It's the Weekly Recap!

* Sunday morning, Lori and Jeff were still here, so I got up and played hostess, serving pancakes and coffee before church. I really loved that. Don't have overnight guests very often, so being able to serve breakfast was a treat! They left for home after church, so I spent the afternoon immersed in scrapbooking and watching the I Love Lucy marathon on Hallmark. (I really do love Lucy!)

* Monday I got some mail at work:
I love my job. :) Monday evening I had an impromptu dinner date/hang out and talk time with my new friend Jill. She's Olivia's aunt that was also a bridesmaid in the wedding, and we struck up a friendship throughout the course of the wedding fun. I was so excited that she invited me for dinner and wanted to spend a couple hours talking. Great start to the week!

* Tuesday held more work fun! I got to make a recipe for Wednesday's show...check this out!
It's a good day when you get to cook for your job. This recipe, by the way, won $10,000 in a Midwest Living cooking contest, and the winner, Judy Reynolds, lives right here in Indiana! It's a spectacular recipe. You should make it. Multiple times. It's this delightful blend of sweet and salty in every bite. There aren't words. Really.

* Wednesday was a Monday in every way. I overslept, had hair we will not even dignify with a discussion, gouged my leg with the car door, spilled hot coffee on myself, was outsmarted by my computer, messed up the transition from our show to the next show, got caught in the hallway putting an enormous bite of the above treat in my mouth (so ladylike), forgot my lunchbox at work and had to go back for it...and those are just the things I can remember. :) Despite it, I participated in my first show where I engineered AND appeared on the air at the same time and some very kind people said it sounded good. Bless them.

*Thursday night I got to have dinner with Jamie and some of my other new work girls! Jamie is headed to the great state of California, and it was my last chance to see her before she heads west. Five of us converged upon McAllisters, and between conversation and sweet tea (oh mama...the sweet tea!) we had a great night! OH!! And when I came home...guess what was waiting on me? My latest Picaboo album! It's the album from my spring break trip to Florida. I finished it a while ago but just now ordered it.

*Friday afternoon I had my first lesson in recording promos at work. I sat with one of the engineers, and he coached me on what to do with my voice (which was mostly SLOW DOWN) and I recorded a promo! It sounded pretty cool when he put it together with the music and had all the editing finished. (Still weird to hear my own voice.) AND - I was so excited that afternoon when I opened the mail and saw a copy of Jody's new book The Doctor's Lady. It releases September 1 - and I'm so excited to get a sneak peek.
* Saturday morning, I slept in. Until 10:30. I haven't slept in for far too long and it was absolutely HEAVENLY. While I love everything about my new job and lifestyle, the commute and busyness of it all does wear me out, and when I'm not able to rest on the weekends, I feel it! So this was a massive blessing. Then I did a little Bekah-pampering (actually it was just a flat out necessity) and got a haircut and color. My roots were RIDICULOUS and I'd been avoiding haircuts until after Olivia's wedding, so it was a shapeless, thick MESS. But the real news of Saturday was when Bill and Kristin Hand came to visit for a while...and while they were there, the storm that took out the stage at the state fair...took out the tree in the yard next to mine. Right into my yard. Killed my power! (More on this story to come....)

Books I'm Reading: FINISHED Forever in Love with Jesus! The book. Not the act of doing so. :) Read in Jesus Calling and Sparkling Gems from the Greek. And...started Jody Hedlund's soon-to-be-released book The Doctor's Lady. Read the first half of it while I was getting my hair dyed.

Favorite God Moment of the Whole Week: While I'm trying to make sense of what God is doing in my life, I spent one morning praying for two specific requests people at work had shared with me. And when I got to work...they both received answers that day. Great faith booster.

Update on Last Week's Goals: Reading, scrapping, praying - check! So thankful for those times of rest this week!

Goals for the Coming Week: I need to take some steps regarding the house process...specifically moving toward the purchase of the home I found that I love so much. I can't actually buy it until mine sells, but I feel I need to start moving that way so if the door opens, I'm ready to walk through!