Saturday January 22

We didn't get to do Violet's surprise party tonight because she still has the flu.  :(  And I've had to spend all of my computer time hunting down the right house at the right price in the right neighborhood and we think we have.  We made an offer on one tonight.  All of my other goals are on hold right now.

Co-op starts on Monday, so getting prepared is a little stressful with everything else that's going on.  Praying that we make the right choices with everything.  Scatter-brained, scatter-brained.  And so tired.  I'll be back tomorrow--even if it's only a few lines!

Wednesday January 19

Okay, so I've done very poorly today.  No exercise.  No housework apart from a few loads of laundry and some light kitchen cleaning.  Ate a lot of leftover cornbread and had Red Lobster for dinner--Ranch dressing, fried stuff, and dessert.  Spent most of the day searching the MLS and making notes.  We got our loan approval today, so I'm chomping at the bit to view more houses.  We'll get to go Saturday afternoon.

Went to the American Girl store to get Kit for Violet's birthday.  She chose to have that over the traditional birthday hotel night with Mom, going out for dinner, and/or having a party.  I told her I'd have to talk to her dad about it and we'd let her know Saturday night.  Her birthday is next Tuesday, but on Saturday night, I'm throwing her a little party at our next door neighbor's.  Violet drew a picture of her "pretend" birthday party and I'm going to try to recreate her picture, right down to the cake, the fireworks, the color of the giftwrap, and the Christmas stocking hanging on the cake table.  ;)  Our neighbors have frequent bonfires and the girls love to go, so she will be so surprised when she finds out it's for her.  Can't wait!  That's assuming that she is well by then.  I had to reschedule my interview with the pregnancy crisis center (as a volunteer!) so I can take her to the doctor tomorrow.  She's had fever that she hasn't been able to shake for a few days and she's coughing up a storm.  Pretty sure it's turned into an infection by now.

We got home late, so I didn't do our bible reading and prayer with the girls, which made us all sad.  Violet coughs through so much of it, though, that she's happier in bed.

I am SO excited at the prospect of having another house.  If you think I'm neurotic now, wait till you see me with a fresh, empty house.  We are going to move in VERY slowly, so there are no boxes and no STUFF piled up ANYWHERE!  As soon as anything comes into the house, it will go to its home.

So I failed at my goals today, but wanted to make sure I made it here and I did.  See you tomorrow.  :)

Tuesday January 18

Psalm 94:19
When the cares of my heart are many,
   your consolations cheer my soul.


I'm hoping that by the end of the year, I'll come to these January posts and see that I have come a long way.  By the end of the year, I'd like to be settled into a house that's organized and that allows us to have guests and parties.  I'd like to have lost at least 50 pounds.  I'd like for our schooling to be running smoothly.  I'd like to be spending a lot of time at home taking care of my home and family.  I'd like to have deepened my walk with the Lord and to have begun to show my kids what a godly wife and mother looks like.


Today was a little better in only a couple of ways, but at least it was something.

• Get out of bed and get dressed to shoes by 9:AM each day and make sure that the kids do the same.
• Got up at 11:45.
• Drink a minimum of 8 glasses a water a day.
• 3
• Take a multi-vitamin daily.
• Yes.
• Make better, much healthier eating choices for myself and my family.
• Today I had a fruit strip, a GoLean Kashi bar, a mini peppermint patty, 2 bowls of red beans & lentils with rice and 4 cornbread muffins.  I shouldn't cook things that I can't resist!  At 4:30 am, I had a Clementine orange and a small Chobani that has chocolate sauce on the bottom.  (Earnie still gets up for a bottle at 4:30!
• Walk a minimum of one mile each day.
• I did my 5 minutes of exercise.
• Cook dinner 5 days a week.
• Beans & Lentils w/ Rice and Cornbread

• Read from the bible to the kids daily.
• We read Job 18-19
• Pray alone and with the kids daily.
• Done!
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes a day working on any part of the house.
• Spent that time looking up houses.  Did 4 loads of laundry and re-cleaned the kitchen (twice, after the kids' attempts).
• I will seek out the joy and contentment that is always in my life, but that I can't always see...AND
• when I'm feeling just regular, I'll smile just for fun.
• I remembered once today.  It feels nice.  :)

Monday January 17 Prioritizing

James 1:22-25
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.


I've decided to attend to my blog after dinner and before TV to make sure that I don't get too tired and/or am not having to wrestle Earnie.  No excuses for not blogging.


There's been so much going on in my head that I feel like I'm caught in a hurricane.  I've not been letting good habits develop and have been dropping back into my bad habits as a way of pushing through external changes--not that I've actually gotten rid of my bad habits.  Earnie, Violet, and Lillian have been sick.  Friday, I slammed the back of my new van into the front of the Expedition.  I've been researching and viewing houses that Daniel and I are considering buying.  The more I think about getting out of this house, the more difficult it becomes to be in this house and the more difficult it is to motivate myself to do anything in the house.


Tomorrow, my goals are to do tons of laundry, to clear off the school table in my room so the girls can do their work there, and to get the kitchen cleaned back up and make dinner.  I am still praying for my friends!

• Get out of bed and get dressed to shoes by 9:AM each day and make sure that the kids do the same.
• Got up at 12:30.
• Drink a minimum of 8 glasses a water a day.
• 4
• Take a multi-vitamin daily.
• Yes.
• Make better, much healthier eating choices for myself and my family.
• Nope.  Had several slices of frozen pizza.  I don't think I ate anything else.  Oh, a mini peppermint patty.
• Lose two pounds a week.
• Haven't been back to site since I signed up and I haven't checked my weight, but there is no reason that I would have lost any.  I'm going to try to ease into the program with their "Simply Filling" foods as a means of building up to doing the points system.  I have done no exercise, but I will try harder tomorrow.
• Walk a minimum of one mile each day.
• No walking at all today.  :(
• Cook dinner 5 days a week.
• I haven't cooked since last Thursday.  I will try harder to cook and eat here.

• School consistently for a minimum of 4 days per week throughout the entire year so that we can get caught up.
• Still light work.
• Read from the bible to the kids daily.
• We read Job 16-18.
• Pray alone and with the kids daily.
• Done!
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes a day working on any part of the house.
• Worked on bathroom and bedroom.
• Volunteer as a client advocate at the Christian pregnancy crisis center in Greenville.
• I have an interview at 9:00 on Thursday morning.
• I will seek out the joy and contentment that is always in my life, but that I can't always see...AND
• when I'm feeling just regular, I'll smile just for fun.
• Sadly, I've been forgetting to do this.

Saturday January 15

This post is just to say that I have 3 sick kids and have been house shopping the last few days.  We're thinking about buying a house in Rowlett (maybe) instead of putting a Palm Harbor on the property.  We're still going to keep the Farmersville property, though, and finish fixing up the house.

Oh, and yesterday I slammed the back of my new minivan into the front of our Expedition.  It's ugly.  :(  Anyway, haven't been getting much sleep.  Was good with water today, but not food or exercise.

Will share more later.  Just wanted to get myself back on here.

Day 12 Try Again Tomorrow?

Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.


Sick kids have a way of tossing plans out the window, but that's okay.  I love taking care of my kids when they're sick.  I love taking time out to nurse and comfort.  Truth be told, I'm the one who tosses the plans when a kid is sick.  I could work around it, but I don't want to.  If a kid has to be miserable, isn't it so much nicer if he also has his mom's arms around him, getting her kisses and full attention while they watch cartoons together all day?


Two hours later:
It's almost 4:30 am now and I've finally gotten Earnie to sleep, so I'm going to sleep.  Man, I really wish I could get my act together.  I wish I could push myself.  Why is this so hard?

Day 11 Two Baby Steps Forward, One Baby Step Back

Today was not the big rush of changes that I hoped it would be, so I'm going to tweak my entries a bit.  Inspired by a friend and beginning tomorrow, I'll begin posting when I get up, when I get dressed, and everything that I eat each day.  My hope is that these true confessions will shame me into trying harder.  I need to be pushed, not coddled.  Keep praying for me and let me know how I can pray for you!  Better yet, get a blog so we can keep track of each other!

No water; 5 minutes of exercise (don't laugh--I have to start somewhere); 2 loads of laundry, ran a couple of errands; ate chicken fried chicken at Black-Eyed Pea; read Job 11-12 and 3 chapters of the Corrie ten Boom story and prayed with the girls

My goals for tomorrow are:
House:
finish the laundry (is that really possible?)
Re-Clean the kitchen and dining area (The kids and I have very different definitions of clean.)
Clear off the school table in my bedroom
Clean my bedroom

Food:
Not ready to count points yet, but my goal for tomorrow is to re-think every food choice and reach for something healthy each time I eat and to write down everything that I eat
Cook dinner
Drink water as often as I can

Other:
Job 13-14
Finish Corrie ten Boom book
Pray alone
Pray with kids
Exercise for 5 minutes (I said don't laugh!)
Be completely dressed by noon!

Day 10 Down Day

I wanted to begin this with telling how I completely failed in everything today and then decided only to say that it was a down day for us.  But really, I was just lazy and that's the truth.  I let myself get overwhelmed by everything which shuts me down.  On top of it, I said that the girls could make the sugar cookies from the big chubs of dough in the fridge because they needed to be used, but I have a serious weakness for sugar cookies and it took over today.  I will try again tomorrow now that the cookies are gone.  I got a couple of loads of laundry done and looked over some real estate options, but that is IT.  I didn't even read and pray with the girls tonight because they were tired and wanted to go to bed after dinner.  The Provigil hasn't worked as well the last two days as it did yesterday.  I hope that changes.

I failed today because I didn't put my focus on living godly today and because I didn't trust Him to help me.  I wasn't even going to write here tonight, but I've got to make myself come back daily even it's only to write a sentence.  And...Earnie just woke up.

Day 9 Praying for Tomorrow

Philippians 4:4-9
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.  Let your reasonableness be known to everyone.  The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.


Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.  What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.


Okay, first my idea--I want my friends who are also struggling with keeping their resolutions and who are trying to discipline themselves to make their own blogs so that we can have a blog ring to encourage and challenge each other.  You don't have to consider yourself a "writer" to do it--you can even just have a list that you daily check off or fill in.  It's really so easy to set up the blog.  I couldn't believe how easy.  I was reading another blog and there was a link to make my own blog.  I filled in a short, quick registration, picked a name that wasn't taken, picked a background, then clinked on "New Post" which just brought up a text box.  I type the text, click on Preview to see how it looks, then click Publish Post.  SO EASY!  Who's in?  I'll even set up the account for you!


Now, I've had a pretty good weekend.  Yesterday, I didn't get up early to walk.  My new wonderdrug is making it difficult to get to sleep at night, but I'm hoping that will wear off.  (Last night was better.)  We cleaned the church, went to lunch with friends, went to Lowe's for paint, ran another errand, then home.  We got home around 6:30 and Violet went right to bed in her clothes--for the second night in a row!  I didn't read and pray with the girls last night.  I did drink my minimum water goal.


We went to bed last night pretty sure wee wouldn't be able to go to church because of the weather and we were right.  When I got up at 7, everything was covered in a layer of ice and it was still coming down, so we went back to bed.  :)  By 10:00, we were in a real snowstorm!  We got at least 4 inches today.  The girls spent a good while outside and Daniel, Earnie, and I spent the day in bed watching football.  It was pretty nice!


I'm going to try to get some areas of the living room and kitchen painted this week--that's what the trip to Lowe's was for.  I'm praying that I stay motivated.  I'm just really antsy right now to have some order in my life!  And now on to today's stats:

• Get out of bed and get dressed to shoes by 9:AM each day and make sure that the kids do the same.
• Snow days don't count!  ;)
• Drink a minimum of 8 glasses a water a day.
• 10!
• Take a multi-vitamin daily.
• Did it!
• Make better, much healthier eating choices for myself and my family.
• Not a great job today.  I made good choices with the yogurt and fruit strips and bad choices with the bag of chips and the candy.
• Lose two pounds a week.
• I finally signed up for Weight Watchers Online today and I'm so scared of failing.  Or succeeding.  I honestly don't know which, but I am anxious.  I will try very hard to start tomorrow.  Sundays will be my "weigh" days.
• Walk a minimum of one mile each day.
• No walking at all today.  :(
• Cook dinner 5 days a week.
• I made a mini-Thanksgiving meal today for fun--roast turkey breast, cornbread stuffing, gravy, mashed sweet potatoes, and sweet peas with pumpkin pie for dessert.  Oh, and I also just happened to have a can of cranberry sauce.  :P
• Stick to the household budget that Daniel and I have agreed upon.
• Will begin that Jan 14th.

• School consistently for a minimum of 4 days per week throughout the entire year so that we can get caught up.
• We're starting up with light work this week (1) to ease into it again and (2) so I can have a little extra time to do some painting.
• Read from the bible to the kids daily.
• We read Job 9-10.
• Pray alone and with the kids daily.
• Done!
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes a day working on any part of the house.
• None today.  I get Sundays off.
• Volunteer as a client advocate at the Christian pregnancy crisis center in Greenville.
• The paperwork is filled out and ready to mail.
• I will seek out the joy and contentment that is always in my life, but that I can't always see...AND
• when I'm feeling just regular, I'll smile just for fun.
• Who doesn't smile on a snow day?  :)

Alright, sweet friends, now start blogging!  I will daily pray for any friend who joins me!  With this I am faithful!

Day 7 Scatterbrained

My mind is all over the place today.  The Provigil seems to be working well.  We started our mini-co-op this morning and it went well.  Didn't really get anything else done today, though.  Had kind of a loser-ish day, so this entry will be short because I'm tired and I want to try to get up in the morning to walk before we have to leave to  clean the church.  I'm making myself do this because if I can't commit to typing some sentences on a daily basis, I'll never be able to commit to anything!  SOMETHING has to be consistent, right?  Only had 4 servings of water, no exercise, and we went out to eat at Tony's again.

I'm getting really antsy about getting something accomplished in the house, so tomorrow after cleaning, I want to go to Lowe's for primer, paint, trim and baseboards (finally!) for the living room.  I'll probably change my mind by the time I get home in the afternoon, but at least the stuff will be here so I can work on it next week.

I did bible reading and prayer with the girls as well as our Corrie ten Boom reading.  We love reading missionary biographies, but this one is more difficult to read for some reason.  While they're generally page-turners, I dread turning these pages because I don't want to know what happens next.

It's supposed to snow Sunday.

Day 6 Looking Up?

Psalm 121:1-2
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
   From where does my help come?
 My help comes from the LORD,
   who made heaven and earth.

It was a pretty good day.  My doctor prescribed a drug called Provigil.  It's commonly used for excessive sleepiness caused by narcolepsy and other sleep disorders.  I've already noticed a difference and am excited to see how it works first thing in the morning.  Maybe now I can even drive in the morning.  That was getting scary. Know what's weird?  I don't know if it's because I was busier or what, but I've had very little appetite today and NO sweets cravings.  I wish you could know how significant that is!

So I got up early and got to the doctor's office 13 minutes early.  Also significant.  Got my prescription and took it in the car after going through the Wendy's drive through (I didn't say it was a perfect day!).  Normally, I would have come home and taken a nap, exhausted from getting up and out early, BUT I DIDN'T.  I did, however, do a LOT of laundry!  (Seriously, how can 6 people produce THIS MUCH laundry?!)  I purged Earnie's closet of too-small clothes, snuggled with Violet while playing the "I Love You More Than ____" game--at her request, worked on getting materials ready for a class I'm teaching tomorrow (Anne of Green Gables lit study at the Farmersville mini-co-op), met Daniel in McKinney and shopped at Sam's and Target.  We didn't go out to eat, either.  After unpacking and putting everything away, I had a Chobani and a banana.  :)

I'm also excited that I got the form I need to fill out to get the ball rolling on becoming a volunteer at the clinic. I didn't have a chance today to sign up for Weight Watcher's, but I did get their most current cookbook in from Amazon and it looks great! 

Earnie's going to wake up any minute, so I need to wind this puppy up:

• Get out of bed and get dressed to shoes by 9:AM each day and make sure that the kids do the same.
• Yeah, baby!
• Drink a minimum of 8 glasses a water a day.
• Only 3.
• Take a multi-vitamin daily.
• Yeah, baby!
• Make better, much healthier eating choices for myself and my family.
• A little better.
• Lose two pounds a week.
• Got weighed at the doctor's office and it was 10 pounds less than I thought it would be.  Does that count?  ;)
• Walk a minimum of one mile each day.
• I did some power walking through Sam's and Target tonight.  Does that count?
• Cook dinner 5 days a week.
• Technically did not cook, but Matilda made pancakes while Daniel and I were out.  It counts in that we didn't go out for dinner, which is the desired outcome.

• Read from the bible to the kids daily.
• I wasn't here and I didn't think to do it before I left.
• Pray alone and with the kids daily.
• Not yet and not with kids.  :(  I really do want to become really consistent with this.
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes a day working on any part of the house.
• Purged Earnie's clothes of things he's outgrown.
• Volunteer as a client advocate at the Christian pregnancy crisis center in Greenville.
• Got the forms and will put them in the mail tomorrow!
• I will seek out the joy and contentment that is always in my life, but that I can't always see...AND
• when I'm feeling just regular, I'll smile just for fun.
• Done!

Gotta shut some dogs up.  Keep looking up!

Day 5 Going to Need a Bigger Push

2 Peter 2:19
They [false prophets and teachers] promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 


For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. 
To what are you enslaved?
I am ashamed of the things that overcome me.  I have definitely not been enslaved to Christ for the last couple of years.


I slept too late, took Matilda and Violet to the ortho/dentist, went to the post office, went to the store for laundry supplies, and did a few loads of laundry.  I didn't get anything else done and I was attacked by my arch-nemesis...that's right, Little Debbie.  I am enslaved to Little Debbie.  How ridiculous is that?  


I have to be at the doctor at 9:30 and it's a 40 minute drive, so I have no choice but to get up early tomorrow.  I'm hoping that getting out of the house early will get me motivated to work when I get home.  Here are today's stats:

• No more excuses.  Find and eliminate the catalysts for my excuse-making.
• No active progress today.
• Get out of bed and get dressed to shoes by 9:AM each day and make sure that the kids do the same.
• Fail!
• Drink a minimum of 8 glasses a water a day.
• 4 glasses.  
• Take a multi-vitamin daily.
• Did it!
• Make better, much healthier eating choices for myself and my family.
• I believe I mentioned the Little Debbies.  Also, after ortho appts, I take the girls to Sonic for slushes.  Today, we also got lunch and I had a corn dog and a small tots.  Double fail.  Daniel worked late tonight, so the girls had DiGiorno and I had leftover chickpea veggie curry and rice that was in the freezer. 
• Lose two pounds a week.
• Going to sign up for WW online when I finish here.  Didn't have a chance earlier.
• Walk a minimum of one mile each day.
• No walking at all today.  :(
• Cook dinner 5 days a week.
• I count the DiGiorno and curry as cooking.  ;)
• Stick to the household budget that Daniel and I have agreed upon.
• Will begin that Jan 14th.

• School consistently for a minimum of 4 days per week throughout the entire year so that we can get caught up.
• Starting the Farmersville co-op Friday and starting home school on Monday.
• Read from the bible to the kids daily.
• We read Job 5-6.
• Pray alone and with the kids daily.
• Done!
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes a day working on any part of the house.
• Did laundry and cleaned the kitchen, but this resolution is for the additional work that needs to be done, not the everyday work.
• Volunteer as a client advocate at the Christian pregnancy crisis center in Greenville.
• I didn't get a chance to call until they were closed, so will call tomorrow.
• I will seek out the joy and contentment that is always in my life, but that I can't always see...AND
• when I'm feeling just regular, I'll smile just for fun.
• Done!  Really, I actually have been doing this when I remember.  It makes me feel like Violet.  :)

I've got to get better if I am going to lose any weight.  I don't know where my discipline has gone and it's so hard to push myself.

Still praying daily for E and D and am happy to pray for you if you'll let me know!

Day 4

Another entry I'm mailing in as I have an unruly and un-sleepy 13-month-old boy literally kicking my arms as I type.  All efforts to get him to sleep for the last 3 hours have failed.  I've been watching the 1935 movie version of Crime and Punishment and really thought that would put him out, but no such luck.

• No more excuses.  Find and eliminate the catalysts for my excuse-making.
• No active progress today.
• Get out of bed and get dressed to shoes by 9:AM each day and make sure that the kids do the same.
• Failed again, but I'm not going to be too hard on myself until after I talk with my doctor.
• Drink a minimum of 8 glasses a water a day.
• 7 glasses.  Or, 2 glasses of tea and 2 of my water bottles full.
• Take a multi-vitamin daily.
• Did it!
• Make better, much healthier eating choices for myself and my family.
• Again, not perfect, but better.  We went out tonight to our favorite Mexican food restaurant, but instead of our usual cheese, sour cream, and lard-laden fare, we had family fajitas.  :)
• Lose two pounds a week.
• Going to sign up for WW online tomorrow.  I'm actually excited about it.
• Walk a minimum of one mile each day.
• No walking at all today.  :(
• Cook dinner 5 days a week.
• Didn't cook today.  I have to make myself cook for the rest of the week.
• Stick to the household budget that Daniel and I have agreed upon.
• Will begin that Jan 14th.

• School consistently for a minimum of 4 days per week throughout the entire year so that we can get caught up.
• Starting the Farmersville co-op Friday and starting home school on Monday.
• Read from the bible to the kids daily.
• We read Job 3-4.
• Pray alone and with the kids daily.
• Done!
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes a day working on any part of the house.
• Did some laundry and a little work in my room.
• Volunteer as a client advocate at the Christian pregnancy crisis center in Greenville.
• Calling tomorrow!
• I will seek out the joy and contentment that is always in my life, but that I can't always see...AND
• when I'm feeling just regular, I'll smile just for fun.
• Done!

Okay, it's now after 3:AM and I have to put this child to bed before he makes me crazy.  Goodnight!

Day 3 Baby Steps

Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Happy Birthday, Emily!

Okay, I tend to want everything to be perfect right away, but rarely does my life actually even come close.  So I'm going to push through this increasingly annoying migraine and share my progress, the baby steps that my sweet friends and family encourage me to take.

• No more excuses.  Find and eliminate the catalysts for my excuse-making.
• Making progress.  I called the doctor's office and set up an appointment for Thursday morning to discuss my prescriptions and fatigue.
• Get out of bed and get dressed to shoes by 9:AM each day and make sure that the kids do the same.
• Turned off my alarm without thinking and didn't wake up until Earnie did at 11:00.  This will be one of my most difficult challenges--it has been all my life.
• Drink a minimum of 8 glasses a water a day.
• Only 2 glasses today.  Will do better tomorrow.
• Take a multi-vitamin daily.
• Keep forgetting.  Going to print my list tonight and keep it with me and hang it up about the house.
• Make better, much healthier eating choices for myself and my family.
• Not perfect, but better.  I really want to sign up for WW online, but it doesn't support Chrome, so I'm sure if I would use it as much as I need to.  Still mulling it over.  Asked my mom if she wants to do it with me, but she's rather noncommittal.  Going to ask Daniel, too.  I'll start reporting my points when I start the program.  Ordered a scale today.
• Lose two pounds a week.
• I really want this to happen, so I'm going to have to get better with eating and walking.
• Walk a minimum of one mile each day.
• No walking at all today.  :(
• Cook dinner 5 days a week.
• I cooked tonight!  Chicken and veggie stir-fry w/ brown rice.
• Stick to the household budget that Daniel and I have agreed upon.
• Still working that out....
• School consistently for a minimum of 4 days per week throughout the entire year so that we can get caught up.
• Starting the Farmersville co-op Friday and starting home school on Monday.
• Read from the bible to the kids daily.
• We read Job 1-2.
• Pray alone and with the kids daily.
• I sort of pray throughout the day, but I will pray more later and I did pray with the kids tonight after our bible reading and our missionary biography reading.  Corrie ten Boom this time.
• Spend a minimum of 15 minutes a day working on any part of the house.
• Did 7 loads of laundry and a little work in the living room.
• Volunteer as a client advocate at the Christian pregnancy crisis center in Greenville.
• Planning to call Weds.  Didn't want to call the first Monday after the holidays.
• I will seek out the joy and contentment that is always in my life, but that I can't always see...AND
• when I'm feeling just regular, I'll smile just for fun.

That's all I have today.  Just trying to report even when I don't want to!

Praying for E and D.  Let me know if and how I can pray for you!