As a newly married woman I want
to make a habit of accomplishing tasks that need to be completed. My current attitude
involves procrastination. Then months go by and the task is still not even finished.
I recently read Proverbs 31:10-31, which
talks about a good example of a mother and/or wife that fears the Lord. Verse
27 states, "She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat
the bread of idleness." When I was living alone, as in unmarried, being lazy was fine; I
only harmed myself in the end. Now the home that Tim and I are creating will be
greatly affected by my idleness. So, in order to avoid idleness I made six new
goals for the month of October (I know I am posting a little late). My hope and
prayer for these goals is that as I accomplish them I will be helping to
build-up our home in "strength and dignity".
1) Host our first dinner party.
However big or small (probably small because we only have four chairs) its time to invite people into our home. This could be really fun and very stressful for me since I am a new cook but I am excited for Tim and I to open our home.
2) Finish When Sinners say I do by Dave Harvey
I started this book while we were engaged and I still have not finished it. So far it has been a great book with some great theological insight on marriage. As the title states, it gives me a good reminder that even though we are married, we are not all of a sudden perfect creatures. We are still sinners in desperate need of God's grace and mercy.
3) Figure out the first holiday plans
The biggest part about this task is actually doing it. It is so easy to put off holiday plans until the week before but that would not be fair for our families. So we are going to figure it out!
4) Redo my desk/vanity
I recently obtained an old piece of furniture from my parents that was in my room when I was growing up. The desk/vanity (I am saying both desk and vanity because I will be using the piece for both things) was actually my grandmothers and my Dad grew up with it. I love it! Plus, it will really help out our bathroom situation. We only have one sink in our bathroom and being able to leave to go to do my hair and make up in another room will be very helpful when we need to get ready at the same time! It will allow for a more functional home.
5) Update my LinkedIn account
On a whim I put in my e-mail address one day and had a LinkedIn account. I am constantly getting e-mails of people asking to "connect" me. I recently just went on one day and realized there were some people that I did not know connecting me. I decided that it would be professional to at least put my picture up!
6) Finish our Wedding Thank You Notes
Someone told me that you had one year to write your thank you notes but frankly I think that is rude. For the main reason a lot of our guests mailed their gifts to us and until we send them a thank you note they don't know if we recieved it or if it got lost in the mail. I should have been more intentionally about writing these but the first month we were married we found other things to do to occupy our free time. Now I am going to crack down! They are going to be sent!