Being Intentional and tomato tip

Through the course of the first part of this year, God reminded me of how important it is to be intentional in our lives.  Today, I was reading one of my favorite blogs, The Vanilla Tulip, and Ashley was talking about how God had reminded her to be intentional in friendships. (If you've never read her blog, you are missing out on a blessing! www.thevanillatulip.com ) This is so very true!  Without my dear, sweet, "God with skin on" friends,  life would be a tragedy!  I am so thankful every day for these sweet gals who pour so much into my life and allow me to share in their joys and triumphs as well as their trials and sorrows.

Other areas I am striving to be intentional in are marriage, parenting, household management, exercise, and school with my kids.  Each one of these can so easily slip between the cracks of everyday life happening and before we know it, we have taken one step forward and two steps back.

In the household management category, the main thing I am being intentional about is making a menu and shopping accordingly.  As fall hits, this is going to be super important.  With school starting back, football and cheer beginning, practices until dark, a menu is imperative to avoid fast food, or sandwiches every night. I want my family to be well fed, therefore planning on my part is crucial!  Plus it saves me a lot of money!  I will share some ways to save money through menu planning sometime soon.

I want to share a lovely tip a dear friend shared with me.  Tomato season is upon us and the bugs and my dogs (yes, my dogs) like my tomatoes as much as I do.  My friend told me to pick them when they are just beginning to blush and bring them inside.  Wash them well.  Place a towel on the counter and lay them stem down on the towel.  Then cover with another towel.  This will encourage ripening.  What a super idea!!!  Now I get the tomatoes and not the dogs or the bugs!

Enjoy your day!

Kimber