal, and you'd never know I was at this blogging milestone? Should I be light and fluffy or serious? Do I try to incorporate the number 100? etc... all these questions ran through my mind, and in fact kept me from writing in my blog all week!
But when this morning I culled my bookshelves and got rid of 65 books to donate or sell, I realized several things: 1) I reached 1000 things gotten rid of, so that is 100 times 10, thus incorporating my blogiversary. 2) The paring down of books is emblematic of the growing desire I have for simplicity; books used to be THE thing I owned... the thing that gave me greater pride than all else, because it meant I was smart, that I HAD. It was so liberating to finally be able to get rid of books that I have nothing but sentimental attachment to (something from a favorite professor's class, but which has nothing to do with my life now, for example). My desire to not let what I own own me has been revolutionary in how I now view things, their impact on me, and their impact on my environment (individually or globally).
My blog started out somewhat aimlessly, and I was okay with that. I was inspired by two blogs in particular, one a knitting blog, and one a very godly woman whom I'd like to emulate, but then I was introduced to simplicity, or at least the word to define the ideology that I'd wanted to incorporate into my own life. From there, my blog has been a little bit all over the board, but it has reflected in every way how I've grown as a blogger (I know some html, or at least how to apply some of it now!), a mother, an appreciator of natural living, and how He has brought me to this place. Simply put, I'm really happy to be where I am, and here's to 100 more posts! :)