Good morning everyone (evening by the time you read this!) and a happy Monday. Last week was such a SLOW week for me. Apparently I have been fighting an infection that really didn’t hold many symptoms for me. I just kept getting more and more tired. All of this led for more tests and doctor’s teemed calls and now I’m over half done with my third round of antibiotics in way too short of a time span. I feel way less sluggish today so hopefully that’s a good sign
Let’s get into this weeks post!
♥The Weather♥♥ .
♥♥How I am feeling this morning♥♥
Much better today not nearly as tired
♥♥On the breakfast plate♥♥
Eggs and bacon and cheesecake I didn’t eat last night
Friday- Leftovers Saturday -Vegetable Beef Soup Sunday – Venison Potatoes and carrots in the crockpot
♥♥From the camera♥♥
♥♥Something I want to share♥♥
Love people No matter what!
♥♥Devotional, inspirational, prayer list or Bible verse♥♥
I finished In His Image by Jen Wilkin this morning. Fabulous book It really has challenged me over the last couple of weeks and I highly recommend this book
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you have had an amazing week.
♥♥The Weather♥♥
COLD- tomorrow might count as a heat wave at a whopping 29 degrees. Don’t worry as you will see the temps start heading south again by the end of the week .
And we won’t even discuss night time temps BRRRR. ♥♥How I am feeling this morning♥♥
Exhausted. And a tad discouraged finding it hard to get motivated
♥♥On my mind♥♥
Learning- Sometimes the learning process exhausting. Being a responsible learner means you have to apply what you are learning. Sometimes when you are learning a lot all at once can make you feel like you aren’t applying what you learn responsibly. Do you follow?
♥♥On the breakfast plate♥♥
Cold pizza. It was a rushed morning . And I just grabbed what was in the fridge
♥♥New recipe I tried last week, or one that we really enjoyed♥♥
Nothing
♥♥To relax this week, I will♥♥
Read and write
♥♥Something I want to share♥♥
This year I have taken on bullet journaling for both my blog and reading. It gives me exactly what need because I choose what gets added and what doesn’t.
♥♥Devotional, inspirational, prayer list or Bible verse♥♥
Today I was reading in James 5 an answer to prayer happened. I always think its amazing how when You ask God to give you wisdom and insight in growing in your faith . This was no different I have been on a journey of becoming a better pray-er and this chapter had some great insight for me!
HAPPY MONDAY EVERYONE! I generally enjoy Mondays but I woke up this morning feeling like ..”Yep. it’s a Monday”.
Wow I can’t believe it’s been almost a month since we began our homeschooling journey. I know we have homeschooled one kiddo before but all four is a new undertaking. On a whole it has been an enjoyable process with some small hitches.
New York is on it’s decline into full fledged fall weather and some of the trees are beginning to change.
♥♥The Weather♥♥
Our temperatures have finally dropped and I couldn’t be happier. I am more than ok with 80’s.
I generally wake up Monday mornings feeling like “Yay, It’s a new week, a clean slate to tackle life, This morning I however woke up saying “ugh Allergies.” and just generally UGH. I think I am just tired. Headed to church for my reboot. Hubby is giving me a day to fulfill my Introverted needs
♥♥On my mind♥♥
All that needs to be done. The new fridge shows up on Wednesday (the old one does after two years (totally bought the service plan this time!!)
♥♥On the breakfast plate♥♥
Hubby made frech toast and bacon
♥♥On my reading pile♥♥
A Rose in a Dirch
Rose in Bloom
Creating a Peaceful Home
A horse and His Boy
In His Image
in All Things
The book of Philippians
♥♥On my tv♥♥
Silver Spoons and Hazel
♥♥On the menu this week♥♥
Monday – Sloppy Joes and French fries Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday – Friday – Saturday – Sunday –
The menu isn’t completed yet because I have to re-work what I already had to incorporate the food I had to cook from the dead freezer
♥♥From The Camera♥♥
Stop Motion Pictures have over Taken my camera
♥♥Looking around the house♥♥
Well the downstairs is pretty spotless but the upstairs Kinda exploded with all of the stop motions fun
♥♥New recipe I tried last week, or one that we really enjoyed♥♥
Potato and Leek soup. and bread bowls. that was fun. Everyone really enjoyed it
♥♥To relax this week, I will♥♥
It it my goal to crack open the sketch book and doodle a bit. and finish up my doodling class I’m watching on Skillshare
♥♥Something I want to share♥♥
Nothing really
♥♥On my prayer list♥♥
Family and friends who are going through stuff (sorry can’t really share). our church. our country and the world we live in.
Happy Monday everyone! I hope it’s been great. Over the next 4 weeks I think I’m going to try moving my blogging time to the morning.
♥♥The Weather♥♥
Sunny and quite breezy and cool but it’s only supposed to get better and then it’s gonna tank on Saturday. BUT it’s NY so it could change a lot by the time Saturday rolls around
♥♥How I am feeling this morning♥♥
Ahem- this evening NOT as stuffed up no sinus headache. My face doesn’t hurt and the cough isn’t that bad. NO I don’t have the current virus causing a stir but the common cold is prevalent in our area right now
♥♥On my mind♥♥
HMMMM Pretty sure you can guess!!! I’m not worried but we are constantly adapting to changes. No biggie and kinda fun.
♥♥On the breakfast plate♥♥
didn’t eat breakfast this morning
♥♥On my reading pile♥♥
All of my books.
♥♥On my tv♥♥
Today was Star Wars Episode 6 Return of the Jedi . Now we will start the next set of three since the last once was just released to VuDU today (secret about me- I hate cliff hangers I would rather wait for the whole series to be out so I can know what happens next)
♥♥On the menu this week♥♥
The black blob for today was a local restaurant. Want to read more about the lesson I learned about menu planning in the midst of a crisis…You can read all about it HERE
♥♥From the camera♥♥
Have you read this book yet? You should!
♥♥Looking around the house♥♥
I’ve been sick so there is some general cleanup. And I have the spring cleaning list printed off and ready to go as soon as I take care of a few problem areas.
♥♥Chore I’m not looking forward to today, or this week♥♥
EVERYTHING- no literally. I am looking forward to this change of pace
♥♥To relax this week, I will♥♥
do something fun with the kids every day of the week BECAUSE we can
Have You ever hit what feels like a rock wall? I’m not sick. Just Tired. Mentally tired and spiritually broken. And it is not because I’m” not in God’s word”. I know that’s what everyone’s answer is, but that’s not the reason, nor the fix. I can tell you what the issue is- PEOPLE! But not in a bad way. It’s called being burdened. And it is rough because I can’t do anything about any of it. Moment by moment I have to give it back to God. I CANNOT and SHOULD NOT hold on to it, but if I am honest, it’s hard not to, because I love them.
The greatest burden of all? Watching believers (or those who say they are) reject God’s word and choose their own way over the way that they claim to hold so dear. You know the one that was most devastating to me, was someone I looked up to. And that person fell flat on their face off the pedestal we all put them on. Now you can try to play guessing games but the reality is That person didn’t belong in that place, to begin with, JESUS DID! Humans are sinners. we make the wrong choices. We let people down. I am sure I will let a bunch down this week. BUT it’s hard watching people fall, especially those who are closest to us and those we care about- and even harder is when they don’t want help back up. And that creates a whole different version of exhausted.
NOW ONTO SOME HAPPY
The weather outside is::::
COLD though we did have some glorious moments of sunshine! A glimpse of hope that spring is right around the corner
On the breakfast plate this morning::::
everything bagel with garden veggie cream cheese
As I look outside my window:::
Snow on the ground, bare trees gray skies- WELCOME TO NY
Right now I am::::
trying to write a letter to our youngest son who is Student of the Week in his class
As I look around the house::::
It’s getting a lot better. There are still glimpses of crazy schedules and me being sick two weeks ago!
On today’s to-do list::::
OHHHHH I’m so excited I have a project almost ready for a friend.
Dishes and Laundry
I have to sort boys clothes x3
Phone calls
general tidying up
Take a nap
Currently reading::::
Hopes and Dreams -my first fiction book in about 6 years (Outside of Mrs. Piggle Wiggle which I read with the boys before school each morning)
Enough
Purpose Driven Life
On the TV today::::
whatever hubby has been listening to as he works
On the menu this week::::
I must confess I haven’t gotten this far yet this week-tomorrow it’s top on my list!
Monday – Tater tot casserole
Tuesday –
Wednesday –
Thursday –
Friday –
Saturday –
Sunday –
What I am creating at the moment::::
I have some super secret Cricut projects and a super secret sewing project and I am working on my sketching abilities. I have some upcoming painting ideas but I want to nail down some sketching things first
Favorite photo from the camera::::
I had this printed off for our youngest today for the Student of the week. Next month he turns 9 How time flies
Prayers, Inspirational Quotes or Devotionals::::
Joshua 1:8
8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
(In all seriousness I am not making this up! My struggles listed up above and I just opened my devotional for today and THAT is the verse. It is just a reminder for me to keep moving forward! To keep my focus on God’s word to teach what it says NOT what I think it says or what it means to me. It doesn’t matter what it means to me It matters What God meant when he had the writers write it! I think as I get in deeper in ministry-and trust me I’m in deep the burdens get heavier but I grow closer to God through them.
