Welcome to the New Year 2015!!

Yay!!  I am so happy that a new year has come again, but also sad to see this last year go.  It was a great year filled with many happy memories and adventures.  My prayer is that 2015 will be even better!  Some of my goals for this year, (notice I said goals and not resolutions, heheee!) will be to TRY to blog each and everyday, if not each day, then at LEAST a couple times a week.  I have been so bad in the past and this is something that I think that is worth doing.  I also need to put in my God time....spend at least a few minutes with my Lord and savior each day, maybe even join a bible study!  I also am still on my "Simplifying" kick, and trying to be more organized in my meal planning, grocery shopping, cleaning, and everything else, lol.  I am usually a pretty quiet person at first too, unless I know you REALLY well, then I can be a little crazy at times, but I am going to try to step out of my "comfort zone" a bit this year too.  I will definitely need prayer for that goal!!  I want to spend more time with my girls and not be on the computer QUITE so much when they are home.  I also need to exercise more and watch what I eat........I have lost around 14 pounds so far and I know I can keep going.......I also want to be a little more creative.  Well, that's about it for now.....yeah, I know, kind of random thoughts, but that's what I am working on.........maybe I'm just a "random" kind of person, idk, we'll see!!  Happy New Year everyone!! <3

Happy New Year!! 2014!!

Happy New Year everyone!! I hope and pray that 2014 will be a healthy and joyous year for us all! As for resolutions......I am going to try to eat more healthful foods for myself and try to exercise more......those are always at the top of my list, but another important one this year is forgiveness. I've always thought that I really had forgiven someone when I said it to them, but then many times I would remember what they did or said to me, and I would keep replaying it in my head......that always stirred up thoughts of anger and discouragement for me. That is not what real forgiveness is and this year, with God's help, I am going to try to actually forgive people like God forgives us. He doesn't keep replaying the things we do over and over and get angry with us, He forgives us and forgets it, just like it never happened, and forgives us again if we happen to do them again. He is such a loving God, and loves us so unconditionally. I am sooooo thankful for his love, his grace, and most of all his mercy and forgiveness. As I was looking for online devotionals tonight, I came across this site .......... it looks very promising for a daily devotional, which is something else I need to do this year.......have more quiet time with God. The past few months I seem to be very unsettled inside.....I think our move to Oklahoma has to do with part of it, but I also think that I need to be more settled in my walk with the Lord as well, cuz if that ain't going well, nothin' else will either!! I'm praying that this year will be an exciting one and that God will pour out his blessings on me as I learn all over how to walk in His ways!