I am trying to figure out how to balance all the different "pieces" of my life. I teach 3rd grade to 17 wonderful (and at times aggravating) kids. When I am in "teacher mode" it pretty much consumes my life. Being a 1st year teacher, I have to create EVERY lesson, bulletin board, folder, file, center, manipulative, and anything else that you can think of that is used in a classroom. I love my job, but it is so exhausting at times. I hope and pray that everything I have created and spent so much time on can be used in the future...and from what I hear, no other year is as difficult as the 1st, I sure hope I heard right!
I am also getting married to my best friend and love of my life in March. I can't wait to get married, and at times I wish I already was (ok, a lot of times), but I am also really enjoying the planning process. It's something you only get to do once in a lifetime, so I'm trying hard to enjoy and soak it all in. It's been so fun to plan with my mom and sisters! It has been really fun picking out the things that really define John and me, and truly making the wedding and reception "ours." We're even having the reception outside at my house...I can't wait! It's going to be so fun!
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| John saved EVERYTHING from when we were dating (movie tickets, church bulletins, etc) and used them all to ask me to marry him! And to think I kept nagging him to throw all that "junk" away... |
Right now, these are the things that are dominating my thoughts, time, energy, and focus. BUT, when I DO have free time, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to cook and bake! I also love reading, being active (I think I sometimes drive John crazy!), & I wish I was artsy and crafty like my sister Anna - I usually just pretend that I am and then end up disappointed with the outcome, but I have fun trying! Santa brought me a sewing machine, so I'm SUPER excited to get started with sewing! I can't wait to make all kinds of fun things! I hope I'm as good at it as my mom is...she's a great seamstress...although she usually own up to it! I'm also really in the "nesting" mode. I'm excited to begin my life with John, and I'm having a lot of fun registering for wedding stuff and picking out all the home decor, kitchen gadgets (since I love to cook, I have probably scanned millions of dollars worth of neat kitchen thingys with those little scanners that they give you to register for gifts with...gees, I hope we get some sheets and towels to use too, and maybe some dishes to eat off of - oops!). I'm really loving thinking about and making our home nice and, well...homey!
Last, but certainly not least, I am on a lifelong journey as the king's daughter. Daily, my eyes are opened to how much I need saving and how utterly undeserving I am of being saved. I am nothing but blessed to be a daughter of my king. If I have nothing else, I have that. What a wonderful adventure it is to live each and everyday to the fullest, knowing that, although I don't know what the future holds (I am a planner...so I'd really like to know these things!), my heavenly father surely does, so I have nothing to worry about. How freeing is that knowledge?! Again, what a blessing it is to live as a daughter of the king!
I'm sure I'll post again soon. I want to post the everyday things that go on in my life - wedding stuff, cooking and recipes, my fab fam, my crazy 3rd graders, and whatever else might happen to go on in my life! (like John's sister's wedding in ST. THOMAS!! in 3 weeks! Had to take off work, but I think it's probably going to be worth it!)
For now, I'll leave you with these that will hopefully give you a glimpse into my life:
