Simple Woman Daybook #2

For Today . . . March 25th, 2010

Outside my window... it was a weird day today. Really cold and gray this morning, but by this evening it warmed up to +10, the sun was shinning and the sky was clear.

I am thankful...that Christ paid the ultimate price for our sins.

I am praying... for some friends of ours that are going through a rough time, for good health (yes the kids are sick again and I had maybe 3 hours of sleep last night) and that we will get through the next 6 weeks.

I am also praying... that God will continue to provide for us and that I will just trust in Him and not get too stressed out or worried!

I am thinking... about something I read last night that really made me upset. I am praying for this broken, sinful world and some days I question how I am going to bring my kids up in it safely and solidly. We like to think we have freedom of speech, freedom of religion, but it is changing so quickly and becoming so hard!

I am celebrating... that this week is almost over and that tomorrow I will be able to get some work done that I have needed to get done for a while now (the kids will be with John)!

From the kitchen... sad but true, we went out and grabbed a burger tonight! :o(

I am wearing...khaki pants and a green t-shirt from Joe.

I am reading... the BIBLE! I am back on track and I will confess that I skipped a whole book. I am doing the read the Bible in a year plan from our church and I was doing great, until I hit the book of Leviticus and then Numbers. So I skipped Numbers and will go back, but I needed to get myself back into it again.

I am hoping...for smooth transitions.

I am hearing...peace and quiet. The kids are in bed, John is out and I am all alone---ahhh quiet!

I am creating...nothing right now. I have a lot of ideas, but no time.

Around the house... cleaning, sorting, packing, organizing--does it ever end?!

One of my favorite things...reading the Bible with my kids and having some really great conversations with Zech about Jesus. Today we played David and Goliath (can you guess which story they are doing at Sunday School). I was Goliath and he was David. He had his sling and pretend stones and I had to hold the sword. He prayed to Jesus to help him and then he threw the stones and I fell down! It was pretty funny!

A few plans for the rest of the week... tomorrow I need to get some work related stuff done for a couple of hours, so John will take the kids. Then he has to go to the library and on Saturday he will be at the library too. He has 7 papers, 1 presentation and 4 finals in the next 6 weeks, so things are a little stressful right now. Sunday is our day to rest and spend time with one another.

Here is a picture thought I'm sharing with you...

This little monkey started pushing our chairs around the house, which did not bode well with me. SO I dug out the walker and this is their new favourite game. She pushes him, while he steers. It works out perfectly as Zech is just the right weight, if he didn't sit in it, it goes too fast for her and she can't keep up. It is soooo cute and she is so proud of herself. She also got angry at Zech and hit him when he wouldn't go and steer properly (oh boy--she has quite the attitude)!

Thanks to Peggy at The Simple Woman's Daybook for this great idea.