Now, Oswald Chambers was such a stinkin’ genius when it comes to communicating truth, definitely up there with CS Lewis and other eloquent Christian writers. I just love how his words bang me upside the head sometimes. This one today struck me, as I think we, in this generation are the guiltiest.

“If we preach the effects of Redemption in human life instead of the revelation regarding Jesus, the result in those who listen is not new birth, but refined spiritual culture, and the Spirit of God cannot witness to it because such preaching is in another domain. We have to see that we are in such living sympathy with God that as we proclaim His truth He can create in souls the things which He alone can do. ” -Oswald Chambers

Can I get an Amen?

Last week was Halloween and baby L was a glow worm! This came about because his aunt Kirby said he looked like a glow worm every time he was swaddled (which is often! he loves it), we all agreed. His grandma SuSu got him his very own glow worm! I mad his little antennae out of pipecleaners, and there we had it, L’s very first HALLOWEEN!

Since my computer was out of commission last week, I didn’t get to do my week in pictures post, so here ya go!

By the way this whole post was typed on an iPad, it took me twice as long, but I think I’m slowly getting better! (maybe??)

Here we go… the goals update, and new goals for this week!

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In the beginning was text edit… and that did the job for me for quite some time. I would only use text edit instead of (bulky) microsoft word, or any other program to make my to-do lists, recipe lists, etc. But then evernote came along, and I downloaded it, first on my iphone and then on my computer… and found the syncing power between the two unparalleled.

It’s super easy to use, you can load in pdfs, on the iphone and ipad it will automatically recognize that you have evernote installed and prompt you to “open in evernote.” I find this a great way to save things all in one place and have them synced between iphone, ipad, and mac.

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Well, I’m back! Or more accurately, my computer is back! She was returned to my doorstep on Monday morning. There is no doubt about it Apple does a lot of things right and customer service is one of them. My computer left my hands last Thursday and was back in Wilmington on Saturday. They received the computer and repaired it all in one Friday. I tried to get used to using the ipad and the iphone instead of my laptop, and I just cannot live without her! I am much more productive with her help.

Why have I personified my computer? I guess I just always have. Starting with baby steg (short for stegosaurus, because it was no doubt, a dinosaur!) -my dell from about 10 years ago… to now my 3rd mac, she has a place in my heart. With a new keyboard and a new hard drive, so shiny.

Anyway, maybe I’m freaking you out by talking so affectionately about my mac, but we’ve been through a lot together. So don’t judge.

I haven’t named her yet, maybe I should, any thoughts on what it should be?

The thing is my computer works but only if I don’t type certain letters…so, I’ll be mailing it in to apple to have it repaired.

This was typed on the iPad… which is just about the same as typing it on my faulty keyboard because I’m just not very good at typing on this thing….

So this means I won’t be blogging (much) while it’s gone.

Jer, Liam and I went to Charleston for a brief getaway. It was so fun to walk around the battery, downtown, rainbow row, and to eat some delicious food. Our friend Rebecca, who lived there for several years, gave us the inside scoop on some delicious Charleston eats.

The first night we had dinner on the water, and this was our view:

The next day we just walked around, probably well over 6 miles…

Yes, as you can tell, our sweet Liam slept almost the whole time we were walking around the city!

This is us….

and this was Liam, just about the whole trip…

and lunch in the park…

We did have such a great time, great weather, and a beautiful city!

So, in continuing with the goals, and the accountability and all that… let’s see how week #2 goes.

My goals this week..

Family/Mothering Goals

1. read Secrets of The Baby Whisperer

Personal Goals

2. Walk 30 minutes with Liam (2x this week)

Home Management Goals

3. Call insurance ELP about 2012

4. Have budget meeting with Jer since it is a new month (bring up joining the Y) What is a budget meeting? 

5. Meal plan & shop from E-Mealz

6. Finish 3 loads of laundry from start to finish.

Business Goals

7. invoicing & contract updates

8. submit license payment & tax review

9. Get portfolio onto kcsdesign

10. Finish email documentation for google apps

Check back in a week to see how I did!

Trader Joe’s has not yet graced Wilmington with it’s presence, although there was talk of it, and there is a facebook group that is now HUGE that my friend Lauren started a few years back upon my request.

Anyhow, every time I go to the Cary store, I am most tempted to research the best products because I am only there every once in a blue moon when I am visiting my fam in Cary.

Anyhow, I found this website called, What’s Good at Trader Joe’s? – and I will most definitely be referencing this for later.

I find that my favorite things (so far) at TJ’s are…

Chocolate Covered

Chocolate covered Peanut Butter filled pretzels

Dark Chocolate covered pretzels

Fresh

Hot Salsa

Guacamole kit (so clever!)

Kiwis

Frozen

Mandarin Orange Chicken

Asian Veggies

Snacks

blue corn tortilla chips (goes well with Hot Salsa!)

Gummy Tummies

JoJo’s

other

Pumpkin pancake & waffle mix

…and what about you? What would you add to the list? 

So, you might remember this post about my 10 weekly goals. If not, I’ll list them below, to be as user friendly as possible.

Family/Mothering Goals

1. Spend 15 minutes a day with Liam completely focused on him (YES! I did it, and found that time with Liam begets time with Liam, the more time I focus on him, the more time I want to spend with him, what a sweet finding!)

2. Track Eat, Wake and Sleep patterns everyday, on my new nifty spreadsheet. (Sorta-ish… I have the past few days to catch up on, but I’ll do it, my memory in this area is pretty good… especially the nighttime feedings… because they are getting so much better, thank you Liam!)

3. Sync said spreadsheet to iCloud (oh yes, I said it) AND yes, I did this! It was surprisingly easy.. tutorial coming soon, for those of you who care!

Personal Goals

4. Walk 30 minutes a day with Liam (no, I really failed on this one.  I think I walked one day with Liam… , we will try to do better next week!)

5. Join the Y. (no, I realized that this action item requires a presence at the budget meeting, so we’ll be doing this one in November!)

6. Finish reading So Long Insecurity (no, I didn’t finish, but I did make significant headway. I decided that the better goal on this one is to savor it and let it seep in, instead of finishing for the sake of finishing a book! I am treating this book more like a devotional than a novel, and therefore it’s going to take some time. I am completely okay with that because of what God is doing in my heart through reading it!)

Home Management Goals

7. Meal plan & shop from E-Mealz (yes! and it was incredible!)

8. Finish 3 loads of laundry from start to finish. (yes and no, I folded 3 loads of laundry, and washed 3 loads of laundry, so in total I did 3 loads of laundry from finish to start)

Business Goals

9. Move blog & business website to new hosting company (yes, and I am so glad I did!)

10. Finish web project #1 (yes! I did, why thank you!)

At first glance it looks like I didn’t complete many of these, but having these goals spawned me getting so many things done, I think that it was still completely worth it, and I plan to keep it up even if I don’t publish it here!