July 28, 2007

• Thinking on His Blessings!!

  Okay...I'm up and can't sleep.  I've been tossing and turning for the last 2 hours so I finally thought, forget it!  I get up and Xanga my thoughts and then maybe, just maybe I can rest for another couple of hours! 

  I don't know about you folks...but I have been a busy, busy gal!!  About a week ago I found some office furniture on sale for 60% off.  I was in desperate need for more storage and filing areas....too much stuff without homes.  My organizational system has been a sinking ship for way too long...and I was desiring a fresh new start. I finally realized that all my stuff didn't have a proper place or space to begin with, thus the new furniture purchase!  Monday and Tuesday morning involved emptying my home office of all it's contents.  Tuesday afternoon, my Pops (Roger Brooks, my "adoptive" dad) picked up my beautiful new furniture at the office supply store with his team of guys and delivered it to my empty office!!  The rest of the week was sorting, culling, tossing, giving away and organizing the office contents scattered all over the living areas of my house.  I made a promise to my husband that the house would be presentable by this weekend and with the help of Paula and Ivy...it SPARKLES!!!  I'm pooped from all the hard work!!  But for the most part I'm organized.  I still have about 3 boxes to create files for.  But at least the contents are divided in the proper topics....it will be sooooo much easier now!  Thank God for Paula and Ivy...I would have never gotten here without them.  I'm a high "I" which means I will put off anything at a drop of the hat if there's an opportunity to be social!  Paula knows how to get me to focus and yet not overwhelm me at the same time!  What a blessing!!

  It all kinda goes with the messages spoken of late at WOLC.  We gotta get free of the stuff that's holding us back from God's GREATER blessings and callings on our lives.  The devil wants us trapped in chaos and confusion because this keeps us from our divine purpose and typically we then feel trapped, isolated, paralyzed and alone!  The Flylady calls CHAOS - Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome due to state of it in our homes - which also keeps us paralyzed in so many ways.  I have a good friend who often said, "Sometimes the best way I can praise the Lord is just to clean my house and stay on top of the things I need too."  Pretty deep, eh?  For me, getting my office and home organized helps me to function better.  AND, I've taken a little advice from P Linda for us working gals...if it's not your talent and you don't have time for it, HIRE someone to get it done!  I am now not afraid to admit that I am NOT superwoman...and only strong people get help!!  I'm not a natural housekeeper and thus, to keep myself and my loving husband happy...I have to bite the bullet and pay for someone else's talents in that area.  But the amazing thing in all that is...it frees me up to do the things I'm talented in and use those talents to bless others!!

  It's been a blessing working with Paula, cuz all the extra stuff that I don't need...she takes for her next huge garage sale!  So we're cleaning and getting rid of stuff all at the same time!  She gets blessed with all sorts of scrap paper, pens and pencils (from my many conferences), lotions, nicknacks, etc. that is just holding me back.  And I get blessed by her services!  She also has recently gotten blessed by an awesome sewing job for her business which will bless not only her, but Ivy as well!!  So the blessings keep rolling!!

  On another note...not a day goes by that I don't think about my 20 ninos in Bolivia and my good friends there. 

    Since Kim is returning with Amber in October, I have an eye out on eBay for toys at exceptionally good prices that will pack easily in their suitcases.  Ahhh, how I wish I could return with them...but I will be in midst of a new school year and my busy season.  My time will hopefully come next summer!!

  My husband is preparing for his mission trip...he's going to Party with the Gypsies with Georgian Banov and leaves EARLY Thursday morning.  He will be gone Aug 2-15th on his first missions trip ever!  He will be in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.  He's getting very excited and is a bit nervous too.  He wanted to go on this trip by himself...as he's a little socially shy initially and wanted the opportunity to try to push past that.  Sometimes he depends on my overly social personality and boldness which makes up for his initial shyness.  I'm sure he'll have a great trip...but he will be greatly missed!!

  Thank God I'm doing my best to stay busy!  I too leave for a Down Syndrome conference in Kansas City on Thursday and then fly out to Oklahoma to visit my dad's side of the family for a couple of days.  When I return, I have several clients to see, reports to write, filing to do, another project with Paula (...the basement!! Yikes!!) and then doing all my prep work for starting up a new school year!  I have a month til school starts and still quite a bit to get done!  So I think I'll be able to keep busy enough and hopefully not miss Curt to the point of tears!  The hardest part will be not talking to each other everyday!!  Hopefully he'll have email everyday...but that's not a given every where he goes....and also, he's not a computer nut like me!  But I know God will get me through!

  If you see me when I return, give me an extra hug!  I might need it!!

  Well, that's about it folks!!  Now...what are you gonna do to be a blessing to others today??

  Peace out!

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