A Time for Everything

What better time to start a blog than at the start of a new year? I'm not exactly new to the blogosphere world, so if you're interested in reading previous entries, they can be found here. And, though, I have found it to be time to switch my main blog over to a different blogging community, I will still keep updating my old one as well. (However, it will only be a mirror of what I have here.)

Now, a bit of an introduction.

My name is Natilee.

My interests are very broad, ranging from mathematics & sciences to literatures & linguistics, from sports & recreations to history & genealogies, and just about everything in-between & around. Though I am not currently continuing my education in any sort of classroom setting, I do enjoy "studying" and furthering knowledge on my own time.

Speaking of time, now is a good time to mention what exactly it is that fills my days - and I must say my days are quite full. In short, baby sitting and care giving fill my time, but it really is much more than that. I'm the eldest child in my family of 7 - dad & mom, 2 brothers (ages 18 & 2), a sister (age 5), and my grandmother. My grandmother has Alzheimer's Disease which has caused her to lose the ability to do even many of life's simpler tasks, and now it has been almost 6 years of caring for her and her many needs. My mom homeschools my 2 siblings of age, so I spend some of my day assistant teaching as well.

I usually can manage to find some time during the day to put toward things less work related and more leisurely. During those moments, I enjoy reading and writing, monkeying with computers (repair, and a bit of java script and html), photography, sports (golf being my favorite), and games that require skills and/or strategies (i.e. chess).

I'd say that's enough about me for the time being. And in conclusion, I shall take just a few moments so as to give a brief explanation of my views and goals of the blog and to dedicate this and all future entries.

To me, this blog isn't just a place to put the everyday happenings in my life. Why not? Because 10-20 years from now, when I reflect upon my life, almost everything will seem so trivial. Then to what shall I devote this small spot? Something that will hold it's importance throughout the ages. Therefore, I am dedicating this as a tribute to my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. How? By sharing a verse or two from the Scriptures that has come to have special, deep meaning to me as I read His Word, or by sharing how He has been working in my life through using the circumstances that have come my way.

And I hope, though we may have never met, that the personal lessons I have learned may help you through life's troubles and trials, too.

May you all have a blessed new year!

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"

~Ecclesiastes 3:1