{"id":2732,"date":"2010-12-31T16:35:40","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T20:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2011-01-03T07:36:45","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T11:36:45","slug":"best-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2732","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/best_of_2010_300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2733\" title=\"best_of_2010_300x300\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/best_of_2010_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/best_of_2010_300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/best_of_2010_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we join the rest of the world in wrapping up 2010 and launching into 2011, I thought it would be cool to take a moment to look back over this past year and see what all happened. \u00a0Clint and I desire to be very intentional with making cool memories with our families. \u00a0Our hope is that Emma will be able to look back and be much more grateful for the experiences she has rather than any stuff that she might accumulate. \u00a0This requires some planning, but I think we are off to a good start. \u00a0I am a firm believer that who I become is directly related to the people I spend time with, the books I read, and the places I go. \u00a0This year was full of great experiences, incredible friends and family, much laughter, great conversation, lots of reading, tons of writing, many meals shared with loved ones, and most of all&#8230;Christ in the center of it, drawing us ever closer to becoming all that He created us to be. \u00a0Here is an overview of 2010&#8230;and thanks for being a part of it. \u00a0Very excited to see what 2011 brings!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experiences<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spring Term Mission Trip in Baltimore<\/li>\n<li>Mother\u2019s Day Weekend in Savannah<\/li>\n<li>Emma\u2019s first trip to Disney World<\/li>\n<li>Big Shanty Festival<\/li>\n<li>Weekend in Nashville<\/li>\n<li>Several trips to Memphis (my family)<\/li>\n<li>Emma\u2019s First Haircut<\/li>\n<li>Several trips to Summerville (Clint\u2019s family)<\/li>\n<li>NCCS Fall Retreats at Woodlands Camp\/Camp Glisson<\/li>\n<li>Bought a Pontoon Boat<\/li>\n<li>Emma turned 2!<\/li>\n<li>Cookout at our house with the NCCS Upper School staff<\/li>\n<li>Ran in the Crime Stoppers 5K in Savannah with Clint, Emma, and Kevin<\/li>\n<li>Emma&#8217;s first plane ride (She had 3 round trip flights this year)<\/li>\n<li>Memphis Zoo<\/li>\n<li>Emma\u2019s First Snow<\/li>\n<li>Easter Egg Hunt at Cedarcrest Church<\/li>\n<li>Children\u2019s Museum in Chattanooga<\/li>\n<li>TobyMac and Chris Tomlin Concert in Memphis<\/li>\n<li>Ran in the St. Jude Firecracker 5K in Memphis with Clint, Mom, and Emma<\/li>\n<li>Ran in the Thanksgiving Day Gobble Jog in Marietta with Clint, Mom, JD, and Kevin<\/li>\n<li>Pickwick Lake<\/li>\n<li>Lake Allatoona<\/li>\n<li>Lunch at Merry Mac\u2019s Team Room<\/li>\n<li>Girls Weekend in Nashville with Emma, Mom, and Katie<\/li>\n<li>International Institute for Christian School Educators in Columbia, SC<\/li>\n<li>Whitewater Rafting on the Ocoee River<\/li>\n<li>Emma\u2019s first Braves game<\/li>\n<li>Joined Cedarcrest Church<\/li>\n<li>Emma Baby Dedication at Cedarcrest Church<\/li>\n<li>Acworth Love the Lake Festival<\/li>\n<li>Many, many awesome NCCS ballgames, concerts, meets, matches, performances, and meetings<\/li>\n<li>Robotics Competition at Auburn University<\/li>\n<li>Emma went to her first wedding<\/li>\n<li>Lake Winnepesaukah<\/li>\n<li>Georgia Tech Football game<\/li>\n<li>Clint made his annual trip to Titusville, NJ for work<\/li>\n<li>Megan began work on a Doctorate in Education<\/li>\n<li>Clint is applying to Law School<\/li>\n<li>Began the process of adoption to rescue our son from Ethiopia<\/li>\n<li>Attended tons of weddings, wedding and baby showers, and met lots of new friends!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Books I read in 2010 \/\/ 41 books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Think Orange<\/li>\n<li>Find Your Strongest Life<\/li>\n<li>Ten Stupid Things that Keep Churches from Growing<\/li>\n<li>Leading on Empty<\/li>\n<li>Making Vision Stick<\/li>\n<li>Do Hard Things<\/li>\n<li>Down Deep<\/li>\n<li>The 4-Hour Work Week<\/li>\n<li>Lenten Journey<\/li>\n<li>Mad Church Disease<\/li>\n<li>Axiom<\/li>\n<li>Crazy Love<\/li>\n<li>Spiritual Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Start Here<\/li>\n<li>Linchpin<\/li>\n<li>The Christian Atheist<\/li>\n<li>Leadership and the One Minute Manager<\/li>\n<li>Plan B<\/li>\n<li>Forgotten God<\/li>\n<li>Disrupting Class<\/li>\n<li>Clearing the Mind for Creativity<\/li>\n<li>The Heart Mender<\/li>\n<li>Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family<\/li>\n<li>Ordering Your Private World<\/li>\n<li>The Butterfly Effect<\/li>\n<li>Flight Plan<\/li>\n<li>Love and Respect<\/li>\n<li>How Zappos Shoes in Success<\/li>\n<li>Sam Walton\u2019s Way<\/li>\n<li>Ronald Reagan\u2019s Leadership Lessons<\/li>\n<li>Marketing in the Moment<\/li>\n<li>Radical<\/li>\n<li>Get Naked<\/li>\n<li>Outlive Your Life<\/li>\n<li>How McDonald\u2019s Got Its Groove Back<\/li>\n<li>How to Design a Great Customer Service Experience<\/li>\n<li>Decision Points<\/li>\n<li>15 Successful Communication Lessons<\/li>\n<li>Dwight Eisenhower\u2019s Leadership Lessons<\/li>\n<li>The Mentoring Mom<\/li>\n<li>The Ethics of Educational Leadership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bible Study \/\/ 19 complete books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nehemiah<\/li>\n<li>Colossians<\/li>\n<li>Jude<\/li>\n<li>Hebrews<\/li>\n<li>Proverbs<\/li>\n<li>1 John<\/li>\n<li>2 John<\/li>\n<li>3 John<\/li>\n<li>1 Thessalonians<\/li>\n<li>2 Thessalonians<\/li>\n<li>Ruth<\/li>\n<li>1 Corinthians<\/li>\n<li>Jonah<\/li>\n<li>Matthew<\/li>\n<li>Mark<\/li>\n<li>Luke<\/li>\n<li>John<\/li>\n<li>Malachi<\/li>\n<li>James<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we join the rest of the world in wrapping up 2010 and launching into 2011, I thought it would be cool to take a moment to look back over this past year and see what all happened. \u00a0Clint and I desire to be very intentional with making cool memories with our families. \u00a0Our hope 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