One of those days

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Sometimes when it’s a holiday and you have the day off, you have so much to do around the house that you should just stay there.  Work hard.  Do laundry.  Clean bathrooms.  Do dishes.  Put up laundry.  Go to the grocery store.

So many things that you really should do.

But it’s a 70-degree, beautiful day in January, and you suddenly have no motivation to be responsible.  You just want to get out, enjoy the beautiful day, your day off work and your kids.

So, you pack up your kids, go pick up your mom to come on the adventure…and have a blast!

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It was totally the right call!

(I’m now trying to get as much done as possible so that I feel somewhat responsible!)

3 Quotes

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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. – Amelia Earhart

Lives are like glo-sticks. They don’t really glow until they’ve been busted up a little bit. – Glennon Melton

Unconditional love is not “Christianity lite”.  It’s Christianity lived out, and it’s hard.” – Rachel Held Evans

Love > Being Right

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When I was growing up, my church made me feel like I had to have all the right answers and have a solid debate in place before I was ready to attempt to evangelize.

So I didn’t.

I just knew there would be some question thrown at me that I didn’t have an answer for.

I didn’t feel qualified.

Now that I’m an adult, I realize I’m never going to have all the right answers. And I’m ok with that. I like the freedom from the pressure of having to know everything!

But you know what I am qualified for? Loving others! That’s the main thing we are called to do! And I’m convinced that if I make a point to enter more into the lives of others and love and accept them and really get to know them, “evangelism” will be a piece of cake. Spiritual conversations will flow more naturally. And one person at a time, people will easily be able to see a loving Jesus through me.

Love > being right and having all of the answers!

Choices

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Sometimes there are big choices to make in life. Like when one of your kids is taking a nap with you and you have to pee really bad.

Do you lay in bed in pain not moving just so you don’t take the chance of waking the child up? Nap time is precious! Never wake a sleeping child! You know if they wake up, there is no chance of them going back to sleep. No siree.

Or do you throw all caution to the wind and get up to use the bathroom? Do you risk waking up the child to make yourself feel better?

You lay in bed contemplating your choices. Laying out the pros and cons. Weighing your options.

Eventually you have to go so bad you’re like “the heck with it!” and get up. At the sound of the tiniest bit of sound from the ruffle of the covers as you try to sneak out of bed…

The child is up and nap time is over.

The end.

Day 11

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First of all, I took my 3 kids to my oldest’s basketball game by myself because my husband had a church deal this morning. I took pictures of the games with the 2 two years olds climbing all over me while having to text people to answer questions about building HVAC info for work. That right there was hustle!!

Then today I have done a ton if laundry.

Oh, and I sold a crib mattress. Woohoo!!

My husband went to the store this evening so I went ahead and fed the kids dinner. When he came home, he made me a wonderful surprise dinner of steak, salad, edamame and bread. It was awesome!

Hustle on, friends!

Playing Favorites

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I have so many favorite people!

I find myself thinking all the time that someone is my favorite! But a few seconds later, I think someone else is my favorite! And on and on! I’m so glad that I have so many favorite people in my life! There are so many great people out there!

When I started noticing myself doing this, I had to take a step back to think about it.

Everyone can’t be a favorite, right?

And you know what I decided? Yes! Yes they can! I can have as many favorites as I want!

I think it’s the coolest thing that I have so many favorites! I’m a blessed girl! So many people to love, to enjoy and to be friends with!

And I’m enjoying playing favorites!

Day 10

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After work today, I probably should have done more. Gotten some stuff done.

But I had a few hours to myself, so I did this:

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I laid on the couch under my favorite blanket, read a book and slept for a short time.

It was just what I needed! I don’t get a lot of time to myself. Sometimes the best use of this time is to get things done, run errands, etc. when no one is around. And sometimes the best thing I can do is to chill, relax and decompress.

I needed just that today, and it hit the spot!

Day 9

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Today’s assignment was to cut your goal for the month in half. My goal was to make a book each for my twins. I guess I could have just made one book for them to share, but I wanted them to have their own. And I couldn’t hardly make one for one kid and make the other wait. Well, I guess I could, but then I’d feel bad.

I finished both books tonight and have sent them off to be printed!

I feel so good that this goal is done! In less than 10 days!

Now I’ll start brainstorming ideas for more books and working on other things I wanted to do this year.

Hustle, hustle!

Day 8

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Hustle today consisted of work, cooking dinner, cleaning up, then a meeting at church. There will be days that are so full it’s hard to fit in any extra, and today was one of those.

Today’s assignment is to think about your vision. My vision is for my kids to read the books I write and enjoy them.

I’ll have to hustle a little extra tomorrow!