Friday, January 14, 2011

30 Day Challenge Wrap-Up!

Day 26 - What I did this week!

*I started reading a daily devotional by Oswald Chambers.

*Read chapter 9 in this book by Elizabeth George about how to have a heart that values being a mom.

*Found these easy recipes for a complete chicken marsala dinner and it was delicious!

*Visited LVAC three times this week! Time has come to get back in shape.

*Found cute ideas to do for the hubby on Valentine's Day here and here.

*Started following this meal-planning blog and am contemplating purchasing my own Pocket Full of Posies.

*Found this blog about creating a craft binder to store all the crafts you may find and like throughout the year. I worked on this a little bit this week.

*Worked on getting my class ready for spring 2011 at NSC.

*Found this Home Planning Notebook and want to make one for my home!

Day 30 - My Plans for 2011!

*I want to better serve my husband. Elizabeth George states in her book, A Woman After God's Own Heart, that as wives, we need to realize that we are on an assignment from God to serve our husband(s). She suggests, that our career should be our husband. This hit home from me. I always knew that I'm supposed to serve my husband, but I never saw it as my career. This year I want to see to it that I help my husband and not hinder him in any way.

*Work on becoming better at meal-planning and saving money. I found these two websites, Emealz and Pocket Full of Posies that have great ideas for meal-planning each week that is designed to save time and money.

*Go to the gym more. I have a membership, so technically I should be going multiple times throughout the week, but it's so easy to fall out of that routine. This year I'm hoping to go to the gym 3-4 times a week, combining pilates, abdominal workout, Zumba, and spin classes.

*Craft more and become better at sewing!

and most importantly...

*I want to trust God more - with all of me, in all areas of my life, knowing that He will take care of everything. With this comes practicing the art of patience and knowing that God's timing is better than what I think the right time is. I need to grow in this area. I also want to be more aware of His voice - I want to hear Him better and more clearly and then act without fear.
What are your plans for 2011?

1 comment:

jessi bridges said...

You inspired me to go back and read the chapter on parenting in "A Wife After God's Own Heart" this week. Thank you!! I had completely forgotten it was in there.