Our family takes an annual trip to the SEC tournament. This year it was in Atlanta and we had a pretty good time.
One of the fun parts of the trip is the SEC Fanfare, a place to go and have sponsors give you free stuff under the guise of playing games and subliminal advertising. It works really well on 6 year olds like my son.
The AT&T booth had these foam “hoop hats” that Fuller really wanted. The problem was to get one you had to shoot a basket from a certain point on their court, in a certain way. If you made the basket, you then had to shoot from half court (or the foul line if you are a girl) The method and location were determined by a wheel you got to spin, after signing a waiver.
Knowing Fuller wouldn’t make any baskets, Damon became his proxy, trying to win Fuller the hat. Unfortunately, it was difficult to do. On Saturday he tried again, but fell a shot short. I got in line, to try and up the odds. I didn’t really think I would make it.
I was so happy to give Fuller that hoop hat. And it was such a boost to my ego.
The first day has come and gone, the first hours, the first minutes, the first seconds. As we push into the first week, I am using a laptop I’m afraid of and trying to make sense of the direction I am heading.
Last January I tried to make 2010 the year of me. Instead, God showed me it was the year of HIM. Through the sad valley of being apart from my husband for a month to the highs of moving to our new home, I was amazed at how blatantly it showed GOD was the orchestrator of my life. I tried to push round things into square holes, but GOD gently held my hand and showed me how important it was to let Him put the round things in the square holes, because those round things would only go in those square holes when He wanted them to.
If that doesn’t make sense, it’s ok. It does to me.
Sometimes I pull up my blog and read what I wrote and giggle at the ego of it all, the silliness that I could really make it all about me. I was just asking for it. And I was reminded over and over again, it is most definitely not all about me.
And when thinking about direction and the new year and what to put first, I have to say first comes God.
I was bummed I didn’t finish the Bible in 90 days project. I quit reading the blog posts and emails, only to move on to other selfish endeavors. So, first I’m going back to last years goal…
“While I know God and I have had some amazing discussion in the past year, I know I need to get to know Him more. And for me, the best way to start is reading the Bible all the way through.”
On the last day of 2010, I was filled with retrospective thoughts of just how blessed we have been. While it wasn’t all sunshine and roses, we were able to muddle our way to a fully refinished house, sell it, find a new house and move into it. It took us from January to May to find ourselves gathering mail at our new address, everyday since has been a reminder of how blessed we are to be here. A day doesn’t go by that we don’t exclaim how great our new house is and how much better our lives are.
With that said, 2011 has a lot to live up to.
I’m kind of going into the year blind, with no sizable list of goals or resolutions. Not that I need them, but I like to make them. So, with that in mind, I think the motto on the mug above (a gift from my parents… and I received a similar small print of it from my sister) is a good way to move in on 2011.
A few days ago I sat down, made a list, and started to do things on the list. On Tuesday I came home from running a bunch of errands feeling a little high, like I was superwoman or something. I was getting Things done.
And I have been getting more Things done and going and going and going… and now I stand at the precipice of a holiday break, ready to collapse into the car and let it carry me to Alabama for a week or so.
Tomorrow (or Saturday) I’ll catch up on posting my pictures.
Today I made the Ninjabread Men for Damon’s office party. I also made some regular gingerbread men, but the Ninjabread Men were a bit cooler to make.
However, I will note that making Ninja shaped cookies didn’t really put me in the Christmas spirit, as it would most of the time. Instead, I couldn’t get a Barenaked Ladies song out of my head:
The Ninjas are deadly and silent
They’re also unspeakably violent
They speak Japanese, they do whatever they please
And sometimes they vacation in Ireland.
The Ninjas are deadly and silent
They’re also unspeakably violent
They speak Japanese, they do whatever they please
And if you tear off their masks, they’ll be smiling.
At least these ninjas aren’t unspeakably violent. They just taste really good.
What I see is a big boy who can do something like build a passenger car by myself and the little boy who happily sits by his daddy to get help to build a passenger car. The contrast pierces my heart, as Fuller moves on to being that much more independent and Tebow moves into being able to participate in such events.
This picture is from a birthday party we went to this evening. I think it is a great family shot, especially since the baby is looking right at me!
Tonight’s DPP represents me letting go and being ok with something not so exciting.
Dinner was kind of scraping the barrel tonight. I need to go to the grocery store, but I didn’t have the car today so I really had to make do with what was in the house. And honestly, I have to tell myself that over and over sometimes because really, it’s ok to have a meal that isn’t worthy of five stars. And if we don’t eat it now, it will go to waste and that is money down the drain.
So, I pulled out the skillet, threw in the last of the chicken, made some rice, and dinner was served.
Now I need to make a list… I’ll be hitting a grocery store tomorrow.
I hope you aren’t tired of the bokeh in my December Photo Project pictures. But today I am kind of double dipping again. The following picture is my DPP and I am submitting it for the Holiday Bokeh Party at Life with My 3 Boybarians.
I said I needed more practice, and I think I’m finally getting it.
Ok, I didn’t post a picture for yesterday. But I didn’t have a picture for yesterday, so today I’m double dipping and giving you two pictures!
First, this morning’s sunrise was breathtaking and immediately had me running for the camera.
The rest of our day was spent in errands and then coming home to clean and cook for a special visitor, Mr. Bob. Bob usually meets with Damon on Wednesdays. They hike, talk, and pray together. Since Bob’s wife is out of town for a little while, we invited him over for a home cooked meal.
I’m a little proud of myself because I attempted two new things: riced cauliflower and stuffed mushrooms. Both were hits, so I’m sure they will make it back to the table again. I meant to take a picture of the mushrooms but they all were eaten too quickly.
Bob visited for a while, including listening to our Advent verse and praying with us.
We have reached the point in the year when our position far from the sun makes us reach for things like turtlenecks, sweaters, scarves, coats, and gloves. Maybe hats, but I don’t wear them. I also don’t wear coats that often because I feel suffocated. But that’s a post for another day.
In the last few years I have noticed a trend in my cold weather wear- I put on gloves, but they never stay on. I am constantly taking them off so I can better do something like take pictures, buckle kids into their car seats, or work my cell phone.
I’m kind of crafty and have the ability to crochet. I have often said, “Self, you need to crochet some fingerless gloves!” I never get to it.
On Halloween it was chilly and I knew I was going to want gloves but since I would be taking pictures I wasn’t going to keep them on. So I bought three pairs of the “stretchy” gloves for $2 at Big Lots. When I got home, I cut the tips off the fingers. And the gloves stayed on for a lot longer.
So, that’s what works for me… I have cheap texting gloves and my hands still stay warm while I’m taking pictures.
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A boost to the ego
