Proclaimy Posts

Hello Happy Blog-friends,
'Tis I,... um...yeah, no more of that.

Anyway, we're doing well this Friday before Christmas. I've had a great baby-free morning which means I have time to update the blog without little fingers constantly attempting to help me type. I actually had a phone conversation this morning (Hi Christy!) without a baby endlessly reaching for the phone! I've been working on telling Cassie "no" about these two things but I have not been enormously sucessful. For the computer, when I tell her 'no' she responds, 'no' and slaps at the keys and makes the computer do crazy things (how she can 'slap' and discover the ctrl/alt/delete button is beyond me!). She is so persistant and she LOVES talking on the phone so much that I haven't been consistent in keeping her away. She takes the phone from me and then starts walking around and around, talking to whoever is on the other end (usually, my parents, sister or Tim). She'll go on and on forever if I don't stop her...just talking away, pausing for responses and everything! I'll have to get some video of it next time she's on the phone.

I've been REALLY loving my new online Bible study. After my Beth Moore class ended a few weeks ago, I waffled around for a bit wondering what I should do to bridge the Christmas gap. I asked God what he'd have for me to do...but, no-he didn't respond verbally. "Coincidentally" I recalled a online ministry called, "Setting Captives Free" that had a course designed to help Christians who struggle with food-related issues. (Okay, so it's not so pretty to talk about sin-issues in this family-related blog, but I'm all about honesty and openness so when you check this blog to see what's happening with Cassie's mom-what you see is what's REALLY going on in this home. I do apologize (ha) for not being more 'whitewashed' but I value the real stuff more. Hmmm...that leads me to a good question--is this blog solely meant to record Cassie's adventures? do you prefer reading posts about what Cassie is learning, exploring, accomplishing over posts about what her mother is learning, exploring, accomplishing? If so, better skip today's post because I am feeling rather "proclaimy"--What does PROCLAIMY mean? You don't think it's a word!? Well, it is now because that's how I feel! I want to proclaim what God's been doing in my life lately sooooo I feel PROCLAIMY!

Back to the online course...so I go to the website to check it out www.settingcapitvesfree.com and BEHOLD, they have a new course designed specifically for my 'issues'. The ultra cool part came in when I found out my online mentor for the course is none other than the co-author! What a neat-o Christmas gift! I feel as if God really did answer my prayer about what to study after the Beth Moore class-hooray for God! See what I mean-Proclaimy! Each day as I complete a lesson, my responses are emailed to my mentor and she's sends back her comments--it's been so encouraging!

uh-oh...my baby free morning just ended because my parents have arrived with Cassie! Back to being a mommy...

Cassie sleepin'

Our Cassie had a great day at Grammie and Poppie's house. Tim and I had a White house west wing tour with my sis (she works there) so Cassie hung out with the grandparents. As you can see in this photo...she's tuckered out!

Kay Hoffman
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Happy Friday Smiles