If it's all in the attitude...

...then it's all controllable. I don't know if you believe that or not but I know for me that this last week has been good. Our lives come down to a series of choices and very little happens purely by chance. Yes there are things that are unexpected or uncontrollable but if you think about it and trace back the circumstances of the situation it will eventually come back to a choice you made.
My choice this last week was to look on the positive side of life and think about the good things God has done for me and less time on pity parties. Some things that made it easier is the fact that I took 3 vacation days and had friends for IN come up and visit me this weekend. It was very relaxing to sit around and visit without worrying about schedules and responsibilities.
That doesn't last forever and my next project, outside of work, is to organize the Christmas Program. Yes, it really is that time again! Anyone want to help?

What do I have to be happy about...

...should be everything! We've been doing a series in church on 5 ways to introduce people to Christ. One statement that keeps coming up and hitting me between the eyes is that my Christian Life should be exciting and joyful so that it would be attractive to non Christians. I guess that I usually think that my life is boring and my Christian life is choice and duty. My goal this month is is to find joy and excitement in my Christian life that spills into my everyday life and they become one and the same. When I really think about what God has blessed me with I know that there is absolutely no reason not to be excited about him every moment I just need to keep my mind on his blessings.
One blessing that I need to remind myself of regularly is that I'm able to walk and stand and even run slowly if the need is there. When it was discovered that I was born without a hip socket the doctor told my parents that as an adult I would not be able to stand for long periods of time and that I may need some type of assistance to walk. Even being overweight I can do the things that the doctor predicted I would not be able to do. Regular Chiropractic visit help keep me aligned and reduce problems and if I get some of my weight back off that will help also. God has given me this gift of mobility and when I think of friends who do not have that gift I'm ashamed at how much I take for granted. God loves me and that's something to be excited about!

Yes it has been forever...

...but my life is boring. I'm just glad my life isn't tragic! Things are going well, I've been struggling with some emotional/depression issues but I think it's getting better if I remember to take my vitamins.
Really good book I've read lately include Nora Roberts High Noon, Kat Martin's Scent of Roses & The Summit, & Christina Dodd's Scent of Darkness & Touch of Darkness. I've received a couple of really nice recommendations from our Online Book Club offered from our library. You can sign up for it from our home page lakeview.llcoop.org and and there are a lot of different genres of clubs to join. I'm currently reading fiction, romance & teen. When you sign up they send excerpts of the featured books to your email & if you like it you can then request it through your local library.
Other than reading and eating I tend to neglect everything else. I do have a long weekend off work coming and expecting company to visit before mid October so I'm really needing to clean house.
Brockfest & family reunion are also scheduled for this weekend so I'll be very busy even if I don't have to work.

Still waiting...

...for those hot construction guys to show up. But it should be soon as the library has received their notice to proceed from Rural Development. This will definitely be a learning experience as we raise this building. The Ground Breaking Celebration went really well and almost 100 people came out to celebrate with us. If you want to keep up to date on our progress keep an link on the library's web page lakeview.llcoop.org for current information. One of the reasons this blog has been running old is because I'm trying to keep the TDL construction blog updated also.
There is a lot happening on the homefront but nothing that I want to publish on my blog. Just keep us all in prayers. Janet Evanovich published her 13th Stephanie Plum novel and it was a hoot. I'm still waiting for a relationship decision to be made but Janet is raking in the money on the series so she probably won't make that decision anytime soon.
Had a great concert at church Monday night. 40 highschool students under the directorship of the Bethany Bible College's Music and Ministry Team leader 'Exalt'ed the name of Jesus and blessed the hearts of everyone in attendance.