Day 18

I was able to get  my 10 things finished a little earlier today. It seems to be getting a little easier and it is starting to feel like a regular part of my day. In two days I will be 20% of the way there. Doing these 10 things has not only stopped me from feeling overwhelmed, it has reduced my stress. I feel like I am doing a little something everyday in every area of my life that is important to me without killing my self doing it. I am starting to find joy in the little things again like I use to.

The crazy part is my day seems to feel easier and more enjoyable even though I have added 10 more things to it and I feel like things are more balanced. This whole thing has made me look at how I spend my entire day and when I am spending time with God it is easier to stay focused on Him instead of my mind drifting off on to my circumstances and my time with him has increased .I still get frustrated with my health issues but It helps having more things positive to focus on and I know God has taught me a lot through my health issues that I may not have learned otherwise.

Today when I worked on my Spanish I decided to use the computer program instead of the book. It was a lot of fun and I learned some new words, I really enjoyed playing the piano today. I have been practicing on our keyboard it has a lot of really cool sounds and instruments on it so I changed it up a bit today. Our keyboard has been sitting downstairs for the last few years so it was kind an out of sight out of mind kind of thing . Now it is in the living room so It is more convenient. My piano is at Mom's . I want to refinish it before I bring it home. I think it must weigh about 1000 pounds. I only want to move it once!

I am halfway through another book, I got more organizing done today, I attempted to play basketball with Mathew this evening and I finally gave up . It was cold out and I could not make a single shot. What is really odd is that I can throw and catch a football great and it is a funny shape, but a perfectly round basketball I have to chase after it and I miss my shots. I would think a basketball should be easier. I wimped out and decided to come in and finish the rest of my 10 things.

I have been having fun at dinner. I didn't make anything creative tonight , but I lit candles all across the length of the table and tortured the kids with my Louis Armstrong CD while they were eating dinner. When I  get board sometimes I also like to match music with the food we are eating Mexican music with our Mexican food , Italian Music with Italian food ,etc etc. It is a lot of fun .  I figure why should just have fun and celebrate on holidays. Every day we are given is something to celebrate about and who better to celebrate with than your loved ones.I had fun the other night decorating my stemmed water glasses .I put strawberries and lemons on the rims of all the glasses and filled them with ice water. Why let your pretty things just sit on the shelf to collect dust. They are meant to be enjoyed and we can't take them with us when it is our time to go.

I look forward to my next 10 things tomorrow :)

I love the Lord , for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. Psalm 116:1-2