The following is simply a list of some of the things I learned in 2007. Of course, if you read the title, you’d have figured that out, so my little introduction here is pretty useless. Anywho, here you go:

1. I learned that I can survive for just over two months with two hours of sleep in a 24-hour period. After that, I’m toast.
2. I learned how to cook (6 years into my marriage, poor guy)
3. How to take a color wheel with me anywhere I go, so long as I have my ipod with me
4. Moo cards make awesome birth announcements to toss in with Christmas cards
5. Even in prison you can’t freely worship Christ
6. Learned there’s such a thing as post-abortion syndrome
7. I want to be a writer but I’m really more of a blogger
8. My cousin is an artist
9. People will actually fake a press conference when the pressure’s on
10. Learned I understand design better than I thought, but I still have a lot to learn
11. How to sew a dang zipper
12. The surest way to lose baby weight is to breast feed
13. Found the funny in index cards
14. God may have been waiting for this revelation to reward me with a child again (or children, as it were) after 5 long years of waiting
15. There are many different ways to define a ‘friend’ when you’re online
16. My twins can be crying furiously and calm immediately if set in front of me while I cook
17. How to publish my own book (assuming I’d ever have the time)
18. Learned the names for all kinds of colors
19. Dan still makes cool icons
20. Learned the difference between nauseous and nauseated - I said it so much this year I wanted to be sure
21. I learned to stop worrying about the fold, of course, I do my worrying second hand because it’s really the client worrying about this one
22. Legalism stinks
23. Learned that anyone will say they’re Christian if it makes them popular
24. How to find cool icons
25. I learned that people here in my small midwestern city have little concept of what quality web design/development costs
26. Found out that Color Splash is a really cool show
27. How to initiate a conversation (before I had the twins - they’re conversation starters all by themselves)
28. Learned to run, not walk
29. I learned I’m capable of having twins, which means I’ll probably be on some form of birth control until menopause
30. Telemarketers suck lemons
31. Quickbooks Online sucks oranges
32. Learned the subtle difference between amateur and professional
33. Reaffirmed my faith in this business
34. Was shocked, horrified, and altogether apalled by a children’s film
35. It’s impossible to convince a 5-year-old that Santa’s not real
36. How to draw fashion sketches
37. I have no time for “elite clubs](http://www.standardsforlife.com/finally-leaving-9rules/)
38. Had my aversion to deadlines validated
39. The difference between marketing, advertising and branding
40. Formula and formula-fed babies stink worse than breast milk and breast-fed babies
41. How to expand my education for free
42. How to build a bulletproof contact form with PHP
43. There’s more to Afghanistan than what this war tells us
44. How to be more efficient at the grocery store
45. How to better protect my privacy online
46. At the start of 2007 I had 49 readers willing to talk about themselves on my blog (and 650+ who were not)