Weekly Goals: August 5, 2013

Here are last week's goals and how each one went...

Weekly goals for 7-29-13

1) Have my husband take the boys to the library.  Check
2) Sort through Liam's clothes.  Replace all the 2T shirts and pajamas with 4T shirts and pajamas.  I got this project started.  All the 4T shirts and pajamas are in the washing machine right now and I have a plastic storage container to put the 2T clothes in.

We're going to be moving starting in about 4 weeks.  It's to a small town just south of where we live now, about a 20 minute drive.  I've been putting off making plans until things were official and I got word this week that it's as official as we're going to get until we sign the-- home purchased/it's officially yours/your prayers have been answered --papers.

Now, I need a plan.  A loose, flexible, don't flip out on me plan.  So, here's where I'll start:

Organize and pack the following areas-

1) Coat Closet  Check

I kept out a jacket for each of us, took out the coats that are too small/big to put in the storage bins and
put all of out winter coats into the garbage bags.  I saw this idea on pinterest and I'm hoping it won't be a pinterest fail.

We used this over the door shoe organizer for craft supplies. 
I sorted through the supplies, threw out all the junk and packed the rest up.

The first box is packed!  One down and I don't even know how many more to go...

 2) Entertainment Center
3) The Table Where We Sort Our Mail
4) Laundry Room
5) Den


Weekly Goals:  August 5, 2013

1) Finish sorting through Liam's clothes
2) Begin sorting through Matt's clothes.  (His current sized clothes are all mixed in with the clothes that are now too small.)

Moving plan:

1) Entertainment Center
2) Table Where We Sort Our Mail
3) Laundry Room
4) Den
5) Basement Play Room
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I ended up having Saturday off.  It was a last minute decision made by our Center Manager and I am really grateful to have had an extra day.

This week looks like it will be long, with teaching all day, bus routes in the afternoon and a home visit.  We are also scheduled to work on Saturday. 

Let's just see if getting one area of the house done inspires me to work on others or if I'll ignore my list and just go to bed.  :-)

"Don't Say Dat To Me!"

We're eating lunch and my youngest, Liam has no clothes on.  It just wasn't worth the battle and I promise I'll get him dressed before we go to the grocery store.

I had headed back to the kitchen to get another slice of pizza and I heard my husband say "He's peeing."  I looked up and feared the worse (like an almost three year old peeing on the table) but didn't see him and heard the sound of him peeing in the toilet.

Liam walked back into the dining room and said "I peed."

I stood there with my mouth open as I thought about all the times I had asked or "suggested" he use the toilet.  He had always responded with an adamant "NO!" and most of the time, I just let it go.

Liam looked at my face and said "Don't say dat to me!"

I guess he didn't like what my face had to say.

Waiting for the Transformation, A Caterpillar Update

The boys and I went to check on our caterpillar, Friendship, this morning and

found that he had formed his Chrysalis. 

 

 

 

 

Follow our journey with Friendship

 

 

http://seekhispurpose.blogspot.com/2013/07/monarch-butterfly-caterpillars.html

 

http://seekhispurpose.blogspot.com/2013/07/caterpillar-update.html

 

http://seekhispurpose.blogspot.com/2013/07/as-our-caterpillar-grows.html

 

 

Book Review: "My So Called Life As A Submissive Wife"

Submissive.  It's a frightening word if you don't know what it means.  Throughout time it's has been abused, neglected, and taken out of context.

I grew up in a loving Christian home, with two parents and one of them was a minister. 

I thought I understood what being submissive to your husband meant.

Looking back over the last 12 years of marriage, I realized I was looking at submission through stained glasses.

Glasses that have been stained by the world.

 

 

 

The author, Sara Horn, let's readers read about her struggles, fears, determination, triumphs, failures, and encounters with lizards in the book "My So-Called Life As A Submissive Wife."

 

Sara removes the stained glasses and looks directly into the word of God.  Then she follows His lead.

 

Her results will inspire you.

 

Please, don't go away thinking that this is just another bible quoting Christian who just happened to get a book deal to make all wives think the same way. 

 

There are no Stepford wives here.

 

There's Sara.  A real, down-to-earth, 21st century woman who has to balance being married to a man who is in the military, having a son, having a career, living with her in-laws, moving, family vacations, and loads of laundry. 

 

There were so many times through out this book that I thought, "Wow.  She struggles with that, too."

 

Our lives are very different and yet share so many similarities. 

 

It makes me wonder how many other woman out there can be blessed by the message that Sara has to tell.

 

A message that will turn woman's eyes away from the stained glasses and allow them to look clearly at what God intended for us.

 

Connect with the author, Sara Horn

 

Twitter: @sarahorn

Facebook: @sarahornwrites

Google+: @sarahorn

Check her speaking calendar: sarahorn.com

The following is a link to the book review I did on Sara's previous book "My So-Called Life As A Proverbs 31 Wife".

http://seekhispurpose.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-my-so-called-life-as.html

 

 

Looking ahead... 

 

I don't think I'm done posting about submission and what God is doing in my own life.  You'll be hearing more about that soon.

 

I was able to do a Question and Answer interview with Sara Horn.  I'll be adding that to my blog in the next week.  She is also giving me a copy of the new book to give away to one of my readers. 

 

 

 



As Our Caterpillar Grows

Just some things to remember as our caterpillar, Friendship, grows.

- He is big enough now for the cats to notice him.

- A milkweed plant can last in water for three days, maybe four.  Definitely not five.

- Caterpillars need fresh milkweed or they get this angry look on their face. 
  (This is based on my emotional observation, not actual scientific research.)

- As our caterpillar grows, so does his poop.

 

These photos were taken of Friendship on Tuesday, July 30, 2013

He is 11 days old.

Trades of Hope Giveaway Update

I received the beautiful scarf from Trades of Hope to give away.  There are no comments on the original post and I'm not sure what's going on and so, I am changing the steps on how to enter.

1) Visit my original post to find the link to the Trades of Hope Website.

http://seekhispurpose.blogspot.com/2013/07/trades-of-hope-giveaway.html


2) Visit the Trades of Hope Website.

3) E-mail me a comment about Trades of Hope.

My e-mail address is-  seekhispurpose@gmail.com

I will hold the drawing on August 2, 2013 and let the winner know on Saturday, August 3, 2013.



The beautiful scarf one lucky winner will receive.
 

The funny things they say...

I don't know if I think my family is hilarious because I love them, because I spend too much time around them or because my standards have been twisted.  But, they are.  And, they make me laugh.  (Sorry to all the English majors out there for beginning a sentence with but and another one with and.)

These are two conversations we had at dinner tonight.

Looking at his plate, Matthew said "This looks gross."

(In his defense, dinner did look gross.  I had added two extra cups of water to the crockpot dinner this morning so the rice didn't get dry.  I can say with total and complete confidence that the rice was NOT dry.)

I said, "If you can't say anything nice about my cooking, don't say anything at all.  Or I just may never feed you again."

Ten minutes later, Matthew must have tried his rice.  I wasn't even going to ask him to because I was having a hard time eating it myself.

Matthew, "Yum!  This rice is good mom!  I'm so sorry that I discomplimented you earlier.  It really is good."

Me, "Did you say discompliment?

Matthew, "Yes.  I didn't compliment you and so, I discomplimented you."

Me, "Well, thank you for the compliment." 

(Later we went over what the opposite of the word compliment was.)

After the boys had been excused.

Me, "Sorry, dinner was so gross."

Chuck, "It was okay.  I've had worse."

very long, drawn out pause...

Chuck, "Not your cooking of course.  Just saying that I've had worse."

Nice recovery, my dear.  Nice recovery.