Sunday, January 19, 2020
Weekly Worship - Shane & Shane: I Will Wait For You (Psalm 130)
One of the Bible Study books I have for this year is on Psalms so I've been looking for songs based on the Psalms as well. I might not make it very far in the Bible Study Book but music speaks to my soul - sometimes even more then a book.
Saturday, January 18, 2020
2020 Week #3 Photos
Here's what our week looked like.
Saturday - We went no where and did nothing. We were forecasted to get a huge ice storm. We did get freezing rain, sleet and snow but not as heavy as they thought (which was good - we didn't want to lose power!). We hung out at home and watch playoff football games. It was awesome.
Sunday - Read what I wrote for Saturday - same thing HA! Church was cancelled - we went no where!
Monday - School! My mom surprised us and took us out to lunch which was very nice. Finally, Nate had TKD :-)
Tuesday - School! We were wrapping up projects today like Josh's food truck and Nate's science experiment.
Wednesday - We finished up the last few projects. I took Nate to get new tennis shoes and the boys went to AWANA. It was actually a low key day.
Thursday - School is done! Yeah! Today we headed to the library for the homeschool activity. Our friends had a half day so that was added fun!
Friday - Today is the first day of Friday School and Nate's birthday party! I'll be honest, I don't think I'll get a chance to post photos before this automatically posts on Saturday morning. Darryl and I are being banned to the playroom after dinner and cake so the boys can have the living room HA! So, I'll share photos from his birthday weekend in next weeks post!
Saturday - We went no where and did nothing. We were forecasted to get a huge ice storm. We did get freezing rain, sleet and snow but not as heavy as they thought (which was good - we didn't want to lose power!). We hung out at home and watch playoff football games. It was awesome.
Sunday - Read what I wrote for Saturday - same thing HA! Church was cancelled - we went no where!
Monday - School! My mom surprised us and took us out to lunch which was very nice. Finally, Nate had TKD :-)
Tuesday - School! We were wrapping up projects today like Josh's food truck and Nate's science experiment.
Wednesday - We finished up the last few projects. I took Nate to get new tennis shoes and the boys went to AWANA. It was actually a low key day.
Thursday - School is done! Yeah! Today we headed to the library for the homeschool activity. Our friends had a half day so that was added fun!
Friday - Today is the first day of Friday School and Nate's birthday party! I'll be honest, I don't think I'll get a chance to post photos before this automatically posts on Saturday morning. Darryl and I are being banned to the playroom after dinner and cake so the boys can have the living room HA! So, I'll share photos from his birthday weekend in next weeks post!
Friday, January 17, 2020
Weekly Menu - The mixed up week!
This coming week has lots of little things that are different than the norm! I'll still work on keeping it simple and easy!
Friday - Since Nate's birthday is so close to Christmas, it was too hard to get is friends together for a party so, tonight is the night! He has three friends coming over to spend the night and he wants Pizza Hut Pizza and Breadsticks so that is what he gets!
Saturday - Since the party is an all-night, I might be sleeping by dinner time HA! For real though, simple is the key so leftovers are on the menu or Spaghetti.
Sunday - It's still football! My plan is to have Chili going in the crock pot before we leave for church. I'll cook up some spaghetti noodles after church (because Darryl loves his chili over spaghetti!) and we will enjoy that while we watch football!
Monday - It's TKD night so dinner is eaten in shifts. I think we will just have chicken noodle soup and french bread. It's simple and tastes good :-)
Tuesday - Nate and I have to go in for a sleep study (well, technically Nate does, I'm just along for the ride . .. well, actually I'm driving HA) Josh will be at my mom's so maybe Darryl, Nate and I will eat at McDonald's (Nate's favorite) before he and I leave.
Wednesday - AWANA - Pizza night!
Thursday - I might actually cook! Zuppa Tuscana Soup - I can put it in the crock pot and let it go! I'll make some garlic bread and maybe even add a nice salad to round it all out.
Friday - Since Nate's birthday is so close to Christmas, it was too hard to get is friends together for a party so, tonight is the night! He has three friends coming over to spend the night and he wants Pizza Hut Pizza and Breadsticks so that is what he gets!
Saturday - Since the party is an all-night, I might be sleeping by dinner time HA! For real though, simple is the key so leftovers are on the menu or Spaghetti.
Sunday - It's still football! My plan is to have Chili going in the crock pot before we leave for church. I'll cook up some spaghetti noodles after church (because Darryl loves his chili over spaghetti!) and we will enjoy that while we watch football!
Monday - It's TKD night so dinner is eaten in shifts. I think we will just have chicken noodle soup and french bread. It's simple and tastes good :-)
Tuesday - Nate and I have to go in for a sleep study (well, technically Nate does, I'm just along for the ride . .. well, actually I'm driving HA) Josh will be at my mom's so maybe Darryl, Nate and I will eat at McDonald's (Nate's favorite) before he and I leave.
Wednesday - AWANA - Pizza night!
Thursday - I might actually cook! Zuppa Tuscana Soup - I can put it in the crock pot and let it go! I'll make some garlic bread and maybe even add a nice salad to round it all out.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
20 in 2020 Goals
This year our little goal group is doing 20 in 2020. The plan is to write out 20 goals to accomplish in 2020. This are always bigger items, not the little monthly goals I try to accomplish. Often these are goals that can be broken down into smaller chunks - sometimes not.
1. Take the boys to fun places in Grand Rapids and get photos. (Fish ladder, the huge tire swing, the lion mural, the blue bridge, and more. I want to take advantage of our city while the boys are "this" age.
2. Scrapbooking goals. I'm learning to be more intentional with scrapbooking at home. It's been difficult to find scrapbook crops that I can actually attend so I have to make time to do what I love at home. I'd really like to finish 2014 (almost there). Then look at the other years and see where I'm at and work on the next year (I think it's 2016) while also working on 2020. It is hard to work on multiple years but I'd like to be current with this year while working on catching up the other years.
3. Reading. I want to focus more on reading. I had some issues with my contacts last year and found it very hard to read so, well, I didn't. That problem is now corrected so it's time to read again. My goal is to set a reading goal each month and try to accomplish that goal.
4. Cleaning I am working on creating a 20 day a month cleaning challenge for myself. It is based on the concept I did over a year ago where the group I'm part of set a goal to get rid of the number if items to match the date. It worked well for me - I don't tend to have hours to dedicate to a project but I can carve out 20 minutes or so around our school day.
5. Family. Go see movies we want to see; do things we want to do; and enjoy time together. The boys are looking forward to playing flag football this year so I want to help that happen. Josh loves to run so I want to help him success at that by getting the right shoes and seeking out guidance from friends who are runners.
6. The last "McMaster" niece graduates this year so I need to complete her graduation album by May.
7. Complete some simple projects around the house including replacing the difficult lightbulb above m sink, getting the seal for a piece on the sink (that I dropped down the drain a year or so ago HA!), and maybe even a new thermostat just to name a few items.
8. Homeschool - I have some new ideas for our second semester including a "Monday Morning Meeting" were we can go over our week and also the goal of both boys working on their multiplication memorization. I also, as always, will need to decide what to do about the fall when it comes to the program we will use for homeschooling.
9. Learn how to make Macaroons. It doesn't seem like much but I love them and would just like to try my hand at making them.
10. Plan our "Holidays" - This includes Birthdays and traditional holidays. I need to update my my holiday journal and then start on plans for Valentine's Day :-)
11. The Misc List - I tend to have a list of things that are just needed or need done - such as - Josh needs new dress pants, Nate needs a light jacket, I have two gifts we got Nate I need to return/replace, the boys need sleds, I need to hang up Nate's racetrack we moved to the basement, Darryl needs to help Nate make shelves for his TKD boards that he has broken, clean out the misc card in the bathroom. As you can see that list is long and I'm sure there more!
12. Buy a "new" car. It might seem odd to add to the goals but, we kind of now this has to happen so, I guess, making it a goal is a good thing.
13. Go camping at least once in the summer.
14. The basement - this is separate then the other cleaning goal. Last year I worked hard to make the basement need and basically organized. This year, it's time to go shelf by shelf, bin by bin, and really clean stuff out.
15. The garage - the boys want to have a garage sale, I do not HA! So, no matter what the garage will get cleaned up and organized as stuff will either get sold that has been sitting out there for close to a year OR it will go to charity.
16. Music - The boys are continuing piano lessons. I would like to focus on "perfecting" one song a month on the piano and also having my next song for special music ready before it's time to sing :-)
17. Take a photography class. There is a local photographer that does classes several times a year. I have a goal to sign up and take one this year. I took one from my friend several years ago and enjoyed it but have forgotten most of it - I'd like to learn to use my camera better.
18. Plan some dates with Darryl. With my mom close by, it is easier to make this happen now.
19. Spiritual - I'm a strong starter and a slow finisher when it comes to Bible Study Books. I have one picked out to start - I'm part of an accountability group so hopefully that will help :-)
20. Finances - I have some savings goals for this year as well as continuing to look for way to make a little extra income that fits well with our family life.
I feel like I'm a little more "broad" this year in my goals. As the year progresses I will narrow them down to more specific things, I'm sure. I'm also a little scattered on goals still this year. These first two weeks of the year are 100% school focused as we push to finish up lessons. Plus, just "recovering" from the holidays seems to take up my time. I won't really start even January goals (which are not written) until the 20th!
1. Take the boys to fun places in Grand Rapids and get photos. (Fish ladder, the huge tire swing, the lion mural, the blue bridge, and more. I want to take advantage of our city while the boys are "this" age.
2. Scrapbooking goals. I'm learning to be more intentional with scrapbooking at home. It's been difficult to find scrapbook crops that I can actually attend so I have to make time to do what I love at home. I'd really like to finish 2014 (almost there). Then look at the other years and see where I'm at and work on the next year (I think it's 2016) while also working on 2020. It is hard to work on multiple years but I'd like to be current with this year while working on catching up the other years.
3. Reading. I want to focus more on reading. I had some issues with my contacts last year and found it very hard to read so, well, I didn't. That problem is now corrected so it's time to read again. My goal is to set a reading goal each month and try to accomplish that goal.
4. Cleaning I am working on creating a 20 day a month cleaning challenge for myself. It is based on the concept I did over a year ago where the group I'm part of set a goal to get rid of the number if items to match the date. It worked well for me - I don't tend to have hours to dedicate to a project but I can carve out 20 minutes or so around our school day.
5. Family. Go see movies we want to see; do things we want to do; and enjoy time together. The boys are looking forward to playing flag football this year so I want to help that happen. Josh loves to run so I want to help him success at that by getting the right shoes and seeking out guidance from friends who are runners.
6. The last "McMaster" niece graduates this year so I need to complete her graduation album by May.
7. Complete some simple projects around the house including replacing the difficult lightbulb above m sink, getting the seal for a piece on the sink (that I dropped down the drain a year or so ago HA!), and maybe even a new thermostat just to name a few items.
8. Homeschool - I have some new ideas for our second semester including a "Monday Morning Meeting" were we can go over our week and also the goal of both boys working on their multiplication memorization. I also, as always, will need to decide what to do about the fall when it comes to the program we will use for homeschooling.
9. Learn how to make Macaroons. It doesn't seem like much but I love them and would just like to try my hand at making them.
10. Plan our "Holidays" - This includes Birthdays and traditional holidays. I need to update my my holiday journal and then start on plans for Valentine's Day :-)
11. The Misc List - I tend to have a list of things that are just needed or need done - such as - Josh needs new dress pants, Nate needs a light jacket, I have two gifts we got Nate I need to return/replace, the boys need sleds, I need to hang up Nate's racetrack we moved to the basement, Darryl needs to help Nate make shelves for his TKD boards that he has broken, clean out the misc card in the bathroom. As you can see that list is long and I'm sure there more!
12. Buy a "new" car. It might seem odd to add to the goals but, we kind of now this has to happen so, I guess, making it a goal is a good thing.
13. Go camping at least once in the summer.
14. The basement - this is separate then the other cleaning goal. Last year I worked hard to make the basement need and basically organized. This year, it's time to go shelf by shelf, bin by bin, and really clean stuff out.
15. The garage - the boys want to have a garage sale, I do not HA! So, no matter what the garage will get cleaned up and organized as stuff will either get sold that has been sitting out there for close to a year OR it will go to charity.
16. Music - The boys are continuing piano lessons. I would like to focus on "perfecting" one song a month on the piano and also having my next song for special music ready before it's time to sing :-)
17. Take a photography class. There is a local photographer that does classes several times a year. I have a goal to sign up and take one this year. I took one from my friend several years ago and enjoyed it but have forgotten most of it - I'd like to learn to use my camera better.
18. Plan some dates with Darryl. With my mom close by, it is easier to make this happen now.
19. Spiritual - I'm a strong starter and a slow finisher when it comes to Bible Study Books. I have one picked out to start - I'm part of an accountability group so hopefully that will help :-)
20. Finances - I have some savings goals for this year as well as continuing to look for way to make a little extra income that fits well with our family life.
I feel like I'm a little more "broad" this year in my goals. As the year progresses I will narrow them down to more specific things, I'm sure. I'm also a little scattered on goals still this year. These first two weeks of the year are 100% school focused as we push to finish up lessons. Plus, just "recovering" from the holidays seems to take up my time. I won't really start even January goals (which are not written) until the 20th!
Monday, January 13, 2020
My Word of the Year
For quite a few years I've picked a word or phrase that I want to focus on for the coming year. Some (that I can remember) from past years included Joy (I've used that one a few years), Discipline, and Living with Purpose. As much as I love the whole idea of Joy, and the reason I've used it several times, I wanted to pick something new this year. I was drawing a total blank; total lack of inspiration until a Camp and Conference Center I follow on Facebook shared their word of the year. I even took a few moments to do a little research of their choice and it challenged me so I decided that it was my "word" too.
Perfect Peace
I want to focus this coming year on Perfect Peace. I want to possibly do a study on peace as it is shared in the Bible. I'm also thinking about ways to make my life and the lives of my family full of peace. I'm not even 100% sure how that will look yet other then to try and take away things that cause stress both individually and as a family I do believe that Peace and Joy go hand in hand so this is a natural progression. I also want to find ways to keep our home peaceful - simple things like playing music throughout the day, helping each family member achieve the things they need to get done during the day (really thinking about school and not getting overwhelmed with projects!), and other simple things like that. I might even look for a piece of artwork for our home that will incorporate my theme word/phrase and that verse. (I still want to find one related to "Joy"!)
Do you pick a theme each year? I know that people either seem to love the idea or think it's crazy! Either way is fine because we are all different people and have different ideas for things like goals and themes!
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Weekly Worship - Redeemer of the Rain
I had never heard this song until this past Thursday evening when a friend shared it on Facebook. The video begins with the back story about the reason for the song - you can fast forward past that and just listen to the song if you would like :-)
Saturday, January 11, 2020
2020 Week #2 Photos (or lack thereof)
This was what would chalk up to an unexciting week. Everything kind of calmed down after the busy holiday season and, honestly, it's been kind of nice.
Saturday - The boys and I hung out at home while I put away "Christmas". It was nice to get all of that done. Then, we enjoyed watching both playoff football games.
Sunday - We all went to church and then headed home for football! We did take the Christmas tree down but otherwise, we just enjoyed being a little lazy :-)
Monday - Back to the grind! We worked on school all day and then Nate started back to TKD after a few weeks off.
Tuesday - Just school! It was a perfect day to get alot done.
Wednesday - Just school all day and the boys went to AWANA at night.
Thursday - Nate had a doctors appointment with the "lung" doctor so he and were at that for a good portion of the day. He's now got a couple of inhalers to help him out and he has to do a sleep study. It was a fun spending the day with Nate :-)
Friday - Today was just a leadership team meeting which took a good chunk of the day!
No photos of this week!! Maybe next week I'll challenge myself to take one photo each day of something :-)
Saturday - The boys and I hung out at home while I put away "Christmas". It was nice to get all of that done. Then, we enjoyed watching both playoff football games.
Sunday - We all went to church and then headed home for football! We did take the Christmas tree down but otherwise, we just enjoyed being a little lazy :-)
Monday - Back to the grind! We worked on school all day and then Nate started back to TKD after a few weeks off.
Tuesday - Just school! It was a perfect day to get alot done.
Wednesday - Just school all day and the boys went to AWANA at night.
Thursday - Nate had a doctors appointment with the "lung" doctor so he and were at that for a good portion of the day. He's now got a couple of inhalers to help him out and he has to do a sleep study. It was a fun spending the day with Nate :-)
Friday - Today was just a leadership team meeting which took a good chunk of the day!
No photos of this week!! Maybe next week I'll challenge myself to take one photo each day of something :-)
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