Day 17 and Day 18

Well I have let my self get behind on this 30 day challenge so I am catching up by doing two days in one.

Day 17 - someone you would like to switch places with for a day.

Well I thought about this for a long time.  I thought who would I like to be for a day?  My cousin Megan chose the  guy on food network that reveals the secret ingredient on one of their shows.   I thought that was pretty interesting. I could actually see Megan doing that.  But the challenge was who would I like to switch with.

I wouldn't want to be anyone famous, because I see them in the news and they all have problems that I wouldn't like to deal with.  I thought about all my acquaintences, but there again.. nothing.   then I thought maybe I could switch places with someone I could help. I mean everyone has problems, who would I like to switch with to help.

I would like to switch places with my Dad one day and then my grandmother.  why?  they both have such pain and discomfort every day.  If I could switch places with them and give them a pain free day, I would.  I could handle a day of discomfort for them.

Day 18 - Plans/ dreams/ goals I have

Well as a little girl I dreamed of being a veternarian and helping all the animals and working in a zoo.  But as I got older I found I didnt like the blood and the claws and the bites, so i switched I went to school for computer programming.  while I was in school I dreamed of getting married and haveing 4 kids, (3 boys and one girl).  But my sister Rachel has 5 kids, (3 boys and 2 girls) and I realized I have a hard enough time mothering two boys and I know 4 or 5 would push me over the edge of insanity. But I still love kids. So I mother those around me.

Now at this stage of life my hopes and dreams involve maybe finally buying a house.  But that dream seems distant and foggy.

Plans and goals are a bit closer to being met.  I plan on raising my boys to be the best they can be.  I pray every day for wisdom to deal with these two very different children. My goal is to instill in them Christian vaules and to teach them how to be polite and courteous and how to show Jesus's love by the things they do on a daily basis. I want them to be better people than I am.

My goals for today are: clean house, pick-up VBS supplies, take Eli to banjo lessons, make sure everyone is fed and go back to Bible school this evening. And a lot of other small things that need to be done before my head hits the pillow tonight.  I plan on taking it one step at a time and one day at a time.  I will get what I can done and do the rest tomorrow.