Catching up.

We are SNOWED IN. I mean, I don't even think we could leave if we wanted to. It's crazy. They say we're supposed to get a foot of snow at least. It looks like that much already and it's not even 10 a.m. Crazy.

Needless to say, we're having another snow day. Great day for vegetable soup! (I posted the recipe at my weight loss blog.) Yum. Posting another recipe hopefully today sometime.

Anyway, I havent' updated my normal daily, exciting stuff lately, so here goes:

I'm working on my book.

Surprise! I bet that's a shocker. Seriously, there are OTHER things going on in our life... in fact, Adam and I sat down earlier this week to prioritize all these other things. In the upcoming months, we have:

• A babysitting night on Valentine's Day weekend for the parents in our church (they drop their kids off and go on dates and we play with children til 10 p.m.)
• A Leap Day Night party (this was Adam's brainchild. It's Leap Year this year... how often does that happen? So, we're renting a bunch of bouncy inflatables and letting the kids "leap" all night long. We're also going to attempt the world's largest leap frog game. ha. I will be sitting that one out!)
• A Heroic Boys Workshop (this is the male counterpart to my "Beautiful Girls Workshop" - Adam and our guy leaders will teach the guys about self esteem, respecting themselves and girls, chivalry... all from a biblical perspective. I'm putting this together so Adam just has to show up and teach and hang out with kids!)
• Easter. Okay, in the past, we've always done a huge Easter Egg hunt, complete with games, candy, Easter Bunny pictures. This year, we're changing it up. Two days ago, we decided we're doing a show. Yeah, in a month and a half we're going to put together a show. Stay tuned. This could be the cause of many a-headache.
• Beautiful Girl's Workshop: Self esteem. I'm revamping it this year - I want it to really impact these girls. My thought is if we can help them understand how very much God loves them- how he created them to look exactly like they do then maybe they won't struggle with their self esteem so much as they get older.
• Camp. (We've never gone to camp before. This year, we are. I've got the camp booked, we just have to start advertising and figure out how much everything costs, that sort of thing.)
• We also have a women's conference in March, which affects me but not Adam....

We also have no assistant right now. Our former assistant is having twins in a couple of weeks, so we're scrambling a little more than usual with the details.

I love being busy. I love having these kinds of projects. I wouldn't have it any other way, honestly. Now that we've had Sam and gotten into our new house, it's time for me to get back involved. I've sort of just been on the sidelines for awhile. I do sort of have a bit of an internal struggle going on though, because while I feel my calling runs parallel with Adam's, I don't necessarily think it's the exact same as his. I mean, I want to be involved in what he does and impact the kids when I can, but there's a whole other side of me that I think God is pulling at right now. I can feel things shifting a little bit, and I love it and pray not to be afraid of it at the same time.

Anyway. That's it in a nutshell. I partially wrote that bulleted list for myself so I could see on the page exactly what I have to do. You've just read my big to-do list. I'll leave the laundry and dishes off for the sake of entertainment.

:)

Okay, I'm probably going to post about this in a separate post and then you can leave comments there, but I'm going to be doing a big fat giveaway. I'm excited about it. I've got some doubles of awesome stuff around here, and I figure I can share some so you can benefit from these amazing products! :) So, be on the lookout for that. Actually, I'm going to post it right now, so you've probably already read it. lol

Just got word all of our church services for tonight are cancelled. Our pastor NEVER cancels church...that is how bad the snow is here.

wowza. 

Comments

[Jill]

Lots of fun stuff going in for you guys...enjoy the ride!

[Mandy Sypert]

WOW girl! You have a busy few months coming up. Sounds like fun though! Be safe if you get out into the snow storm!

[JenGallacher]

First of all, I hope the snow melts soon. We had more today, and I am SO sick of it. Secondly, you have so many wonderful things planned for your church. I don't think people realize how important it is to teach youth their own divine worth. And it has to be taught repeatedly with today's environment constantly telling them otherwise. Your programs are going to be AWESOME!! Wishing you much inspiration as you plan and carry them out!

[Emily Richter]

Wow!! Fun!! I'd like to hear more about the Beautiful Girl Workshop.

I am feeling the call back to Full-Time Children's Ministry. I've been out for two years because of burnout. I've learned a lot about God and myself during the last two years. I'm excited what God has in store!

[MelissaC]

WOW you are definitely one busy girl!! My favorite item on your to do list is you new book!! I can't wait to see what you write this time!! I totally LOVE your first book!!!!!!!!

I also feel the Lord may be calling me in another direction but I'm just not sure. I still struggle with the is that voice really what He plans for me? KWIM??

Stay warm!!