I have shared what the girls would be using and learning about. I still have to post about their goals and whatnot. This year I'm letting Tinker Bell take part a little in that part and it's taking a little longer than it would if she was not. But I think it's good for her. So in the other post I said I would share what was on my list for the year, what I hope to learn and my goals. It's funny to the girls that I still have goals and things that I need/want to learn. But I see what it does to them and hopes that it will make them lifelong learners and see that it does not have to stop just because school is out for the summer, or you have finish school. I think they are seeing that with what I have set up for myself this year!
My Goals for the year - (Some are just for the school year, and others will need a year 365 days to finish) Here the start
First and for-most my Bible and my time with it. Reading each day. The one that I'm thinking I will use for the most part will be Women's Devotional Bible 2 NIV. And with my Bible I will be using A Woman's Guide to reading the Bible in a year a life-changing journey into the heart of God By Diane Stortz
On top of that I will be reading In God We Still Trust a 365-day Devotional By: Dr. Richard G. Lee. I will be taking part in a Bible study on base for the woman here, we will be doing two books this year. The one we have started is called Becoming Spiritually Beautiful - Seeing Yourself From God's Perspective by: Sharon Jaynes. We will not find out the other till the last part of this year or the start of the new year. And then this next summer I will be doing a summer study in my house or a park around here and the book I would like to use is called Preparing My Heart for Motherhood by: Ann Marie Stewart.
I know tat looks like a lot, but there is still more. I have three books that would fall under knowing my Bible more. And will use them as fun reading.
The Top 100 Men of the Bible who they are and what they mean to you today by: Drew Josephs
Women of the Bible - A visual Guide to Their Lives, Loves, and Legacy by: Carol Smith, Ellyn Sanna and Rachael Phillips
The Resolution for Women by: Priscilla Shirer
Here is the list of other books that I would like to read this year and how I think they fit in.
Home School Books
A Field Guide to Home Schooling A Practical Guide for Parents by: Christine M. Field
The Shelter of Each Other Rebuilding our Families by: Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
Teaching Kids about God by: John Trent, Ph.D., Rick Osborne, and Kurt Bruner
Books to Bettering me
The Mom I want to Be - Rising Above Your Past To Give Your Kids a Great Future by: T. Suzanne Eller
Real Moms......Real Jesus Meet the Friend who Understands by: Jill Savage
Walk Strong, Look Up by: Chantel Hobbs
Reshaping It All by: Candace Cameron Bure and Darlene Schacht (Can not wait for her new book to come out)
What To Expect Before Your Expecting by: Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
Just Lead - A no Whining, No Complaining, No Nonsense Practical Guide for Women Leaders in the Church by: Sherry Surratt and Jenni Catron
Forget the Guilt and Find the Gift a Busy Woman's Guide to Prayer by: Cheri Fuller ( She is another one that I just love, and keep my eye out for)
Fun Books
Grace by: Shelley Shepard Gray
A Quaker Christmas 4-in-1 Collection by: Lauralee Bliss, Ramona K. Cecil, Rachael Phillips and Claire Sanders. This book is a Romancing America book and I love them so if I find time I will grab a few more of them.
Also I said that I could not wait for Candace Cameron Bure new book, also I still have a few of Jill Savage books I need to read. And the Duggar Girls all have a book coming out that I hope to grab when it out. But the ones listed are ones that I have in the house now. I will add some to my christmas list, and will pick some up when I'm done with this list.
Those are just the book I want to read. I still have other goals.....maybe a little much but that's okay. Some of the other goals are....
I'm big time over weight right now, so in the next year I want to lose 40 lbs. I will still have more to lose after that but it's about doing it right, safe, and healthy! If I lose more than great!! If not and it's just the 40 well I did it the right way and I'm happy about that. Another health goal that we have as a family is a family 5k walk/run that they do here on the base! We can not wait! Showing our kids that we need to be healthy and push yourself. This goes with the way we cook and eat to, so another is just watching how we shop and cook try new things. Eat more at home, and make smart choices when we are out.
Money Goal - Put money in to saving and work hard to make sure it stays there. Talk to the girls that there are many things that we would love to have, but very few that we need. And it's okay not to get all that we want. And show them that even Mom and Dad go without and wait to get things that we want. We want to travel and see things and be able to take the girls to different things. Also I want to have money aside for Hearts - at - Home in March and all that comes with that.
Family Goals - Getting back to where we use to be. Making sure that our girls know that after God they are next in line, not a tv show or friends, or our phones. Wednesday night Game nigh, Friday Pizza and Movie. Family Bible time with Matthew at night. Reading Bed Time stories and Yes Tinker Bell can read very well! But I love doing that and do not do it some night and there is nothing that should stop me from doing it. Just getting back in to this is how it is. Getting Back to us. It's a great place to be.
Goals for me - I want to the girls to see that I'm doing my best, and I only want the best for them. That even at my age I try new things. How to treat their Husbands some day, what a wife title means, how to be a Proverbs 31 women in the 2000. How to love them self and others. And most of all how to be a woman of Christ, and show off only their Faith.
