Quit

Things I've quit doing...and I'm glad about it:

• Secretly eating s'mores from the microwave
• Answering the phone on the first ring
• Leaving the house at every opportunity
• Wearing pantyhose with sandals (ok, it's been a long time, but it just came to me)
• Watching Austin Powers late at night
• Feeling guilty about not having a daily quiet time
• Separating my skittles into color piles before eating them (ok, sometimes I still do that)
• Believing that some people are perfect

Things I've quit doing...and am sad about it

• Journaling faithfully
• Praying with each child every night
• Buying fun, new clothes
• Reading Jack Handey's Deep Thoughts
• Wearing heels

Things I've never/seldom done...but want to start

• Showing up and being me, all the time
• Chasing after my creative ideas
• Focusing on the really great stuff
• Sitting still outside
• Camping with my family

Things I do...and I'm going to keep on doing

• Setting up the coffee pot the night before
• Writing
• Wearing lipstick
• Calling my friends when they come to mind
• Thinking about the Gospel
• Returning to the the truth of the Gospel (because I forget it over and over and over again)

Inspired

It's been several months since my last post and that's because I've been feeling a bit uninspired. And things like buying a new automobile and surviving spring break have been demanding my attention recently. But I realize that I can always make time for something I love, especially the expression of my thoughts in words, inspired or not.

Some of the topics I'm considering are these:

Faith...is it arrogant to say that even if God took a child from me I would stay faithful to him? Does that "faith" say more about me or more about Him?

Dinner...and how much I hate to cook and the fact that we eat about 10 meals on a rotating basis.

Decorating...the way it fills that need for creativity and yet how defeated I feel when I can't determine what my "style" is.

Bible Study...do I really want it? Is it what God intended it to be?

Self-Defense

High School Reunions...were they created to disappoint?

Car Shopping...how things have changed (web-based information overload) and how they haven't (gravelly-voiced salesman, reassuring from the back seat and his business manager: what can we do to earn your business TODAY?)

The Woods...how to keep them woodsy, yet neat

How car-buying tactics can help when purchasing flagstone for landscaping

Economic Stimulus Tax Rebate...for suckers like us

Camp...how to make your kids pay half

My job...what should I do when it starts feeling like work?

So, now I'm going to ponder these and wait for inspiration (or not).