Lasso The Moon

Even homeschoolers take snow days

The big calendar I made at the beginning of the school year is taking a hit this week.  We have gotten almost nothing done.  Because this is what you do in Dallas when "snow" hits.

The first day was pure ice. The streets were coated in it, so we pulled out our trusty sled and some cargo straps and ran through the streets, pulling the kids behind us.  This attracted the attention of our neighbors (we were screaming like idiots), and soon we were taking turns dragging our friends around...kids AND adults.

And then today we woke up to giant gobs of slush falling from the sky.  The perfect consistency for rolling snowballs and snowmen.

It might have taken every flake of snow from the yard (and the neighbors), but we are proud of our leaf-and-snow people.

(The one one the right got decapitated by Eli only moments before the picture.)

Who needs a ski trip?

 

Huge Plans and Goals for 2015

Hello my friends!

Every year I like to make a list of goals, plans, and schemes that I do my best to live by in the coming year.  This year is no different.  I have a goal that I am absolutely adamant about keeping.  Except it's not a list.  It's a word.

One word.

Rest.

In my entire life I don't think that I've made rest a priority.  I've never put much value in it.  In fact, I've always seen the need for rest or sleep as an unfortunate necessity.

But God has reminded me in the last few weeks that I'm dead wrong about this.  Rest isn't for the lazy, weak, or flawed.  It's a gift.

Our perfect Creator set aside time for rest.  Not because He needed it--because it was good.  In fact, he not only set aside the Sabbath for rest, but He took time at the end of each day to look over what He had done, and He called it good.

I need to follow His example.

Y'all, this might be the hardest thing I've ever tried to do. Even as I type this, making my year's resolution an official thing, I'm welling up with tears because I'm so sure I'm going to fail.  But I have to remind myself that He began this work in me, and that He promises to see me through.

So this year, I'm learning how to rest.  What rest is, and what it requires.

That's it.  As I learn what it takes to set aside the ample time that I need, I plan on sharing the journey with you. I am nervous and excited and terrified. And I hope you'll say a prayer that I don't let this one go. I know how important it is.

If you are interested, you can find some of my resolutions from past years here:

2014 - hospitality, be more human, preserve memories

2013 - homemaking, cooking, something small

2009 - wear handmade, fundraisers, organizing

2008 - birthdays, recycling, journaling