Family Photo Friday

Okay, so I've been a bad blogger. Haven't been on in two weeks. So, you may ask, what have I been doing? Glen went to Indiana for a week for his doctorate class. Therefore, the kids and I played! We did a day at the Santa Rosa Ecological Reserve, a day at Disneyland, and a day at a local park! The other days that week were spring cleaning - specifically my bedroom. Then last week we worked really hard at getting back on the homeschool track and accomplishing all our schoolwork for the week. It was tough after taking a week off. Here are some photos to enjoy of the two big trips (the Reserve and Disney). Now on to tackle getting the taxes finished....

Family Photo Friday

M is sparring in Tae Kwon Do class. Glen used his cell phone to take the pic ~ one reason it's blurry. But y'all get the picture.

Procrastination, Busyness, and Taxes

I hate to think of myself as a procrastinator, but secretly, I am. I wait until the last minute for a lot of things. I set the latest possible deadline for myself and then stress over getting it done on time. I allow the busyness of life to take over my projects. I can take this to the extreme. Take last year's taxes. As I was cleaning the filing cabinet and preparing for this year's taxes, I found three files of things from last year that weren't filed correctly. So here I am filing last year's stuff before I touch this year's stuff. I do this often. The ultimate in my procrastination has been a quilt. I started this quilt as a present in 1996 (Glen and my 5th wedding anniversary). The goal was to complete it in time for our 10th anniversary in 2001. Guess what? We're in 2011; it's still not done. I was going to try to work on it every day this year until completed. My secret - it's still on top of the dresser waiting to be touched. I need to be a better time manager. I need to be a better wife and mother. I need discipline. I need a good swift kick sometimes. Oh, well. On to bigger and better things.......

Psalm 28:7

The LORD is my strength and my shield;
   in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
   and with my song I give thanks to him.

Really???

It's really been two weeks since my last posting??? I know the entire family got sick. Glen started with the fever, etc. Then the kids, and then me. But have I been that lax about the blog? Yes, I have. I'm sorry. I also realized today that I've fallen behind on my daily Bible reading plan. Glen gives out a new plan at the beginning of each month. Then I opened my Bible and realized ~ I'm TWO weeks behind. So this afternoon, I'm reading and trying to catch up and my 10 year old daughter comes in the room, sees me reading my Bible, and says, "Now there's something you haven't done in a while!" Talk about convicting. It went right down to my toes. I felt so ashamed. That was hard to hear ~ especially coming from the source. I'm supposed to be the example. I let her down. Now to do better. Get caught up and stay on track.

Thank you to my faithful readers who have been checking on my posts even though I haven't been around. Tell me what you all are up to!