July 9th resolutions

As hard as it was saying goodbye to so many friends and family in Lancaster, it's good to be back in SdC. (You know, often I selfishly wish that all the people we love so much could just move with me wherever I am so that I don't ever have to miss anyone, but then God reminds me that one benefit of his church is that we have family wherever we are.)

I feel refreshed and ready to begin again with renewed energy, ideas, and excitement. Now I know that it's not Jan 1 or the start of a new school year, but for me it feels like a new year so I thought I'd write a few resolutions: In no particular order:

1. Finish Abigail's "Baby's First Year" scrapbook (yes, I know, she's 3 1/2)

2. Start Isa's "Baby's First Year" scrapbook and finish at least six months worth

3. Finish reading the Harry Potter series in Spanish (it's fun and I build my vocab with cool words like "potion" and "enchanted")

4. Eat fish at least once a week

5. Work at least once a week in the café

6. Keep a regular prayer journal

7. Keep my email inbox cleaned out by responding promptly

8. Play more with the girls

I'm sure I'll want to add/edit these as things move along, but for now it seems like a good start. This trip turned out to be timed well for us. We were crazy busy right before we left and got a lot of things taken care of, so now after a good break I want to dive right in again - with the café, with the ministry, with life here.