a reminder

All around our house, I have scriptures as well as other inspirational quotes and sayings.  Mostly they are to remind me of the blessings I have but also to remind me of who is with me all the time.   My grandmother was a worrier.  I am a worrier and now my daughter is a worrier.  Some things I can control and some things I can't.  I try not to worry but life circumstances make it hard.  I found a verse that especially hits home and I wanted to have it as a daily reminder.   I wanted my daughter to have it too...  I put it in our bathrooms and we can read it each morning.

My verse:

Don't worry about anything, instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.  Phillipians 4:6-7

What you need:
Computer
White Paper
Scissors
Scrapbook Paper
Frame (whatever size you want to use) I used a 4x6

Directions:
1. Type up or write out your verse, saying or quote (keep in mind the size of your frame). You may need to adjust your spacing to make sure it will be the right size.
2. Use the glass in the frame to trace the size of scrapbook paper you will need.  Then cut it out.
3. Cut out the saying. Making sure it is small enough you can see your scrapbook paper as well. 
4. Adhere the saying to the scrapbook paper. Use either double stick tape or a scrapbook tape. Don't use glue as it will leave a mark.
5. Put the glass back in the frame along with your saying.
6. Place somewhere you will see it everyday!

job jar

Do you have sassy children? I do. I have the ones that like to talk back.  Well, I got tired of it one day and invented our family job jar.

It's simple really.  If I feel like someone is being particularly sassy, rude or disrespectful, they get to draw a slip out of the job jar. This job is done immediately unless it is the go to bed early job which no one likes.  I included some things that just aren't very enjoyable like cleaning up other people's spaces.  I included chores that I try to do every couple of months and some that get done more often.  

Here are the jobs that are presently in our jar. 

-Clean siblings bathroom. This includes the toilet, sink, countertops and emptying the trash.

-Vacuum the living room, kitchen rug and cubby room rug.

-Dust the living room, dining room, entryway, and piano room.

-Dust your room and your sibling’s room.

-Sweep (with a broom) all of the tile in the hallways, entryway, kitchen and cubby room. 

-Clean mom’s bathroom. This includes the toilet, sink, countertop and emptying the trash.

-Clean dad’s bathroom. This includes the toilet, sink, countertop and emptying the trash.

-Dust your parent’s bedroom.

-Go to bed 15 minutes early.

-Clean the refrigerator. This includes taking all of the food out and wiping the glass and plastic down.

-Wipe down all of the baseboards with a wet paper towel.

-Vacuum the green couch, green chairs, and yellow couch in the piano room.

-Wipe all of the window sills down the a wet paper towel.

-Clean out under your bed or your closet. Mom picks.

What you will need:
a jar
paper
scissors
scrapbook paper: optional

Open a word document or get out a piece of paper. Type or write down the jobs.  Cut into strips.  Then make a cute little lable for your jar.  I think it makes it look happier for the doom and gloom that awaits inside.  Put your label on your jar, insert your jobs.  And there you have it. Next time a kid is sassy you have an easy way to handle it.  

One of my children has done lots of these jobs where the other two haven't done quiet as many...