Good Weekend!! I actually made it! On Sunday afternoon, I am writing out a blog post. God has been so good to me this week!! My Mom, the Joe Bobs' Nana, always sends them a "school box" with school supplies and goodies for the school year. She did the same thing this year.... but I mentioned here on the blog needing to still go school shopping. That is because I still planned to buy ink, which is something I use CONSTANTLY, but it is pretty expensive, and not something I would ask my parents for. But there was INK AND PRINTER PAPER in the school box for me!!!! God is so good!!! I was able to get more groceries because of that!!!
From my list last week, I did everything except researching cable (etc) options, and planning for the Senior Saints. That will get worked on this week. For the Fifth Family Fellowship, we are going to go with a Knight theme, and it is going to be a blast!!!! Can't wait to put up pictures and stuff for that. It is coming August 31st!!
My list of things to do this week is:
1) Schoolwork finished to Day 13... Gramma (Prince Charming's Mom) will be in town next week, so this has to be on track!!
2) Start putting together information for the Knight Fellowship
3) Look up ideas to honor Senior Saints
4) Research Cable/ Phone/ Internet options and choose the best
5) Cut and file coupons
6) Work on piano EVERY DAY this week (except Sunday)
This coming month, I would like to get the prayer room table made... Hopefully!! That is on the list, anyway. Gonna be a busy month!!
Becky
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Week of July 27th- August 3rd
So, I am a couple days late.... Again. Ain't y'all surprised????
So, for last week, I didn't start school on Monday as planned. Folding a ton of laundry and getting things together seemed like it took FOREVER on Monday... and I had to spend Tuesday getting schoolwork all set up to begin. We began school on Wednesday, so we are running a couple days behind schedule... not the end of the world, though. We did not get to go school shopping like we planned, but there is enough around the house that we could get started on a new school year without a new trip to the store.
I didn't make hardly any true Trim Healthy Mama recipes, although all my meals that I make are made with that system in mind. My new favorite is Curried Sausage and Veggies.. Tre YUMMY!!!!
I did use my "Brain" for most of the days, at least to write out what needed to be done that day, and to check what didn't get done that night. I did not practice the piano hardly at all. I am really frustrated right now with it all. I need to get back on it again, though.
SO my list of things to do this week are:
1) Keep School work on track... be finished with Day 8
2) Keep the Backyard neat and enjoyable... wash the dogs!!
3) Plan a shopping list and go shopping for school supplies and groceries
4) Start looking for ideas for the Fifth Family Fellowship
5) Research Cable/ Phone/ Internet options and choose the best one
6) Check for ideas to honor Senior Saints
7) Organize the Coupon Binder!!
If these things all get done, it will be a miracle!!! Thanks for keeping me semi- accountable!!
Becky
So, for last week, I didn't start school on Monday as planned. Folding a ton of laundry and getting things together seemed like it took FOREVER on Monday... and I had to spend Tuesday getting schoolwork all set up to begin. We began school on Wednesday, so we are running a couple days behind schedule... not the end of the world, though. We did not get to go school shopping like we planned, but there is enough around the house that we could get started on a new school year without a new trip to the store.
I didn't make hardly any true Trim Healthy Mama recipes, although all my meals that I make are made with that system in mind. My new favorite is Curried Sausage and Veggies.. Tre YUMMY!!!!
I did use my "Brain" for most of the days, at least to write out what needed to be done that day, and to check what didn't get done that night. I did not practice the piano hardly at all. I am really frustrated right now with it all. I need to get back on it again, though.
SO my list of things to do this week are:
1) Keep School work on track... be finished with Day 8
2) Keep the Backyard neat and enjoyable... wash the dogs!!
3) Plan a shopping list and go shopping for school supplies and groceries
4) Start looking for ideas for the Fifth Family Fellowship
5) Research Cable/ Phone/ Internet options and choose the best one
6) Check for ideas to honor Senior Saints
7) Organize the Coupon Binder!!
If these things all get done, it will be a miracle!!! Thanks for keeping me semi- accountable!!
Becky
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Week of July 20-26th
Okay, so blogging isn't going so well for me... I would really like to change that, though. Every Sunday afternoon is mine to do as I please, and I would like to start making it more productive. I have been gone for so long that it is hard to know where to begin.
Last blog post, I mentioned God having to do a miracle... well, things are tight here... we are making two house payments, and that means there is not a lot of money for things. But I have watched God provide enough groceries for our family of five for two weeks with only $25... and when I mentioned a miracle, I needed God to provide paper to print schoolwork on. What is amazing, is that He kept pointing out paper around the house.... colored paper that I had for scrapbooking, resume paper that we had bought for Prince Charming when he was applying for jobs. I did not run out of paper until Christmas, when my mom bought me some as a Christmas present. That paper lasted until the end of the school year!! God is SO GOOD!!! Sometimes, I forget the "little things" that he supplies, so I am happy to look back and remember these.
We are on our summer break.... actually, school is supposed to start on Monday so that we can have a holiday from Thanksgiving until New Years.... That may be delayed by one day, I am not sure. Since we finished school on May 31st, we have had company all but two weeks in our home. It has non-stop. That is okay, since we love each person who has come through our home.... just really looking forward to being "our family" again.
So, here is the list of what needs to be done this week:
1) Fold and put away Mount Washmore, and catch up the remaining laundry
2) Find the house that is buried
3) Organize coupons, plan for sales, buy school supplies and groceries
4) Do Week 1 of school
5) Make at least 4 Trim Healthy Mama recipes to get back on track
6) Use my "Brain" to keep up with things needing to be done
7) Practice the piano every day!!!
If I can get these accomplished this week, I will add extra projects back next week.
One more blessing, lest I forget. I mentioned that money is tight, but my boys earned the money last year to buy their own swimming pool, and our landlord told us to move it this year.... because of that, the pool was sitting at an awful angle, and we needed fill dirt to make it level so the boys could really enjoy it. As it happened, my husband earned a $50 gift card to Lowes by his hard work at his work, and God used that to be enough money to buy the dirt we needed... plus a net to clean out the large things from the pool, and a tarp to keep the entry to the pool clean. He is always the God of More than Enough!!!!
Counting my Blessings!!
Becky
Last blog post, I mentioned God having to do a miracle... well, things are tight here... we are making two house payments, and that means there is not a lot of money for things. But I have watched God provide enough groceries for our family of five for two weeks with only $25... and when I mentioned a miracle, I needed God to provide paper to print schoolwork on. What is amazing, is that He kept pointing out paper around the house.... colored paper that I had for scrapbooking, resume paper that we had bought for Prince Charming when he was applying for jobs. I did not run out of paper until Christmas, when my mom bought me some as a Christmas present. That paper lasted until the end of the school year!! God is SO GOOD!!! Sometimes, I forget the "little things" that he supplies, so I am happy to look back and remember these.
We are on our summer break.... actually, school is supposed to start on Monday so that we can have a holiday from Thanksgiving until New Years.... That may be delayed by one day, I am not sure. Since we finished school on May 31st, we have had company all but two weeks in our home. It has non-stop. That is okay, since we love each person who has come through our home.... just really looking forward to being "our family" again.
So, here is the list of what needs to be done this week:
1) Fold and put away Mount Washmore, and catch up the remaining laundry
2) Find the house that is buried
3) Organize coupons, plan for sales, buy school supplies and groceries
4) Do Week 1 of school
5) Make at least 4 Trim Healthy Mama recipes to get back on track
6) Use my "Brain" to keep up with things needing to be done
7) Practice the piano every day!!!
If I can get these accomplished this week, I will add extra projects back next week.
One more blessing, lest I forget. I mentioned that money is tight, but my boys earned the money last year to buy their own swimming pool, and our landlord told us to move it this year.... because of that, the pool was sitting at an awful angle, and we needed fill dirt to make it level so the boys could really enjoy it. As it happened, my husband earned a $50 gift card to Lowes by his hard work at his work, and God used that to be enough money to buy the dirt we needed... plus a net to clean out the large things from the pool, and a tarp to keep the entry to the pool clean. He is always the God of More than Enough!!!!
Counting my Blessings!!
Becky
Monday, November 18, 2013
New week of plans to be done by November 23rd
Well, that break took far longer than I had planned. None of my projects have been done over the last three weeks, only keeping up with things around the house. Sorry to have left my three readers hanging..... However, it is a brand new week and there is a brand new plan.
1. Finish the table for the prayer room
2. Practice the piano every day
3. Keep schoolwork going some how.... long story... but God has to do a miracle that I am excited to see.
4. Catch up a dirty house from the mess it has become since I was sick.
I'll "see" you on Saturday.
Becky
1. Finish the table for the prayer room
2. Practice the piano every day
3. Keep schoolwork going some how.... long story... but God has to do a miracle that I am excited to see.
4. Catch up a dirty house from the mess it has become since I was sick.
I'll "see" you on Saturday.
Becky
Friday, October 25, 2013
Finished Prayer Room & This Week's Plan
I am sorry it has taken me so long to get back on... again.... It has been a busy week, since Mission's Conference was this week... Then I got sick, the WiFi got deleted off of my laptop..... Yeah. Crazy week.
Here's what has gotten me through:
And a lot of prayer and grace!!!
On top of everything for the prayer room, I had to make tamales for the international dinner for Mission Conference.... I don't know that I mentioned that...
Did NOT realize how many tomatillos I would need.... and I ended up using only 4 jalapenos....
Loads of work go into the tamales, and just the right combo of ingredients!!
But my Joe Bobs make any job easier!!!
Pure yummieness!!!!!!
But those aren't the pictures you went out of your way to see. So here goes:
God gave me an awesome deal on these lampshades from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore:
But they needed to look like they belonged together, so I added material to both of them to make them look matching:
And 50 glue sticks later:
And the curtains got a good dent in them...
But my machine had little boys mess with it, so it was doing this to my curtains:
Therefore, the second curtain still needs to be finished, and both need the threads fixed on them.
The table also needs to be finished. I laid it out like this:
And then, I thought about cutting it like this:
But I think I'm going to go back to a simple design instead. That still needs to be done.
I did finish the closet, though. After I had everything else done, it looked really bad:
Like it was definitely unfinished. So I painted:
And Painted:
So much better!!!
Lastly, I finished the "Seek" wall.
And Prince Charming hung the lamp fixture...
Which is BEAUTIFUL!!!
So, here's the pictures you've been waiting for:
And that's as close to panoramic as I can get. I am taking the remainder of this week off...my only goals are to clean my house and go grocery shopping. I'll start working on the curtains and making the table next week as the goals. I'll be back next week with goals for the new week and the next project. :)
Thanks for following... it is my encouragement to keep going.
Becky
Here's what has gotten me through:
And a lot of prayer and grace!!!
On top of everything for the prayer room, I had to make tamales for the international dinner for Mission Conference.... I don't know that I mentioned that...
Did NOT realize how many tomatillos I would need.... and I ended up using only 4 jalapenos....
Loads of work go into the tamales, and just the right combo of ingredients!!
But my Joe Bobs make any job easier!!!
Pure yummieness!!!!!!
But those aren't the pictures you went out of your way to see. So here goes:
God gave me an awesome deal on these lampshades from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore:
But they needed to look like they belonged together, so I added material to both of them to make them look matching:
And 50 glue sticks later:
And the curtains got a good dent in them...
But my machine had little boys mess with it, so it was doing this to my curtains:
Therefore, the second curtain still needs to be finished, and both need the threads fixed on them.
The table also needs to be finished. I laid it out like this:
And then, I thought about cutting it like this:
But I think I'm going to go back to a simple design instead. That still needs to be done.
I did finish the closet, though. After I had everything else done, it looked really bad:
Like it was definitely unfinished. So I painted:
And Painted:
So much better!!!
Lastly, I finished the "Seek" wall.
And Prince Charming hung the lamp fixture...
Which is BEAUTIFUL!!!
So, here's the pictures you've been waiting for:
And that's as close to panoramic as I can get. I am taking the remainder of this week off...my only goals are to clean my house and go grocery shopping. I'll start working on the curtains and making the table next week as the goals. I'll be back next week with goals for the new week and the next project. :)
Thanks for following... it is my encouragement to keep going.
Becky
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Weekly Goals through October 19th
SO, there is a TON to do this week. We are going to arrange it by days rather than by things to do:
Monday:
1) Complete the curtains
2) Take apart the beautiful pallet I got
3) Figure out how the lamp shades will be decorated to pull them together and make them worth looking at
Tuesday:
1) Cut and assemble the pallet table
2) Assemble the lamp shades
3) Sand the pallet table
Wednesday:
1) Convince hubby to go to church early so we can
2) Install the lamp shades
3) Paint the table?
4) Install the Curtain rod and curtains
5) Hang the windows and the mirror
Thursday-Saturday:
1) Finish up whatever still needs to be done so I can take it up on Sunday and be done.... I may have to go up one of these days to paint the closet and do any touch-ups.
2) Relax and get ready for Missions Conference next week.
Sounds simple enough, but it's gonna be BUSY!!
See you next week... Have to get an early start, that's why I put it up today rather than tomorrow. Thanks, as always, for being my kick in the seat of the pants.
Becky
Monday:
1) Complete the curtains
2) Take apart the beautiful pallet I got
3) Figure out how the lamp shades will be decorated to pull them together and make them worth looking at
Tuesday:
1) Cut and assemble the pallet table
2) Assemble the lamp shades
3) Sand the pallet table
Wednesday:
1) Convince hubby to go to church early so we can
2) Install the lamp shades
3) Paint the table?
4) Install the Curtain rod and curtains
5) Hang the windows and the mirror
Thursday-Saturday:
1) Finish up whatever still needs to be done so I can take it up on Sunday and be done.... I may have to go up one of these days to paint the closet and do any touch-ups.
2) Relax and get ready for Missions Conference next week.
Sounds simple enough, but it's gonna be BUSY!!
See you next week... Have to get an early start, that's why I put it up today rather than tomorrow. Thanks, as always, for being my kick in the seat of the pants.
Becky
The (Almost) Finished Prayer Room
So, we are almost done with the prayer room....
The carpet went in on Friday:
And all my worry about it looking okay was for nothing.
Because it looks PERFECT!!!
*Sigh of Relief*
So, Saturday, I went to put it together, and here's where we're at, so far:
Makes me smile to see it!!
And the crowning achievement:
This is my favorite part.... I love the way it turned out.
It's cool to know that my imagination really did bring this all to life. That's not to say there's not a ton to get done for it to be completed, but we are definitely a lot closer!!! I did have a bad week this week, not using my Brain, and reading books more than staying busy. SO, we are starting over again.... This week will be full of loads of things that have to be done.... most of them by Wednesday.... Going to be busy!!!!!
Becky
The carpet went in on Friday:
And all my worry about it looking okay was for nothing.
Because it looks PERFECT!!!
*Sigh of Relief*
So, Saturday, I went to put it together, and here's where we're at, so far:
Makes me smile to see it!!
And the crowning achievement:
This is my favorite part.... I love the way it turned out.
It's cool to know that my imagination really did bring this all to life. That's not to say there's not a ton to get done for it to be completed, but we are definitely a lot closer!!! I did have a bad week this week, not using my Brain, and reading books more than staying busy. SO, we are starting over again.... This week will be full of loads of things that have to be done.... most of them by Wednesday.... Going to be busy!!!!!
Becky
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