We started the new year by sleeping in late and then going to a movie and dinner. We had a really nice time together. Tomorrow we're going to San Diego, Michael wants to go to the Air Museum. We will supposedly leave at 0830. I'll believe it when it happens. :)
I have read several blogs that mention goals for the New Year. I always have the same 2.
1) be in my Bible more often and more consistently
2) lose weight. This year I'm changing it to making healthier food choices and the whole family
has volunteered to join me. YEA!
This year I'm adding a 3rd.
3) open my home to friends for food and fellowship
In years past Michael and I have always talked about having people over for dinner. We decided that the magic day would be when we owned our own home. Well, that day has come and gone. We bought and sold the house and are now living 45 mins from most of our friends, in base housing. There is always an excuse for why this week end doesn't work; bottom line is I'm lazy and a perfectionist. What a combo huh?! See, in order to have guest the house has to be in perfect order and the meal grand. When you work and travel at least 1 and 1/2 hours a day, keeping house falls to the bottom of the priority list. (lazy)
We have made some very wonderful friends in the 5 years that we have lived in the area. Friends that have opened their homes to us, invited us in for Bible study and fellowship, helped us fix our cars and transported us when needed. I know that these friends are true friends and didn't extend themselves to us expecting anything in return! However, in reflection it saddens me to remember how often I didn't say thank you or to realize that I've been too wrapped up in me and mine to open my own home.
So, though my timing is a bit off, there is no time like NOW to follow through with something we have always WANTED to do. We may be leaving in July and the tendency is to start pulling back and focusing on what comes next. I do not want to do that! Like I said we've made some good friends and I would like to solidify that friendship. Besides God and The Marine Corps seems to find great humor in moving us away from 29 Palms for a spell only to bring us right back! I always wondered what it was I wasn't learning that caused us to keep coming back.
Those are my goals.
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3 comments:
Robin, send me your new address. I think I mailed your Christmas card to the wrong one! Good resolutions!
Oh, I know just where you're coming from about the perfectionist bent when it comes to hospitality!
I am constantly reminding myself of how blessed I have been on a basic, human level by friends who opened their "lived-in" living room to us for bible study. I didn't walk away feeling like I'd been pampered at a 5-star hotel, but I did walk away feeling comfortable, loved and trusted.
Blessings to you.
I really like your goals Robin. The fact that you are moving still hasn't sunk in yet. : ( I just assumed you'd always be here. : )
I totally understand about having people over. I LOVE having people come to my house...and it's been so hard this past almost 2 years with the remodel. I just haven't wanted people to see my house this way. Maybe I should have just let it go? I don't know. Lord willing this year will be different.
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