My husband and I have a date night coming up. I’ve been trading baby sitting, so we are going to get to go to a dinner AND a movie- woo hoo! I have no idea what is playing, so I am asking for a good movie suggestion? My husband will fall asleep through a chick flick, so that is out of the question. I can’t handle scary, horror movies, but I do like action movies, and we both like a good comedy. SO, what do you suggest?
My friend recently returned from Burkina Faso, where they met people whom their company, LJ Urban, would be helping, to fund the training of masons to build homes.
Visit the site, Do Some Good Now, to learn more.
Camilla Engman is an illustrator, whose design was chosen by converse, for thr RED campagin, whose efforts, “help reduce the effects of AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis within Africa.”
~Aren’t they cute?
I’ve been frustrated today with the amount of laundry that has been piling up in each of our rooms, the amount of dishes in the sink at the end of the day, and the amount of necessary paperwork I’ve been meaning to attend to.
I realized that I have gotten into the bad habit of stuffing things, and waiting until the need is urgent to get it done. I wait until there’s nothing clean to wear, before I do the laundry, wait until the bills are nearly late to pay them, wait until the very last minute, then work frantically, stress out, and get it done in the nick of time. So comes my desire to organize my time, but I don’t know how. I write lists, I have a day planner, but important things still slip through the cracks. So my first question is, how many people plan their days meticulously, or do you go with what comes at you and do what needs to get done?
I do this relationally as well. I think things don’t bother me, consider myself easy going, not too picky, not choosy, don’t care, go with the flow, and then something happens, and out of nowhere comes all these things I had no idea I felt, remembered or cared about. I stuff, and then out it comes when I can’t seem to take anymore. I want to be able to really really let things go. I want to stop stuffing. Are you a stuffer? Any suggestions?
~This is something I may be working on for the “21 day challenge.”
My friend brought me a book a couple days ago, and it had me locked in from the first page. I’m almost done with it, and it’s so good. The story is about an irish girl fleeing her country to America, set during the early 1900’s. If you are looking for a good fiction mystery novel, read, “Murphy’s Law,” by Rhys Bowen. It is also a series, so I am excited to read the next one.
Once again, my kids are saying/ doing cute things. They just don’t stop.
Eliot brought home his papers from pre school, and he had circled the yes or no to the questions asked.
~Do you help a friend when they are hurt? Yes. (he circled)
~Do you say please when you ask for something? Yes.
~Do you share? …… nothing was circled, I guess he’s still mulling that over.
*Aiden threw up yesterday, (will the sickness ever leave our house?) and I said, “Here, let me wipe up the puke.” He said, “It’s not puke, it’s barf, and it was an ask-i-dent.”
Are you keeping up on the Noticing project? I love today’s pictures. What has been your favorite?
The other night I realized that I was sitting there knitting, and listening to the bible. In spite of the fact that I was enjoying myself, I realized that I closely resembled my grandma, whom I loved dearly, but I am 26 years old. I was knitting… while listening to the bible…. They are both great things to do, but when put together, it’s the ultimate grandma cliche. To redeem my youth, I went and put on my Toby mac t shirt, and sent some text messages. Then I felt better about going to bed at 10pm.
This week is flying by, I can not believe it’s already Thursday. We took our boys to Build a bear to celebrate Aiden’s birthday, and it was so cute to watch what each of the boys picked out.
Aiden put a birthday song in his bear, and dressed him in a birthday shirt and jeans and hat. He named his bear, “Sack,” to go along with his other stuffed animals at home who are all named, “wack, pack, mack,” etc.
Blue first picked out a nascar shirt, camo boxers, and a leather jacket. His bear happens to have a belly too that stuck out of the shirt. He decided against that outfit and went with a spiderman suit for his bear. He named his bear “spidey bear.” It’s so fun to watch their different personalities, and to watch them take care of their new babies.
*I’m a little late to this, but here is my entry to Kat’s music monday!
I personally love anything by the Worship Circle . I’ve got the first three circles, and a “Chair and microphone, vol.2” I would own all of their albums, and I am definitely going to continue to buy them. Their music is raw, emotional, real, and causes you to feel as though you are able to freely worship. I love it.
