Happiness

Mm, so I never felt this good before.

And the strange thing about that? There's no visa in sight...

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It could be that I went copletely OFF refined sugar, and majorly reduced my gluten intake...

It could be the spring, with it's bright, sunny, beautiful mornings...

It could be the sweet blessing of just *being* at home, with my family, resting my knee...

It could be that I am blessed beyond measure (and I mean that with all my heart)

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I LOVE waking up to a wall of clouds with several holes where the golden sunshine tumbles out in it's bright, beautiful glory

I LOVE apples with peanut butter and cheese

I LOVE hugging. My mama, my dad, hearing someone say: do you want a hug?

I LOVE getting dressed up and looking pretty *just* for my family, even if nobody else will see me all day (you know, you'd do that for people you work with)

I LOVE being off sugar, and almost off gluten

I LOVE feeling WONDERFUL, physically, emotionally, spiritually

I LOVE the this beautiful ring on my right ring finger.

I LOVE writing notes and letters to my best friend
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What do you LOVE??

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Oh, and the "cow" in the labels is my Mindy, because I LOVED milking her.

I am so....

*Absent from this blog world, that I'm almost ashamed of it. Yet my highest vocation is not blogging, and so I cannot prioritize it as if it was either. I am here now, doing my very best to make up to you for my absence.

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*Thankful for being God's beloved child, resting in His loving arms each night, Him watching over me, providing each and every thing that I could ever need or ask for. I can live the concernless life of a child, a child of the household of Heaven!

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*Determined to go to bed soon, so that I may get up early and spend forever (here meant as a time description, as in "more than just the average 30 minutes") with the Lord.

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*In love with this beautiful Maker of mine, pursuing me in a sweeter way than any man ever could, sweeping me totally off my feet with His lovingkind ways.

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*Tired some days, of going to work each and every day, using all my life, all my energy, all that I am, being there, serving.

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* Glad that I can rest, despite my tiredness, in that this is His plan for me right now, His will.

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*Excited that I am going to be with dearly-beloved-ones-far-far-away in almost no time (four months)

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*Loved by He who bore my sins and slavery up on that cross, and totally freed me from it by doing so.

THE END

*the picture is my window view while I lived in Ireland.

2009 - A Year of Organizing

I think I started off well with the title.

*It might give people who know me a good laugh

*It might give me the small but well-placed kick I need to get organized.

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I am a messy person.

I can add very without getting extreme,

I can even add extremely without exaggerating.

I am a very, extremely messy

(disorganized, ineffective,

messmaker) person.

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And I'm ready for change.

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I find myself in a new year,

with a clean slate and new chokes.

And several (meaning many) bad, old habits ready to die =)

I'm the one that classify them as "ready to die", it's not excactly something they've come up with them selves.

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I also find myself in a new season of life, as a homemaking daughter in my parents house. Due to some financial difficulty I can't stay at home full time, I have to work, at least for a while. And I do some part-time studies. You see I'll need to be a little more organized. And also since half the point in my staying at home is to help out with the making of the home, there's even more reasons to get organized.

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"See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil."

(Ephesians 5:15-16)

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Give me one issue this book haven't got any comments on! =)

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Of course, all you head-shaking people sitting by your computers thinking "where now did she get THIS from": I did get this idea from somewhere =) Somewhere as specific as Crystal Paine's Biblical Womanhood Blog,

this post to be accurate.

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She writes:

For those of us who are home managers,

I believe it is vitally important we seek to

glorify the Lord by being

an efficient and organized

keeper of our home.

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And I agree with her, of course.

I have even decided that I am a home manager,

and so I can take her words to heart.

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I will make an effort to become organized through this year.

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It's not a resolution, it's not even a promise.

It's a goal,

and that, my friends, is a far more valuable thing.

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A goal is something to reach out after,

something to constantly measure up to and refocus on,

something to look at and redefine your course after.

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I have hereby made my first goal for 2009, await many more.