Born Sleeping is seriously about to take off!
Graeme and I met with some psychologists at a local private hospital about starting a support group. They don't have the time and resources to run one, and we don't have the contacts to really get the group off the ground, so this is a match made in heaven. We're going to start with one group, and take it from there. All very exciting.
Another exciting development is that we've started a website as well: http://bornsleeping.googlepages.com/. It's still under construction, so some of the links don't work, but that won't take long to fix. It's very exiting to see it finally starting to come together, after all these months!
Showing posts with label website. Show all posts
Showing posts with label website. Show all posts
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Friday, July 13, 2007
Online...
Well, my business website is finally up and running! Hooray! It doesn't have the shop but yet, but everything else is there. One hurdle down, only a few 1000 to go. While I encourage you to go and have a look, please be aware that it is still only the final draft. I am doing final testing and comments from my amazing testing helpers, will then make final changes, and then will hopefully have a lovely website! The address is www.lovelylaitjies.co.za. Enjoy browsing!
Thursday, June 07, 2007
So much to say...
Two weeks ago, Ali preached about how Jesus sent his disciples ahead of him into the surrounding countryside and why that was necessary. She made the comment that the disciples were preparing the way, finding out whether people were ready to receive Jesus or not. Something in that really struck a chord with me in terms of my own spiritual development. There was something about the active partnering with God to prepare people's hearts. Then, at our counselling session on Monday Ali made a comment to Graeme about the fact that, by its very nature, the 'stuck' place will not be resolved passively.
Since I had Nellie I've found that I've lacked the spiritual discipline and the time alone to have traditional 'quiet times' with God. In chatting to other mothers, I discovered that this is a common side-effect of having children. At the time I made the decision not to beat myself up about it, but it's been hard. I reckoned that God would understand and that when the time was right, he would draw me back. Yet, there is such a strong culture of regular personal QT's in the evangelical church (which I grew up in) that it's hard not to think of myself as failing in this area.
Over the past few weeks I've begun to sense God saying that now it's time to get back to something more focused, private and intentional than just relying on Sunday services for my spiritual input (hence relating to you the two incidents above, which are typical of recent weeks). Like exercising, it takes discipline to maintain that regular slot in the diary. Unfortunately, I'm not very disciplined. I'm one of the laziest bums I know! This is going to be a challenge, but it is something I really value, and I think it's something that will reap tremendous benefits in months and years to come. So I'm going to try again.
Speaking of exercise, I bet regular readers are wondering about my goal of 5,000 steps a day. Well, my stupid step-counter broke. I fixed it, and a day later it broke again. However, I have managed to maintain an attitude of exercise to some extent. While the step-counter was working, I managed to get a feel for how far 4,000 steps is (since that's a distance I walk once a week). I've been trying to motivate myself to get out there and walk, but I'll be honest and say I've yet to have a week where I've managed my 5,000 steps every single day. It's actually a lot further than you think! But, I am persevering with it. This week I've managed 2 days in a row. If I can do it again today, then it will be 4 days in a row because I'm going to do my 4,000 step walk on Friday. Which will make it a good week.
What hasn't helped in terms of exercise is that I've been very busy developing my business website. It's been going well, and I've done a mock-up of it. Now I'm actually building the real thing, based on a few friends' helpful comments on how to improve it. Then it will be a matter of testing the real thing, and finding somewhere to host it. I'd really like it to be up and running by the end of the month, but with the move and the limited time that I have to work on it, I may be pushing the boat out a bit far on that deadline.
Some good news on the job front has arrived. I've been offered a month's teaching work at a very good school in Cape Town, starting a week after we arrive. While this is another obstacle in the way of getting my business up and running, I'm grateful for the work because it means some of the financial pressure is relieved. It also gives Graeme another month to job hunt. At this point I would just like to acknowledge that once again, God has rescued us and reminded me that he will provide for us - even if it is only at the 11th hour! Thank you Lord - you are more faithful than I give you credit for.
Since I had Nellie I've found that I've lacked the spiritual discipline and the time alone to have traditional 'quiet times' with God. In chatting to other mothers, I discovered that this is a common side-effect of having children. At the time I made the decision not to beat myself up about it, but it's been hard. I reckoned that God would understand and that when the time was right, he would draw me back. Yet, there is such a strong culture of regular personal QT's in the evangelical church (which I grew up in) that it's hard not to think of myself as failing in this area.
Over the past few weeks I've begun to sense God saying that now it's time to get back to something more focused, private and intentional than just relying on Sunday services for my spiritual input (hence relating to you the two incidents above, which are typical of recent weeks). Like exercising, it takes discipline to maintain that regular slot in the diary. Unfortunately, I'm not very disciplined. I'm one of the laziest bums I know! This is going to be a challenge, but it is something I really value, and I think it's something that will reap tremendous benefits in months and years to come. So I'm going to try again.
Speaking of exercise, I bet regular readers are wondering about my goal of 5,000 steps a day. Well, my stupid step-counter broke. I fixed it, and a day later it broke again. However, I have managed to maintain an attitude of exercise to some extent. While the step-counter was working, I managed to get a feel for how far 4,000 steps is (since that's a distance I walk once a week). I've been trying to motivate myself to get out there and walk, but I'll be honest and say I've yet to have a week where I've managed my 5,000 steps every single day. It's actually a lot further than you think! But, I am persevering with it. This week I've managed 2 days in a row. If I can do it again today, then it will be 4 days in a row because I'm going to do my 4,000 step walk on Friday. Which will make it a good week.
What hasn't helped in terms of exercise is that I've been very busy developing my business website. It's been going well, and I've done a mock-up of it. Now I'm actually building the real thing, based on a few friends' helpful comments on how to improve it. Then it will be a matter of testing the real thing, and finding somewhere to host it. I'd really like it to be up and running by the end of the month, but with the move and the limited time that I have to work on it, I may be pushing the boat out a bit far on that deadline.
Some good news on the job front has arrived. I've been offered a month's teaching work at a very good school in Cape Town, starting a week after we arrive. While this is another obstacle in the way of getting my business up and running, I'm grateful for the work because it means some of the financial pressure is relieved. It also gives Graeme another month to job hunt. At this point I would just like to acknowledge that once again, God has rescued us and reminded me that he will provide for us - even if it is only at the 11th hour! Thank you Lord - you are more faithful than I give you credit for.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Lovely Laitjies website
I've been working on building the website for my business. I've basically got it sorted out in the format that I want, thanks to Google's free webpages thingy, bar the shop part of the site.
I have no plans to host the site with Google, but I couldn't conceive the idea on paper, so thought this would be a good mock-up of what I wanted. I've found the experience of writing the site interesting, as no sooner would I finish a page than I would realise why it couldn't work that way. Of course, that would mean changing several other pages too, to get it in a workable format. Needless to say, it's taken hours and I'm still not completely happy, but at least now I have a working model of what I want - which will help in the next phase.
What I need to do now is find and pay for a domain name, a proper layout in the right colours etc, and an ISP to host. Oh yes, and pay for some optimisation for the site so that search engines can find it more easily.
I have no plans to host the site with Google, but I couldn't conceive the idea on paper, so thought this would be a good mock-up of what I wanted. I've found the experience of writing the site interesting, as no sooner would I finish a page than I would realise why it couldn't work that way. Of course, that would mean changing several other pages too, to get it in a workable format. Needless to say, it's taken hours and I'm still not completely happy, but at least now I have a working model of what I want - which will help in the next phase.
What I need to do now is find and pay for a domain name, a proper layout in the right colours etc, and an ISP to host. Oh yes, and pay for some optimisation for the site so that search engines can find it more easily.
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