Friday December 17, 2010

Today's Good Things:
Beat my wake up goal by 15 minutes
GREAT time in the word today
Got a big chunk of our Christmas baking done
Enjoyed a lovely evening with friends
I made a new friend today
I visited with several dear friends on skype today
Pretty good choices for meals today

Today's Not So Good Things:
No real exercise
I taste-tested a bit (but not nearly as much as I normally would have)
Didn't handle my stressful times as well as I should have

Today was a crazy day! I had some great visits via skype and IRL in my home. It's such a gift to me to be able to talk with friends that love the Lord and encourage me to seek Him in all things. I feel so blessed to have an abundance of godly relationships.

The children and I spent the day baking and cleaning. We were all pretty tired, but got a lot done. We also enjoyed a few movies while we worked. It was a pretty neat day, aside from those harried moments when everyone needed Momma at the very same time. ;-)

I feel like I could fall asleep typing, that's for sure. Tomorrow promises to be full as well. We have the privilege of being part of a service project to share the Christmas story with some residents in a nursing home. The children are dressing up to act out the story. We are all very excited. We'll be enjoying a meal with our friends afterwards as well. Again, all of this great fellowship tends to circle around food. However, we do need to eat dinner, so we may as well enjoy it with people we love, right?

I'm planning to stay home from my normal early Saturday morning gleaning to get some extra rest. Then I will be making some semi-healthy sloppy joes to take for dinner.  I look forward to getting in a workout of some kind in the morning before we leave, and possibly in the evening when we get home. For the first time in my life, I miss working out and can tell that I *need* to do it. Mostly because I enjoy it and find it helps me to relax and destress. I love that feeling!

I also want to work on one thing from my list I made yesterday regarding my habits during social events. I'm going to think and pray about a way to be more active while I'm visiting with others. What can I do to keep from just sitting and talking. How can I get moving and be productive? Some thoughts just now:

1. Be sure to help with meal set-up and clean-up
2. Don't send a child to do a task I can get up and do easily
3. Frequent checks on children as they play
4. Help children with tidying up before we leave - This is a good one, since I generally just tell them to do it. This way I can be moving but also be more carefully overseeing their work. That's a win-win!

Okay, so I've got that to work on. I like having something new to work on. :-)