Friday, April 28, 2006

Today....


Today, I'm cleaning my house

Today, my feelings are following my spirit

Today, Noah and I are going for a bikeride

Today, my sister has taken Faith for the day

Today, I'm going to water my grass for the first time this season


Today, I'm thankful for exactly the way God made my husband


Today, I want to embrace all that he can offer me and be mindful of how he completes me

Today, I am praying for a dear friend that is on my heart


Today, I want to be all that God has created to be!!!


The word talks ALLOT about "today" God knows that anything outside of today is out of our power. Today is our only hope....


What are you doing today???

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Time to try some thing new and plant some corn!

Growing up, we never had a yard. We always lived in apartments, town houses and such. Our grass was always freshly mowed and walks shoveled. When Joe and I got married, we rented a duplex for the first year or two. Or yard was......pittiful. I had no idea where to start....
Our second home was also a duplex and we got a little more ambitious! I planted a 3 by 3 foot garden LOL
I planted, watched it grow, looked at the weeds that grew in the midst of it, then it all died in the fall without me touching it for the whole time.
The next year I planted about 3 strawberry plants and probably ate only 3 or 4 actual berries!
Then we moved to where we are now. What a nice yard! So I decided to officially start "gardening". My next one was still pitiful, but we ate at least some carrots, peas and some onions. The weeds were taller than the veggies....
3 years after that, I am feeling alot more confident in what I'm doing. I'm excited to start composting this year, and expect a great harvest.
This makes me think of actually walking with Jesus.
You learn by DOING.
You just keep trying and trying again.
Each year you push yourself into new and intimidating things you have learned but have never tried.
My sister said I should start a corn field. (which is funny becuase my "corn field" would consist of one row of corn. She said that then my kids could go and play in the "corn field"......
I just imagined them running through the one row......LOL
The other thing about this is our attitude.

It's important that we don't get overwhelmed with these new things and don't beat ourselves up when we don't do it like someone whose been doing it for 20 years!
It really takes time to master, but God doesn't care about mastering as much as our hearts and efforts to pushing through.

That's it for today
Blessings

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Night out for the girls

I got to go out with Crystal last night for a coffee.....but she had a coke....
It was nice to just be alone with her without any kids. She tried humus with me which I was very proud of her for!!
Her daughter babysat for me and was great. After our coffee/coke, me and her and her daughter sat and talked till 11:30!! They are great people.....
I will post pics of the passover as soon as i can get them off the camera!!
Toodles...

Friday, April 14, 2006

Passover

Tonight my family and extended family is celebrating passover. It's such a neat time to fellowship, eat and remember God's wonders. Although, I don't know in depth much about it, I still am so blessed to take in and soak in the ceremony of it all. The whole family has a part from the youngest to the oldest. We go through the exodus story where God sent the 10 plagues to free His chosen people. My kids and I colored all 10 plagues. We even looked up images of lice on the net....they were so glad that they weren't egyptian!! Each year I notice a little more soak into each of my kids. Noah has really grown spiritually in the last few months. I'm so proud of him.

I got to make Matzo ball soup!!! YUMMY! There's games for the kids, treats, and a seder plate to pass around with items on there to remind us of salvery and freedom! I can't wait. Each year I take in new depths of it and can't wait to hear what God will say to me this year! Post pics later....

Our house is almost clean!!.......GROAN.......The kitchen is a bomb, and I'm tired....
I got all the winter stuff put away. That's a load off.
Ate kraft dinner for lunch......feel sick
I'm getting a composter this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Super excited to make rotten stuff turn into nutrients!!!

Um, we watched "fun with dick and jane" last night.....it sucked. I love jim carrey and he had his moments, but over all, i wasn't impressed....

I've eaten a ton of choclate eggs this week, gotta stop that!
Well,
hE HAS RISEN, HE HAS RISEN INDEED!!!!!
WE SERVE AND VERY ALIVE LORD AND SAVIOR

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

No time to blog

sorry readers, my life has picked up dramatically. I barely have enough time to check my email!

I hope you still check in from time to time to see if I do post something......
It's swimming day today, so were off to splash in the pool and do the waterslide!

blessings to everyone