Today’s January Joy Dare is to find joy in three blue things. As with the three yellow mercies, I had to think that over a while. Blue sky – that one was easy! It’s easier to be cheerful when the sky is blue. When I’m cheerful, it’s easier to be hopeful, encouraged, productive, joyful and grateful.…
My sweetie and I woke up Saturday to a gray and dreary day. Although it was icy on the trees, the deck and the windshield, the roads were warm enough to be safe. After breakfast at Cracker Barrel (my favorite place for breakfast!), we decided to do some errands. My sweetie has been doing most of our…
Today’s theme for Six Word Friday is Stop & Go: STOP! Be quiet. . . wait upon God. Go. . . when the timing is right. My January goals are doing good, but needing some adjustments. I’m not able to spend three hours a week organizing and decluttering, but I’ve gotten in a solid one…
Today’s January Joy Dare is to look for a gift that makes you laugh, a gift that makes you pray, and a gift that makes you quiet. Laugh – I loved this post by Kate from Chronicles of a Country Girl. She titled it “Let the Good Times Roll” and it shows her dog rolling around…
My daily devotional for this year is from the book, “Jesus Calling“, by Sarah Young. It’s similar to the classic, “God Calling“, but (for me), more contemporary. I wanted something simpler for this year, that I could contemplate throughout the day. However, I’ve already had a few meltdowns with it. It might be short, but…
I got off work early enough on Saturday to take a walk at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. Not too surprisingly, the gardens were fairly empty. The temperatures have dropped considerably and the wind had a bite to it. I hadn’t intended to wear my winter coat to walk, but did so as I’d left my…
Last week, I shared some of my ideas for my 2012 goals (listed in a separate tab above). The list is lengthy and more than one person has asked me how I will get all that done this year. I won’t. I make up the list of everything that I could possibly want to accomplish. It’s…
Today’s Thoughtful Thursday question asks what I’m looking forward to doing this year. It was a great question to come after my post yesterday about goal ideas for 2012. But wow, what to choose? I have so many things I want to do in 2012. Eventually I realized that the two things I’m looking forward…
I’ve added a new tab today that lists my personal goal ideas for 2012. I don’t do resolutions; I find the idea of goals to be more workable as it gives me something specific to work towards. I’ve heard goals described as living and breathing and to me, they are. They need to be adjusted as things…
Living The Seasons 