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I am...

THE laziest blogger EVER!

Accomplishment!

Today has been a good day. I woke up at 5:30 (almost as early as I've planned), spent time with Jesus, made school lunches and breakfast, took my vitamins, finished today's chores plus extra and I even had the energy and positive attitude to go grocery shopping! That seems like it shouldn't be a big deal but it's huge for me. I don't like leaving the house if I don't have to in winter. So I feel productive, joyful, relieved, at peace. There are still a few hours left but if something were to take me away from my routine I wouldn't dispair. I must remember how good it feels to bless my husband and children by giving them a clean and organized home. No joke, it feels amazing.

Acclimating

Today is Day One of my resolution to glorify God in my life. I woke up three hours late and am on the computer instead of finishing my chores so I'm right on track. The good thing is that I don't feel like I've failed already or that I've bitten off more than I can chew. I just know that these changes start with me and it's not going to be easy. It'll be fulfilling and satisfying, but it will be work. I didn't give up first thing this morning, I just checked my chart and started ticking off the chores as they worked in the timeframe that I have. I might have to rearrange or skip a couple things today but I'm working toward my daily goal and I have tomorrow to do it all over again. Each day is new and fresh, filled with grace and mercy. I wake up each day a sinner and am received as blameless. Starting the day knowing that gives me the joy and determination to continue to seek Him every chance I get. Phew!

2012

I want something different for this year. I want a fresh anointing, confidence in my purpose here, joy in the morning. I look back on 2011 and I'm disappointed. Where did I glorify God? When did I follow His call? How did I show His love? I can't answer any of these questions and I'm sick about it. No wonder I've felt like I've been walking in a fog, struggling to tread through the chaos that has been my life these last twelve months.
Well not this year. I feel 2011 showed me who I can be without God at the center of my life. I never want to live a year like that again. A year of emptiness and confusion, of struggling. This year will show who I am in Christ Jesus, a daughter of the King, giving glory to the Lord in all things. This is a year of repentance and humility, compassion and grace, love and joy through all that this season brings. Like my kids say every morning in school, I will not waste this day, for this day will never come again.

Bestseller?

I found some nuggets of gold while scrolling through my twitter page. Allow me to share.

A7
"There is antibodies and germ."
"Mmm, smell my face."

C7
game: name a part of the body
"Thorax!"
In reference to crawfish: "Remember when we when crotch fishing?"

M7
"It's like I married a soap opera."

Sheesh...

Some C7 quotes.

"I'm a kid, mom. T-O-Y, kid."

"Do you remember on red robinhood?"

"Dear ____, I'm sorry I gave you a wedgie. It was fun."