Blessed!

Can you all tell that I have been in a FUNK for awhile? Even my sporadic blogging shows that I have just not been "myself" lately. I hate it! I can't tell you that I was doing anything different, but yet, I was not feeling as "victorious" as I was.

Ok, so let me break it down. I hate the "rat race" of summer. We spend our lives on the GO. And sometimes I THRIVE on it, others...it is just hard. Makes me feel uncomfortable in my own life. (And that is never a good feeling) So... today I take a stand. I am done feeling this way, and I am done allowing my mood to be one that reflects it.

How am I going to do that? First, I am making the decision to do it. Everything starts with a decision. So today, I choose to not let this yucky feeling keep me burdened anymore. The next part of this change is to remind myself of ALL that I have to be thankful for. And there is a TON of things. Family, friends, church, people who appreciate us, and aren't afraid to show us. Grateful for the opportunity to help others who may be hurting or going through a rough time even when you have a case of the "blues". (That was earlier this week) For an email of encouragement when you need one!

I guess in feeling this way for a while now, it hits me that if I choose to be different, I can make that happen. Let this post encourage you, if you want some situation to be different, you have to make a decision to do it. And then do it without waiting on someone else or something else to start the process of change for you. What is it that NIKE says..."JUST DO IT" Don't make it hard or overthink it. I guess that is where I get tangled up sometimes. Great intentions, POOR follow through. Today is the day of change for me. Time to refocus and keep the MAIN thing ...the MAIN thing! (PLEASE don't tell Glen I said that...that comes straight from one of his messages...) :)

Off to finish some of the 100's of projects that have been neglected!
Our love to all!!
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Thursday...Love em!

Today the rest of the Keefer clan is in King's Dominion hanging upside down on a rollercoaster. Wish that I was there! But I doubt that spinning and looping and inverting this all ready dizzy head would benefit me...or them!

Anyway, We are busy lately. I am ready for a rest! Some of you know that we are heading to FL with our family in September. I need the rest, but I need time with people who I love. To just surround myself...(and my camera) with faces and people that I wish I could spend more time with. I think that is what I am looking forward to. Don't get me wrong...I'll be saying Hi to Mickey from all of you as well, but I am hoping for pictures that will commemorate a vacation that we will all remember as one of our best!

I don't see things slowing down... So much going on around here. Church seems to have kicked it up a notch. We are just really busy! Things around my house...just seem a little chaotic. And I can't quite put my finger on why. Maybe it is just me, but it seems like we always have somewhere to go. Or housework that needs to be completed... or SOMETHING. Maybe it is just Summer and once we get back to homeschool and KICK Kelsey back out, things will slow down.

Been working on some craft stuff, but alas, I have pictures of everyone else's projects, just not my own!!!

Sending each one our love in the HEAT of the NC summer!

HUGS
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I've been studying...

So many of you know that I teach the Ladies' meeting on Wednesday nights. I figure that I better blog about our lesson from last week because it has been rolling around in my mind...and weighing on my heart.

Maybe because I feel that time is short...maybe because I feel that we have to choose to be ready. CHOICE...what a HUGE word. I don't know that as Christians we grasp the meaning of the word in our lives. Eveything is a choice. While we may not be able to choose our circumstances, how we react is a choice. I can't say that my reactions have always been the right ones, but I am glad that I can say that I have learned from those mistakes, and they are forgiven.

So last week my lesson talked about me CHOOSING to be a ballerina. A prima ballerina. I told our ladies that I was going to show up on Sunday with a tutu, toe shoes... the whole nine yards. (Ok that visual should scare LOTS of you) But choosing to SAY that I am a ballerina, doesn't make me one. How many people do you know SAY that they are a CHRISTIAN, but then their lives or actions don't support that?

I choose daily to stay connected to the source of all that I believe. If I neglect to make that choice, I begin to wander in places that I don't belong.

...Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve,

... But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

- Joshua 24:15

So while we may not be able to choose all of our circumstances, and we may not be happy to be in the midst of them, we CAN choose our reaction to ALL of them.

Scrappin on Friday with some of the girls! I can't wait. I think that I have found a project that will keep my little hands busy.

I keep saying that I will post more...

And still I fail to do so.



We managed to go away for a few days. And Glen was able to go with us. We needed a break. And we had a good time. Sometimes just laying at the pool...with 4 little chairs all in a row. Sometimes laying in bed watching a movie. Just being together.



Do I sound like a broken record? Seems like I live for spending time with my family all under one roof? Maybe because I realize that it won't always be that way. There will come a time when the kids are off doing their own thing. And it will be just Glen and I. Can't tell you that I am looking forward to that, but I am really glad that I love Glen enough to want to grow old with him. Just the two of us.



Anyway...I have to get ready for my teaching tomorrow night. I think that I am going to spend the day on Thursday scrapbooking. I have a couple of things that I need to get finished. A couple of special projects that I need to complete and give as gifts.



Also coming up is the first Ladies Night Out that we have been waiting to start. I have been looking for something that we all could do, and I have a suggestion to make. Let's see what the ladies think about it.



Now on to a picture to share. This is from our day at the park. I was BEHIND the camera...where I belong. :)


If I get my project done, I'll post pictures of it later this week. I have been making the ribbons to finish it. I hope it comes out nice!!

Anyway...sorry to all of you who read daily...I have been neglecting you. Will try to do better!