Day 2 - December 27 - Do not worry!

Matthew 6:27 - "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"

I won't say I never worry; I do sometimes.  I mostly worry about my kids' safety and their choices in behavior and how those choices will affect them longterm.  I have always been one to pray for something and then get in God's way by trying to help His process along.  You would think I'd learn that when I wait on God, we would have a much better outcome.  So I have to trust God with my kids.

I usually keep the toddlers during the 11:00 service at church, but today since our numbers were down, we combined the toddlers and the two-year-olds.  I really like those two-year-olds!  I think Beth is going to move me after the first of the year.

After church, we all went to Tyler to spend our Christmas money, and I left all my Kohl's cards at home.  I just finished shopping online.  It was more fun anyway.

I started reading Beverly Lewis's The Covenant.  It seems like it will be pretty good as far as first chapters go.

I still haven't touched my piano.  I may try to make a point of doing that on my school piano during my lunch time during the week.

I ramble...

I'm ending today's post with a quote shared this morning by Bro. Bryan:

"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied with Him."  - John Piper

Trust!  Trust!  Trust!

Day 1 - December 26

1.  Matthew 5:16 - "...let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."  I think about the number of people I have encountered during my lifetime, and I wonder what kind of impression I have left on them.  Scary!

2.  AM - I wish somebody in this house would get up so I could work on being more loving.  Who am I kidding;  I love my alone time.  Check back with me at the end of the day.

PM - It helps when you cook dinner and everyone likes what you cook.

3.  Household - I ran the dishwasher and changed Adam's bedding.  That's a start, I suppose.

4.  OK, I'm back on my WeightWatchers.com page.  I've been paying for it, might as well use it.  Meals for the day are planned in the morning.  I love structure!  COMMIT!

     However, Taco Bell was not part of the plan.

Tonight, Eric, Lauren, Adam, and I went downtown to see The Blind Side.  We give it eight thumbs up!

The List

Since this is the PM of Christmas Day, I am not counting this as an official day of the 90-Day self-improvement journey.  I will update my list as I come up with more areas to improve, but for now, this is a start:

1.  I want to be a better person.  I am starting this journey with a morning Bible-study (Day 1). I have a Karen Kingsbury 52-Week Devotional book ordered from Barnes and Noble, but it will not be here before I get up, so I think I will start with the Women's Devotional Bible.  I love Beth Moore, and I have a number of her studies, but hers are so long...  commit, COMMIT!

2.  I want to be a more loving person, and I want to teach my children to be loving people.  Enough said.

3.  I want to run an efficient household.  Once upon a time, my house was always clean and tidy.  Everything had a place and that is where it could be found.  NO GERMS ALLOWED!  This I believe will help not only our overall health but, I believe, our overall happiness as well.

4.  I want to eat healthier, exercise more, lose weight, and feel better.  It would be great to get off meds

5.  I want to read more.

6. I want to write more...hence this blog.  Hopefully, this will take some of my time away from Facebook, Mafia Wars, Farmville, and Fishville.

7.  I want to direct a winning play.

8.  I want to coach Prose and Poetry Interp all the way to state.

9.  I want to put in a yard.

10. I want to play my piano at least once a week.