ten things to be happy about today...
1) when rosalea makes lunches for everyone she always adds notes and leaves me one on the kitchen counter for my lunch. and my note for today has a smiley face made entirely of m&ms.
2) waking up early is going SO well, in fact so well that it must be God’s hand on it. obedience is always so hard to do, and so sweet after it is done that we wonder how it could have ever been so hard.
3) i went to a spin class with sister-in-law, meredith on monday. i remember that i LOVE to ride my bike. i remember that my butt hurts when i haven’t ridden my bike in a while. i remember how good it feels to exercise AFTER you are done exercising...
4) reading poetry to go along with my Bible reading every day. from these books...that my friend, jennifer gave me because she knows i LOVE poetry AND the Bible.actually they don’t have the TWO hardback HUGE volumes that she gave me, but they do have ONE paperback that might have a nice selection. i do love a bit of poetry everyday. i want to be a poet when i grow up. but poetry is always about word conservation and that just really isn’t my style. i am so worried that the future of poetry is in jeopardy because children aren’t being taught poetry anymore. so i printed up some great poems and have laminated them and am hanging one a week in the shower that the kids and i shower in everyday. we are memorizing them as we shower. the kids and i already know these two...i never saw a moor by emily dickinson AND almost perfect but not quite by shel silverstein which i did not pick for its religious value, but when i googles it to find a link to put on for you, i found it in a SERMON. that may be the ONLY time shel ever got a mention in a sermon....
5) millie being so funny at the dinner table last night. that girl is seriously wittier than i am. which does not bode well for my future (or hers, if i decide to “snow white” the whole situation and have her killed... “mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most humorous of all?”)
6) maxx reading 2 books yesterday afternoon and evening AND playing outside for 2 hours. he has turned into a voracious reader. AND eater- he ate 3 servings of dinner last night.
7) making breakfast in the morning. one of the best parts about getting up early is making a nice big breakfast for everyone. the kids are slowing starting to forget their fickle friend, the pop tart.
8) i am riding my bike to Bible study today. it is just a little over a mile away from my house, but i should get in some riding time before and after the study. whoops, i just checked the weather. i may or may not get to ride my bike due to rain and 40 degree temperatures. but i will try!
9) cleaned out my big freezer yesterday. one step closer to maybe, just maybe getting a new refrigerator with and ICE MAKER. yes, i said it people... there could one day be ice in the marshall house. of course, the kids have never known the thrill of ice at home. they all like their drinks lukewarm. we are preparing them for their european touring days.
10) hot tea- no list of top ten would be complete without the beverage of the LORD. i know that scripture never directly speaks of tea. but i think that when people called Jesus, TEAcher, that it implies that TEA was given by the LORD for our benefit. (barry will have something to say about that). and when He spoke of milk, He meant add half and half to your tea. and i have no scriptural basis for adding splenda, but sometimes you just have to know what the good, pleasing, and perfect will of the LORD is for your life...