Hi dear friends and family who are joining me in counting down to my 50th birthday! (If you’re new, please see the Categories section on the right and click on “02.10.2010 Club to find out what this is all about.)
Today, January 10, 2009, is the second of 14 mini-celebrations as I journey toward my BIG 50 birthday! Each month on the 10th of the month, I’m doing something fun, enjoyable, and not too expensive, to celebrate.
December 10 was a busy (can you say BUSY!) day. I managed to squeeze in lunch at Taco Bell. Now that might not mean much to you, however, the person who suggested that I have a taco received a $10 Del Taco gift card for her fun suggestion. By the way, I love Taco Bell 
For this month, I decided to step it up a knotch since it is a Saturday, afterall.
Actually, I’ve been somewhat celebrating since Thursday. A friend from California flew in to sing for our Dallas Connection Dinner of the Women in Christian Media organization. Another friend was the keynote speaker, and I got to see a lot of ladies who are just WAY COOL!
On Friday morning, my CA friend and I went to hear best selling author and speaker, Laurie Beth Jones, for the First Friday women’s event in Southlake, TX.
So..after dropping my CA friend off at the airport this morning, the rest of the day was mine.
Here’s what I got to do today.
1. I renamed this from “14 10’s to 50″ to the “02.10.2010 Club” and formed a group on Facebook. If you’re on Facebook and didn’t receive an invitation to the club, please email me at karen@karenpower.com and I’ll get you in 
Tom Cruse in Valkyrie
2. I went to the movies to see “Valkyrie”. WOW! I wanted to see this movie because for some reason I totally missed this in high school history classes. I recommend this movie! It’s a little intense, however, worth sitting on the edge of your seat, and biting your fake nails for. I drove home thinking, “What if they had succeeded? How different would things be?” and it made me futher reflect on something that I’ve been pondering for the past few weeks — faithfulness, loyality, resolve (more on this in a few days).
Dark Pursuit by Brandilyn Collins
3. I stopped by my local B&N bookstore to buy a copy of a new book that had been recommended to me. They didn’t have it…BUMMER! Heading to Amazon online to order it! (I will get a copy and talk about it in the near future…a little suspense for you.) So instead, I picked up a copy of best-selling author, Brandilyn Collins’ newest Christian suspense thriller (can you say those three words together? YES!).
I’ve just had a fun time on this cold January day in Texas. A good day so far — I have a seen a good movie. For this evening, I’m planning to curl up under one of my new Christmas blankets and read a good book! I might even have a bowl of hot soup as was suggested.
OKAY…if you’re still with me…leave a comment to this post and your name will be entered into a random drawing for either an Amazon gift card or a movie theater gift card (please include in your comment your preference and if you have AMC theaters near you).
It’s been a good January 10th mini-celebration! Catch you later…
6:09 p.m. CT — just found out that today’s mini birthday celebration #2 will forever be remembered with the birth my dear friends, Randy & Lauren Briggs’ first grandchild, Jonathan Laurence Briggs, Jr. CONGRATULATIONS! (and proud parents Jonathan & Joy Briggs)
