by Kimberly | Jan 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ll maybe get back to really posting on Mondays – but not this week. I thought better late than never.
This month is a little crazy (but so good, can’t wait), so I thought I’d give you a preview: engagement shoot with fun couple in Raleigh, husband getaway to Black Mountain, worship conference with said husband in Charlotte, finish quarter 4 of Treasuring Christ, prepare for a conference I’m speaking at the first wknd of February, write a journal article due the middle of February (must get it to my editor), starting eating and cooking with meat again (PTL – more on that later), have a birthday, date night with friends, start a book small group with others on Keller’s The Meaning of Marriage, um…then normal life stuff!
My year of vegetarianism is over officially today! With few exceptions (honeymoon, hospitality passes, special holidays) I did stick with it. I think I learned more about self-control then I thought I would. Toward the end it was hard, a few times I snuck some bites of keilbasa (new years black eyed peas). I can honestly tell you I can’t wait to be able to cook some of my fave dishes for my husband that he hasn’t been able to eat so far! White chicken chili, chicken korma, meatball subs, sweet and spicy cashew chicken, kung pao chicken, roasted chicken, chicken salad – can you tell I’ve missed chicken! I wont’ go back to eating all meat – but I’ll eat it more than I did last year!
The cookbook I’ve decided on for this year – is Whole Grain Baking by King Author Flour. Hubs and I do well with whole grains – as we all should – so I look forward to trying new techniques and recipes. I’ll also be working my way through the recipes I’ve torn out of mags over the recent years. See if there are any keepers or not.
The college football season didn’t end too excitingly last night – from what I hear – I mean it was a repeat game with similar playing. Oh, well. Didn’t have too much time to watch football this past fall anyway.
Are you a clutter bug? I can be, so I’m taking her on – I did one earlier.
That’s really all I got this week. Have a great one!
by Kimberly | Jan 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
I know, I know, links only come on Monday, right? Wrong. Not when I’m so far behind. So I’m doing a special Much and Link Love on Thursday – and yes, there will be one on Monday next week!
1. My husband did a great job planning my birthday yesterday. Birthdays are always important to me – to celebrate the life you have been given by a gracious God – and to celebrate others. He took the day off and had a great day all planned for us. There is no better way I would want to spend ANY day then to be with my husband.
2. And today…its a blah day. I don’t know why. Maybe be the cold, the weight, the 35 sinking in, hormones. But, I got up, had a great QT with the hubs, healthy breakfast.
3. I hate it when you have money to spend and can’t find any way to spend it. I’ve been looking for a purse, flats, or a jacket to buy with some birthday money and can’t seem to find anything that fits the bill.
4. What free kindle books are you loading? I’m looking for some.
5. We saw Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol yesterday. So good. I don’t think there was a single cussword in it (maybe one) and no sex in it or make out scenes (just two dresses that didn’t fit the modest bill). Just action. It was great! It had to be the most intense movie I have seen. My poor husband’s hand.
6. We also rented UnKnown with Liam Neeson. Still not very much language and definitely one that keeps you interested to the very end and one you don’t even know if you understood it all by the time it got done.
7. I can either…stay the way I am, or change. Only I can make that call.
Links:
In what ways can you go green in 2012 and help your family to eat healthy?
Do you make any food resolutions? I am: make one new meal a week (a new recipe). Disclaimer: not if I am gone on vacation for the whole week.
How do you deal with failures?
E and I are a part of a small group that is starting this book in two weeks. And I can’t wait to hear them live on this subject in June at The Gospel Coalition!
My friend David (a pastor, scholar, husband, and father) gives you pointers on how to get the most out of your Bible reading
I just started a study on the psalms. My friend, Liz, writes a great post on the first psalm.
My friend Nick, helper with Treasuring Christ, and now on staff at CapBap in DC offered his top books of 2011. I just ordered the one on writing. Desperately need to improve that this year!
Its National Oatmeal month – here are some good recipes for you to try. I think we’ll do steel cut tomorrow at the campbell house
by Kimberly | Jan 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
What will this year hold? I don’t really know, but we will see. So, I can only make general guidelines for this year:
1. Memorize James (E and I are working through Dr. Davis’ method of memorizing.)
2. Study through the Psalms with Boice’s fabulous commentary.
3. Begin to cook meat again. I’m looking forward to trying new recipes – though I want to dig through my ever growing pile of tear outs of magazines. Maybe get through a cookbook all the way through this year. I love having someone to cook for.
4. Lose weight – like I say every year.
5. Exercise more consistently.
6. Blog more – I love doing this!
7. Take more photography on manual setting.
8. See stationery with my photograph cards (see the Snail Mail Happies tab at the top)
9. Love my husband more and better and less selfishly. This will definitely be the biggest area of sanctification in my life!
10. Travel!
11. Love my home more: be more in my home and hospitable.
12. Read more: can’t wait. I love to read – and actually feel like I have more time to read now that I’m not watching tv all the time!
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by Kimberly | Jan 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Well, there went another year. Definitely the year that brought the most change to my personal life. Its been an exciting and challenging ride!
1. Accepted an invitation to a Super Bowl party
2. Met a guy. Liked said guy. Prayed about said guy.
3. Started hanging out with said guy.
4. Long story (well, not so long, really), married said guy.
5. E has been the biggest blessing EVER in my life and I look forward to many more year-ends and year-beginnings with him. E: you are a great gift to me.
6. The curriculum continued to bless others and we got great word of how it is going to be used in the future to bless thousands of missionaries around the world: can’t wait to tell you more.
7. Started going to a new church and am being challenged weekly by the preaching.
8. Read about 35 of the 50 I wanted to read. But, hey, I got married.
9. Gained only about 5 lbs – didn’t lose like I wanted to – but hey, I got married.
10. Took more pictures.
11. Traveled to Alaska, KY, TN, TX, VA, Canada, MA, ME, PA, RI, DC, NYC, FL.
12. My grandmother died in March. Sad time.
13. Football became less of an importance in my life: but hey, I got married.
So, maybe I didn’t accomplish everything I set out to do in 2011, but I did a lot more than I ever expected to in 2011. So, sometimes plan change. The Lord directs the steps.
Tomorrow: what’s coming in 2012! Can’t wait for this post!
(Picture credit: Erica Soley Cooper
by Kimberly | Dec 22, 2011 | Snail Mail Happies
Pink is one of my favorite colors – any shade really. Its very girlie and feminine and soft. Here are some cards you can send to state some PINK! Or you cna print them off in different sizes and make a collage for a girl’s room.
I’ll maybe get back to really posting on Mondays – but not this week. I thought better late than never.
