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A Strong Woman, or a Woman of Strength?

I want to strive MORE to be a woman of strength.

A Strong Woman or Woman of Strength?

A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape...

but a woman of strength kneels in prayer to keep her soul in shape.

A strong woman isn't afraid of anything...

but a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of her fear.

A strong woman won't let anyone get the best of her...

but a woman of strength gives the best of herself to everyone.

A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids the same in the future...

a woman of strength realizes life's mistakes can also be God's blessings

and capitalizes on them.

A strong woman walks sure footed...

but a woman of strength knows God will catch her when she falls.

A strong woman wears the look of confidence on her face...

but a woman of strength wears grace.

A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the journey...

but a woman of strength has faith that it is in the journey that she will

become strong!

~Author unknown, but appreciated ...

(A woman of strength shared this with me.)

Ouch!

“If the enemy can’t make you sin, he’ll make you busy.” ~Unknown

That's hitting a little too close to home for me today- I really need to be careful of this!

We're off to MN tomorrow to help my baby sis out for a few days.

It'll (hopefully) be a good opportunity for me to slow it down a bit and re-prioritize, regroup, and re-perspectivize (totally a word!).

Be back sometime next week.

Wishing you good days until then!  :) 

Appreciating the Home Life- 8/6/10

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. 

~Annie Dillard

Regan's Room

Construction, or de-construction I should say, hasn't begun for Regan's room yet, but I'm happy to report that I'm finally starting to "see" it coming together in my head.

Yesterday, while shopping- at Target 

(sigh... I have such a love/hate relationship with that store.  I love their STUFF, but I hate how easy it is for me to spend money there!)-

I found the cutest bedding set called "Love & Nature" in the girls' section.  

Kind of girly, but not too girly.

It has the cutest woodland animals in it- little owls and hedgehogs, and birdies and toadstools.

Anyway, to buy the whole set is way too expensive (not to mention a little to matchy-matchy) for me, so I only bought some "inspiration".

An owl pillow,

(Image from www.Target.com)

a cute, cute set of multi-colored polka dot sheets,

(Image from www.Target.com)

and this set of wall decals.

(Image from www.Ebay.com)

I'm mostly using the sheets as inspiration for what to do/make/buy next for the room.  

(Did I mention they're cute?)

They have a wide enough range of colors that it would be easy to add some boy stuff  if our next little one is a boy, and enough colors not to make the room look too girly-girl (bleck!).

I'll call it all part of her birthday- have to justify spending on it somehow, right?  ;)

Now, to find the time and money for hubby to start the remodel job...

Appreciating the Home Life- 7/17/10

"Houses become homes when women make them so."

-Dr. Laura (The Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage)

Manifesto

Doesn't THAT sound "grand"!  ;)

I found this:

from this site.  

It says "june 2010", but I'm just plain adopting it in general.  

A lot of these have been my "goals" to make happen/ make habit this summer and carry on into the rest of the year.

I'm progressing slowly- but progress is still progress.  ;)

Appreciating the Home Life...

As an inspiration to myself (and maybe some of you out there too?), I'm going to try to post sweet, encouraging, quotes like these- as I find them.  :)

"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home do more for the soul 

than their simplicity might suggest."

-Thomas Moore