2012 Less Than 6 Hours Away!

I want to take a second to thank my Brother and My Sister-In-Law for a Lovely Christmas gathering!  I love seeing my brothers, my nieces and nephew and their new pooch Maggie is precious!  Thanks again for letting me bring Bosco and Shelby to your home...... Spangel's will always and forever be in our hearts; may she be at peace in doggy heaven!  The people I get to see on Christmas day may not be blood related to me but they "may as well be," they have known me since I was a teen and are now an extension of me and my family!  I love you all dearly.....


Are you ready for the new Year?  I guess we better be!  Here are MY Resolutions:


*Above all else, to remain faithful to God and his Son Jesus Christ  
*To work on my marriage
*To be a GREAT mother to my girls
*To provide care to my two labs
*Learn more about the scriptures and apply them to my curriculum for CCD students
*To remind my mother how much I love and appreciate her
*Pay off one or two loans 
*Meet new acquaintances who share my same thoughts
*Take 3 more classes (9 credits) at ESU (maintain my 4.0 gpa)
*Keep focused on my education
*Start a new series of paintings which include: Jesus Christ, nature, and children
*Finish my reading Pelican Brief by J. Grischner (18 of 45 chapters thus far) then see the film
*Let people know how I feel -- Communicate my thoughts
*Take constructive criticism with integrity
*Say I'm sorry even if it's not necessary; you would be surprised how people respond.   Sorry could mean '"I'm sorry that happened to you'"...  not just, "'I'm sorry about what I said, I didn't mean it'" ...
*Help students learn first, maintain my priorities second, and help all others third for the good of the group.... Treat others as I would like to be treated  
*Preserve my energy; meditate, exercise and eat healthy....
Model, motivate, guide, observe, document progress, intervention using careful instruction, and assess students who are in need of my help
*Last, but not least, Advocate for those who NEED  a voice and let them know that someone really does care


Lord, you have needed me, yet, I have needed you all along!......

I want to ask Christ to enter my heart each and every day and to renew my spirit within whenever I am pulled down.  The Lord has asked me for my help and I he and want him to know he is my saving grace.  Amen.


Old Testament:
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor on earth -- his eyes not seeing sleep day or night -- then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun.  Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it.  Ecclestiastes 8: 16-17