Day 1 - Goals for this month:
whether they actually get done or not is something else :) and they're not in any particular order:
*start/work on kitchen remodel
*finish addition remodel: window shutter, finish painting, decor
*get pics organized and some printed! at least certain themes so i can catch up on some scapbooking!
*get dental work done
*do a collage/shadow box type display of:
j. t. concert from last october
adam & megan's wedding
out west prints
*be more disciplined in my quiet times/studies
*household filing caught up
*find mike's old cowboy boots (and maybe hat?)
*find adam's old chaps (and did he have a vest?)
*wash "pooh" blanket and any clothes (mike's) we may have for everett
*celebrate anniversary #31!!
*make 30 days journal (i'm late on this, but oh well!)
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
30 days of lists: day 14 & 15
day 14 - (fill in the blank) Things I love about ______________
God...
Grocery:
*ingredients needed for raspberry-almond tea cakes
Other: (not sure if some of this would be considered wish list rather than shopping list, but oh, well)
*some specific tupperware containers i want for the kitchen
*a tea cozy or two (different sizes)
*stainless steel/glass spice jar set
*dresser for the bedroom closet
*lily bulbs & others (this was from last year and didn't get done, but is still on an old list)
*various books i want to get (it would be a long list to try to put here)
*various songs to add to my iTunes library (also, quite a list, though not as many as the books)
*more anamalz (wooden toys) to complete my collection, also the bags for them
*miniature butter dish
*wrapping paper holder
*curtains for the bathroom
God...
- that He forgives beyond my human understanding
- that He can make all things new
- that He redeems
- that He can bring reconciliation
- that He can heal
- that He loves me
- that He accepts me
- that He can make good out of chaos
- that no matter how far I go, I can't get away from Him
Grocery:
*ingredients needed for raspberry-almond tea cakes
Other: (not sure if some of this would be considered wish list rather than shopping list, but oh, well)
*some specific tupperware containers i want for the kitchen
*a tea cozy or two (different sizes)
*stainless steel/glass spice jar set
*dresser for the bedroom closet
*lily bulbs & others (this was from last year and didn't get done, but is still on an old list)
*various books i want to get (it would be a long list to try to put here)
*various songs to add to my iTunes library (also, quite a list, though not as many as the books)
*more anamalz (wooden toys) to complete my collection, also the bags for them
*miniature butter dish
*wrapping paper holder
*curtains for the bathroom
Sunday, March 13, 2011
30 days of lists: day 13 - DIY i want to try
thinking, thinking, thinking...
*i've been wanting to make a quilt. i have a general idea, but... I bought some fabric squares in Bozeman, MT when we went to Yellowstone National Park in 2009 that i really liked and want something made from them.
*want to get caught up and back into a regular habit of scrapbooking. i'm years behind.
*bought some old windows and want to mount photos or paint on each of the glass sections.
*i've made a few jewelry pieces and would like to do more
*writing more: journaling, poems, etc
*complete an old sewing project from decades ago
*i've been wanting to make a quilt. i have a general idea, but... I bought some fabric squares in Bozeman, MT when we went to Yellowstone National Park in 2009 that i really liked and want something made from them.
*want to get caught up and back into a regular habit of scrapbooking. i'm years behind.
*bought some old windows and want to mount photos or paint on each of the glass sections.
*i've made a few jewelry pieces and would like to do more
*writing more: journaling, poems, etc
*complete an old sewing project from decades ago
Saturday, March 12, 2011
30 days of lists: day 12 - weekly rituals
ok, i have some weekly "habits" per se
*television shows: NCIS, NCIS LA, White Collar, The Mentalist are pretty much set. Blue Bloods & Fairly Legal are also creeping in there.
*wednesday's i meet with a couple other women and share prayer requests, have fellowship and we're reading through and discussing the book, "Lioness Arising" by Lisa Bevere
*1st and 3rd thursdays (through the school year) i'm dong volunteer reading for students in kindergarten
*every 4 weeks i have some medical stuff that goes on
*pretty much read every night of every week
*television shows: NCIS, NCIS LA, White Collar, The Mentalist are pretty much set. Blue Bloods & Fairly Legal are also creeping in there.
*wednesday's i meet with a couple other women and share prayer requests, have fellowship and we're reading through and discussing the book, "Lioness Arising" by Lisa Bevere
*1st and 3rd thursdays (through the school year) i'm dong volunteer reading for students in kindergarten
*every 4 weeks i have some medical stuff that goes on
*pretty much read every night of every week
Friday, March 11, 2011
30 days of lists: day 11 - date night ideas
wow...what do i want to do?
me and my husband:
*take a road trip to a touristy kind of place like when we went to fells pt, md or charleston, sc
*scenic drives and stopping to take pics during it (the blue ridge parkway is great, but a distance away, so that part one would have to be a weekend kinda thing)
*attend another josh turner concert!! (we went in october and it was great!)
*drive around and find a place to do some "picking" like on the tv show "american pickers" -- looking for cool, old stuff that doesn't cost too much
*going to a decent movie and enjoying it with popcorn, a drink, and some milkduds
*dinner out at a nice restaurant and having flowers delivered to the table from him as a surprise
*a picnic lunch at a local park/lake (did this once and we took grilled hotdogs, chips, and rootbeer)
*go in a store that sells greeting cards and pick one out for each other and show it to the other (the thought really does count for something :)
dates with girlfriends/others
*lunch at a true tearoom (the kind with scones, finger sandwiches, etc. the one near me closed up :-(
*bookstore shopping spree
*starbucks and just hanging out talking
*get together for movies/dvds etc and laugh a lot
*scrapbook/card making night
*take a class on learning/doing quilting together
dates with my kids and/or their spouses (they're all adults)
*christmas/bday shopping trips
*time together looking through old photos, memorabilia
*movies
*shopping for clothes with my daughter (she can help me put things together - i don't usually like to shop for clothes)
*going out to eat together
looking forward to this one day...grandchild/grandchildren
*shopping--(toys, toys, toys and books, books, books, and clothes, clothes, clothes or whatever :-) just having fun letting him/her shop)
*ice cream night
*playing games
*hanging out, watching movies, etc
*craft projects
for "me alone" time
*perhaps an art class of some kind
*thrift shopping
me and my husband:
*take a road trip to a touristy kind of place like when we went to fells pt, md or charleston, sc
*scenic drives and stopping to take pics during it (the blue ridge parkway is great, but a distance away, so that part one would have to be a weekend kinda thing)
*attend another josh turner concert!! (we went in october and it was great!)
*drive around and find a place to do some "picking" like on the tv show "american pickers" -- looking for cool, old stuff that doesn't cost too much
*going to a decent movie and enjoying it with popcorn, a drink, and some milkduds
*dinner out at a nice restaurant and having flowers delivered to the table from him as a surprise
*a picnic lunch at a local park/lake (did this once and we took grilled hotdogs, chips, and rootbeer)
*go in a store that sells greeting cards and pick one out for each other and show it to the other (the thought really does count for something :)
dates with girlfriends/others
*lunch at a true tearoom (the kind with scones, finger sandwiches, etc. the one near me closed up :-(
*bookstore shopping spree
*starbucks and just hanging out talking
*get together for movies/dvds etc and laugh a lot
*scrapbook/card making night
*take a class on learning/doing quilting together
dates with my kids and/or their spouses (they're all adults)
*christmas/bday shopping trips
*time together looking through old photos, memorabilia
*movies
*shopping for clothes with my daughter (she can help me put things together - i don't usually like to shop for clothes)
*going out to eat together
looking forward to this one day...grandchild/grandchildren
*shopping--(toys, toys, toys and books, books, books, and clothes, clothes, clothes or whatever :-) just having fun letting him/her shop)
*ice cream night
*playing games
*hanging out, watching movies, etc
*craft projects
for "me alone" time
*perhaps an art class of some kind
*thrift shopping
Thursday, March 10, 2011
30 days of lists: day 10
i'm coming in on this late, but jumping in now to participate in 30 days of lists: no fancy pics or anything yet, mainly cuz i don't readily know how to do all that.
*shelf/cab for our kitchen for near the back door (for appliances, etc)
*a tv stand that will hold the vcr as well as my cm photo albums
*a dresser for our bedroom closet
*a frame for my water+trees print
*chair cushions for kitchen chairs
*different kitchen table and chairs
*?open bookshelf or counter, etc for studio
*repairs/upgrades in our home (or a new home?)
*shelf/cab for our kitchen for near the back door (for appliances, etc)
*a tv stand that will hold the vcr as well as my cm photo albums
*a dresser for our bedroom closet
*a frame for my water+trees print
*chair cushions for kitchen chairs
*different kitchen table and chairs
*?open bookshelf or counter, etc for studio
*repairs/upgrades in our home (or a new home?)
Monday, February 7, 2011
success and faithfulness
i read a quote recently during my devotional that was attributed to Mother Teresa. "I do not pray for success. I pray for faithfulness."
this strikes me as a worthy goal as a christian. i believe that the devotional i was reading at the time was relating to financial success. i believe it goes further than that and can be applied in other ways.
i find myself wishing to be successful in my relationships, eating, exercise, self discipline, financial goals, housing, employment and on and on. there are so many challenges that call to me, whether self imposed or through the endless litany of media outlets and others (even friends at times) that promote "good looks", "nice" cars or homes, the "perfect" job, having the "right" amount in our bank accounts, and on and on it goes. now the thought occurs that regardless of what i'm facing, if i am faithful to God i am a success. wierd how that works. striving for one (faithfulness) and attaining them both.
however, some would consider a particular goal a "success" regardless of if God is in it. (i.e. if i have $$$ saved for retirement, then i've been successful, if i get this degree in college, then i'm successful, if i get married and have x number of children, i'm successful.) how about we turn that around to, "if i do as God directs then [fill in blank] will be as God has deemed and that is success for he alone knows what is coming."
i find i cannot have true success without faithfulness for that in itself is success.
now...may i remain faithful, realizing it is only through Him that i can,
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy" Jude 1:24
"...and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." 2 Timothy 1:12
this strikes me as a worthy goal as a christian. i believe that the devotional i was reading at the time was relating to financial success. i believe it goes further than that and can be applied in other ways.
i find myself wishing to be successful in my relationships, eating, exercise, self discipline, financial goals, housing, employment and on and on. there are so many challenges that call to me, whether self imposed or through the endless litany of media outlets and others (even friends at times) that promote "good looks", "nice" cars or homes, the "perfect" job, having the "right" amount in our bank accounts, and on and on it goes. now the thought occurs that regardless of what i'm facing, if i am faithful to God i am a success. wierd how that works. striving for one (faithfulness) and attaining them both.
however, some would consider a particular goal a "success" regardless of if God is in it. (i.e. if i have $$$ saved for retirement, then i've been successful, if i get this degree in college, then i'm successful, if i get married and have x number of children, i'm successful.) how about we turn that around to, "if i do as God directs then [fill in blank] will be as God has deemed and that is success for he alone knows what is coming."
i find i cannot have true success without faithfulness for that in itself is success.
now...may i remain faithful, realizing it is only through Him that i can,
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy" Jude 1:24
"...and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." 2 Timothy 1:12
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