It's the Weekly Recap!

* Last Sunday I finished decorating the house for Christmas. I already told you all about that, though! I also made my first ever pineapple upside down cake! And someone had to catch up on Facebook:
* Monday evening I got to do my very first Christmas shopping with Rachel Ashley. We've not had a chance to hang out now that Grey's is in reruns, so it was fun to see her again. It even snowed a little for our shopping extravaganza, so that was festive! (And wet.)

* Tuesday evening, I went house hunting in Fort Wayne - looked at six houses in an hour and a half. I dearly love my realtor. She makes house hunting so fun! But I have to say the highlight to my day - and such a blessing to my heart - was the chance to talk to my friend Jody Hedlund. I haven't actually talked to her out loud since I was in junior high...and yet as we talked, it was like not a day had passed. We could hardly hang up the phone. What a gift!

* Wednesday was a hard day in my heart. I'm doing some spiritual battle right now and the most frustrating part is...I'm not entirely sure what the battle's about. Makes it hard to fight. When this sort of thing happens, it creates a lot of anxiety which, in turn, usually makes me physically sick. This is not a good combo when cohosting a show! But with the prayers of Lynne, the grace of God, and the generosity of my friend Ron to take over engineering for the day so I could just sit and focus on the hosting part...I did it! Lynne and I hosted our Christmas show, which is one of my favorite shows we've done together yet!

* Thursday I got to co-host the Biggest Loser show! I had been looking forward to this one for several weeks and was so excited to be Lynne's sidekick for the day. We interviewed Abby Rike and Michelle Aguilar...how fun was THAT!?!?!? Also on Thursday, Mom sent a box of her fabulous chocolates to work. This was the box at 8 a.m.
And at 1 p.m. LOL!!!

*Friday night I came home and finished my Christmas card project! This is the first year I've not made my cards, so it's kind of strange to shove them in an envelope and be done! Even so - they're usually out by now, so I'm still behind.

* Saturday I trekked back to Ft. Wayne (yes, on my day off!) to do my Christmas shopping - with Lynne! I made a huge dent in my list. Pretty happy about that - and not a moment too soon since Christmas is in two weeks. On the way home, I considered taking the regular highway instead of the interstate...but opted for the interstate and promptly got stuck for an hour in an accident pileup. (I was not IN the accident, but I was far enough back in line to be stuck for an hour.) And I'd just had a large iced tea. OW. The car was flipped upside down, appeared to have been on fire at one point, and was across both lanes of traffic, so we had to be funneled through on the shoulder at about 5 MPH. (One large iced tea + one hour of standstill + driving on a rumble strip = not a good feeling.)

Books I'm Reading: Jesus Calling, One Thousand Gifts, and...oh wait. I think that was all I read from this week!

Favorite God Moment of the Whole Week: In One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp has a chapter in which she shares about seeing the glory of God in a spectacular display of the moon one night. It was just extra awe-inspiring and she found herself on her face in worship as she beheld the glory of God in the beauty of the moon. The morning after I read that, I awakened to a room so flooded with light, I thought there must be some vehicle outside with a floodlight on. I went to the window and found - it was the moon. Brilliant...and then I realized it was an extra touch of God reminding me of His glory!

Update on Last Week's Goals: The cards are addressed! Just need to put the letters inside and put them in the mail. The shopping is largely done - just a few more things to purchase!

Goals for the Coming Week: Finish the shopping, do some/all of the wrapping, and figure out this year's baking project! It's going to have to be scaled down (like everything else) - but I need to get it done.