~      2016      ~

He's given me a new day.  And PRAISE HIM, "His steadfast love never ceases".  "His mercies never come to an end".  Those mercies are new to cover my shamefulness every single new morning, 

and no matter where my heart wanders... GREAT is HIS faithfulness. (Lam 3:22-23)

Personal:
Driving license
By February... have parking/night hrs by then.

Read
Finish Chuck Colson's 'How Then Shall We Live?' for starts; Finish 1776?
*Listen to books/sermons on audio while cleaning.  Make a youtube playlist.

Earlier mornings
Use laptop alarm

Keep a calendar
Be on time.

Sew skirts? w/ Liv?
Using freshmodesty pattern?

Get a lunch plan down.

Camera?
Also sell old 5d camera - think of ways to do this?

Financial Peace Course?
Taxes, etc. would be good to understand better

Blog more photography/thoughts?


Spiritual:
More "Word-saturated"
Write out a verse in the morning to keep with me throughout the day; memorize with Sam
John 8:12: "Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life"

Be more prayerful/discerning about which relationships are healthiest to pursue/encourage
Prov 13:20: "He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm"
Be prayerful for the people I do have in my life; Job 16:20-21: "My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; on behalf of a man He pleads with God as a man pleads for His friend"

Have a tongue of kindness/be more careful about negative words
Prov 31:26: "She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue"
Prov 18:21: "Death and life are in the power of the tongue..."
Luke 6:45: "A good man brings good things out of the good stores up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart.  For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of."
Eph 4:29: "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."

Less procrastinating and pridefully analyzing with my own understanding, and more humility in trusting and acknowledging Him, prayer, and taking action with even the lighting of just one step ahead
Prov 3:5,6: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."
Is 26:3: "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you."

Jer 10:23: "LORD, I know that people's lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps."

Ps 48:14: "For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end."

Num 9:20: "Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the LORD's command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out."

Physical:
Less sugar
Drink tea unsweetened

Eat breakfast every morning
Oatmeal, granola - make ahead


Family:
Pick back up storytime with girls
Find Mr. Popper's Penguins

Work on memorizing with Sam
Read book on memorizing with kids

Notes for older kids

Make bug book with Ike using his bug pictures
Use coupon in Shutterfly email by the March deadline

Draw with Olivia
Nature Friend magazines


Organizational:
Clothes
(closets, shoes, sewing room; separate seasons, simplify)

Papers
Go through box in back of basement; file cabinet; box under bed; high/grade school boxes?

Computer
Old laptop

Pictures
Sort photos on hard drive by year for Mom; back them up on an additional hard drive?

Educational:
Piano
Watch Piano for Life videos/maybe read Music Theory for Dummies?

Anatomy/World History books

Constitution?

Graphic Design?

Worldview
Read The Deadliest Monster; listen to the worldview tapes by RC Sproul?; Truth Project would be cool to go through again together

Photo/Journalism?

Saddle up your horses

We've got a trail to blaze

Through the wild blue yonder

Of God's amazing grace

Let's follow our Leader

Into the glorious unknown

This is a life like no other

This is the great adventure

We'll travel over, over mountains so high

We'll go through valleys below

Still through it all, we'll find that

This is the greatest journey

That the human heart will ever see

The love of God will take us far

Come on, get ready to ride

(The Great Adventure, Steven Curtis Chapman)