Week of June 28, 2010

Bible Study

• Starting Philippians 4 in the study on Philippians by Elizabeth George.
• Reading Acts

Memory Verse

Last week was so bad/hectic. This week is looking about the same, so I am going to keep this verse for another week.

Psalm 30:11 (NLT)

"You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy."

Husband Encouragement

• Pray for his interactions at work.
• Pray for his bible study.
• Remember to pray for his prayer requests.
• Reach out to his family.
• Be more affectionate.
• Be appreciative of his help.

Personal Goals

• Rest more.
• Let go of all the things that I can't accomplish.
• Be more affectionate with My Love.

Work Goals

• Finish getting pertinent information from daycares & summer camps.
• Finish hurricane/disaster training.
• Carefully monitor new staff person.
• Write one overdue report.

Must Do

• Night Time Routine... especially the ironing before bed.
• Clean the house for company.

Zone

• Find time for rest & relaxation!

Menu Plan

Sunday - red beans & rice
Monday - crock-pot chicken & new potatoes, broiled asparagus, boiled corn, & biscuits with watermelon & peanut butter squares for dessert
Tuesday - favorite local burger joint
Wednesday - pork chops & gravy, mashed potatoes, purple hulled peas, sliced tomatoes, & salad
Thursday - chicken & rice with broccoli
Friday - practice grilling burgers before Sunday!
Saturday - grilled chicken, grilled squash and zucchini, homemade bread, & rice
Sunday - (Big 4th of July Family grill out!) Grandma Elsie's Burgers grilled by My Love, baked beans, cold slaw, corn on the cob, watermelon, & cake

(I'm going Sunday - Sunday this week because of the National Holiday)

Snack of the Week - energy bars
Dessert of the Week - peanut butter bars & watermelon


Fun Things

• Fourth of July cookout with family
• swimming at the Y
• bike riding with My Love
• Watching movies with My Love

Things I'm Thankful for this Week

• My Love
• My CopperMan
• Family
• Bible Study Ladies
• Sleep!

Recipes to Remember

Pork Chops with Country Gravy


Grilled Steak with Black-Eyed Peas

Week of June 21, 2010

Bible Study

• "Experiencing God's Peace" by Elizabeth George
• Philippians 4:1-3
  

Verse of the Week

• Psalm 30:11 (New Living Translation)
  "11 You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy"

Husband Encouragement

• Remember to say please and thank you... use manners.
• Send him a love note or poem in his lunch.
• Bake cookie pie for him.
• Believe in him and let him know that I do.
• Pray for his interactions at work.
• Pray for him to grow closer to God.
• Pray for him to have wisdom to lead our family.
• Let him lead our family & support him without taking over.

Personal Goals

• Leave work at work.
• Focus in bible reading & prayer time.
• Seek the JOY of the LORD.
• Intentionally love my husband.
• Make progress developing good morning, after work & bedtime routines with FLY Lady.
  

Work Goals

• Complete at least three overdue reports.
• Get excited about storytimes.
• Teach yearly hurricane preparation class.
• Find judges for art contest.
• Display all art that comes in for the contest.
  

Menu Plan

Sunday - Mom's
Monday - oven fried chicken, asparagus, & biscuits
Tuesday - apricot lemon chicken over rice with broccoli & cheese
Wednesday - pan seared steaks, sweet potato hash & caramelized onion green beans
Thursday - grilled chicken sandwiches & baby lima beans
Friday - (nieces spend the night) take nieces out
Saturday - Dinner & a Movie [Princess Bride!] fellowship - Avocado Lemon Dip
Snack of the Week: Energy Bars
Dessert of the Week: Lemon Bar Cookie Pie & Brownies

Fun Things

• Dinner & a Movie Fellowship - We are going to watch "Princess Bride"!
• Taking my nieces out to dinner.
• Keeping my nieces. It has been two weeks since I have kept them, and I miss them like crazy!
• Going for a bike ride with My Love.

Things I'm Thankful For This Week

• My Love, my God given husband
• My Copperman, best dog in the world
• My nieces
  
• YMCA membership - I love to swim.
• My bike is fixed and I get to ride again this week... weather permitting.
• Coffee... mornings are just better with it & My Love does a great job making it everyday
• my bed...
• sleep
• DVD's

Week of June 14

Bible Study
(Complete last week's.)

Verse of the Week

• Psalm 28:7 (New Living Translation)
  "The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving."
  

Husband Encouragement

• Be kind even when I feel bad (which is often with my job and the busy summer schedule it entails).
• Thank him often for all his help.
• Send him love notes.
• Pray for him and his daily interactions at work.
• Pray for him to have a close, growing relationship with Jesus.
• Pray for him to have wisdom as he leads our family.
• Bake him a cake.
• Dress up really special for him for our 10 month anniversary.

Personal Goals

• Find my joy in the Lord.
• Find rest & balance.

Work Goals

• Finish staff evaluations.
• Read stories to kids with enthusiasm. Enjoy that part of the job... my favorite part... the part I love. Don't let the other parts of the job ruin that for me.
• Leave Work at Work.
• Keep up with statistics daily.

Menu Plan

Sunday - leftovers, hubby make his own special scrambled burger recipe
Monday - Bacon rapped baked chicken, tomato couscous salad, & creamed spinach
Tuesday - TGIF for 10 month anniversary!
Wednesday - Parmesan Baked Chicken, Cheese Grits, & Broccoli
Thursday - Pan Seared Steak, Sweet Potato fries, & green beans
Friday - date night
Saturday - Mom & Dad's
Snack of the Week: Peanut Butter Energy Bars with raisins
Dessert of the Week: Chocolate Peanut-Butter Chocolate Chip Cake with a Powder Sugar dusting as frosting

Fun Things

• TGI Friday's for 10 month anniversary
• getting ready for Father's Day
• baking a cake for My Love
• swimming at the Y

Things I'm Thankful For This Week

• 10 Month Anniversary
• My Love (my husband)
• My Copperman (my dog)
• exercise highs
• God's daily provisions
• husband to cook for
• bible study ladies
• nieces
• bike fixed
• coffee (that my husband faithfully makes every morning!)
• my job
• God blessing my husband's computer business
• sleep

Week of June 7, 2010

Bible Study

• Philippians 3:17-21 (NLT)

"17 Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example. 18 For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth. 20 But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. 21 He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control."

• Who or what would those who observe my daily interactions say is my God?
• Am I following what I know of Paul's example? Am I counting all the things that I can do and my heritage as lose and striving for eternal things? Am I "pressing on" in my faith even on hard days and in tough situations?
• Am I remembering that I am a citizen of heaven and not earth? And, am I eagerly waiting for Jesus to return as my Savior? Or, do I just look at my immediate circumstances?
• Jesus will take my weak (often pain ridden body) and change it into a glorious body like His own.
• Jesus is in control of everything. Am I living like I realize this? If I really thought this, what would I do differently? Would I talk the same way? Would I have the same worries?

Memory Verse

• Psalm 21:6 (New Living Translation)
  "You have endowed him with eternal blessings and given him the joy of your presence."

Husband Encouragement

• Use manners... please, thank you, after you...
• Thank him often.
• Put love notes in his lunch.
• Brag on him to his Aunt & Uncle Monday night.
• Brag on him to his friends on Friday night.
• Tell him how I want him around.
• Tell him how I need him.
• Pray for him to make wise financial decisions.
• Pray for all of the decisions he will make this week.
• Pray that he has close communion with God this week.
• Seek to encourage him and bless him in at least one way each day.

Personal Goals

• Keep work at work
• Balance... keep up with home responsibilities, yet still take time for me to rejuvenate and rest

Work Goals

• Catch up on Monthly Reports... turn in all parts that are past due
• Write & turn in staff evaluations

Must Do

• Complete staff evaluations
• Plan storytime for Wednesday
• grocery shop
• cook dinner each night
• keep living area neat & clean

Zone

• Seek God's joy and strength
• Focus on the must dos

Menu Plan

• Sunday - favorite local eatery, leftovers from Saturday
• Monday - leftovers from favorite local eatery, dinner with husband's aunt & uncle
• Tuesday - ranch stuffed chicken, brown rice, steamed broccoli
• Wednesday - grilled chicken & veggie sandwiches with stewed Lima beans
• Thursday - pork chops, baked sweet potatoes, & green beans
• Friday - steak fajitas & black bean & corn salsa
• Saturday - artichokes & roasted pepper chicken pizza
• Snack of the Week: Peanut Butter Energy Bars with raisins
• Dessert of the Week: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Fun Things

• Visiting husband's extended family
• Dinner party Friday night

Things I'm Thankful For This Week

• Greatest husband I ever could have ask for who loves me & helps me. God provided and answered my prayers so well!
• Greatest, most loving dog in the world.
• YMCA membership... I love the pool after a hard day at work.
• Good neighborhood to prayer run in.... nothing like it to ease stress & frustrations & feel close to God.
• Loving God who meets me where I am and helps me.
• Friends & family.

FlyLady's Eleven Commandments

I just read FlyLady's 11 Commandments. They sound like great advice for someone as busy as myself who is looking for more balance. Here is my personalized version.

1. FlyLady's #1 is to keep the sink clean. My husband does the dishes for me. My goal is to keep as many of them done before dinner as possible to help him out. Thank you, My Love, for taking care of the number one thing for me. You are the absolute best! I love you.
2. Get dressed every morning... except for the expressed days that I have scheduled to relax. On those days, stay in PJ's all day and make the most of my grunge time.
3. Do your morning and before bedtime routine everyday... pick out clothes for next day, clean the bathroom, hit hot spots for 2 minutes, do one chore for 15 minutes.
4. Don’t allow myself to be sidetracked... unless my husband needs me... he is number one, not the house.
5. Pick up after self. If I get it out, I put it away.
6. Don’t try to do two projects at once. ONE JOB AT A TIME... unless it is cooking and doing dishes. It's best to do them as I go if at all possible... or watching TV & folding clothes... those two go great together (for me).
7. Don’t pull out more than you can put back in one hour.
8. Do something for yourself everyday, maybe every morning and night. ESPECIALLY DON'T NEGLECT THIS ONE!!! It should be number one. I am so guilty of not doing things for myself.
9. Work as fast as I can to get the job done. This will give me more time to play later.
10. Smile even when I don’t feel like it. It is contagious. Count my blessings daily. Write down at least three.
11. Don’t forget to laugh everyday! This can even be the thing I do for me. It will encourage my husband as well. He loves to see me laugh.