Happy New Year!

I'm baaaaaaaack! Missed me? I know, I know...its been TWO WHOLE MONTHS since I last blogged! I bet you thought I was never coming back?


The last two months have been extremely busy for me. They've been full of sewing and crafting (Christmas presents), cooking and baking (cookies, cinnamon rolls, experimenting with new reciptes), spending time with family (Elora came home for Christmas!), and friends (Lydia's back for good!). And every thing I did, I thought of a perfect blog post (with pictures of course) to go with it. But for some reason I just never found the time...I was just too busying enjoying it all.


But don't worry. I'm here to stay. And I'm excited about the future and all the plans I have for it...you'll be hearing about it all over the next year.


I decided not to set any specific resolutions for the year, but to just spend more time doing the stuff I love and, more importantly, the stuff I need. A year from now, I really don't want to be stuck in the same place spiritually as I am now. I want to be able to look back and see how much I've grown, not look around and see what I see now.

To kick off the new year, I celebrated my first anniversary with Daniel. The past year has been one of the best years of my life, maybe THE best! Sure we had our ups an downs, but overrall we've both grown so much.

I think the one thing I've learned the most during our first year is how selfish I am. How much I make things about me, when they really have nothing to do with me at all. And I've been learning to give situations and Daniel over to God. The only thing I can really change is me, so that's what I've been trying to do. I'm sure that's a lesson I'll be learning for a long time.

I've also been trying to me a more practical, organized wife. Daniel is at his best when I am at my best, and my best is when the house is clean, dinner is cooking, and I'm feeeling creative and happy. That's been a huge challenge for me, because I am not and have never been clean or organized. But I'm getting there...just got a LOOOOONG way to go!

What about you? What have you learned over the past year? What are you hoping to learn in the new year?

Wives are to submit to their husbands

The topic of submission has been popping up alot lately.

For some reason, I feel like Daniel has been telling me what to do a lot lately. I don't think its true, or at least not anymore than normal. I think I've just been taking it a lot harder. For instance, this morning Daniel asked me to put all our laundry away and to bring some cups of water downstairs. Mind you, this is after he basically cleaned our whole apartment the day before.

My reaction? "Stop treating me like a child!"...pretty selfish huh? I felt quite stupid when I thought about it. Especially after he asked me if I really wanted to be a submissive wife.

And tonight, for date night, we went Salsa dancing. Neither of us is a particularly good dancer. We can do the basic steps but our spins are quite ackward. And even though Daniel led, he never really stepped up to the challenge and took control.

I wanted him to spin me quickly, and make me feel dizzy. I wanted him to change things up alot, and do all the steps the woman just taught us. I wanted him to swing me around like all the professionals were doing with the women around me. I wanted....are you noticing a pattern? Everything is about me and what I want. Yes, I wanted Daniel to take the lead, but I wanted him to lead me the way I wanted to go. I wasn't willing to submit to his ideas and desires. And that's not real submission at all.

It's easy to be submissive when things are going smoothly, and we both want the same things. But what happens when opinions differ? That's when submission is the most important for the unity of the relationship. I haven't yet learned to overcome my selfishness at those times.

But I'm working on it...until then, thank you Daniel for being gracious with me!