Keeping up with the new decade

I had a vague idea when this year started that life was going to change. A new game with new rules. I thought that this year had potential. Alas, dreaming is the easy part. Once opportunities start flying at you and strategies start to take form in your mind you are pretty much guaranteed to have your hands full. It's almost like a hamster/wheel factory between my ears!

This year we decided to actually take action to all the things we have always wanted to do. One of those being a vegetable garden. Larry's mom is masterful at this and jumped at the opportunity to dig in "new dirt" since her yard was too full of plants for a vegetable garden. We have so much space there is no point in hogging it. So far we have peas, radishes, lettuce, onions, garlic, cucumber, yellow squash, eggplant, tomato and I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

If that is not exciting enough, we got excellent news on Friday. Larry was promoted to Banquet Manager! I have the utmost faith in him to excel in this position. Even though I am ridiculously biased, I have to say that he is one of the most hardest working individuals I have come across with excellent work ethic and charm that will melt any heart of ice. One of the perks for him in this position is that he started at that hotel in the Banquets Department as a steward and worked his way up to where he is now. He has worked in nearly all the positions that his employees are in so he is fully aware of what it entails. I have found that a boss who knows where you are coming from is bound to be a very fair and just boss. Not always a fun and easy-going boss, but definitely a good one. A boss who knows where you are coming from also knows that you are capable of more and will always try to better you in your position which benefits the department as a whole. Everyone wins!

My life has been no less hectic although I have enjoyed my busyness. Ever since I published my book in November Larry and I have done a little bit of word-of-mouth marketing to those that we know and soon we had people asking how they could get a hold of the book. It wasn't long before I thought that we could buy books in bulk and sell them ourselves, cutting out the middle man and offering "free shipping". He has done a fantastic job at getting women at the hotel to buy the book and I've recruited some friends in South Africa and one in Germany to buy the book so that officially puts me in the international market, I would say.

However, I must admit that it is a little nerve-wrecking to do the international distribution yourself. There is the shipping that is quite costly and slow to boot, the arrangement of how to get paid and ensuring that the people actually did get the book. I am learning a great deal of patience and protocol. Soon it will all be old hat.

At church I was asked to assist in the compilation of an outline for a Children's Curriculum for next term as well as for Bible School in the summer about the 7 Mountain Strategy. We want to equip the next generation to be able to succeed with the kingdom of Heaven principles in all cultural spheres of society: Religion, Family, Education, Government, Media, Arts, Entertainment & Sports, and Business.

We really are having a great time this year. It is exciting to be a part of change and to know that it won't be just another year. This is a new decade and time to do things differently.