It's the Weekly Recap!

* Last Sunday, as you saw, I had Pancakes with the Princess, with my friends, the Hubbards. Loved their fellowship! Then I spent the rest of the day cooking like a fool! I made a strawberry shortcake (to use up the leftover strawberries from lunch) and tried a new shortbread cookie recipe. A whole day in a kitchen is a good day! (I made some of the cookies for Miss Lynne - man I missed her while she was gone!)
* Monday I had a hair disaster. People ask me if my hair is naturally straight or naturally curly (since I wear it both ways). The correct answer is my hair is naturally BIG. It takes much effort to achieve either look. So Monday I decided on straight, dried my hair and when I went to attack the big mop of it with the flat iron...the iron was dead. With no time to start over OR go to the store, I had no choice but to swallow my pride and head to work with that monstrosity sitting atop my head. There will be NO photo of that mess for you to view - but you can look at these pretty flowers Lynne brought me!

* Tuesday night I managed to get out of mowing the yard (thank you, rain!) and with that extra time, I thought...what have I not done FOREVER? The answer? COOK! :) So I went back into the kitchen and whipped up a big batch of chocolate chip cookies.

* Wednesday night I had a treat! Lynne took Amy (from work) and me out to eat at Biaggi's in Ft. Wayne. You should know that in general, if a restaurant doesn't sport a drive thru window and a dollar menu, I don't frequent it. I'm too frugal. :) So this was a super treat for me! It was so great to enjoy their fellowship for the evening. And the food. Oh sweet mercy, the food. Lynne thought it was funny that when the food arrived, she reached for her fork and I reached for my camera. Meet the stromboli:

* Wanna hear my work "funny" from Thursday? We did a show on technology and how it impacts our lives. Twenty minutes before the end of the show, I realized I forgot to turn on the backup recorder. Ironic, huh? Fortunately the main recorder didn't fail. Also on Thursday - I became a "real person" on the station website! Here I am with Miss Lynne and here I am on the staff page!



* Friday night began a fun weekend I've been looking forward to for a while! Julie Crandall came over for an Anne of Green Gables marathon! More on this next week, but she came over after I got home from work, and we made a delicious cheesy tortellini Caesar salad and some heavenly tuxedo bars (at least I think that's what she said they were called) - and then we hunkered down to watch the original movie. (We heart Gilbert...don't tell.) * Saturday (Julie was still there...we made a weekend of it) we slept in until 10. PRAISE. THE. LORD. I'd only had two hours of sleep going into the marathon, so I needed to catch up! We made a fabulous cream cheese danish for breakfast and settled in with movie number two. (Did I mention we heart Gilbert? Did I mention not to tell?) We even made the marathon weekend authentic with homemade raspberry cordial.
Books I'm Reading: I read in Jesus Calling this week - really comforting words. I also continued reading A Woman's Walk in Grace - which challenged me. And I started reading a book that releases in October - called Deepest Thanks, Deeper Apologies, by Stephen Shortridge. Oh my goodness. I am LOVING this book.


Favorite God Moment of the Whole Week: I had a bit of a heartbreak this week...why do those always come in the middle of the night? And as I lay in bed at 2 in the morning, sobbing and trying to breathe through the half of my nose still working, these words came to mind You give and take away...my heart will choose to say, blessed be the Name of the Lord. So I did. I chose to say it - through the snot, in the middle of the night. Even while my heart screamed "Why do you keep taking things away from me??" I made the choice to say words of praise. And I'm so grateful I did. The hurt is still there, but I'm glad Satan didn't get the best of that moment.


Update on Last Week's Goals: I'm thankful for the time I had this week to sit with the Lord - drive with Him - write to Him. He continues to pull and stretch me in ways that are remarkably uncomfortable, but I"m thankful for the time with Him.


Goals for the Coming Week: As I head into a new week, my goal is to have an open heart. I'm freshly aware of my theme song from Lent - Undone - and I can tell God is still trying to do things in my life. I want my heart to be open to whatever HE has - not stuck on the things I think should be.