because today is a new day.

today i am finishing cleaning up and doing some much needed work. i dont talk much about it, but there are times when my home gets to a point that its overwhelming to even wake up… and sometimes i dont.

i asked some people, here recently, what their opinions were on making life changes…. is it more promising to alter the said changes over a course of time, slowly yet surely introducing the change or to make a sudden change(with an obvious point of sticking to it)… regardless of what the “answer” may be, after having thought about it, i began to realize that everytime that i have ever done anything, and done it successfully, it has been a sudden change type of movement in my life.

before coming back to the church a couple years ago and dramatically jerking my life back into place, i had ‘decided’ to make changes several times.. over and over and over again. you know, so much that each time the thought slowly drifted through the back of my mind that this time was no different than my previous failed attempts.

ive been going through that again somewhat recently on different matters. i dont always feel like a good mom, and only some of those times are the days that are hard to get out of bed. i feel very undisciplined, with mostly everything. i feel like i hold such high standards for myself, yet i dont seem to pass even the lowest of them. i dont tend to have the highest diligence with time, or money management. its hard at times to find motivation for things that should hold the highest priorities.

in essence, i feel as though ive just been floating through the past couple years. really accomplishing much of nothing.

i know this is not much of one conclusion, but eh. que sera sera?

today is a new day.

Strength and honor are her clothing

so i found the new camera that i want and… its pretty much on a WISH LIST. lol, but – i decided that im not spending any money on a camera unless it is exactly what i want. (that and i need a job first) however, this camera is exactly what i want, it even has hd video recording :) isnt it pretty?

i also found this on parents.com and thought it was super cool! :)
Banana Split Freeze Pops

8 tablespoons strawberry topping
4 bananas, peeled and halved crosswise
1-1/2 cups strawberry ice cream, softened
8 tablespoons pineapple topping
1-1/2 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
1/3 cup chocolate-fudge topping
1-1/2 cups chocolate ice cream, softened Whipped cream
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
8 maraschino cherries (drained and patted dry)

1. Divide strawberry topping among eight 6-ounce plastic or paper cups. Insert a wooden stick into each banana half; place one in each cup, stick side up. Cover and freeze for an hour.

2. Divide strawberry ice cream among cups, spooning it in around bananas; repeat with pineapple topping. Freeze for 15 minutes. Spoon vanilla ice cream, fudge topping, and chocolate ice cream into cups until full. Place a square of aluminum foil with a slit in the center over each cup. Freeze overnight or until firm.

3. When ready to eat, peel off the cups. Top each pop with whipped cream, walnuts, and a cherry.

i dont know that im gonna have these before the 4th of july – which is the holiday that they were directed toward on the site, but definitely before the end of this summer heat!

the power of prayer

so, its probaby much too late and long overdue for this post but it seems to be a recurring idea with my posts lately, so lets go with it. :)

at the banquet the other night, for the building fund… pastor steve said (something), im not sure – but regarding money and the building fund. and it got me to thinking. now, before i go further let me state my disclaimer: i am not saying that we do not need money for the building fund. obviously money is quite the tangible answer to being able to proceed in the building fund. however, what i am saying is that.. have we forgotten the power of prayer? i wonder how many of us who were pumped up and excited at the beginning of the campaign, because yes.. it was a very inspiring presentation on the “to be” building, but i wonder how much of that zeal has been lost? i wonder how many of us now look at those business card sized window clings and dont think twice, or do.. but only 50 percent of the time. yes, yes, yes we need money. but we need ferventness.. we need passion… we need prayer. we need action to be taken in the spiritual realm that will produce an amplified re-action in the physical realm. are we demanding so much of ourselves instead of relying on the One, Who has the ability to produce the desired results? i heard pastor micah referto it once as synergy and i was unsure as to what that meant so i totally googled it :] the interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects. and i really liked that, well put.

so yeah, maybe this is/would be a good reminder for anyone, or all of us – but mostly me. and not merely in regards to the building campaign. i could explain it more, but basic point is that i think i have lost… maybe never even have found.. that place of familiarity. and i feel like i crave it, i need it. but theres a part of me that is scared.. why? i dont know. because it is new.. unventured territory. and just to conclude and ponder upon this definition of “familiarity”
fa·mil·iar·i·ty (f-mlyr-t, -ml-r-)
n. pl. fa·mil·iar·i·ties
1. Considerable acquaintance with.
2. Established friendship; intimacy.

Strength and honor are her clothing