Reflections and Goals for 2011

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.  ~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Hair adventures...

Thanks to the inspiration from The Story Of A Princess And Her Hair as well as my magnificent Mom's of Girls... I have decided every day (that go out)... to try some new (ie something other than the standard two pig tails or single pony tail).styles on KB's hair.  I have only been at it two days... and so far, it's It has been challenging, but so much fun!

Clean up your act...

"As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behaviour. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works."

~ John C. Maxwell

thanx for sharing, Moriah!!

courtesy of: Mama Is

Reflections and Goals for 2010

Goals for 2009

• Get "good" soaps for kitchen/bathroom/hands/KB & Me
• Get Bamboo utensils (Pampered chef?)
• Remove all plastic dinnerware (all cups, plates, utensils, etc)
• Limit other plastics (ie storage, etc)
• Get KB at least one Klean Kanteen - get rid of plastic sippies
• Find a regular time for bible reading/prayer
• Get EO's and learn uses for them.
• Other than our once-a-week Chick-fil-A... not eat fast food during 2009. (esp McDonalds)!
• Limit soft drinks to 1-2x month! (at MOST!)
• Get a sewing machine & become efficient on it!
• Start a schedule for day & reorganize the chores schedule 
• Start a weekly date night
  
  Morning:
• Feed fish
• Unload dishwasher
  
  Night:
• Clean up kitchen (wipe down table/counters - sweep)
• Load remaining dishes in dishwasher - start it.
  
  To Read:
• "How to raise a healthy child in spite of your doctor" by Robert Mendelsohn.
• "Continum Concept" Jean Liedloff
• "Diaper Free Baby"
• "The Natural Child: Parenting From the Heart" Jan Hunt
• "Grace-Based Parenting" by Dr. Tim Kimmel

My New-Week Resolution...

One typically uses New Years to make advantageous commitments about lifestyle choices, the reforming of habits, etc. But since New Years in another 4 months off, yet... I am going to make a New-Week resolution....

Taming the tongue...

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. ~ Job 6:24

The tongue is a powerful tool which can be used to greatly bless, or completely ravage those we love most. Yet despite it's power, many never learn to control it. I have come to realize that interrupting is an area of controlling the tongue where I really struggle.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. ~Dorothy Nevill

We've all been there - it's super annoying. You're in the middle of talking, sharing a thought.... when all of the sudden someone interrupts you. And while their input maybe good and/or relevant to the conversation, you wonder... couldn't they have waited until I was done?

A wise person once said "Foolishness always results when the tongue outraces the brain."

We must remember our tongues [words] display who we are…..the true us… our character. Words build our reputation, and prestige.... they are a window into our souls.

The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it. ~Frank M. Garafola

So my resolution... ask the Lord daily, to help me tame my tongue.

"Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord, keep watch over the door of my lips" ~ Psalm 141:3