I was seriously just about to do a post related to meal planning when I read this post from Little Birdie Secrets. This is pretty much my exact routine so I will let them tell you about it (so I don’t have to write).
I can tell you that this system has really helped me stay organized and also gives me the freedom to try new recipes.
Try it out for a few weeks and see how it goes.
uuuuugh. i am in such a mean mood right now. i seriously just feel so irritated and angry with everything, even if there isn’t anything wrong. which there isn’t, but in my head i feel like everything is wrong. does that make sense? it does and it doesn’t.
what the heck.
let me try and talk to myself instead of listen to myself.
why are you thinking these things? stop being self-righteous and controlling.
you have a husband and family who loves you.
you have a nice home and vehicles and things, things.
why don’t you start praying? Lord knows you haven’t done that in a while. “…present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Phil 4: 6-7
why am i being so discontent? good grief.
stop focusing on what you aren’t and focus on what you are. use your gifts to serve others. doesn’t that bring you joy?
shouldn’t you be focusing on how you could be serving others instead of how others could be serving you? how about your husband? cut him some slack. why don’t you try and make his life wonderful and be an example to your child as to how to love and serve your husband selflessly and stop whining about what he isn’t doing for you. not that he doesn’t already do enough for me and i am just being ungrateful. darn ungratefulness.
what could you be doing with your time right now, the time you are using to complain and be irritated? something useful maybe?
i am so tired of watching movies and being on the computer. isn’t there any other kind of fun entertaining things that we could do? seriously. how lame are we?!
grr. ugh.
how to get out of this mood? well my Bible says: “whatever is true, whatever is right, whatever is noble, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about sich things.” phil 4:8 – i guess i will try that and see how it works. sounds right. if i keep letting my mind dwell on all of this negative drap then i don’t see my attitude getting any better.
On a positive random note to myself that other people really don’t care about… I am going to conquer two new recipes this week that i am really excited about.
the. end.
Ryan’s brother Nick came home from the Marines for Christmas! Yahoo!
What a blessing. We are all so excited.
It doesn’t feel like he has really been gone for the last 8 months. Life just resumes when he comes home; like he never even left. There is just something nice about having him around, even if we don’t see him everyday while he is here. I think it is just the thought that he is home safe and we can call him and see him whenever we want.
He has to leave the day after New Years, but he gets leave again at the end of January so we will see him again soon. He probably wont mind going back to CA where it is nice and warm for a few weeks.
Here is the Price Family Christmas Photo.:
Can I just say that Lucy’s cousins are just the cutest.
I just wanted to point out that I have included new links on my sidebar to websites I LOVE related to crafting. Because of the Holidays I have been on a craft kick and I have been obsessed with finding new ideas for crafting, especially easy ones to do with Lucy. All of the sites have great ideas for all occasions and skill levels.
It is so inspiring.
If you have any desire, or no desire at all to craft, you should check them out, it will probably inspire you as well.
and for my 201st post, a funny christmas clip…
I have had a lot of things to say about recently but honestly, I just have not felt like writing.
I still don’t really feel like writing but I am tired of the same pictures popping up when I log on so here is a brief of some things that have/are going on and some of the junk that is floating around in my head.
1. We gave up Charlie. Boohoo. I am sad and happy. Sad because I kind of liked him (which I didn’t realize until the new owners came to pick him up and I cried like a baby) and happy because he is with a wonderful family and I know he is going to be well loved and taken care of.
2. I have NO IDEA what to get Ryan for Christmas. We try not to exchange gifts but we usually break the rules so Ryan gave strict instructions this year. What the heck do I get him that is $30 or under? Time to be creative. I think I ran out of creativity. I am so stuck. Ugh.
3. Lucy’s blood work came back, she is Vitamin D deficient. She has to gain weight within the month or else! lol. I am not sure what happens if she doesn’t, he didn’t go there, but she is on a strict regiment now to get her growing…
4. I love Christmas lights.
5. Ryan and I went on a date on Friday, we haven’t been out on a date in about two months. It was sooo needed. What a fun time we had. How refreshing. We even let Lucy spend the night at her Aunt’s house and wouldn’t you know it, she ran from me when I came to pick her up Saturday morning. I thought she was going to have problems adjusting… I guess I am the one that has problems adjusting.
6. I have only gotten three Christmas Cards. What the heck?!
7. I love Christmas Carols.
8. Have any of you seen the new Christmas Carol with Jim Carey? It is so scary! No way would I let my children watch that movie. Goodness.
9. I think it was a bad idea to wrap gifts and put them under the tree this early. Lucy is in heaven.
10. I need a haircut. My stylist just moved and now I have to find a new one. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Oh my, oh my. I can not believe that my little girl is one year old already. What an amazing year it has been.
I am trying to write something thoughtful and creative but I can’t think of anything profound or touching to say… words just can’t express how this little miracle has changed our lives. I love this girl with all of my heart. I am so blessed to have her in my life. I can’t even comprehend the amount of joy she brings to my life.
Look at her. Isn’t she beautiful?? I know I am her mother, but that is not a face “only a mother could love”. She is perfect (I know it is a lie, but I am going to believe it for now-lol).
We had a little Birthday Party for her on Saturday. Unfortunately she was just getting over a little virus (so sad) so she wasn’t her normal happy self, but I think she had a lot of fun. And, she got tons of presents (thanks y’all)! She did however, have NO problem digging into her Birthday Cake. She is her Mother’s Daughter. One should not pass up cake no matter how sick you are!
Where is the best place to put your cake to save it for later? In your hair. DUH!
Happy Birthday My Little Cheesecake! I love, Love, Love you!!! Muah. Muah. Muah. But Pinch.
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1 Year Check-up. Poor thing. 4 Boosters. Yuck. Of course she took them like a champ.
The Doc says the she is “petite” and he wants to run some blood work just to make sure she is normal and doesn’t have any other issues to explain why she hasn’t really grown since her last apt. I say that her not eating for the past week and a half may attribute to her lack of weight gain however, I can’t explain why she is short. I guess she also gets that from me. Better a shorty then a giant.
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We bought her a front facing Car Seat yesterday, boy was she rejoicing all the way home! She was soooo happy! She really hates her car seat. She whines or cries to and from every destination. I think because she doesn’t like being all alone staring at the boring grey backseat. I wouldn’t like it either. So, though she just barely makes the weight requirement, we did it anyway. Ryan made me hold out until she was heavy enough (he’s so smart), I wanted to get it a month ago because I couldn’t stand the whining. =P
I just want to say that what she lacks in height and weight she makes up in brains. This girl is SMART! She really understands everything. She talks a lot and she even says actual words… 4 of them. Mamma, Dadda, Hi, Baby and Apple. I know, strange combinations. She loves books and she has her favorites, ones she will crawl with from the living room to my bedroom so I will read them to her. It is stinkin’ cute. She likes to turn the light switch on and off, she knows where they are all located and reaches for them before we leave a room. She brushes her hair when I hand her a brush. She brushes her teeth when I brush mine.
I could go on but I think you get the picture, or are sick of hearing me brag on my baby…
Go ahead, you know you want to!
Thanksgiving is in one week! Ah! So crazy!
Holidays usually come and go and I don’t like it. So, this year I have decided that I was going to come up with a way to savor the season, to do something that would really highlight the “reason for the season” so to speak.
I got this craft idea from Tip Junkie. They have so many really great and easy ideas for crafts and family fun.
What are we doing? Drum roll…… The Thanksgiving Tree.
Each night before dinner we will all share something that we are grateful for, write it on the “leaf” and paste it to our tree. We will do this the week leading up to thanksgiving because well, we have SO much to be thankful for, that this little tree will not be able to hold all of our thankfulness if we did it the whole month. lol.
Here is the beginning of our Thanksgiving Tree.
To make this a family craft, I will be incorporating Lucy hands for some of the leaves but she is sleeping right now so I couldn’t show you what that would look like. But, of course I will post our finished product the day after Thanksgiving. =0)
Craft on all you crafters! It is the perfect season.
What makes ours work? God. Plain and simple. I am sure most of you know by now that Ryan and I are Christians and we are both Bible believing Christians. The Bible shapes our thoughts, our actions, our views on life and relationships. We have but one answer to everything and we find it in the Bible. When we are in an argument or dispute, we are usually both wrong in our hearts and when we are both desiring other things, our own personal gain, that is when things get messy. But, then we stop and think, how are we treating each other? Is that how God commands us to live? What am I desiring in my heart that is causing me to sin against my husband?
Some of our desires are probably not wrong in and of themselves, but how much I am desiring them, and how that desire is causing me to act is not honoring my husband and does not honor the Lord. For example: I really really want a new ottoman for our livingroom. It is the only thing that is missing that will complete my decorating in that room. It is not wrong at all for me to want this very attractive piece of furniture, but, when I start complaining, begging.. I am becoming ungrateful for all of the other things that we do have and ungrateful for all of the things that Ryan does buy me. I start to harbor anger and bitterness towards him because he can buy this and that and I can’t have this one little thing that I really really want that I think is way more important than…(you fill in the blank). I am sure most of you can relate to this in some way or another…
This week on facebook I posted the question: “what makes a good/strong marriage?” I was so excited that so many women chimmed in with such great answers. Actually, most of them were biblical principles and very good practical applications. If we aren’t practicing all of them regularly in our marriage relationships, then I think you should look them over and talk about them with your spouse (that would be communication lol).
It is always helpful to hear from other married people, especially those of you who have been married longer than Ryan and I (going on three years). I propose that we as married woman do it more often. Seek advice from other married woman who have been married longer, experience offers a lot of wisdom that will only help us in our marriages.
Marriages are being destroyed on a daily basis because… well, because of lots of reasons… Marriage should be held at a higher regard and really cherished. I pray that all of us would not lose sight of the vows we made before God on our Wedding Day and we would not look for the easy way out, but to daily lay our lives down for each other. Through sickness and health, til death do us part…
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Side note. My favorite suggestion is Molly’s : “landing a husband by stalking him throughout your senior year of high school…just joking lol“. I technically didn’t stalk Ryan in High School but I did keep a close eye on him. Good thing right?!
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PS. Our marriage is NOT perfect. We fail many times everyday at loving each other. I need God’s help daily and other people to help us when we fall. I hope that through this post you did not see me telling all of you how perfect we are and that “because we are christians we have it all together and that if you aren’t a christian you don’t”. The purpose for this post is to some how, support you in your marriage and offer what little advice I have to help build stronger marriages in our community.
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