Have been doing much reading!

Since my last post, I have been doing alot of reading not only by myself, but have started my kids on the habit of reading before bed.  My daughter is participating in a reading program which she also has to log her time and my littlest one (the 5 year old), enjoys the novelty of doing what everyone else does. 

So I have continued to read every morning my deviotional routine that combines a Proverb (corresponding to whatever day of the month it is) and Search My Heart O God, as well as Simple Living for Busy People.  For this blog update I have read Proverbs 15-26 and corresponding days in my other devotionals for 30 minutes each morning.  I take great comfort and renewal in these quiet times with the Lord's word.  My attitude and approach to my day and care I have for others has deepened.  I have more patience with my kids, others, and myself.  This has really helped me get through some stressful times lately. 

In addition to my daily devotional reading, I take advantage of reading my Real Simple magazines for 30 minutes at night while the kids are doing their bedtime reading and sneak in a bedtime story with them. 

On Thanksgiving, I took the time to relax with Breaking Dawn before going to see the movie later tonight after church.  It's such a quick and easy read, and REAL HARD to put down.  After my kids were dropped off with their dad at 6 that evening, I curled up until about 2:30 in the morning and knocked all but about 100 pages out taking bathroom break and a break to make a snack.  I finished the other 100 pages yesterday afternoon, which took about an hour and a half.  I'm geared up and ready to go to the movie now. 

I have a habit of always trying to read the book before a movie comes out if the movie is based on a novel because I like to compare the book to the movie and see the directors interpretation of what they think the author is trying to convey in their language.  For example how similar the setting is to the book as well as the description of the characters. 

Reading Log
Nov 15-26  30 min each morning= 6 hrs.
Nov 15-23  30 min each evening= 4.5 hrs.
Nov 24 Read Breaking Dawn for 8hrs
Nov 25 Read Breaking Dawn for 90 min. 
Total of 20 hours of Pleasure Reading that I was actually able to squeeze into my schedule Thanks to the Holiday for a little bit of rejuvinating time by myself to read a book I have wanted to dig into for sometime now. 

Next week it's back to Devotions, quick magazine, and Beth Moore;-)
 

Catching up on my Reads

This week has been eventful, however, I have taken the time to make sure I get a 30 minute devotional in every morning before my feet hit the floor.  I'm also looking forward to catching back up on my Beth Book.  I have started a routine of reading 3 different sources for my devotions.  The first being the devotion for the day from Kay Arthur....Search My Heart O God, Simple Living for Busy People, and then whatever day of the month it is I have taken a cue from a great friend and read a chapter from Proverbs that corresponds to whatever day of the month it is.  So for this week I read Proverbs chapters 6-13, Kay Arthur's Devotions for Nove 6-13, and pages 6-13 in Simple Living.  I have found that I am able to focus and be more centered when I include this reading in the beginning of my day.  There have been two days when I wasn't able to read in the morning but snuck it in when before I went to bed. 

Log for this week:
Nov 6-13  30 min per day = 4 hrs of reading

This has been a very practical and beneficial way for me to not only focus on my relationship with the Lord, but to also ensure that I am using any spare time to read wisely.  I do have a stack of Real Simple magazines that I have promised myelf I will tear into again this week!