So we as a family, are going away for a week.
Most of that will be galavanting the countryside....
Tonight, we hit Auckland. Tauranga tomorrow..... Hamilton Monday..... Tuesday brings us to New Plymouth and Friday brings us somewhere on the way to home...
We'll be going to weddings, catching up with family and meeting the new nephew for the first time. Promising for a good post on my return!
Ciao!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Can it be done.....?
I've been taking a little bit of time to reminisce 2010 - twenty ten. You know what? - it was a really challenging and difficult year. Not just for me, but for a lot of people I know.
Why does it take so long to get over some heartaches you go through? I still battle with some, on a near daily basis.
Not only was it difficult, but it was AMAZING! There are so many awesome highlights. I can officially say that I lost 18kg in 2010, got fit and healthy. I celebrated my beautiful girls 1st birthday, close friends got married, had babies. I started dancing.... I achieved my main goals, and now I'm starting to think up new ones.
2011 - twenty eleven. This year is going to be full of GOODness. I just feel it inside me.
God gave me a special scripture at the start of 2010 for me:
"You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. The wilderness becomes a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy. The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are carpeted with grain. They all shout and sing for joy!" - ps 65.11-13
That certainly speaks of hard and difficult things, but it also says that out of those things, there will be abundance. And I can say, that was my experience of 2010. When we look to Jesus in our difficulties, he takes the ashes, and turns them into beauty.
So, can it be done? - goals for 20eleven....?
There are others, but I need to keep these 'public' things manageable ;-)
You know what - YOU are amazing. You are not an accident - you were born and made for a purpose, you are beautiful and loved beyond measure. You are part of a Kingdom.
The more I realise that - the more I think it is ok for us to live as royalty. Not being "flashy" with posessions etc. But being you and knowing who you are.
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Happy 2011! May it be a goodie.
Why does it take so long to get over some heartaches you go through? I still battle with some, on a near daily basis.
Not only was it difficult, but it was AMAZING! There are so many awesome highlights. I can officially say that I lost 18kg in 2010, got fit and healthy. I celebrated my beautiful girls 1st birthday, close friends got married, had babies. I started dancing.... I achieved my main goals, and now I'm starting to think up new ones.
2011 - twenty eleven. This year is going to be full of GOODness. I just feel it inside me.
God gave me a special scripture at the start of 2010 for me:
"You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. The wilderness becomes a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy. The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are carpeted with grain. They all shout and sing for joy!" - ps 65.11-13
That certainly speaks of hard and difficult things, but it also says that out of those things, there will be abundance. And I can say, that was my experience of 2010. When we look to Jesus in our difficulties, he takes the ashes, and turns them into beauty.
So, can it be done? - goals for 20eleven....?
- try to be a little bit tidier
- be more encouraging
- look for God and gold in people
- draw God and gold out of people
- exercise through my pregnancy (YES! Im pregnant! due 9 August)
- try to lose weight while breast-feeding (.......try)
- have even more of an open home
- get to know more people
- improve my guitar playing
There are others, but I need to keep these 'public' things manageable ;-)
You know what - YOU are amazing. You are not an accident - you were born and made for a purpose, you are beautiful and loved beyond measure. You are part of a Kingdom.
The more I realise that - the more I think it is ok for us to live as royalty. Not being "flashy" with posessions etc. But being you and knowing who you are.
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[/caption]Happy 2011! May it be a goodie.
I'm BACK!
wowee what a crazy couple of months... to be honest, I haven't had much time for sitting here spending an hour writing a blog.
I've been busy eating, wanting to vomit, being indecisive, exhausted and all the additions that a PREGNANT woman goes through.
Oh yes, I'm pregnant :D
Anywho, I'm back, and back into this blogging world.
I'll be working on some shenanigans to post, better get in quick cause I'm about to go off on a weeks holiday!
See you soon!
I've been busy eating, wanting to vomit, being indecisive, exhausted and all the additions that a PREGNANT woman goes through.
Oh yes, I'm pregnant :D
Anywho, I'm back, and back into this blogging world.
I'll be working on some shenanigans to post, better get in quick cause I'm about to go off on a weeks holiday!
See you soon!
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