200th post (ella ella eh eh)

It just seems like yesterday that I first posted about my supergirl underwear
and here we are 200 posts later..... I have a fondness for a good bicentennial.
(I know that bicentennial refers to "200 years" but since there is no word
that means "200 blogs", I'm going with it.)
Of course, I've only been privy to one other bicentennial event...
that would be the one in 1976 when I sang "This Land is Your Land"
with my kindergarten class at Yankee Ridge School in Urbana, Illinois.
It's all rather fuzzy and I can't figure out how I was in kindergarten in
July but it's one of those things that stays with you.
I believe I wore some phat bell bottoms that day that matched the red and blue fuzzy yarn that tied up my pony tails. Good times. Good times.
But I was trying to come up with a way to celebrate my blogcentennial.
This last year and half has been kind of huge.
Emerging from a haze of post partum depression.
Selling my first book.
Surviving another year of church planting in the SF bay area.
Rounding the corner on a decade of marriage.
Growing out the bang-tastrophe of 2008.
Connecting with new friends across the interweb (tsgs unite!).
Trying to get a handle on this whole "mothering" thing.
Realizing that plucking my eyebrows is part of my husband's love language.
And then of course, going to Sonic for the first time.
These are all monumental in their own right.
And here you have been plugging along with me, reading away, encouraging me
with your comments, feeling my pain, laughing with me (or at me),
shooting up prayers on my behalf, telling me to keep on keeping on in this
journey of Christ following and that you are doing the same.
And I realize that without you, tsgs, this blog is nothing more than me talking
to myself on my laptop and that's just plain sad. And a little creepy.
So all that to say I thought for my blogcentennial
I would write a song to show my gratitude for your willingness to show up here
and spend some of your life with me.....
(or steal a catchy tune and stick some of my own words in because that is a
whole lot easier and requires a whole lot less energy and creativity.)
In honor of Tired Supergirls Everywhere (or at least to the ones who read this blog).
To the tune of Rihanna's mega hit Umbrella....

The TSG Anthem of Thanks

When tsgs stand, we stand together
I hope we'll be tsgs forever
You're comments always make my day
You're the best - always have nice things to say
200 posts -some dumb - some clever
I'm thankful you're reading now more than ever
I love you more than a marsh-mella
I love you more than a marsh-mella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
More than a marsh-mella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
More than a marsh-mella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
More than a marsh-mella
(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

Just so you know, it is very difficult to find a word that rhymes with umbrella.
And also, just so you know, I like marshmallows a lot.
Especially on smores and floating in steaming cups of hot chocolate.
So when I say that I love you more than a marshmallow it is deeply felt.
And you should know that I'm real thankful that you keep showing up here.
Clearly, I'm tired and little punchy
and I really should just keep to writing my posts early in the morning
when I'm coherent and not try and re-write lyrics but I just want wanted to say.....
Happy blog bicentennial, dear tsg reader! You are the best, you really are!