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Amazing. I am not good at this blogging thing..haha...maybe i need a plan B! Anyway, im back on and going to see if i can actually build this site up a little.

Today i want to share my favorite Plan B happening! Tonight my 4 y/o, Lindsey, was complaining that she couldn't sleep tonight. She gave me her favorite line..."momma, Im bored"..i marched her back to bed, however, my loving words to get to stay in her bed failed. So I tried the second time and was more firm. I would call this Plan A.

If you met Lindsey you would know that she is one strong willed little girl. If she has something in her head there is no budging it...So..this is where plan A failed. I was more firm and put her back to bed a second time. FAIL....She comes out again...This time saying..."mama...my leg hurts...it hurts when i rest it momma"...since it didn't hurt a minute ago i knew this was one of her cleaver excuses to get my attention. Normally I would have initiated plan A with a pat on a butt firmly ( you may call that a spanking if you like.) But i didn't...in fact i didn't even raise my voice or change my tone...Plan B had taken action before i could even think about it!

 I grabbed Lindsey's hand and walked her into the bathroom...randomly saw a play horse. I grabbed the horse and handed it to her.  Lindsey's face was very interesting as i could just see her wheels in her head spinning a mile a minute! I then proceeded with this..." Ok...momma wants you to take this horse named Herbert and event amazing adventures with him. I want you to think of several things about Herbert...like where he is from...(she quickly answered the barn :)....I want you to go to three places...the zoo, the museum and to the roller coaster park. ( i actually took "Herbert" from her and pretended he was going up the coaster and down).... I want you make up a cool story and be ready to tell me all about "Herberts" adventures in the morning" i said this all in a serious tone. By this time Lindsey has a huge smile on her face. We walk back to her bedroom...she climbs in and is so excited....

She only got up one time after to tell me what "Herbert" did...but after i reassured her that adventures take time she went right back to bed and that was it...Sleep well sunshine...see ya in the morning...Plan B worked amazingly! :)


Side note.....i flunked english in school...haha...or maybe it's 12:37am and i don't care if my grammer is horrific! im probably the only one that will ever read this!)

Changing My plans into God's plan one day at a time.

Do you ever start your day with a million to do's yet by the end of the day you if lucky managed to get one of those things done. We often make our plans yet stop to realize that unless we include the plan maker we just dug ourselves in a big hole made our own plan b. 


Today I planned to eat healthy. I ate a good breakfast and was feeling pretty good so far until the thought of taking the kids to Mc'donald's for lunch crossed my mind. I told myself that i would eat a salad and be good. Well, the smell of the fresh fries and thought of eating another salad (esp from mc'donalds) was so overwhelming that i caved. This set me on a downward spiral of poor choices all day and yet the God gently reminded me that i didn't include him in my plans today. I didn't pray for His strength or seek his face for the grace i needed to get through today. 


You see I planned my day....and without hesitation i automatically went into plan b and had no willpower to stop what I had originally planned to do. I dug my hole and sank deep. 


My reason for this blog is personal. I want to change how I plan...and let Go and Let God plan my day. This always is easier than said but yet one verse Comes to my mind...


For i know that plans for you declare the lord, plans to prosper you and not harm....plans to give you hope and a future. 


I really don't want to stock up on shovels so i'm going to day by day allow God to control my plan. Here we go!