october 2019.

What’s hard

Exercising regularly

Remembering to eat enough food

Staying in our budget, after months of getting to spend money on the house

Not complaining

Being interested in Avengers and Pokemon

Puzzles that are more than 100 pieces

Finishing a knitting or embroidery project

Praising more than I correct

Saying I’m sorry

 

 

What’s easy

Going to sleep by 10:00 pm

Organizing

Making our house feel welcoming and cozy

Baking cookies

Watching Little House on the Prairie with my kids

Reading fast

Having deep conversations

Meeting people

 

 

What brings me joy

Doing hard things anyway

The wonderful friends all four of my kids have

Seeing David happy in his calling

Cooler weather

Authors & Adventures

When Judah tucks Gabe and Noah in bed and lays with them to tell them scary stories (their favorite)

Finishing reading through the Bible in a year, and realizing it’s changed me

Books!

Hearing Gabe say, “I think my wife and I might adopt some of our kids”

 

 

What makes me laugh

Noah

The British Baking Show, season 6

The audiobook Cheaper by the Dozen

The combined wit of Linda, David and Judah (three generations of sarcasm)

 

 

What I’m learning

That I should be fertilizing my house plants

Resentment is a sin I need to repent of daily

Sometimes I just need to keep my mouth shut

The more I surrender control of my life to God, the happier I am

It truly is possible to grow less addicted to people-pleasing

The things I watch and read and look at have a lot of power to influence me

If I don’t read my Bible first thing in the morning, it doesn’t get done

 

 

What I’m excited about

The renovation is completely finished! We have our house and yard back again.

Inviting people over to eat and relax and laugh in our new kitchen and back porch

Cooking with my kids

Homeschooling

Starting my Bible reading plan over again, in a different translation

Campus Outreach

David’s hosting the Session meeting on our new back porch on Thursday

New Members class next week

Christmas

Continuing to grow my friendships with women in many different ages/stages of life

 

 

What I’m reading

Becoming Us, Beth and Jeff McCord

Introverted Mom, Jamie C. Martin

In This Mountain, Jan Karon