You Don't See That Every Day

January is past us now. We are fully into the new year. And I have been able to keep up with most of my goals so far. 1. Read through the Bible - so far I am only a day behind in my log, but I should hopefully catch up soon. 2. Run a 5k. - I haven't signed up for one yet. I'm still having a hard time getting motivated when it is rainy and cold outside! And I don't do treadmills. 3. Acknowledge birthdays - My sister had her birthday last month and we had a little surprise for her. I invited some ladies over to watch the Cinderella (2015) since most of them had not seen it. And we managed to bring presents and cake along to celebrate my sister's birthday, which was the day before. I didn't personally get to see my mother-in-law on her birthday earlier in the month, but my husband was able to take her out for lunch.  4. Pray for my husband every morning. - ok, so maybe not every morning this month, but every day, definitely. 5. Blog weekly - oops. But hey, here I ...

Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to a great year. We had some highs and lows in 2015. We'll have some of the same in 2016, I'm sure. But for now it is a big open slate, ready to be written on. I've decided to try again and make some goals for myself in this coming year, and I'll share them with you. 1. Read through the Bible. I haven't done this in a long long time. My 10 year old brought this up, wanting to do it, so I decided to come alongside and do it with her. 2. Run a 5k with each of my family members this year. This means each of my children and my husband, NOT my siblings/extended family. Although that would be awesome. I've done 5k's with my brother, a niece, a sister-in-law and my aunt, (and a marathon with my niece!) but I would love to see more of my extended family exercising. If a 5k challenge would get them moving, I'm up for it. And you know who you are! ! 3. Acknowledge family member's birthdays. I tried one year to s...

Another year has gone by. Another year of ideas and things I want to do, and ways I want to live better. In the beginning of the year I called it my "What if" List, Here's a look at the list from 2010 What if... I made G's lunch every day ? Tried it, but it didn't last; sleepless nights and early rising husband don't work together too often. ... I stopped using a credit card ? That has been a great thing! ... went to bed by 10 pm ? Hahahhahahahha ... read my Bible every morning ? I tried. I made it through most, well half of the year. Again .. that new baby .... ... made sure I walked 3 times a week ? Yep, until it started to get really really cold. ... spoke gently to my girls ?Still working on it. I feel I have made progress, but still there is always more to do. And we'll compare it with my What If  list for 2011: What if ... I read through the Bible in a year? ((I'll try again)) ... I ran at least twice, if not three times, a week? (( s...

It's that time of year when many people come up with resolutions. Last year I took an idea from another blogger and made up my "What If" list. Let's look at it again, my What If list for 2010: What if... I made G's lunch every day ? Tried it, but it didn't last; sleepless nights and early rising husband don't work together too often. ... I stopped using a credit card ? That has been a great thing! ... went to bed by 10 pm ? Hahahhahahahha ... read my Bible every morning ? I tried. I made it through most, well half of the year. Again .. that new baby .... ... made sure I walked 3 times a week ? Yep, until it started to get really really cold. ... spoke gently to my girls ?Still working on it. I feel I have made progress, but still there is always more to do. And we'll compare it with my What If list for 2011: What if ... I read through the Bible in a year? ((I'll try again)) ... I ran at least twice, if not three times, a week? (( see next...