It's 2009

I got up this morning and told Jeff that today I was just going to be LAZY. I said that I was going to stay in my PJ's and do a few things that I wanted to do. Of course, I did say that I would cook dinner. This is where the idea of being lazy changed!! I was lazy all of about 15 minutes. Once I mentioned dinner, Jeff wanted to know if I was doing the traditional black eyed peas and collards. You see, he grew up in a house where New Year's Day was celebrated with this dinner. I ,on the other hand, grew up eating Hopping John and the only person who liked collards was my second Mom. So, she just got a dish from Granny. I usually ate the pork chops, rice and blueberry muffins but didn't find the Hopping John and collards to be a necessity. Anyway, who believes that you will get more pennies and dollars just by eating these things. If this was true everyone would be eating them MORE than just ONE day a year. All I get from eating these is a good POOP!
Therefore, I just don't see the need to cook these things except for the fact that my wonderful husband enjoys them. So, off to the store I go. I bring home the collards and stuff to make cornbread. I had the peas and pork chops. Once everything was unloaded, I sat down with a glass of tea. I thought, "I can just do a few things that I want to do now. Everyone is outside and I can just be lazy until dinner." I sat down thinking about the last year, the coming year and talking to God about all of it. (I will post my thoughts later.) Then the phone rang. It was Jeff from outside telling me that he had invited the neighbors over to eat dinner with us. Now, keep in mind that my goals for this year are to deepen by relationship with God, out of love for Him to serve others, and invest my life in people that God sends my way. Immediately, God had to remind me of these goals very quickly. Now, I had to get up make a dessert and add more to my dinner. I just had to laugh at the fact that God was watching just to see how I would respond. In all of about 3 seconds, I told Jeff "Sure, that is fine." I got up, put a pie in the oven, swept the floor, decided to add a Mac and Cheese to our dinner and picked up the toys that were laying here and there. Now, I am sitting back down. Well, just for about 5 minutes. The timer on the over just went off and the pie is smelling real good. I am off to finish my dinner and am looking forward to visiting with some neighbors who love the Lord.

Happy New Year To All!!