Week of August 2

Bible Study

• Wife After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George

Memory Verse

• Psalm 105:43 (New International Version)
  "He brought out his people with rejoicing, his chosen ones with shouts of joy"

Husband Encouragement

• Lots of hugs
• Pray for him out loud with him.... let him hear me praying for him.
• Tell him all the things he does well.
• Laugh with him.
• Let him lead.
• Seek his advice more.

Personal Goals

• Balance my time better between work & play.
• Start back exercising. This is always hard after being sick, & since I still ran a fever part of the night last night, it is even harder to know what and how much to do this time.
• Actually start doing more than reading FLY Lady.

Work Goals

• Clean out the Meeting Room Closets.
• Make headway on cleaning my office.
• Make headway on at least one project I am behind on.
• Update personnel files.

Must Do

• Refile prescription
• Pay bills
• Pay ticket
• Go to the bank

Zone

• FLY Lady - Just jump in. Do the routines everyday and pick one of the challenges a day to do. They only take 2 to 15 minutes. I can do this... I can FLY...

New Habit of the Month - AUGUST

• Lay out clothes & iron as part of bed time routine.

Menu

• Monday - cumin spiced steak with green bean & chili tomato sauce on top over brown rice with corn on the cob on the side
• Tuesday - spinach & beef spaghetti with homemade brown bread
• Wednesday - chicken & artichoke bake with rice and copper pennies
• Thursday - chili mac & broccoli with cheese
• Friday - Date Night
• Saturday - grilled chicken & salmon with tossed salad
• Sunday - favorite local eatery, BBQ sandwiches & chips
• Snack of the week - oatmeal bars
• Dessert of the week - ice cream
• Breakfast special - cinnamon oatmeal raisin bran muffins

Fun Things

• Bike with husband
• Practice piano
• Plan for vacation!

Things I'm Thankful for this week

• My dear husband, My Love
• My very special dog, CopperMan
• my nieces (They are out of town, & man do I miss them this week!)
• House God gave me in my dream neighborhood
• Church & Sunday School that I love attending that encourages me to grow
• ladies bible study (We are on break right now, so we are not meeting this week, & man do I miss them as well!)
• Internet at home. I can finally do this at home and not at a wi-fi friendly coffee house (not that I didn't enjoy the visits to the coffee house!)
• laptops
• DVD's
• lemons - They just make ice water & iced tea so much better! Thank you, My Love, for drilling in the concept.
• high quality coffee
• morning bible readings in bed (kind of like breakfast in bed!)
• Vacation is coming soon!