Chosen

I can be VERY indecisive sometimes (Yes, Hannah, you can stop nodding your head and laughing at that understatement!). I'd like to think that it's called being laid back, but . . . . ! Many times I know what I want, but other times, seriously, I drive myself crazy. How hard can it be to choose a cereal, or plan what I want to eat for the week, or make a decision whether or not to go to the PRESWIC annual meeting (yes, this is all true). It's the little things that get me. Big life decisions are easy because I can pray and seek God's will. However, nowhere in the Bible does it tell me which lotion scent to choose or whether I should run errands today or tomorrow. These small things really are not life or death issues, and there are no wrong or right answers, but sometimes I agonize over what I want to do. Does anybody else struggle with this? Is there any help out there for indecisive people? No, really? All helpful ideas will be accepted.

In an attempt to answer to my own question I've decided that there is an answer. It's called I need a permanent decision maker in my life. So, I'm currently taken applications for someone who I can call on to decide which cereal I should buy, what I should fix for dinner for the week, and which cookies I should pack in my lunch. :o) Serious applicants only!

Seriously though, how glad I am that God has chosen me! I know that with all my sin and muck, I would not have chosen HIM. What a beautiful thing that the major choices of this world have been made for me and that I can trust Jesus with my future. Both the big and little things!

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit an that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. John 15:16

Snowed in!

Well, today is day two of our "big snow" and tomorrow will be day three. It's pretty funny how what the North can handle, the South closes down. We've had about seven inches of snow followed by sleet and ice. Which leads us to Wednesday, still stuck indoors. The sun is supposed to come out tomorrow, so hopefully we'll be back to normal on Thursday. Not sure what exactly I'm going to do with my class for two days, because I don't want get our weeks out of sync. I'll probably use the time to focus on a few new topics and review. The kids will be happy to know that they won't be having any tests this week!

I decided this afternoon since the roads weren't too bad, I'd take a trip to Wal-mart. Where I discovered half of Dillon had the same idea. How sad is it that I just wandered around content to be in a place with other people! I know that one day I will look back on this solitary time and wish it back, but right now I sure could use some company. If we don't go back to school on Thursday, I may be risking the roads again to find some actual. living, breathing people! On the up side, at least I've had plenty of time to get my to-do list done! Tomorrow's agenda contains a little bit of sewing, baking some cookies, a little bit of pampering (nails), and hopefully walking around the neighborhood. Not too shabby for the third day straight stuck inside! Enjoy a few pics of around my home:

My miniature snowman!

Shot from the back gate

A cardinal in a tree

Elsie checking things out

Side view of house

Front view of house

Oh, and I just remembered one other thing I'll be doing. Watching our new governor being inaugurated! How exciting is that - if I had been at school, I wouldn't have been able to watch it live. As always, thankful for the small things.

Cents vs Sense

The second half of first grade is always a lot of fun. The children have gained (miraculously, I think) maturity over the Christmas break, and they are raring to go. My class this year, as usual, is giving many chuckles. I might be a tad biased, but really 6/7 year olds are truly the greatest. They love life, they love me, and they (most importantly) are learning to love Jesus! Such precious times I've had in Bible class as they explore learning about God. This week in particular we've been learning about Jesus as a boy. I've really seen the wheels turning as we delve into how Jesus would have lived and how honoring our parents means obeying with a good attitude. (Yeah, it can be convicting for teachers as well!)


In math class today, we were rocking and rolling learning about money. The currency of the day was the half dollar and dollar. The half dollar coin was a little confusing for them since, well, we don't really use that coin any more. However, I should have my hands on that coin soon, and hopefully will help clarify about this coin. We also discussed the dollar, which as always is a very fascinating lesson. Truly it is! All first graders know about bills is that they spend. So we spent time today discussing how they are printed on special paper, the letter that shows where the dollar was printed (Side note: why does San Francisco use L, Atlanta has F, and New York a B? Make sense? Anyone? Yeah, me either.), and the different serial numbers.


Anyway, we moved on to writing out dollars and cents. I explained about the decimal point and then wrote $1.00 on the board. I pointed to the one and asked how many dollars - they replied, 1. I pointed to the cents and asked, "How much cents does Miss Peeler have?" Yeah, you guessed it! They all promptly replied in unison, "NONE!"


Apparently, Miss Peeler has no SENSE to ask her class if she has any CENTS!!!! It was all I could to to keep from chuckling - and best of all, they didn't get it that they had agreed that I have no sense, oops cents!