A Sabbatical - Extended

I am taking time off from blogging. It kinda started this month unofficially. However, I am now making it official. There will be no postings on this blog until July. I will miss connecting with each of you. However, I am needing to prioritize some things in my life and I've neglected the blog.

Resurrection Day

Today was such a blessing! God is so good and faithful. We had an awesome breakfast at church with an egg hunt during Family Bible Hour and our speaker from Jews for Jesus shared about Christ in the Passover.  Then family and dinner time. We had a total of 10 for the afternoon. It was fun to sit around the table, talk, and laugh with one another. I consider myself blessed!

I trust you took time to worship our Savior today! He is amazing!

Dreaming

I've been so unfocused lately. Dreaming is the only word I can think of to describe myself these days. I'm dreaming of gardening, scrapbooking, quilting, and pretty much anything dealing with nesting. I was so excited the other day to get some free curtains and rods for the family room. They are still in the van waiting to be washed. I also need to go buy hooks for hanging them. I've checked out tons of library books dealing with gardening, quilting, and homeschooling lately. I'm dreaming of what curriculum I want to use for next year. Yet I caution myself with the thought that no matter what I dream and how fanciful my dreams can be, God is in control and has His plan for me.

Jeremiah 29:11-13 (ESV)

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

I am to seek and dream of God and God alone - nothing else. My focus is to be on Him. It is my goal this week to seek Him with all my heart.

A Busy Week

I can't believe a week has gone by already. What has happened to my time? Where did it go? We focused totally on homeschooling, completing and mailing the taxes, and sprucing up the front yard. That's all I can think that I did. I know there was more. Dinners cooked; dishes washed; laundry done...the list goes on. Even my family back east noticed my cyber absence (called my sister and she wanted to know what all we've been doing). There's been almost no Facebook time or blogging time. Just a quick check each day of the email accounts. I can also tell you haven't been taking much "me" time lately. I need to do this to maintain my sanity. I'm exhausted at the end of the day and don't feel like I've accomplished anything. So, tomorrow begins a new week. There's church tomorrow morning and evening with a birthday party in the afternoon. Monday through Thursday will be school days with park day on Friday. Saturday is Ladies' Connection and Mom's Night Out with SD Christian Homeschools. I'm tired already just thinking of the next week. I'm gonna carve out some "me" somewhere in this week. What do you like to do for your "me" time?