Prayer Board...

In earlier posts, I've shared my journal for the year with you.

It's a pretty, bound mint green with gold stripes journal from Staples (by Design Works Ink).

In it I have made a vision board and a prayer board for the year

(or for however long this journal lasts me!)

Journal 2018 Dashboard...

So, it's been a little while since my last post...

Okay, so, it's been two weeks!

But while I was "missing" from here, 

I was thinking about things to blog,

I just haven't taken the time to sit and write here.

But I have been working in a personal Bible/Prayer journal

that I will be sharing a little further down in the post...

But first, I wanted to share a little...

It's the time of year where there are a lot of

"directional" and "the coming year outlook"

type posts on the internet...

and I had some thoughts to share with you along those lines

when I was thinking about what I wanted to write...

However, for this particular post, I don't think I'm going to do that!

Let's Decorate...

my planner layout for this week!

I enjoy taking the time to decorate my planner, the Love Today Planner from Stampin' Up!,

 for my up coming week and wanted to share it with you for today.

I used the new Hearts Come Home stamp set.

It is an adorable set that has an even more adorable die set, Hometown Greetings.

(Bundling is always great = 10% savings over buying individually!)

My stamping got a little more wintery this week...

Not really my intention, I was trying to stick with a fall look,

like my past few weekly layouts have been, 

which I love!

Plan It Out - Unboxing and Starting to Set-up...

Welcome to the start of a new week...

and for me a new planner.

Are you all as giddy as I am?

Well, probably not, but you can be...

You can order one now and have it in time to start with it in July!

I realize that that probably doesn't work as well for most,

however, it might help more than you may think at first...

Journal Cover...

Today a nice young lady from our church is heading back to college and so we had a small send off fellowship on Sunday evening for her. Paper is always a necessity in school, so I made her a journal cover to keep the mundane looking a little nicer :)

I really like how it turned out! I was inspired by the recent journals done by Rachel over at Stitched in Color.

Check out the linky parties on the sidebar for more fun ideas!

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:16

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

Colossians 4:5

These seem very applicable this week...on Tuesday, Chad and I were able to go to a Pastor's Conference (Chad has 2 classes left in his freshman year of correspondence classes for Pastoral Theology). We enjoy attending when possible! During the ladies session, Mrs. Smith was expressing how electronics can steal time and we need to learn to control the electronics, not let them control us!

Also, on !Sew WE Quilt!, Madam Samm has been sharing how she gets all her work done by setting goals and setting a timer. This morning I decided that, though a schedule helps, I think the timer would help for some activities.............but the only one that I have is on the stove in the kitchen or microwave. My wonderful husband said to get one off the internet for on the computer, so I did! I downloaded one from the Drive Software Company for free! 

I'll have to see how this all works, cause another area touched on by both ladies it the need for quiet... which I agree, I NEED! However, it is hard to come by with my two little ones. Interruptions are very common with them, so I hope that this experiment with the timer helps all of us learn to have at least a little quiet time, time management (especially with home-school starting in about a week for Liz), and to lessen distractions!

Off to get entries ready for the fair...with the timer set :)

Sewing Through The Week...

I have been sewing quite a bit this week...yet there is still so much to be done! My list seems to grow faster than I can get things made :)

I was able to get Liz's Sashed Postage Stamp Quilt top done. The back is mostly peiced. Tonight is FNSI...so I may get the back done, baste it, and start quilting. However, I'm also leaning towards starting on some of the other things on my list. If you come back tomorrow, you'll find out what I decided to do!

For now though, I'll give you a glimpes of Liz's quilt top...

 

and among my other finishes...

a quick journal for a birthday present

and 3 aprons for the Christmas play at church...but I think I'll show those later :)

So, a few finished to keep me going and to share on crazymomquilts' finish it up Friday linky party...along with a few of the other parties on my right side bar.

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,

neither have entered into the heart of man,

the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

1 Corinthians 2:9

When we love God, we are going to being willing to serve Him and follow His commandments...and with that we have no comprehention, in ourselves, the great things God has waiting for us. Even through the hard times and rough patches, God is faithful and has our best path laid out for us...we just have to follow it and trust the outcome to God. Remember, He sees the whole picture...we only see one pixal at a time :)

Keep trusting...

Amanda