For Monday, March 11th, 2013

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

March 11th, 2013

9 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side

It's MONDAY

ORGANIZE YOUR HOME OFFICE DAY

Home offices are more commonplace by the year, and today one in four American households have one. You don’t have to be self-employed or work from home to have a home office;  it can be used simply for sorting through bills, finances, documents and all those other fun things that we love saving for a rainy day, and having a designated workspace can make everything run faster and smoother.

Still, as with the kitchen and pretty much every other room under the roof, the home office can become messy, dusty, cluttered, disorganised and, as a result of this combination, a hindrance to its very purpose. Organize Your Home Office Day counters this chaos by providing the motivation to throw away the trash and shred the unwanted paperwork; recycle those drinks cans and polish the desk; clean the windows, alphabetise your filing system, fill up your stationery reserves, and maybe even get a potted plant to help energise the room even further.  You can even have fun while you do it: set yourself a time limit, put on your favourite album and see just how beautiful and work-conducive you can make that room in an hour or two!

And remember, the more organised your home office, the less time you’ll need to spend in there in the long run. What more incentive do you need?

If a train station is where the train stops, what's a work station?  

Author Unknown

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. 

Francis Bacon

We all need our routines to motivate and keep us going: the same cup for our morning coffee, the comfortable shortcut to get to work on time, that newspaper first thing on Sunday morning.  Routines help us to focus, organize, and get things done.  

Keeping your home office or any part of your home organized is to me a matter of routine.  When you keep up the routine of clearly away the clutter regularly you don't have to worry about it.

Slow and steady wins the race is one of my favorite sayings.  I just keep going, slowly and eventually it will all get done.

The pictures are of our Little Lucky Guy's 3rd birthday party weekend before last and of the 2 youngest grandchildren.  One is almost 4 months old now and the other 9 months old.  They are almost the same length, but not the same weight by any means.  

I hope your week is off to a great start and you have a happy Monday!

PRIORITY FOR TODAY:

Delight

Dear God, show us what it means to delight in your presence, and teach us how to love you. Amen.

COUNTING MY GIFTS

I am trying to count at least 3 things I'm thankful for each day and then in 1 year's time I'll have counted 1000 gifts.

I’ll be sharing them and giving thanks to God for these gifts each day,

348.  for a time to slow down and savor life

349.  for routines that have become habits

350. time to see all the gifts in every day

Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!

PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

Please pray for God's protection of

our troops and HIS wisdom for their

commanders.

Lord, hold our troops in

your loving hands.

Protect them as they protect us.

Bless them and their families for the

selfless acts they perform for us

in our time of need. I ask this in the

name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters

and Paramedics and EMT's

GOD BLESS YOU ALL !

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

Charles Buxton

A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma