Yippie dh and I both are taking next week off of work for a week long vacation. Where are we going you ask???
NO WHERE!!!
But we're excited because we're taking this time to paint the kitchen!!!! We haven't decided if we will be removing the hideous kitchen wall paper or just painting over it.
DS will still be going to grandma's to be watched, while mommy and daddy work our butts off!!! I am super excited because I really want to go with a fresh modern color and hopefully dh will get on board with my selection.
We're not painting the cabinetry or the trim as it looks fine and was painted a couple years ago. the wall color change will be pretty dramatic in itself because the wall paper is so busy.
I'll post some before during and after pictures next week. I wanted to share this now because I'm soo excited. Hopefully we stick to our schedule and are able to complete the whole project by that Friday when dh's parents come into town. It would be cool to show them the improved kitchen.
I wanted to paint the kitchen b/c 1. I hate the wall paper but more for reason 2. is that the busyness of the wall behind our kitchen desk adds to the messiness. I also have somethings I want to hang on the wall and didn't want to put them on the wallpaper then take them down to paint and then put them back up again.
So hopefully by the end of next week our kitchen desk project will be finished too!!!
NO WHERE!!!
But we're excited because we're taking this time to paint the kitchen!!!! We haven't decided if we will be removing the hideous kitchen wall paper or just painting over it.
DS will still be going to grandma's to be watched, while mommy and daddy work our butts off!!! I am super excited because I really want to go with a fresh modern color and hopefully dh will get on board with my selection.
We're not painting the cabinetry or the trim as it looks fine and was painted a couple years ago. the wall color change will be pretty dramatic in itself because the wall paper is so busy.
I'll post some before during and after pictures next week. I wanted to share this now because I'm soo excited. Hopefully we stick to our schedule and are able to complete the whole project by that Friday when dh's parents come into town. It would be cool to show them the improved kitchen.
I wanted to paint the kitchen b/c 1. I hate the wall paper but more for reason 2. is that the busyness of the wall behind our kitchen desk adds to the messiness. I also have somethings I want to hang on the wall and didn't want to put them on the wallpaper then take them down to paint and then put them back up again.
So hopefully by the end of next week our kitchen desk project will be finished too!!!
A friend of mine recently blogged about her priorities in life and how she doesn't consider her self her number 1 priority but she is #4 on her list. I definitely see her point, and it reminded me of my priorities in my life and how my priorities don't line up with hers.
As a believing woman & mother my first priority IS myself. Does that sound selfish to you??? Well perhaps but here is why. I believe that my first priority is my relationship with GOD. I need to keep that relationship strong and vital so I can live my best life for Him, my heavenly father. This strong relationship is what makes me available, spiritually, phsyically and emotionally for other people in my life. Having an clear understanding of God's desires for my life help me to be LESS SELFISH---MORE GIVING---MORE LOVING towards others.
My second priority is the relationship I have with my husband. We strive to be like minded and in one accord as a married couple. We both work hard to keep our marriage relationship in harmony with what God's Word says it should be. We endeavor to communicate on all things like our hopes & dreams, to the status of the laundry. Again, having a strong marriage relationship based on biblical principles helps us both to be available to other relationships.
My third priority is the relationship I have with my child (and children in the future). Every day I endeavor to raise my child in the nurture and admonition of of the Lord. I instill and encourage him to make decisions based on the Word of God as that is my foundation, the foundation of my marriage, and the foundation of our family. Right now my son is only 22 mos so his biblical based decisions basically come down to choosing to OBEY his parents in the Lord (Eph 6:1). I discipline my son (appropriately for his age) according to the Word. I am showing him by my example how to set the priorities in his live and how to CHOOSE to make his relationship with GOD his first priority.
Lastly my priority is to give and support God's Household of Believers. Having my #1-3 priorities in order makes me my best for the Household. I am able to give of my self more and I am able to love God's people greater!!! And what a joy it is to know that you're walking with God.
So that is what I got blessed thinking about today and I thought I'd share with you my priorities in life and show you why I proudly say I am my #1 priority.
As a believing woman & mother my first priority IS myself. Does that sound selfish to you??? Well perhaps but here is why. I believe that my first priority is my relationship with GOD. I need to keep that relationship strong and vital so I can live my best life for Him, my heavenly father. This strong relationship is what makes me available, spiritually, phsyically and emotionally for other people in my life. Having an clear understanding of God's desires for my life help me to be LESS SELFISH---MORE GIVING---MORE LOVING towards others.
My second priority is the relationship I have with my husband. We strive to be like minded and in one accord as a married couple. We both work hard to keep our marriage relationship in harmony with what God's Word says it should be. We endeavor to communicate on all things like our hopes & dreams, to the status of the laundry. Again, having a strong marriage relationship based on biblical principles helps us both to be available to other relationships.
My third priority is the relationship I have with my child (and children in the future). Every day I endeavor to raise my child in the nurture and admonition of of the Lord. I instill and encourage him to make decisions based on the Word of God as that is my foundation, the foundation of my marriage, and the foundation of our family. Right now my son is only 22 mos so his biblical based decisions basically come down to choosing to OBEY his parents in the Lord (Eph 6:1). I discipline my son (appropriately for his age) according to the Word. I am showing him by my example how to set the priorities in his live and how to CHOOSE to make his relationship with GOD his first priority.
Lastly my priority is to give and support God's Household of Believers. Having my #1-3 priorities in order makes me my best for the Household. I am able to give of my self more and I am able to love God's people greater!!! And what a joy it is to know that you're walking with God.
So that is what I got blessed thinking about today and I thought I'd share with you my priorities in life and show you why I proudly say I am my #1 priority.
