Sit Back and Work

This weekend was wonderful! Do you know why? That's right folks, we did "Nothing" :-) Well, as close to nothing as it gets in the Watts household (all that really means is that we didn't go out of town).

On Friday evening, our Sunday School Class had our monthly social at Top of the River in Guntersville. It's a fishcamp restaurant. We ate well and had a great time fellowshipping with about 40 of our favorite people!

Saturday morning began our (somewhat unsuccessful) "Strike." I did as little cleaning as possible and sat down to watch some football. Kevin had one of his electricians come over and finish up replacing all of our switches, plugs, and plate covers. We had begun the big transition from cream to white - and he came to complete the work. I love how fresh the white ones look now! I was too lazy to take pictures, but it looks better - trust me! While they were working, Kevin got up and started painting the trim in our stairwell - a task that has been hanging over our heads for a while now. I had no idea just how grimey our spindles were until they got that fresh coat of paint!

I think that Kevin's inspiration came from this little guy born on September 16, 2009. We will be picking him up in November, and we have a lot of work to do before he gets here to distract us for good!

I got up and decided to work on our computer problems for a "little while." Our wireless network and printers have not been working properly lately and our desktop completely died - and I'm the techy of the house. Five hours later (2 of which were spent on the phone with some foreign technical assistant) I was cursing the computer for ruining my "Sit Back and Relax" Day! I know, I know....it was my own fault, but I'm so OCD that I did not want to quit working on it until it was finished. My wonderful hubby helped me walk away from the mess and relax for a little while before we went to some friends house to watch the Auburn game. All-in-all it was a good day - even though my printers still did not work at the end of it and computer parts were flung about the office :-)

For the first time in about 2 months we got to go to Sunday School this weekend, and I really enjoyed the "new" study that they are doing. I say "new" because they are already on week 8 - oops! Sunday afternoon was another laid back afternoon. In a very calm way, I got my printers back into working order (although not wirelessly as I had planned - it'll do!) and cleaned up the office. I even hung a picture that I've been wanting to hang for a while now! Kevin and I decided to do a little more painting in the stairwell, and then we sat back to begin our Netflix -Season 5 of House - one of our favorites!

As I laid in bed last night, I got a little overwhelmed thinking about all the little things that I fill my life with - doing - going - working. I realized that none of it means anything if I don't do it all to the glory of God! That's why we are here - to bring Him Glory. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future..." He created me with a purpose and a plan for my life. Sometimes I need to be reminded of that important promise - especially when I find myself consumed in the little things and lacking a feeling of purpose. My prayer today is that I would live my life (however insignificant it may seem at times) to the glory of the One who made me!

Hope you all have a great week!

Busy, Busy, Tired

Well, I've been working, having company, and going out of town recently! To put into perspective how busy we've been, we haven't been to our Sunday School class in about 9 weeks I think...I've lost track. They've been doing a study on Love and Respect. We even bought the book and have not gotten to go to one lesson! I've heard it's good :-) Some of you may think that I'm not getting out of bed on Sunday mornings. That is not the case. I do plan to return to Sunday School this coming weekend, and I hope nobody thinks we're new!

I'm actually too tired to blog right now and my camera has been dead for a while now (and I've had no time to charge the battery), so if you'd like to see some of the the fun things that we've been up to recently, please visit my friend, Amanda's blog. She's so good at updating! I am not nearly as attentive to my blog. I really like reading blogs way more than writing blogs...I think that's called being a stalker :-) Oh well! Hope all of you are doing well! Maybe I'll get some blogging inspiration soon! Until then - I'll be on my couch (when I'm not at work or out of town).