It's the Weekly Recap!

* Sunday, as you know, was the start of evil Daylight Savings Time. (ICK.) Between trying to adjust from vacation and the loss of my precious hour of sleep, I spent a good chunk of the day in bed. Oops. But that was, of course, after I went to church and stopped by my parents' house for lunch. Mom wanted to see all 490 vacation pictures, so I loaded up the laptop and went for meatloaf and picture presentations. And when I arrived, I got to see their newest wall decor:

* Monday was re-entry to reality. I overslept for the second day in a row since the implementation of daylight savings. (Lovely.) My computer at work took a full 30 minutes to boot up completely; guess it was still on spring break. After work, there was the grocery shopping, the laundry, the unpacking...yep. Vacation is over. How I loved it while it lasted.

* Brace yourselves. Tuesday I did my first ever March Madness bracket - all by myself. I know. It shocks the soul. I was recruited to be in Phats' bracket contest. What ever has become of me?
Tuesday night I also experienced another first in Bekahland...I made five 9x13 coffeecakes in one night. Someone from my church is in charge of the kitchen at a women's retreat this weekend and asked if I'd be willing to make these for one of the breakfasts. Fun challenge!


* Wednesday I got to have lunch with an old friend from college. He was a very faithful prayer warrior for me during my desert and happened to be in town, so we grabbed lunch. And - I was so excited to notice this bit of beauty taking place in the yard:
It's true! Spring is coming!

* I have a little photo essay for you to cover my life on Thursday. I had to go to McConn for this: (Caramel macchiato freeze - my new favorite frozen drink. Oh. My. Word.) And I needed it because this was the temperature IN OUR OFFICE:
But it was okay because it was beautiful outside and I was able to exercise out there in the breeze and under the sun! That redeemed the day.

* Friday was Kaegan's belated birthday party. Since I missed his actual birthday, my house-sitter threw him a party on his real birthday. But I wanted to celebrate with him too! So we partied. I was so proud of him...he fought for his treat. His little sister tends to bully him out of treats and then after two seconds she loses interest and walks away, but he's already gone. But this time he got right in there and chowed down and made her wait. After ten years, he's growing up!

* Saturday was blissfully fun. I tried a new recipe - which was SO GOOD. Cinnamon bun pancakes. You'll see them soon. Olivia and I tried to have our weekly phone call, but we had connection issues so we Skyped instead. Why haven't we done THAT before!? Went to get my nails done. My nail lady just got back from a trade show, where she got ideas for new Shellac colors. She said I'm her only client willing to try the crazy stuff. (Seriously?!?! I'M the adventurous one???) Check this out:

After the nail-palooza I went to the mall to scope for an Easter dress (ALWAYS a drama to find something that fits) and walked out with the first dress I tried on. I did pay for it.
Books I'm Reading: Sparkling Gems from the Greek continues, and I read more in When Love Ends and the Ice Cream Carton is Empty. Really enjoying what I'm learning from that book! It continues to affirm that I did something right in this past year!
Favorite God Moment of the Whole Week: I loved Thursday evening, which was a pivotal night in the post-desert journey. As I sat and reflected on the past year and all it meant for me, both good and bad, I just became overwhelmed with love for the Lord. I went into my bedroom, plugged into my ipod and just sang worship song after worship song. By the end of the night, I was in tears (good tears). Loved it.
Update on Last Week's Goals: The Florida scrapbook is trucking right along! I have 23 pages done already. I spent part of the week just journaling the details so I have them for the book, when I get to the appropriate pages. And God has reminded me over and over of my Lenten theme, and I'm just resting in it. Feel very peaceful.
Goals for the Coming Week: I want to switch my closets this week. Time to put away the sweaters and bring out the summer stuff. I know we probably still have some cold days ahead but I'm over the sweater scene. O-ver. I am also ready to get out the Easter decorations and bring some spring to this house!