Into the world of blogging

Here I go. Diving into the blogging world. What inspired me? I confess, sheepishly, I watched Julie and Julia the other night and thought to myself, I can do that. I can share my thoughts. I know, lame. But I like the idea of getting the thoughts out somewhere. Maybe no one will ever read them, maybe just my husband or maybe someone famous. Who knows. But I can do that. The only problem? I have a lot of things I am interested in...so what do I blog about? Well, its my blog, and I can write about anything. Right?

Today I dreamed about a lot of things. The top three: running my marathon in march, homeschooling my kids and having my house organized. Wait, one more, doing something awesome for God. Not for God- with God. See this is what my day is like. I never thought of myself as much of a dreamer...but lookie lou...maybe it is time for a little redefinition.

Well, I ran 4 miles on the treadmill. This is week 5 of training. I have to gear up for a 16 mile run on Sunday...my longest distance ever. It is daunting. My hip is a little tight. My shoes are only two months old...can't afford new ones. Will some more stretching help? I hope so. I remember an athlete's advice that it is much more mental than we realize. Lord, increase my mental endurance and peace. I saw the words, "I see His pleasure when I run" written on my back.

I sat down with Stephen today and read 3 chapters in his CCD book. We are catching up for the nine chapters that need to be read by Thursday for a meeting with the Rel. Ed. director. My kind of homeschooling. Put it off, put it off, hurry up and finish it. Ugh, big sigh. Big lie, not good enough. At least we did it. And I got to talk to my son about how we are born with sin and how only Jesus can cover that sin. Worth it.

Well, I am blogging instead of doing dishes and putting away Christmas decorations. I did buy baskets to put by the back door. One for shoes, one for our favorite hats/gloves, one for stuff we don't use very often, and one for wrestling stuff. I wonder how long before Micah pulls them off the shelf and dumps them out.

I can't say I have done anything awesome with God today. One foot in front of the other. Walking steadily. Hungry for more. I think I am okay with that. I think He is okay with that. You have made me for your glory. May I feel your pleasure over me when I run, not-homeschool, organize, or just sit on the couch.

Maybe tomorrow I will figure out how I can post some pictures.