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We are fast approaching a New Year and with that i am fast approaching my 2nd blogaverary! As I get ready for the upcoming new year I start thing about my goals for the upcoming year…not resolutions BUT goals! Well let’s go back in time to January 8, 2007 to my very first blog post
Every year January 1st rolls around and the buzz word seems to be “resolutions”. Most popular to date. I resolve to go on a diet and loose ten pounds. Now that’s great but how many actually achieve that..not so many. I propose a different challenge. My husband and I set detailed goals for the year. We write them out and look at them often. Mine are broken down into categories of personal and family. I am fairly detailed in them. I state which projects I want to accomplish say 2 sewing projects then I specify which ones. This may seem either too simplistic or too overbearing. Either way it sets your perspective for the year to come. I have two children who are very young and only 14 months apart, so goal setting is perfect to keep me on track and on schedule though most time my goals are set too high and I don’t achieve them all. However I have discovered the more I have the more of them I reach.
Well I have added a third Child 16 months younger than the last one since then and now I have also come up with a notebook that helps me keep on track. So let me share the pictures with you!
This is the note book and the binder it is housed in 
These are my monthly pages 
This is written inside the fromt cover. I have ADD BIG TIME! So this is a must focus for this year! 
This is a new section I added this year..actually it a revamp..It used to be weekly goals But this year it is weekly accomplishments so when i feel as though i have not accomplished much i can just go back and take a peek! 
These are weekly goals and this is a break down of the monthly goals 
This is an add on to the three ring binder. It is a declutter calendar. I Added it about half way through last year. I only have six days left. Not bad when starting in the middle of the year. This has been a huge asset to me this year. Also in this spiral note book I have a page that is a list of everyone We buy/make gifts for and also a page to keep track of the books I have finished! I guess back when i made these decisions about Goals over resolutions is that You can resolve to do something BUT if you don’t have a plan behind that resolution you are going to fail! JUST A THOUGHT!
A meme my friend Ruth participated in..We’ll see how difficult it is!
Where is your mobile phone?purse
Where is your significant other? work
Your hair color? brown
Your mother? home
Your father? sleeping
One favorite thing? quilling
Your dream last night? none
Your dream goal? energetic
The room you’re in? bedroom
Your hobby? crafts
Your fear? heights
Where do you want to be in six years? pastorate
Where were you last night? church
What you’re not? angry
One of your wish list items? dryer
Where you grew up? Pennsylvania
What are you wearing? SWEATS
Your TV? on
Your pets? none
Your computer? Desktop
Your mood? happy
Missing someone? yep
Your car? Excursion
Something you’re not wearing? hat
Favorite drink? water
Your summer? hectic
Love someone? CERTAINLY!
Your favorite color? green
When was the last time you laughed? 8 am
When was the last time you cried? Dunno
In everything I do i want there to be purpose. that is what I strive to do with my blog(s). Blogging has become an outlet for me in so many ways and yet I strive to minister to others through my blog. Apparently my blog has done just that because my friend Ruth gave me an award for Blogging with a purpose. She and I are actually working on a blogging project together and we shall see what becomes of that but for now I would LOVE to honor some of my bloggy friends with this same award!! I have a few that have really helped me grow this past year and one that has challenged me almost from the very beginning of my blogging experience. The Simple woman–She has really inspired me to look at the simple things in Life and cherish them. I have been a silent observer of her blog for some time now and have grown to appreciate the depth of her insight of all things beautiful! Carolyn–from Scrapping Servant who throughout this past year has been oh so transparent with her struggle with depression when I know that one deploy seeks to hide these secret matters of the heart. Michelle who has been a consistent reader almost from the very beginning. She has a true love for her family and seeks to serve the Lord through ministering tto the deaf in Ensenada Mexico. She also has been very transparent as of late with the health struggles of her hubby and how that affects their ministry and daily life, yet she strives to be a submissive wife and daughter of the KING! Monica who seeks to blog with a purpose in Daily Dwelling captures a wonderful view into the life of a chaplain’s wife who is serving in Iraq. She does an amazing job taking care of her family while her man is so far away and she herself is in a land far from family. Diana- who has been nominated twice now for the afore mentioned award. She is trying to make a home for her family and be a pastor’s wife. She seeks to grow and is so very creative with her kids. All of these women have purpose to what they do. They strive to be godly women and are doing what they love and learning along the way. I think the most important thing in all of our lives is to have a learning spirit! When you have a learning spirit you have purpose. I would also love to send this back to Ruth she is amazing …Thanks Ruth for the nomination!!
My Friend Jen Nominated me for ANOTHER Award!!!
Thanks Jen!!
Jen and I have been friends for three or four years now. We get together once a week…Or at least we try!
But now along with this award I must answer some questions and then nominate 5 friends…So who will it be? First let’s take care of those questions!
1. Do you have the same friends since childhood? Nope not really! I moved far away!
2. What do you value most about your friends? Faith friendships and unconditional love. We are all sinners and no-one is perfect!
3. Are your friends your sounding boards? Not normally. Well that is unless you count bloggy Friends!
4. What is your favorite activity to share with your friends? Crafts , Bloggy things and I really enjoy growing spiritually together with friends through Bible Study!
Now I have to pass this onto 5 friends:
So why did I pick these ladies well let me tell you each one of them have been great in some way.
Ruth…Ruth and I went to college together though we weren’t friends per se! Though now I regret that! I have learned a lot since we found each other through her sister’s blog this past year! And That leads me to Diana…
Diana is Ruth’s sister…well sister in law…whom I also went to college with and we were friends in college!. We found each other through a blog ring on Xanga that was set up by students at the college we both graduated from. Both Ruth and Diana have great blogs that have given me great ideas and challenged me personally
Then there is Monica who is a wife of a chaplain who is in the middle east at this point. She and I have a lot in common. One of which is that she also has three kids three and under. She has twin daughters who are three and a son who is about one or one and a half! She gives a wonderful insight into the ministry of a military chaplain..Oh yeah Did I mention she lives In Germany…One place I desperately want to visit someday!
Then there’s Michelle who is a missionary along with her husband and family is Ensenada Mexico to the deaf. She has been such a light to me from the very beginning of my bloggy existence. Though she and her family are going through a time of testing right now she had continued to be a source of light and Laughter!
And last but definitely not least is Carolyn who has battled some things last year has come through witha beautiful smile! She is so creative and it’s great to see all of her creative abilities!
I hope to get to know her more over the coming months!
