* Monday I learned that it only takes 3 cups of coffee and 2 large iced teas to survive a commute and work day on 2 1/2 hours of sleep! Pretty crazy! The house was shown Monday afternoon, so I spent most of the day trying NOT to think about that. (But it's so hard to do when I'm ready to move!) Did a little more Christmas shopping Monday evening, and while I was out and about, I stopped in to see a couple of friends I never run into anymore.
* Tuesday we had to cancel our show because Lynne was called for jury duty! I won't lie - I was completely stressed about that! I had no idea if she'd be picked or how long she'd be gone and in an already busy show-week, I wasn't anticipating a curve ball. Guess that's why they're curve balls! I spent the evening finishing the Christmas cards, watching the Biggest Loser finale AND - making my first ever biscuits and gravy!
* Wednesday I was Lynne-less again at work. Great sadness. But AFTER work, I had a fun evening! My Fort Wayne realtor (who is more amazing than I can even tell you) invited me to the company's client party. It was held at YOYO (Yogurt on Your Own) - and we got free pizza and yogurt! My creation:
(That's snickerdoodle and espresso yogurts topped with 3 different kinds of chocolate candy, caramel syrup, and whipped cream. Not a calorie in there!) Then I spent the rest of the evening (mostly) finishing the Christmas shopping...all done except two gift cards!* Thursday, Lynne was BACK, praise the Lord! My world was right again! We did a show together, had much fun, and then Thursday afternoon about half the WBCL staff trekked to my neck of the woods for the Taylor University Christmas dinner. Oh man that was some GOOD food! We won't talk about the cake. (Could I get more of the cake, please?) I enjoyed being able to hang out with them off the clock - and having someone else cook dinner! This is me with my friend, Amy. Love her!
* Friday afternoon I worked the Holiday Houses for Habitat remote at Glenbrook mall in Ft. Wayne. Scott did his show live from the mall, and we got to meet listeners and had fun! (Minus some technical difficulties, which didn't really affect me, but I felt sorry for the tech guys who had to fix it!)
When I got home, my friends Bill and Kristin came by to see me for a while. We sat around drinking hot chocolate and catching up - loved it!*Saturday I went to Miss Kaylah's birthday party - festively themed from the movie Tangled. (I haven't seen the movie, so most of the references were lost to me...)
But it was a fun party. Some of my other kiddos were there, too. Liam (who is five) gave me a kiss and then said, "NOW WE'RE MARRIED!!" What!?!? Before I left, I told him I loved him and he said, "I love you too but you can't be my girlfriend until I'm sixteen." Ohhhhh Liam. Spent the rest of Saturday working on the (scaled back) baking!
Books I'm Reading: Didn't have much time for reading this week (see above!) but I did read in Jesus Calling and One Thousand Gifts.
Favorite God Moment of the Whole Week: God and I had a great discussion about grace on the way to work this week. I really struggle to "get" grace. My life has always been rule-driven...centered around what is or is not deserved. And one day, on the drive in, I unloaded on Him about what I don't deserve, followed by a long list of reasons why....and He stopped me short and reminded me of grace.
Update on Last Week's Goals: The cards (minus the token stragglers that I always seem to have) are done and mailed. The gifts (minus the token stragglers that I always seem to have) are purchased and awaiting the wrapping.
Goals for the Coming Week: Wrap the gifts, finish the baking, prepare for a speaking engagement to 3rd-5th graders. Who are we kidding here??? The real goal is to SURVIVE speaking to 3rd-5th graders!!!
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