Saturday, July 09, 2005

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.