Happy New Year!

Well... this was an interesting New Year for me!  We went to our neighbor's barn for their annual New Year's Eve party.  Just a little secret I am going to let you all in on... I am not very good at social situations.  I love them, but am not good at them!  Tonight I had at least 2 very awkward situations, 1 trying to talk to people but ended up talking about the train crash outside our house... and to say the least my conversation was a train crash!  Next was someone trying to say hi from long long time ago and well... I didn't say much and it was UGLY (that is just putting it nicely), even Greg sitting there, who usually saves me, was uncomfortable by it all!  Then the New Year's Eve spokeswoman (some lady all dolled up and perky) was pushy about dancing... We don't dance.  Part of our prenups! (Just kidding... but maybe we should have!)

So, we had great food, good time for a little, and then my train crash... And well add all that on top of my first night out from the baby, and being very very sleep deprived, I ended up in tears by 10:15 and came home... 

I made it to midnight (it is actually 12:45, got sucked into a NCIS I haven't seen yet) wished the hubby a Happy New Year and then off to bed.

Oh and to make tonight even tougher, Isaac (new baby) is in the kids' room for the first time tonight!  Oh my can I just add another thing to the night?!?! 

So now I am left thinking about my 2011 and what I want in 2012.  So I have come up with these resolutions/goals for the coming year.

*Start working on loosing some of this baby weight and getting healthier! (by the way this is baby weight from 2007 and baby #1!)


*Build a stronger love relationship with the Lord


*Read through the entire Bible this year and read more of it to the kids


*Build a farm and start a little home business with it


*work on our marriage, bring us closer to the Lord together


*become debt free and start building savings/emergency fund/vacation $


*build up the blog, get more consistent on it, and make it more successful

So what was your New Year's Eve like?  What are your resolutions for the year to come?  I would love to hear from you!

31 Days to Build a Better Spouse

What is the one thing you could do for your spouse that would make the biggest difference in their life in 2012? 

PRAY for them everyday!  I have joined up with 31 Days to Pray and their month long campaign to pray for your spouse everyday for the month of January!

I have read most of this book, actually printed it out and have it in my Quiet Time Binder and love it!!!

During the month we will be praying for things such as their salvation, their work, love for others, peace, and even YOUR heart! :) 

Click the above link and join me on this wonderful journey to pray for your spouse everyday and see what God has in store for your marriage!

My Fall Quiet Time Binder

 During my blog hopping from GMG, I came across Three Years Down.  She had a wonderful idea for a Quiet Time Binder!  And well I snagged it! 

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1 John Study through Good Morning Girls

Here we are doing a study of 1 John in 12 weeks.  By the end of this study we will have wrote out the entire book of 1 John.  We are using the SOAP method, and if you are interested in joining us, check out GMG's website.




1,000 Gifts Gratitude Journal ~ this is where, when I get back into the book, I will start my own 1,000 gifts journal.  I love this book, but have taken a break from reading it until we settle in a little more and get our stuff unpacked.


Love Bug Space (my nickname for my hubby) where I have a 31 Days to Build A Better Spouse (a daily prayer journal for your spouse) from 31 Days to Pray







Kid's Space, where I am doing a prayer journal for my kids from Mom and Loving It! Ministries









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A Proverbs 31 section where I read a Proverb that corresponds to the date of the month.  I just take notes on the verses that stick out to me. 

So a little look into my prayer life... I have found that writing is a little easier for me.  I love the structure of it, how I start at the beginning and just go tab by tab!  If a day is crammed, I know that I can just do my 1 John study, and maybe pray for my spouse or just read a Proverb. 

Self-Discipline

I started a quiet time binder last week, and one of my sections is for my kids!  For now I have a calender from Mom and Loving It! Ministries that gives me a different topic each day to pray for my children. 

Today's is self-discipline, and is from Proverbs 1:3.  Each day there is a topic, a mini prayer, and the verse it is from. 

"Father, I pray that my children may develop self-discipline, that they may acquire 'a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair.'"

I then either journal a little about this or expand the prayer a little more.  Today I was impressed with the idea how our society as a general has less self-discipline, takes less responsibility for actions, and is less prudent!  (I did a Proverbs study that included how we, especially women, are to be prudent~ yes it is a good thing!)

My prayer is that the hubby and I will be able to raise our children to take responsibility for their actions, have self-discipline, and be prudent, regardless of what society is like or tells them. 

I think that right now, it is pressed on parents and children that their actions are not their fault, or that it's ok to miss a class, be late for work, or so on. 

Right now more then ever, there is a need for God's word- exactly like He has it!  No softening it so you don't offend someone, or twisting it to say what you want.  We need to take God's Word at what it is!  The Truth!