30 days of lists: day 14 & 15

day 14 - (fill in the blank) Things I love about ______________

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

day 15 - On my shopping list[s]

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

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

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

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

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?)