Thankful Thursday ~ 1/7/2021

 

Here are some things that made me thankful/smile/excited this week:

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~A New Beginning! ~ I know, technically, it is just another day but New Year's Day is always exciting for me.  A fresh start.  A new year.  A new beginning :)  Happy 2021!!!

~Back to Routine!  Monday we started back to our normal routines.  (As normal as possible, anyway :)  Doug and Kaylee went back to work.  Laken went back to virtual school and I went back to peace and quiet as I go about my normal everyday tasks :)  Don't get me wrong; I love having them home.  But...eventually we all have to get back at it :)

~Bible Verses In My Planner!  Planners that I've had in the past included Bible verses weekly.  My current planner does not.  I saw someone on facebook calling on her friends to tell their favorite Bible verse so she could add it to her planner on a weekly basis and also include prayer for that particular friend of the week.  I loved the idea!  As of the time I write this, I still need 20 more verses to complete the year of 2021.  I would love it if you would add your favorite Bible verse to your comment.  I'm hoping to fill all 52 weeks :)

~LoseIt! LoseIt! is an app that I am now using to count my calories, keep track of my food intake and my exercise.  MyWW was just too expensive.  I can subscribe to Premium LoseIt! for 1/6 of the price of MyWW.  So far I'm loving it!  Counting calories is so much easier than points :)

~School Starting Back???  I got a notice from Laken's school that a January 19th is the "tentative" start back date for the hybrid in-school classes.  So Laken will "possibly" be going TO school on January 19th.  It will still be every other week in school alternating with virtual weeks.  Laken has mixed emotions.  So do I...

What are you thankful for/smiling/exited about this week?  Tell me all the good stuff! 

Colletta

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Help Wanted!!! ~ Your Favorite Bible Verse is????

In the year 2021, I want to include scripture in my weekly planner.

I need 52 verses.  So what is your favorite Bible Verse?  I'm also going to write your name by the verse in my planner so I remember to pray for you at that time.

You can leave me a comment with your verse or email me at collettaskitchensink@yahoo.com .

Colletta

Thankful Thursday ~ 12/31/2020

 

Here are some things that made me thankful/smile/excited this week:

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~ Christmas!  We had a wonderful, relaxing Christmas!  The girls are getting older now so we slept in until around 7am and I actually had to wake them up!  I love the Christmas season and all the preparations and time spent together.  Things were a little bit different this year but still GOOD :)

~Mary, Did You Know!  The Ladies Choir at Church sang "Mary, Did You Know" this past Sunday morning after having one practice!  Yikes!  We were worried about coming in at just the right moment but we managed to pull it off :)  Here's one of my favorite versions of the song, that we sounded nothing like.  Nothing...

~New Computer!  I mentioned earlier in the week that my oldest daughter, Kaylee, got me a new computer for Christmas!  It didn't get here until this past Monday but that is OK.  I'm still super excited to have my own computer again!  It was just so hard to use my kindle for everything.

~Bible Reading Plan!  I will be attempting to read The One Year Chronological Bible in 2021.  I'm very excited about this because my Mom and my Aunt Donna will be reading along with me!  I'm hoping that having the extra motivation and support will help me be more consistent with my daily Bible reading.  If you'd like to join along, here is the Bible we will be using.  There is even a Kindle version.

~Calendars and Planners!  I have my new wall calendar and a new blogging planner all set and ready to use come tomorrow!   My new calendar is Landscapes and my planner is in my favorite turquoise color.  I'm a geek about these kind of things :)

~New Year's Eve!  I want to take this little bit of space to say goodbye to 2020 and say hello to 2021...It has been real but I'm ready to leave 2020 behind!  I pray that 2021 will be kinder and more gentle to us all :)

What are you thankful for/smiling/exited about this week?  Tell me all the good stuff! 

Colletta

P.S. I love for you to stop by MY SHOP and give it some love!

September 2019 ~ Goals Update

I know I just posted my September Goals last week (a bit late) but I wanted to let you know how I did.

~ Have a Daily Devotion Time

For the most part this has been a success.  I started using a daily devotional journal from Janice Thompson called "From God's Word to a Woman's Heart" and have been enjoying it.  It is just the right length each day to fit my schedule but still feel like I've done a devotional time.  I would like to add in more Scripture reading each day and will be working on that.

~ Lose 8.4 lbs for the 3% Challenge

I don't want to call this a fail because I did lose 6.4 lbs in September.  BUT... I didn't hit my goal of 8.4 lbs.  2 lbs short :(  Onto October's 3% Challenge!

~ Celebrate our 19th Anniversary

We celebrated our 19th Anniversary with a date!  Just the two of us!  We went to Applebee's and had a very nice time together :)

~ Finish Brian and Rachel's Wedding Afghan

I didn't get Brian and Rachel's Wedding Afghan done in time for the actual Wedding on September 7th, so I set my goal to get it finished by the time they got back from their Honeymoon.  Success!  I finished it up while they were still away and had it ready to give them when they got back.  I was so anxious to give it to them that I forgot to get a picture of the finished afghan!  I'll have to have Rachel take a picture for me so that I can document it.

~ Finish Layna Bee's Baby Blanket

I finally finished Layna Bee's Blanket!  She's already 3 months old so I'm just a bit behind.  I used the Beautiful Shells pattern and think it turned out lovely!

 

~ Make an appt for an Eye Exam and get new contacts

Done.  Pretty straightforward :)  In fact, my eyes didn't change very much at all this year and I've stayed with the same prescription in both contacts and glasses.

~ Start growing hair out

I have a pretty short pixie-ish cut but want to grow my hair out to at least the length of this picture.  I met with our new stylist, Corinne, and told her what I wanted to do.  I got the tiniest bit of trim on the back of my hair with a plan to grow it out.  I'm exited to get some length to the sides so I can start wearing it curly again.

~ Get a new Planner

I wanted to get a new planner because (as much as I can't believe it)  I've started making appointments for the year 2020 and wanted to be able to keep track of everything.  I found this planner at Wal-Mart and absolutely love it!  It has a prayer and Bible verse each week that I really enjoy and it was only around $8.00!

Overall, I'm pleased with my progress this month.  I'll be posting my October goals tomorrow, so stay tuned :)


Colletta