At your best, you are: straight shooting, ambitious, and energetic
At your worst, you are: anxious and high strung
You drink coffee when: anytime you're not sleeping
Your caffeine addiction level: high
I had previously posted this fascinating little video by simply embedding the code from the video hosting site it was located at... without realizing that the link was connected to some unsavory web content. I am so sorry if anyone was exposed to more than they were bargaining for with a little laundry lesson. The situation has now been rectified, this clip is hosted elsewhere, and I learned some new code, fun, fun, fun. (Yep, I researched and googled, and learned how to embed my very own video in my very own html!)
If you haven't seen it before, really, you must watch this woman fold this shirt- it's addicting, as evidenced by my husband's stack of undershirts now... I can't not doit this way anymore...
Each day is a new day, and I know I could (and should) be ready to hit the ground running with new resolve whenever the inspiration hits, but it just seems to hit more around this time of year... It's a new year, though with New Year's Day falling on a Tuesday it did all seem rather anticlimactic- it would make more sense in my brain if it fell on a Sunday, or even on a Monday... Well, it makes no difference now- it already fell, and I'm just now getting around to hashing out some of my many ideas for resolutions, many of which involve improvements in the area of domestic arts.
One resolution I'm bound and determined to keep is to cook many more natural and nourishing meals for my family. There are many mini-resolutions involved in that one... I need to keep my pantry and refrigerator well stocked on a much more regular basis (like all the time); I need to expand my recipe repertoire; I need to enlist my little people as kitchen helpers (sous-chefs); and I need to plan my days and weeks better to facilitate all of the above. On that note, I'm off to plan a menu and shopping list, but I thought I'd leave you with a couple of fun links, which I hope will help in other areas of domesticity...
Well,
we made it. We've completed 9 years today, well I suppose
yesterday, this actually marks the 1st day of our 10th year of
marriage. That sounds like I should feel so old... 10 years used
to seem like such a long time, but it has literally flown by. I
guess that means we've been having fun (the old time flyin' thing...)
We've had our less-than-blissfull moments, but, and it does my heart
good to say, those have been the exception. I really am a blessed
woman. The Lord provided me a man who is willing to do what it
takes to provide for us. He said from the get-go that he wanted
me to be able to be home with my children. My heart's desire was
to homeschool my children and he whole-heartedly agreed and has
supported me in that from the beginning.
These past few years have just been a whirlwind. Babies
being born, babies getting sick, toddlers getting sick, upsizing
vehicles, job worries, job hopes, side business ventures, add to that
the usual homeschooling busy-ness and time just flies- and I don't mean
the hours in the day, yeah they go by fast, but I mean days, weeks,
months, even years... where have they gone? Can't I get some of
that time back? Nope. Can't.
Every now and then something will happen to shake me up a
bit. A tragedy in a family or friend's life, even just a tragic
story I hear... or Dave working late, really late, and being deep in a
server room when I try to call him so his phone doesn't work and I
worry he may have been in an accident, and it takes him a couple hours
to notice the 'missed call' on his phone... and I worry, what would I
do? or worse, what have I missed? It's good to be jolted
once in a while into reevaluating our relationships, all of them,
friends, family, spouses, children... do we let them know (often!) how
much they mean to us? how much we love them? I feel like such a
failure in this regard and am always recommitting to do better, to work
harder, to have more patience, more joy, more love... I guess that's
all I can do, be aware of the need for improvement and try, try, and
try some more to improve. Lord,
I thank You SOOOO much for my husband, for my marriage, and for my
family- You have been so good to us, and we don't deserve it one
bit. I hope and pray that this next year, our 10th, would be the
best yet- that we would grow as individuals, as a couple, and as a
family, and that our lives and the joy we have living them would bring
glory to You, and You alone. You have done so much for us,
provided so much for us, we want to give back to You. Please
continue to guide us and lead us, we look forward to what You have for
us, In Jesus' name, Amen
