Its been so long since I last posted! I miss you blog. School, work, life and camp have been just crazy and have not left me time to really blog. School is finishing up this week though so I am super excited to get back to doing things I love. The camp season is coming up fast and we are busy getting ready. Spring is here and summer is fast approaching. I love this time of year! I’m also really excited that I am at the point in my college classes of finishing the final assignments. It is so nice to have things crossed off your list.

This weekends plans:
- Write research paper
- Finish Economics class (check!)
- Take Child Dev. Final Quiz
- Celebrate Mother’s Day
- Enjoy dinner with family friends tonight.
- Work on something for camp

It should be a productive weekend. Hope you enjoy yours as well! BTW… if you are interested, read my review for my Economics book I just finished.

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How can we be having a snow storm in April? Craziness! Yesterday I was outside under a beautiful blue sky without a jacket on. Today we have at least four inches of snow. My only consolation is at least it is actually a good storm. If it is going to be cold it might as well be worth it. The picture above is of Nemo watching the snow fall.

This weekend is a pretty quiet weekend for me. We have a Jr. High Retreat out at the camp this weekend so the rest of my family is involved with that and the house is quiet. I am getting a lot done. Today I cleaner my room, organized the pile of paper, books, and receipts on my desk, printed my kids activities portfolio and put it in a nice folder, did schoolwork, took a nap, read a book in the tub, and answered a few emails. Tomorrow should be just as productive. Hope you are all having a great weekend as well.

I’m amazed at how much I get done when I get up at 6 am. That is one of the things I have been trying to be really consistent about… getting up at 6 am to do a quiet time with God. It sets me off right on workdays and on days when I’m home it really jump starts the day.

Got up at 6am.
Took a bath.
Made coffee.
Quiet time.
Ate breakfast.
Finished book.
Washed face.
Brushed teeth.
Ordered books for class.
Completed reference for friend.
Sorted through receipts.
Went to the bank.
Mailed reference letter.
Balanced checkbook.
Made eye appointment.
Commented on Facebook.
Deleted emails.
Added Friend Connect to blog.
Blogged.
Now its 12pm.

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Now to start off with I have never observed Ash Wednesday or Lent. Last year however my pastor and a few friends decided to observe the season of Lent which is the 40 days before Easter. I thought this was really cool and a good remembrance time of what Christ did when he died on the cross for my sins and looking forward to Easter and the celebration of his resurrection. So this year I decided to observe Lent. There are three traditional things observed during Lent; prayer (justice towards God), fasting (justice towards self), and almsgiving (just towards others). With the fasting in mind I will be giving up pop and sweets and also will not be purchasing anything online for the next 40 days. Prayer and focusing on serving others will also be main focuses during this time.

Today has been a really good day. I set my alarm and got up at 6am for my quiet time with God. I got a lot of schoolwork done. Some of the stuff I got done were assignments that I would usually put off until the end of the week and finish under the looming deadline. I went for a walk again and remembered to bring my camera. It was colder than yesterday but still pretty nice and I got some great pictures. Finding the time to post on my blog is always a bonus during the day. One of the items on my list that I have been procrastinating about got worked on. All in all a good day which will be even better with a new episode of Lost to watch.

Today when I went for my walk down the road I decided to go farther and go up the hill since it was such a nice day. I am so glad I did! Being up in the hills was lovely. A little muddy but it is hard to beat the view looking down at the camp nestled in the valley from the top of the hill. With just a sweatshirt and my gloves and headband I was comfortable and warm. I know the warmth can’t last but it makes me long for spring and take the extra time to enjoy it when it is here. At the top of the hill I even spun around from the pure enjoyment. It was magical and a gift God made just for me.

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This weekend was packed full of good stuff. Friday night we went to see the one-act plays done by a high school in the area with friends. Had warm chocolate desert with the same friends at midnight after the plays. Celebrated my mom’s birthday on Saturday. I got her a new set of our current obsession… Monk. We currently have seasons 2-5. Season 1 we got from the library which started the obsession. Sunday there was church and then the youth service at the church in town. So many good things. It was a great weekend.