Wow, what an amazing weekend so far! This is my very first holiday weekend since I finished school and passed the boards so it is the first time in years that I have hosted guests and not had to study or work on my thesis! It has been incredibly awesome!! I have had a house full of people and kids and that makes my heart so happy! I have tried recipes that I have yearned so badly to try and they turned out great! I still have more to try today!! I LOVE cooking and photography and have enjoyed both so much this weekend! I even made homemade pizza from scratch. Yes, scratch as in yeast, flour and such for the homemade crust and the sauce from fresh tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. It was delicious!! Today I will try coleslaw for the first time and chocolate lava cake. The boys have had overnight company and are really enjoying themselves and Tim has been harvesting our corn and he is like a kid at Christmas to say the least. It seems a little early to tell just how the corn crop is going to turn out, but we have asked the Lord to bless it and we are letting Him take it from here. :) It feels so wonderful not to have notes in my face constantly studying every free minute, there are no words in our English vocabulary to adequately describe it. So this morning after I cleaned the kitchen from the Hurricane Amy jo that blew through it yesterday and washing the endless loads of laundry from dirty little boys, I sat down for my quiet time with the Lord. I just can't focus if I know I have things that need to be taken care of. So, He is speaking to my heart about some things financially as we are approaching, at a slow steady pace, the ever present light at the end of the tunnel and I am listening intently, making mental notes if you will. Praise God I have a job! I am certainly excited about it and will start next week. It's at the clinic in Tchula and I just know I am going to love it there. It has been so long since I started a new job......anyway, sorry I got off track a little bit there. So during my quiet time, I remembered a list I had made several years ago, when I was deep in the trenches of my studie, of things that I wanted and wanted to do after graduation and whenever I became discouraged or frustrated I would look at this list. I haven't looked at it quite some time, and it was right where I had safely tucked it away. I was quite shocked when I read the many things on the list. It's funny how much can happen in 12 months, much less three years. The desires of my heart have apparently changed vastly as many of the things on this proverbial list aren't so important to me anymore. Some of them even seem quite silly to me now, while others seemed close to impossible at the time, now seem very attainable. I never would have imagined that my outlook on life and the things in this world would have changed as drastically as they have. I reached a point in my life where Pam cooking spray and mouthwash were luxury items, not necessity items. I think everyone should experience this in life at least once. Maybe I'll share some of the things on this list later, maybe I won't, I don't know. I am still in shock as I just can hardly believe how much my outlook and heart have changed. I thought this entry would be maybe a paragraph long, apparently I had more on my mind than I thought! As we embrace my new job, harvest 2011, and plan for farming next year, I will pray over and contemplate how the Lord would have us handle our finances. How would He have us to get back on top of things as we have fallen behind during these lean years? I want to make him proud in all that I do. How would He have us to serve Him and give back to Him? I plan to make a list of things that we need and bills that need to be taken care of and prioritize this list. Although I have turned over that new leaf and am enjoying my new relaxed grip on this life, I still like lists!! I think they are extremely beneficial! As a matter of fact, he doesn't know it yet, but I am going to ask Tim to make a list too (own his own) and have him prioritize the items on that list as well. Better yet, the boys can too. This will be a great way to see where everybody in the family stands and see what is important to them. Wow, what a GREAT idea!!! I love a brainstorming moment!! This should turn out to be very interesting considering I am the book keeper of the family and manage all the finances and payments......I feel quite certain that our lists will differ greatly. I sincerely apologize that this entry was so miserably long. I had no idea this was all welled up inside of my heart!!! Thanks for being patient and hanging in there with me.
Until next time,
jo
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