See, I made it with 2 posts in one week just in the nick of time!!! So far so good! Keeping up with at least one of my new year's resolutions. Ha Ha!
I have to say that we are one week into the new year and so far my resolutions are shot! I was reading an article recently that talked about setting new year's resolutions. It said that January 1st brings hope for a brand new start. A symbolic date where we evaluate how we're living today and how we want to live tomorrow. It goes on to say that we stand in front of our mirrors at the beginning of each year and have grandiose ideas of that "perfect" mother we will miraculously become. We vow to have peace amongst our children, family meetings, family dinners, date nights, clean kids, clean clothes and a clean house; always! Unfortunatley, the hope we place in this idea of "perfect" only sets us up for disappointment, usually no later than January 2nd.
Ok, I get that putting expectations on yourself for new year's resolutions does usually end in disappointment. But is it too much to ask to have a week, dare I say a month when I'm able to stick to 2(heck I'd settle for 1) of my resolutions?
So far my patience with my children has been non-exsistent. They have been constantly fighting, getting in trouble and suffering consequences. I'm so exhausted at the end of the night that I have no desire to do their devotions with them. I just need a break from them! Then I'm relishing in my own time(watching tv, being on the computer, talking on the phone with no interruptions, spending time with Paul) and I'm enjoying it so much that before I know it, it's very late! So I go to bed and sleep until I have only enough time to get us all ready for the day. Thus, giving up any time in the morning to have my quiet time with the Lord.
So, in conclusion, the article goes on to say that it's sometimes easy to lose hope in the midst of our own storms. The key is to place our hope in God, who never changes. A hope that doesn't live and die with the passing of a date on our calendars but rather is constant and steady and waiting for us whenever we take the time to find it. So when our New Year's well-laid plans don't go exactly as we imagine, remember this gift of hope. Tomorrow is a new day. And I can say "So far, so good!".... at least until tomorrow night!
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Amen! Great Post!!!
Have you ever read "Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World" by Joanna Weaver?! I highly recommend it!!! We ALL struggle with the "Mary" and the "Martha" within us ...to find balance, and yes - precious TIME!!!
Two posts in one week... that is something to be proud of!!! (I'm one to talk... I guess I should consider an update of my own pretty soon!?)
Have a great (and GRACE-filled) day!
~Karri~
Nick Lachey
~Resolution
Nothing but an empty page
Breathing in an open space
Captured by your moment's grace again
There's so much I left behind
Even more that waits in time
Everything's so undefined
I'm standing on the edge of my fear
And I see it clear
Here's my resolution
I'm letting go
All I need to learn is along this road
And I just want to be the best man I can be
Breathe, it's my resolution
Living life without her there
Finding soul is where I stand
And learning how to love again
And all I want is something real
That I can feel
Here's my resolution
I'm letting go
All I need to learn is along this road
And I just wanna be the best man I can be
'Cause here's my resolution
I'm letting go
All I need to learn is along this road
And I just wanna be the best man I can be
Breathe, it's my resolution
My resolution
(Ooh oh oh)
You gonna update soon or what, lol!?
Tom Petty
~Time to move on
Its time to move on, time to get going
What lies ahead I have no way of knowing
But under my feet, baby, grass is growing
Its time to move on, it s time to get going
Broken skyline, movin through the airport
Shes an honest defector
Conscientious objector
Now her own protector
Broken skyline, which way to love land
Which way to something better
Which way to fo rgiveness
Which way do, I go
Its time to move on, time to get going
What lies ahead I have no way of knowing
But under my feet, baby, grass is growing
Its time to move on, its time to get going
Sometime later, getting the words wrong
Wasting the meaning, and losing the rhyme
Nauseous adrenaline
Like breakin up a dog fight
Like a deer in the headlights
Frozen in real time
Im losing my mind
Its time to move on, time to get going
Wh at lies ahead I have no way of knowing
But under my feet, baby, grass is growing
Its time to move on, its time to get going
looks like the lyric fairy was here too.
I say, have bagels... and the rest will fall into place. Yep!
Warrant
~Hollywood (so far so good)
I live in Hollywood
Right beneath the stars
I walk around, they drive
Incredibly long black cars
I think that they could learn
A thing or two from me
While money is buying your house
It's selling your sanity
They take love for granted
Say it grows on trees
The only thing I've ever seen
On a tree was leaves
I got a girl
She keeps my feet on the ground
I concentrate on her
I don't need to shop around
CHORUS
So sweet, tastes like honey
Right down to her feet
Who could ask for more
My girl is sweeter than a candy store
I go to work
I work hard all day
She works as hard as me
'Cause we got bills to pay
We share a roof
We share a bed
But unlike the rich we share
What's in eachothers' head
CHORUS
CHORUS
I live in Hollywood
Right beneath the stars
So far it's prett good
Pretty good so far
So far so good
So far so good
So far so good
So far so good
Oh my, in under two hours it will be a whole week with no update. Are you going to come back & tell us that it's been a week already & that you are a bad blogger, lol!?! It's ok if you don't update, i will just keep finding funner & funner songs for you to enjoy. :O)
See you at bagels!! :O)
another one for you, from bagels this morning, lol!
Rick James
~Super Freak
She's a very kinky girl
The kind you don't take home to mother
She will never let your spirits down
Once you get her off the street, ow girl
She likes the boys in the band
She says that I'm her all-time favorite
When I make my move to her room it's the right time
She's never hard to please
{Refrain}
That girl is pretty wild now
The girl's a super freak
The kind of girl you read about
In new-wave magazine
That girl is pretty kinky
The girl's a super freak
I really love to taste her
Every time we meet
She's all right, she's all right
That girl's all right with me, yeah
She's a super freak, super freak
She's super-freaky, yow
Super freak, super freak
She's a very special girl
The kind of girl you want to know
From her head down to her toenails
Down to her feet, yeah
And she'll wait for me at backstage with her girlfriends
In a limousine
Going back in Chinatown
Three's not a crowd to her, she says
"Room 714, I'll be waiting"
When I get there she's got incense, wine and candles
It's such a freaky scene
{Refrain}
{Bridge}
Temptations sing!
Ohhhhh
Super freak, super freak
That girl's a super freak
Ohhhhh
She's a very kinky girl
The kind you don't take home to mother
She will never let your spirits down
Once you get her off the street, ow girl
Blow, Danny!
Ok, so I'm watching the premire of American Idol, and they are in Minneapolis, so there's a LOT of Prince songs. Here's one for you....
Prince
~The Holy River
Lets go down 2 the holy river
If we drown then well be delivered
U can still see the picture upon the wall
One eye staring at nothing at all
The other one trying 2 focus through all your tears
U can try and try but theres nothin 2 hide
U cant run from yourself and whats inside
U got 2 find the answers 2 the questions that u most fear
So over and over u ask your soul
Whyd u come down 2 a world so cold?
And the voice inside says 2night the truth will be told
U surrounded yourself with all the wrong faces
Spending your time in all the wrong places
Puttin your faith in things that only make u cry
People say they love u when they wanna help
But how can they when u cant help yourself?
The more they say they love u, the more u just wanna die
So here we go again, the self analysis
Have another glass of port and uh.. forget this
The bands playin at the club 2night and theyre bound 2 groove
There u are, u think ure high
U cant ask yourself cuz ud only lie
If u had a dollar 4 every time u tried
U cant call nobody cuz theyll tell u straight up
Come and make love when u really hate em
Relationships based on the physical are over and done
Theyre over and done (theyre over and done)
Ud rather have fun
With only one, with only one
Only one... one (one)
And then it hit cha like a fist on a wall
Who gave u life when there was none at all?
Who gave the sun permission 2 rise up everyday? (ooh, oh yes)
Let me tell it (gon)
If u ask God 2 love u longer
Every breath u take will make u stronger
Keepin u happy (happy) and proud 2 call his name (gon and say it)
Jesus (jesus)
And over and over u ask your soul
Whyd u come down 2 a world so cold?
And the voice inside said 2night the truth will be told
And this time I was listening, hear me
Lets go down 2 the holy river
If we drown then well be delivered (yes we will)
If we dont then well never see the light (no)
If u die before u try
Ull have 2 come back and face the light (oh yes)
When u believe it, u got a good reason 2 cry (oh my, my)
So I went on down 2 the holy river
I called my girl and told her I had something 2 give her
I asked her 2 marry me and she said yes, I cried
Oh, that night I drowned in her tears and mine
And.. and instead of a glass of sorrow and wine
Looking back yall, I dont miss nothing except the time
And when I see that picture upon the wall
The one eye staring at nothing at all
My eyes trying 2 focus but these are much different tears
Oh, yes they are
Lets go down 2 the holy river {x3}
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