Popular posts

It’s that time again – time to review the most popular posts of recent weeks!  Here they are again, with the most popular ones first.  The ones in bold have been on the list two months in a row.  As usual, there’s a lot of media here…

• Watch these films (free download!) (trailers and links to the free downloads.  Don’t miss these!)
• Metro Music (podcast)
• A Mexican Easter Tradition (video starring Hannah and Nathanael)
• Buried and raised to life! (video of a baptism Sunday!)
• Peacemaking blog (introducing…)
• Nathanael had a cooking class (video) (Nathanael explains his cooking technique)
• Doing our kids’ homework (why Hannah and Nathanael’s school is a lot of work for us!)
• I can’t sleep. And I really need to. (I’m sleeping better now, though I am a little sick)
• Coming this summer (to a Mexico near you)! (another video – a fun one.  By the way, want to come to Mexico this summer?  Sure you do!)
• Mostly about April travels (just what it says)

Here they are, most popular last.  The ones in bold are winners two months in a row.

• Coming this summer (to a Mexico near you)! (video.  cartoon, actually.)
• Quick health related prayer requests
• I can’t sleep. And I really need to. (I’m sleeping better now, thanks!)
• Sunday School and Texcoco (teaching Sunday School, and a map of places we were looking into moving to)
• A Mexican Easter Tradition (video.  Hannah and Nathanael demonstrate cascarones.)
• Watch these films (free download!) (You really should, you know!)
• Moon eclipse from Cuernavaca (Photos I took of the same)
• He heard God speak! … and it was incredible!  (podcast)
• Sunday and the week ahead (podcast)
• Family update and community challenges (podcast)

Here they are at the end of another month.  The ones in bold are winners two months in a row:

• Holiday activities (in pictures)
• Family update and community challenges (podcast)
• Shari on Canada
• What the World Eats
• Amy and Nate are engaged! (and getting married in July – can you believe it?)
• The tax man adds it all together (ouch)
• Bless this pet
• Moon eclipse from Cuernavaca
• Sunday and the week ahead (podcast)
• What about the change? A Mexican nightmare

The top 10 most popular posts from the last 90 days, with the most popular listed first. The ones in bold are winners two months straight:

• Hannah’s class (video) – see? I knew you liked video!
• Changing seasons in Mexico (audio) – you like audio too!
• Migraine and headache and cluster (oh my!) – tips for those with chronic conditions like these.
• Canadians, Mexicans, and cold weather – why am I so ccccold?
• Holiday activities (in pictures) – pointing to the pictures of things I didn’t blog much about…
• If Christmas was all we knew – what would we know about God and His plan if we only knew Christmas? You might be surprised…
• Shari on Canada – Shari notices some differences during a quick trip to Canada.
• Van break down in Mexico – and all the happened regarding that.
• Deeper Rejoicing – thoughts on Habakkuk (for you to print).
• Underwear in Walmart – why is it all red and yellow suddenly?

Ok, I know, it’s the 1st of February.  Close enough.  Here they are, the most popular last:

• When a blog is quiet – there could be a number of reasons why
• Changing seasons in Mexico – how do you recognize them?
• Festival of colour, mockery and family – about the Days of the Dead
• Migraine and headache and cluster (oh my!) – so I have this other website, you see…
• Canadians, Mexicans, and cold weather – why am I so cccccoold?!
• A Visit with Mrs. G – if you’ve never had a visit, it’s never too late to start!
• Día de la Revolución – the kids show off their art
• My famous blog.  No, not this one, silly!
• Emails in a small world – a day in the life of my email
• Hannah’s class (video) – see what’s going on at Colegio del Bosque

Yes, at last it’s time to find out which posts here at Finding direction were the favs in 2007.  As I looked through the list, I noticed a couple of things.

First, half of them included audio and video – I guess you all like the multi-media stuff.  Second (and this is a little disturbing), a lot of them were actually posts about other websites.  What’s wrong, don’t you like this one?  *sigh*

Anyway, here they are – the least popular first, and the winner at the end:

• After 1 week of language school – an audio post.  The title really says it all – my impressions after my first week of language school!  Those were the days…
• The feeder – a video post by Hannah and Nathanael about the feeder they put up in our yard.
• Wayne’s mandolin – a video by one of Shari’s classmates from the University.  Playing the mandolin on a mountaintop.  I bet he never thought he’d make our top 10!
• Canada Quiz – our quiz from Canada Day 2007.  Take it and see how much you know about the True North strong and free…
• Poverty – some thoughts on poverty as I see it, with a song from Columbian musician and activist Juanes.  I wrote another post on the topic – Poverty II, which also included a video.
• The 7 New Wonders – as the 7 New Wonders of the World were voted on, Mexico had an entry – and it was one of the winners!
• Missionary-Blogs.com – a little about my other website, featuring missionaries from all corners of the globe.
• Cottrills featured at CanadianChristianity.com – yes, we had our 15 minutes of fame already.  We were featured in Mission Fields magazine and on this related website.
• Just improvise. – I don’t know if people like this post because they liked to watch me put my foot in my mouth, or because they liked the brilliant talents of Victor Borge in the video.  I think it’s all about Vic.
• Dennis’ 101 things about Mexico City – this was the most popular post of the year, and one of the most popular posts of all time – and it wasn’t even mine.  Ok, I wrote something about our van and the roads, but people really just wanted to get over to the Poulette family’s website to see his great list of things he’s noticed about Mexico City (many apply to us here too).  I wonder if that was one of his most popular posts…  Maybe my website would be more popular if I linked to his more!

What was your favourite post of 2007?