Cares:
Five of my girls started a writing club during lunch. They meet every Wednesday and brainstorm writing ideas together. It’s very cute to listen to.
Trying to wrap my mind around the idea that God is in control of every aspect of my life. He knows. And there’s a reason.
Concerns:
For Christmas, one of my students got me a HUGE bag of chocolate. I put it in my “prize” drawer (Gasp! I know. Candy as an occassional reward….hey, it works.) Here’s the concern. I’m rewarding myself a lot more than the students. Funny how many Hershey kisses a girl can eat in a day without noticing.
Celebrations:
Breakfast with two awesome girlfriends tomorrow. I heart these two women. They keep me sane when insanity enroaches.
I’m enjoying January. Weird, huh?
Let’s Talk: What are your cares, concerns, and celebrations today? I truly enjoy reading them and appreciate that you share!
I think January can be a great month for writers! We so appreciate the quiet after the holidays and we are inside more. It can be a wholesome time to reflect and create!
Oh, I LOVE reading about your girls' writing club. SOOO fun!
Katie, you are amazing.
Cares? Family members with health problems.
Celebrations. Enjoying a book release and a book edit simulataneously. Also a concern:)
Cares: After months of hopeful anticipation, a disappointing result in the writing contest I entered.
Concerns: Being ready for the Writing For the Soul conference, and weaning my son in time. (3+ weeks left!)
Celebration: The Lord blessed me abundantly with a great homeschool experience on Thursday: Studying Hebrews 8-9 in relation to learning about the exodus/10 commandments/tabernacle. The Lord whispered to me "this is what it's all about". After a week plagued with doubts over homeschooling my 13 year old, He completely refocused my heart. I cried. Isn't He wonderful?
Hi Katie –
Oh dear, I can empathize with the Hersey Kisses problem. I'm into couponing and found this fabulous deal. They're so small that I forget they have calories.
I must put new batteries in my digital scale. It keeps me motivated to lose weight.
Blessings,
Susan 🙂
Your students' writing club is awesome! How neat.
I'd be curious to hear what you tell your class about your writing and its stages.
That writing club sounds like a fabulous idea!
Today I'm celebrating the fact that my little kidlet is finally getting over a bad cold, yay!
The writing club sounds like such fun. Those girls have a great role model. =)
Hershey's Kisses should have a warning label on the bag: Addictive Substance Inside.
Cares: This semester is crazy already. Enjoyable, but crazy.
Concerns: Some friends of mine are going through really tough times.
Celebrations: Most of my classes are absolutely fascinating. I'm making more meaningful relationships at school. And I feel like I'm accomplishing things 🙂
I LOVE that your girls made a writing club! It makes me smile when someones passion rubs off on someone else and makes them want to create.
Cares: Morning (I mean all day) sickness still won't go away.
Concerns: Family stuff, concerned about my sister.
Celebrations: Going to start a new story soon (I hope) and I have three family birthdays to celebrate in the next nine days. I guess it's both a good and a bad thing that birthday cake (like almost everything else) doesn't sound good!
Cares: Trying to more fully understand the concept of surrender.
Concerns: Concerned about whether I am blogging "right". If there is a "right" way. New to this and feel a little lost at times. 🙂
Celebrations: Time. My husband is in law school and since it is the beginning of the semester we have time on our hands which is great because we can take mini vacations over the weekends and have some fun before he gets too bogged down with work.
Love, love, love the girls' writing club! Woohoo!
Candy is evil. We should make it our mission to wipe it off the face of the earth…once piece at a time.
Celebrations…A friend signed with the ~*bEsT*~ agent In. The. World.
That agent set some kind of land-speed record pitching a project of mine on Wednesday. Contract for said project arrived Thursday. Squee!
Heartsong Awards are out. (Complete list at http://editcafe.blogspot.com/2011/01/18th-annual-heartsong-awards.html)
My son did well in the basketball game yesterday.
My darling husband is taking me out on a date tonight.
And I love my zippety new boots.
😀
I'm enjoying January too. 😉
Cares; I have two more cupcake decorating classes left. One next week and one in February. Can my sanity handle all the prep, baking, parent interruptions??
Concern; Finishing my comps for my proposals. Am I doing these right?
Celebration; I have the ~*bEsT*~ agent In. The. World.
I know what you mean about the chocolate!!! It's crazy how quickly I can eat seven pieces, lol!
That writing club is so sweet. It's great to hear about young people writing stories! Did either of those girls happen to recently read "Anne of Green Gables"? There's a chapter in there in which Anne and her friends form a story club. They each write one story a week and read it out loud to the group.
Yo yo sista!
Cares – We have an ant problem in our kitchen. They are under control at the moment, but it makes me want to vomit when I put out the little trap and they swarm around it like teenage girls at a Justin Bieber concert.
Concerns – Must. Lose. Holiday. Weight.
Celebrations – 8 more days until Seattle!
xoxoxoxo, H
LOL, Your chocolate dilemma reminds me of my Facebook post yesterday. I've been tempted to eat my son's potty training rewards more than I'm handing them out. 🙂
A huge care in my family is news about my sister. She's at a point where the doctors want to move forward and bump her up on the transplant list. She's coming down in a little over a week to be admitted to the hospital and hopefully get a heart while she's here. My house is home-away-from-home for the family while they're here, so big changes are ahead for us all.
Have a great weekend, Katie!
I am concerned over a situation between my son and a teacher at school – it keeps escalating and the teacher is going to get smacked by me pretty soon! Ha.
I would also really like to get over this cough nasal congestion thing – I'm even taking allergy medicine now to see if that makes a difference. I HATE going to the doctor so I'm avoiding it!!
Celebrations? Still waiting on a firm release date, but life is good.
Enjoy your weekend!
Today, I am just enjoying the celebrations of you and the commenters and praying for the concerns. I love your Fridays! Thanks Katie!
Have a great weekend!
I love the fact that some of your girls are writing! Keep encouraging them, and you may be able to read their books someday. 🙂
Cares: Hubby had a fantastic job interview this week, and they are supposed to call today if he is the one they select for the position. Praying they call him.
Concerns: If Hubby doesn't get this job today, then he needs another interview. Plus, our son returns to college today and needs financial wisdom and desire to buckle down this semester.
Celebrations: Oh, my! Where do I start? I'm celebrating how God has answered so many prayers for our family this past week. We received a couple exciting phone calls and some financial things for my extended family have been abundant. It's been a great start to the new year.
Katie, have a lovely time tomorrow. (Wish I was coming.)
Uh, er, it wasn't me that swiped all those Hershey kisses out of Ivy's stocking. HONEST. *fingers crossed*
Which means it's dieting and heavy duty workout on the elliptical. UGH
Cares: My Christopher and there is a reason. God is with us. Every step of the way. (Shannon O'D and I understand this and wait on God to work.)
Concerns: My Christopher. And the other thing. (Which Shannon understands too.) But so do you.
Celebrations: My Christopher. And I have decided to enter one of my picture books in the SCBWI contest.
January is wonderful. Went to my crit partner's book launch last night. Sat there dreaming of what mine will be like.
Love you Katie.
I'm praying for you. And I cannot wait to see you again. Have a blast w/ your friends at lunch and listening in on those brainstorms. Hey, I know I could get a few ideas from them! That even sounds like a cute book.
Anyhoo…
Cares: Waiting to hear about hubby's promo. Want to hear good news b/c we have a date tonight.
Concerns: Three b-day parties to plan and I've been slacking a bit.
Celebrations: God is drawing me closer to him and I'm feeling more hopeful in every area of my life. I survived a brief funk!
Love you.
~ Wendy
Celebrations: a dear Twitter friend got an offer of representation!
Cares: my daughter is growing into such a kind & mature little girl! During the blizzard we were out playing, and she heard another little kid squeal after falling into the snow, and my daughter yelled, "ARE YOU OKAY???" all the way across the park.
Concerns: the waiting is killing me. As you know, I'm not faithful, but nevertheless I think you made some very strong points in your recent post about "Surrender"… I need to spend less time secretly bargaining with the universe and more time working the process of writing.
I did the same thing with a bag of Hershey Kisses in the candy house. Emergency ration for the storm we had on Wed. The candy house is near empty. Tee hee.
I like January too! 😉
My concern today is the possible cold sore popping up inside my nose.
Yes.
IN my nose. Grrrrrr.
Besides that, just the normal stuff going on here. Happy Friday!
I started back to work this week (50+ hours per week (avg) until April 18 – yes, April 15 is a holiday in Washington D.C., so we get another whole weekend before the tax deadline. – Grrrr.) Surprisingly, I'm okay with the whole work thing this year. Some years I go kicking and screaming.
I'm concerned about how many snow days we've had before the middle of January.
Have a good weekend, Katie!
Mine is only a concern which will probably sound rather confronting. I am a nurse down here in Australia and for the past week I have been working in the medical clinic of a maximum security prison. I have been providing nursing care to hardened criminals, some of whom have committed unspeakable crimes. But I have had to totally divorce myself from whatever revulsion I may feel from my role as a health care provider.
It's been a draining experience, one that has left my mind troubled. Though I'm sure I'll work through it, I must say it is a concern for me.