Project 365: Week 2

January 8th - The Hundred Dresses


Our Relief Society Birthday Dinner this year is centered around The Hundred Dresses written by Eleanor Estes. Wanda wears the same faded blue dress to school every day- yet she says she has one hundred beautiful dresses at home, "all lined up." The other girls don't believe it, and when Peggy starts a daily game of teasing Wanda about the hundred dresses, everyone joins in. Maddie, Peggy's best friend, goes along with the game, but she secretly wonders whether she can find the courage to speak up in Wanda's defense. It's not until Wanda fails to come to school one day that her classmates learn the truth about the hundred dresses- and Maddie and Peggy learn the meaning of kindness and generosity of spirit.

As chair of the Birthday Dinner, it is my job to head up a humanitarian project in search of a women's shelter, etc. to donate dresses and other clothing to. Each sister in our ward will be invited to donate a dress or other articles of clothing to this effort. As I begin my search, I hope to be guided to the right place. There are many deserving places, but I know there is someone, somewhere, just right, waiting for our dresses!


January 9th - Snow

Freshly fallen snow is always a beautiful sight! We are getting our share this year.


January 10th - Sunday Lessons - Faith is like a Mustard Seed.....

...we will compare the word (of God) unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, ....it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves-- It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul: yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me. Alma 32:28

My girls and I are working on the YW Personal Progress together, and our first value is Faith. The goals we have chosen to work on have brought us closer together and as we discuss and share the truths we believe in, our faith and testimony in the gospel of Jesus Christ grows. Through FAITH, we hope for things which are not seen, but are true. We look to the future with hope and faith... believing that The Best Is Yet To Be! (refer to January 2010 Ensign article, pg. 23, by Jeffrey R. Holland)

January 11- Housework

I mean... the new house work. The foundation is poured and the earth is moved in mighty ways as the trackhoe pushes it in no time to back fill the foundation.



Janary 12th - Europe Pictures

I'm finally organizing my Europe pictures into an album. Even though I love to scrapbook, doing that for all our trips would require way to much time and work. So, I'm shortcutting. I'm adding memorabilia to some of the pockets, and journaling along the edges of the pictures. I think I'm going to like this!

Janaruy 13th - My New Computer

I finally got my new PC today! It is a Christmas gift from the Mr. He set it up in no time... love him!

January 14th - New addition to the family

And he's got personality! We adopted our rooster from one of our favorite thrift shops. He originally comes from Indonesia. He's hand carved from wood; hand colored, too. He sports colorful and folksy colors of red, orange, yellow, and brown. He's rather tall.... about 3'. We'll call him RED! He sits on the bench in the kitchen, head cocked, breast puffed, eyes peeled keeping watch.....