blogging from above ground

Yes, I have made the switch to wireless!
Anyone who knows me knows that I am an excellent shopper for new big ticket items. An excellent shopper, but a terrible buyer! I am great at researching, price comparison, asking smarter people than myself for opinions...really great at it! But actually slapping that credit card down is another story! But this time, I did it! Then I took it back and did it again, but whatever - that is beside the point!
We started school today - and this is supposed to make it easier for me. We'll see I guess. I am hoping to be much more organized and diligent this year. I want to keep better records, so hopefully with this laptop I can make better habits of entering math marks daily.
This year I want to make more lists and use my time so much better. There is no more adjustment time...we are where we are, and I have to have my best effort even when it feels like everything is temporary! I want to use a schedule as a tool to serve us...I really do think that by planning our time better it will give us more time in the long run while still enabling me to get everything I want done in a day, or maybe by the end of the week!
The most important change I feel like I need to make this year is a more regular time with God each day. It is so important for me - it makes everything so much clearer. I need to have that time by myself each morning, and then together with my girls too. Just before we left Calgary we had really gotten into some good habits of devotions and prayer - I want to get those back. Right now we pray at meals, and before bed, but I want more than that for my kids...we are here together all day, I want it to be more than just ritualistic times for them with the Lord.
I need some time to myself each morning - it makes my day so much more productive. I just need a little bit of time to shower, read my Bible and get dressed - and it will make our days better!
I did get up before everyone today and we did start a new devotional today for our first day of school. It is a book that focuses each chapter on a different country that we can know a little about and then pray for. Today was Afghanistan, and tomorrow is Albania. I think it will be a great book to really open our eyes to the needs of people groups in the world.
We only did that and a bit of Nursery Rhymes...I like to ease them into it. We will add Math in tomorrow!
I also have to decide what classes I want to teach at AAA - I have lots of ideas...now to pick a couple!