Monday Meanderings - 01/03/2011

Happy New Year! Wow, I can't believe it is 2011. What a year 2010 was!

Today, I am feeling "blah" but trying to get some things accomplished. Here is what my week looks like!



Bible Study... Proverbs 31

Memory Verse... Proverbs 31:10
"Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies."

Husband Encouragement...
♥ Have a healthy meal for him when he comes home.
♥ Laugh!
♥ Be easy going and try not to wear my feelings on my sleeve

Train Them Up...
* Continue to read to baby Nathan every day.
* Continue scheduling when he moves and when he does not.
* Pray for him and with him
* Buy paint for nursery!

Personal Goals...
* EXERCISE this week
* TRY to write in journals
* Get some rest

New Habit of the Month...
* Practice violin every day

MUST Do...
* Keep the house clean
* Finish laundry
* Pack for revival next week
* Begin working on nursery!

Zone...  the nursery

Menu

M - Something light and healthy
T - Deer steak, cajun fries, green beans
W - TBD
Th - TBD
F - TBD
S - TBD
Su - Church food

FUN THINGS!
* Resting
* Catching up on email
* Planning Nathan's nursery!

3 things I'm thankful for today...
1. Pillows
2. My husband
3. Feeling (and seeing) Nathan move in my tummy!

Looking Back

Here we are....the last day of 2010. What a year it has been!

* I married my best friend in the wedding of my dreams!
* I became pregnant three months into my marriage with a little boy!
* I traveled to Israel with my husband, my parents, two sisters, and many friends.
* I was able to sing more this year in revivals and concerts than ever before.
* I saw my little sister graduate from High School.
* I watched another little sister follow the Lord in Baptism.

.....what a year!

Now, we look ahead to 2011. It will be the year I become a Mommy. It will mark Grant's and my 1st anniversary. It will be a year of singing, ministering, writing, recording, witnessing, and leading people to Jesus.

We don't know what tomorrow holds, but we DO know Who holds tomorrow. Our ever-faithful Lord and King will guide us through 2011 just as He led us through 2010. And no matter what may arise, He will continue to be faithful and true. As we end 2010, let me encourage you as well as myself, to take 2011 and redeem the time. Grab hold of this coming year and make the most of it. Sing and preach louder. Serve Christ more fervently. Pray without ceasing. Be steadfast in the faith. Read the word, obey His voice, and follow wherever the Lamb may lead.

Happy 2011, everyone! May it be a year of a closer walk with Jesus.

Hebrews 12:1-2a - "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith..."

Our First Christmas

Thought I'd post a few pictures of our first Christmas!

Our home!

Our beautiful tree!

Special ornaments

Our stockings. Grant's, mine, and our chocolate lab, Gracie

My husband hung mistletoe!

Christmas Eve



Monday Meanderings - 12/27/10

So how was everyone's Christmas?? My first as Mrs. Grant Lee was wonderful! Fun, crazy, meaningful, memorable....fabulous. Now, it's on to CLEANING THIS HOUSE and putting away all the stuff we got!



Bible Study... Proverbs 31

Memory Verse... Proverbs 12:4
"A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones."

Husband Encouragement...
♥ Clean....this....house.
♥ Have a healthy meal for him when he comes home.
♥ Laugh!
♥ Be easy going and try not to wear my feelings on my sleeve

Train Them Up...
* Continue to read to baby Nathan every day.
* Continue scheduling when he moves and when he does not.
* Pray for him and with him
* Begin planning for nursery!

Personal Goals...
* EXERCISE this week
* TRY to write in journals
* Get some rest

New Habit of the Month...
* Clean bathrooms at least once a week.

MUST Do...
* Clean the house
* Finish laundry
* Put up all the Christmas gifts
* Reorganize if needed
* Practice violin

Zone...  the whole house

Menu

M - Steak, baked potatoes, veggies
T - Deer steak, cajun fries, green beans OR corn
W - Vegetable soup
Th - Chicken fettuchini
F - Homemade pizza
S - Church food
Su - Sandwhiches

FUN THINGS!
* Resting
* Catching up on email
* Planning Nathan's nursery!

3 things I'm thankful for today...
1. A warm house
2. All the love that was shown this Christmas
3. God's blessings

Merry Day-Before-Christmas Eve!

So it's Christmas Eve EVE! I am so looking forward to this weekend!

Seeing ALL of my family. Celebrating with my husband's family. Spending time together for the first time on Christmas Day! It's going to be a memorable Christmas.

Last night, Grant and I FINALLY took a few Christmas pictures. Inspite of being rushed, tired, and completely inept to taking self-portraits, they turned out pretty good! Here are three of my favorites:

I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas! As you enjoy the food, fellowship, family time, carols, presents and stockings, do not forget about Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, who came to this earth to redeem us from our sin. Let us not forget that it wasn't about the baby in the manger, it was about the Highest of Kings coming down to be born in the lowliest of places, making Himself of "no reputation" but taking on "the form of a servant." It's not just about shepherds coming to see, it's about being changed by the Gospel and telling everyone about it! It isn't about the kings from the east who brought gifts. It is about US giving to the Lord; the giving of our time, our talent, our money, our family...our very life. Let us not become like the inn-keepers....let us roll out the red carpet and invite Christ in. As the song goes, "Let every heart prepare Him room."

Don't forget to WORSHIP the Lord this Christmas. I don't want to simply "remember the reason for the season," but literally praise Him for who He is and what He has done for me. As Mary said...

My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.....
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation....
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts....
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree....
He hath filled the hungry with good things...

....For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

Praise be to HE who came down for me!  Merry Christmas!

The Christmas Story, as Told by Facebook

Lots to Do! It's Christmas!!

Better watch out
Better not cry,
Better not pout
I'm tellin' you why.....

Why?

Because CHRISTMAS is THIS Saturday!!!!!

 Lots to do, lots to do!

Deer chili is in the crockpot, cookies are in-the-making, I have to finish wrapping the presents, try to finish cleaning the house, put up the laundry I just folded....busy busy. Sometime before Thursday, I want to TAKE A GOOD CHRISTMAS PICTURE WITH GRANT. *sigh* Maybe tomorrow?? Somehow find time to really rest, relax, and enjoy my first Christmas as a wife. Busy, busy!