With all my New Year's goals and re-evaluating I am wondering if I want to take part in this challenge...
It would be really great to job start our money saving, using what we have, and being good steward goals... But do I really want to put that much into it?
Hmmm......
Hm..... I feel like I blog a lot already, but I really enjoy it. It makes me feel better on track and in control... Do I really want to commit to this?
Hmmm.....
Hmm.... I really wanted to tell you about it and hope that maybe someone wanted to take part in it with me. It could be really good for a lot of us!
Hmm.... Ummm... Hmm... I'm thinking... Can't you tell? That's the sound of one incredible "thinker" working!
Hmm.... OK! Let's do it!
Wanna take part in this challenge with me? If you do, leave a comment... I love accountability partners!
Starting January 1st I will be taking part in the Eat From Your Pantry Challenge!
I am a HUGE New Year's goal/resolutions maker! I try to re-evaluate in January and at the beginning of the school year in August.
It is no surprise to y'all that I am a lover of lists! I love to start organizing all the Christmas gifts we received and I love to have the very unrealistic thoughts of being back in control after a hectic and crazy Holiday...
This week, I am going to be looking at my life, my family, and my home and seeing what improvements will make every day life a little smoother...
We have already came up with our family motto (broad resolution) which is...
Take better care of what we already have been given instead of thinking about what we want and do not have.
This is HUGE for our family! We always seem to be struggling with contentment and whinning about what we don't have instead of what we do! Hopefully this year, we will spend more energy thanking God for what we have and have less energy worrying about what we are lacking!
How about you? Is there some areas in your life that could use a little fine-tuning? Come on back here Thursday and I would love to share with you some of the ideas forming in our heads! If you are nosey like me and want to see what is going on in other people's home this week head on over to MomstheWord!
We had such a hectic and wonderful Christmas... We started Christmas events on Saturday, December 19th and went through Sunday, December 27th. We are tired... And as much as we enjoyed our Christmas Holiday, I think I will be fine if I do not leave the house for the month of January.... So here is our menu plan for the last week of December and first of January:
----------------------------------------------------------------- Monday: parmesan-dijon chicken, macaroni and cheese, green beans
Tuesday: tex mex, chips, salsa
Wednesday: re-runs (Andy will be in charge of dinner. I am having a triple root-canal... YUCK!)
Thursday: white chicken chili (recipe coming soon!), french bread
Friday: crock-pot brown sugar "candy" chicken, rice, steamed broccoli
There are going to be some really great New Year's topics on the blog this week! Come on back and have a gander! For more great menu ideas check out Organized Junkie!
Lincoln was asleep, Andy and I were trying to wade through all the Christmas gift received and Dylan was looking for something to do so we were listening to a CD that Dylan and Lincoln received on Christms Morning called Veggie Tales: Here I Am to Worship. (If you haven't heard this CD, it is a must hear!)
Andy was organizing CDs in the back room and I was running around doing nothing but something (does that make sense to anyone else?) and Dylan was dancing and singing. It was so beautiful!
All of the sudden this song started playing.....
Dylan stopped singing and Dylan stopped dancing... He just sat on the couch with sweet, innocent tears running down his little cheeks.... He cried and he cried and he cried.....
Andy and I could not get him to calm down.
After much effort and much Mama holding, Dylan started pouring his heart out... He was sad because he wished Jesus would not have died. He wished that Jesus was right there next to him so that he could sing the song for Him and dance for Him. Dylan was crying "happy-sad" tears...
As a mother of a four year old, I had never thought there would be a chance (for a while) that I could be so moved by my son's faith. Today I was proven wrong... My four year old yearns to sing and dance for Jesus and he yearns to make Him proud.
Today I am proud of my son's child-like faith and I am proud to be his Mama...
2He called a little child and had him stand among them. 3And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5"And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. 6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
One of my New Year's resolutions is to contrast more in my cooking... Broaden my domestic-goodness divine culinary skills... :)
Therefore, after sitting on the couch most of the day, I have gone through my cookbooks and I have composed a list. (I am not just being lazy... I am the only person in my family without the flu, therefore there are people needing things constantly and lying on me...) This will make trying new recipes a lot easier. Once I try them, I will cross them off and if it taste good, I will give you the information and recipe!
Sound good? SOUNDS YUMMY!
BC MSM (This is where the recipe is located so I remember where I saw it. Just a note for me):
Oven-Fried Chicken
Home-Style Chicken Dinner
Zesty Roasted Chicken and Potatoes
Chicken Tortilla Casserole
Crunch Garlic Chicken
Parmesan-Dijon Chicken
Chicken Milano
Grilled Taco-Barbecue Chicken
Chicken-Rice Skillet
Chicken and Noodles Skillet
Chicken Sesame Stir-Fry
Balsamic-Garlic Marinated Steak
Grilled Steak Potato Salad
Cheesey Scalloped Potatoes with Ham
Super-Easy Chicken Manicotti
Chicken Alfredo
Bow Ties with Chicken and Asparagus
Overnight Rotini Bake
French Dip Sandwiches
Italian Steak Sandwiches
Italian Chicken Noodle Soup
Cheddar Cheese and Broccoli Soup
Teriyaki BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
Herbed Turkey Breast
Herbed Roast Beef
Beef and Potato Stew
Beef and Bean Chili
Pizza Biscuit Bake
Oven-Bake Chicken
Mustardy Chicken and Dumplings
Italian Chicken Fingers
Easy Chicken Pot Pie
Italian Beef Bake
Cowboy Casserole
Family Cookbook:
Broccoli, Chicken and Rice Casserole
Caribbean Pork 'n Rice
Boston Market Style Chicken
Chicken Divine
Travis' All Time Favorite Chicken Stir Fry
Chipotle Restaurant Chicken at Home
Crock-Pot Brown Sugar "Candy" Chicken
I know it sounds kind of crazy but I am going to try a new recipe a week. I am going to at least try a few recipe every other week.
How about you? Any good recipes I should try? Any new recipes you would like to try this year? Go ahead, get creative in the kitchen!
I hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Christmas...
This is our annual "early on Christmas we take a family pic in our new PJs" family picture. Lincoln definently looks tired but it's still cute!
I pray that all of you who are traveling this hectic weekend will have a safe and joyful trip to where ever you might be traveling. Have a blessed continuing Holiday!
* I am saved and forgiven by my Almighty God. My life was headed down the wrong path and He brought me right back to where I need to be- safe in His loving arms. I can never praise Him enough. * I am married to a wonderful Godly man and I strive to be a loving companion and helpmeet. * I have two beautiful sons and do my best to raise them up in a way that pleases the Lord. *I want a big family and only with the Lord's help will those dreams come true. *I suffer from PCOS and want to educate and be a testimony to other women who have it or know of someone who does. *I love to find new and inventive ways to be a good steward with the money God has blessed us with. *I love to garden, scrapbook, organize, live "green" and my latest journey is exercise and losing weight.
I hope that you will grab a glass of milk and a warm cookie, pull up a chair and begin this journey with me. The journey of being a Godly woman, wife, and a mother in a world that sees no value in those ambitions.
