Here are some of the goals I’ve been contemplating all week…

1. Spend more time in God’s word. His word is food for my soul. I need to put my spiritual nutrition far above anything else.
2. Get in shape… either join the gym, walk while Izzy is in school, eat healthier, less coke…
3. Take more pictures! I get so busy I forget… but they really do record life!
4. Pray more. Prayer is one of my first and favorite things to do, but I think more is always better in this area!
5. Rest in God’s promises and let go of trying to control things.
6. Make my bed first thing every morning.
7. Drink more water (blech)!

I could go on and on about how I want to be a better mother, wife, friend, and daughter but you get the idea (:

Sheryl is the host of faith lift fridays each Friday. You can visit her to share something that has lifted you up or just read the posts of others!

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Appetizer
When was the last time you received a surprise in the mail, and what was it?

I love surprise mail! The last was a package from the Philippines from Zenaida. She sent a neat wooden bookmark and other goodies! It was fun to get and a surprise. Before that was a awesome believe flag from Irene and believe ornaments (signs) from Amanda! Am I blessed or what?

Soup
If you could have a summer and/or winter home, where would you want it to be?

I’d love to have a summer cabin/home at the lake someday! We’ve visited other’s before and it is such a wonderful retreat from life.

Salad
Pick one: pineapple, orange, banana, apple, cherry.

cherry. I hate fruit. So I’m thinking artificial cherry.

Main Course
Describe the nicest piece of clothing that you own.

Yikes. clothing? Maybe my coat? lol. My purse is the nicest (most expensive) but not sure it counts as clothing!

Dessert
If you could forget one whole day from your life, which day would you choose to wipe from your memory?

The day Izzy drown.

I love my digital camera! Well, that is when Amanda doesn’t have it! She does have a digital camera too and I’m not sure why she is not using it (hopefully she hasn’t lost it). It amuses me to load the pictures onto the computer when she has had my camera for a while. She takes a lot of self portraits and self portraits of her with her boyfriend. They both have great smiles and pretty much look the same.

I think the thing I love best about digital cameras is that you can take as many pictures as you want without the worry of running out of film. I also like the immediate ability to view those pictures. It makes photo card making a snap. I usually do a picture of the four kids for our holiday greeting card, but this year with our power outage and ice storm it just didn’t happen. I planned to follow up with a New Year’s photo card, but that didn’t exactly happen either. Who knows, maybe I’ll get it done by Valentine’s Day… or a nice Easter photo card sounds nice too, huh?

I think I am going to ask for a nice pink digital camera for my birthday next year with more megapixels. I like the smaller models, because they are more portable. But I also like this one, because it takes great shots!

Strombolli
1 loaf frozen bread dough
2 eggs, seperated
1 TBSP parmesean cheese
1 TBSP parsley
1/2 TBSP garlic powder(I’ll press a few cloves of garlic)
1 TBSP oregano
1/2 TBSP pepper
approximately 2 TBSP olive
1/2 lb cooked Italian sausage OR pepperoni
2 cups mozzarella cheese
1/2 lb mushrooms, sliced (I use 2 small cans)
Oil frozen bread dough and defrost 3-4 hours, per package instructions. Roll out with hands to 1/4 inch thickness. Mix egg yolks, seasonings and spread on dough. Top with meat, mushrooms, and cheese. Roll lengthwise & shape into a horseshoe shape. Place seam side down on a cookie sheet. Brush with egg whites. Bake at 350′ for 30 minutes. Slice into 1″ pieces. Serve with hot pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce.

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I saw many of you thought the movie Waitress was good… I’m watching it now. Not really sure yet where it’s going, but so far it’s “interesting.”
Hope you are having a good night too.