Author: Jenny Irvine

12 Months of Bliss Challenge

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The New Year is off and running and I have decided that this year instead of making a “resolution” that is sure to be broken in no time I am going to try something a bit different for 2010. Im hoping some of you will join me in doing the same!!!

I am going to set a monthly goal….something for me to work on, work toward, and/or strive for!! These will be different each month and I hope to share them with all of you to help hold me accountable!! Will call it “12 months of bliss”!!

January’s Goal is “focus”…I am going to work on focusing more on my priorities!! What is important? What can go by the way side? What sucks up most of my valuable time in a day? How can my time be more efficiently used?

In my mission to “focus” I will also explore with who do I want to spend time with..who is important in my life…how should my God given days be spent?

Some of these I can answer now of coarse…but it is not all about answers it is about doing!! Walking the path…doing the act….making it happen!!! It is easy to get caught up in life’s day to day chaos losing sight of who, what, and where we are going.

I am super excited to embark on this journey and “focus” on the things in my life that REALLY matter…not the he said, she said….should of ….would of….could of…..put the rubber to the rubber to the road and lets get moving!!!

We’re Back!!

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Whew!! It feels good to say that!! I’m not sure what happened; my life seemed to take a turn in 100 different directions all at once, and I truly lost focus!! It went from Summer spinning into Fall …preschool enrollment …fast forwarding to now pregnant with #3 and looking forward to what the future brings!!

I had to take a break from homeschool planning/doing for a bit to get things back in order. My intent is to start back full swing with homeschooling after the first of the year. However, Pumpkin LOVES doing school with mommy so what is mommy to do other than a little ….impromptu school!!

Pumpkin is learning to write and gets so excited when you let her practice!! Im just going to enjoy these moments from what I understand it doesn’t last long 🙂

And Im so excited to introduce our new classmate…K.Bear!! Yep, my baby girl is ready to learn with big sissy!! Making her “foot turkey” for Thanksgiving!! She is so proud..not bad for 16 months!! I can’t wait to see what January brings..thanks so much to all of you who have stuck with us on our much needed “down time!”

In An Instant

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Boom..it finally hit me last night as I lay there quietly putting Pumpkin to bed!! “In An Instant” that is what I will call my blog entry!! I have pondered about how to best write this blog entry for weeks. Finally ,God put it in my heart or maybe it was “finally” I started listening again?

As I lay there so still and quiet..the thoughts came running like water. How quickly our lives change “In An Instant” we hit bumps in the road, whip around sharp curves, and if we’re lucky steer clear of those ever famous pot holes!! Well, at least that is how my life works.

6 weeks ago I thought..”hmmm I should take a pregnancy test” I have only had 2 cycles since I had K.Bear in August of 2008 so this was not out of the norm for me. I had a dollar store test sitting in the closet pulled it out “just in case” and yep, you guessed it 2 lines, clear as day, “O’my” how could this be? Shock, absolutely!! I know how babies are made this is after all 3rd!! Although, I had always dreamed of 4 the more life turned into reality 2 just seemed like “that’s it”!! Well, apparently God had different plans for our family than even we knew. That’s it “In An Instant” my life as “Pumpkin and K.Bear’s Mommy” changed to mommy of “3”!!

Life hands us opportunities and challenges all in which we are to “trust”!! I think it is safe for me to officially say that I have finally adapted to the idea that “yes, I am pregnant”. Going from dizzy vertigo spells, to shingles, to being pregnant…this has really been hard for me to swallow!!! I just kept saying “what is God thinking?” A very good friend of mine said it best “God does give us more than we can handle so we put our “trust” in him”!!