FHE

I finally have one thing I can put a check mark next to on my To-Do list here. We did Family Home Evening tonight. Ta-Da! I know it's just one week but I feel the need to celebrate it. It's a big deal for me! It's a big deal because it's the first FHE we've actually done with our 2 year old son. And this is why I have this list. I need to get on the ball here! My kid is two and I'm just now starting to do these things. But this list is helping me remember. Which is good. :-)

Mothers Who Know

This talk was given in the October General Conference of 2007. I wasn't even pregnant with my first child yet but I still felt inspired by Sister Beck's powerful declaration. No beating around the bush with this one. She sets forth several high standards but also emphasizes (over and over) the power and influence we can have as women of God.

Wishful Thinking (Can't hurt to try)

Disney knows what I like!

Housekeeping

Oprah and I may not agree on some things (presidential candidates for example) but I still love her show. Information and inspiration is what I need in my quest to be "That Woman" and she and her producers know how to deliver that like no other.

So! Here to be added to our collage of  "things to work on" is:

I stink at housekeeping. Which means that, on occasion, my house stinks, too. So this is a big thing for me. And Oprah's organizational expert Peter Walsh breaks things down nicely. It's all about the proper mind set. What is the vision we have for our home? Hmmm...Good question. :-)

6 B's Article

Proverbs 31:10-31

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

A lot to live up to.

5 Year Plan

Last year all the way back in March I started a list that I called my 5 Year Plan. I didn't get very far on it before I decided I wanted another baby and morning sickness was reintroduced into my life. But I wanted to put that list on here as a jumping off point for this new blog. So here it is all nice and linked for future reference.

First Item

I would like to take this opportunity to add to our list the following. Always remember this one:

#1 Don't be too hard on yourself. Recognize that you are already an awesome person just the way you are. Your desire to be better is just part of that awesomeness. It's all about progress. Eternal Progress. You are a child of God so...

today

you

are

loved.

Those Women

I've always wanted to be one of THOSE women. You know the kind I mean. The awesome wife/mother/friend who other women secretly hate just a little bit because she makes it look so gol-durn easy. The superhero of the homemaker set. With the well-behaved, well-adjusted, recently-bathed children and the lemon fresh kitchen to match.

Now, I'm probably never going to become one of those women. This is true mostly because I am the mother of two young boys and no matter how "recently-bathed" I get them they will probably never appear to be so. However, I feel that a lot of what I have admired in other women is attainable.

And so I have started this blog. I work best when I have a To-Do list and this will be just that. My "That woman I want to be" To-Do list. And I invite anyone who wants to to join me in my journey. Come on! It'll be fun! ;-)

~Amy