It's the Weekly Recap!

* Last Sunday was a true day of rest. I so needed that. Marie came over in the afternoon and we kicked back to discuss our first Bible study chapter. I've missed meeting with her and studying with her. I have a feeling God is going to do some serious work in us through this study! I spent the rest of the day in the fat chair, watching TV, reading, journaling, blogging, and playing online.

* Monday I had a surprise visitor at work! My former roommate, Angela, was in town and stopped by to see me. She's about to begin work on her dissertation while battling cancer - all at the age of 34. Her tenacity amazes me. So proud of her.

* Tuesday evening, as you already saw, was Pancakes with the Princess/The Biggest Loser Finale.
The pancakes were a success - they both LOVED the cinnamon swirl recipe - and as I said a couple of days ago, I was thrilled with the outcome of the show. Love the inspiration that Hannah and Olivia provided this season. Can't wait to see what they do with their lives!



* Wednesday was crazy storm day. I feel a little guilty complaining about our storms when there are so many who have been truly devastated by tornadoes this week...and I know full well from the days of the Greensburg tornado just how horrible that is. I am not making light of it. But while I'm thankful for our protection so far, I'm sick of rain every day. Mom took this picture during one of the many storms that hit us Wednesday:
That's just how our skies look now. Ev.ry.Day.

Wednesday evening, I was asked to take pictures at church for the finale of the kids' ministries. The elementary and junior high students banded together to make homemade ice cream. YUM!!
* Thursday we had a farewell lunch for Rachel at work. Four years of serving as our student worker has come to an end. Sadness indeed. We had a carry-in of Mexican food, because that's her favorite. I took dessert because that's my specialty. I tried a new recipe - ice cream lasagna. HUGELY loved by my office. You know what that means! You'll be seeing it on here!



* Friday we had a rare treat: jeans day at work. I adore jeans days. Since we don't get them very often, I had to make sure I got full documentation of it. Even our boss wore them! (She's vehemently opposed to denim in the work place.) She made it almost to 11 a.m. with jeans on before she switched to regular work pants.


* Saturday I went to my friend Jenna's birthday party and ended up playing my first ever game of bocce. My team won. Three times. (More on this later.) But please do note that my opponent Neil...was apparently harboring some not-so-secret aggression toward my mad skills.
Books I'm Reading: Read my daily devos in Sparkling Gems from the Greek and Jesus Calling. Also did some reading in the early part of the week from The Hole in Our Gospel, Writing About Your Life, and How Women Help Men Find God. (It's a book Rachel loaned me a while ago, but I'm just now getting to it.)

Favorite God Moment of the Whole Week: It's getting harder to pick just one! This week's came during the night one night when I woke up shaking and sick to my stomach - and I knew it was Satan getting at me. I got out of bed, paced the bedroom, prayed and quoted Scripture and felt such peace the whole time. I love it when I can sense the Lord's guidance and His approval when I do something right in my walk.

Update on Last Week's Goals: I should have read more, but I did get some reading in from the writing book. And God has provided PLENTY of direction on the prayer projects. I'm grateful.

Goals for the Coming Week: I want to get my scrapbook caught up (end of May has been busy!), get my birthday thank you's written (dreadfully behind on that) and clean up my bedroom. I'm almost embarrassed to be sleeping in there.