It's the Weekly Recap!

* Last Sunday I had lunch with my parents after church. And I took pictures of these very pretty flowers - which Dad bought for Mom.
When I got home, I found the movie Dante's Peak was on TV...haven't seen that for years, so I curled up in the fat chair to watch it/nap and when I got up, I went on a cooking spree! I made the entire VAT of chicken tortilla soup you saw a couple of days ago and a batch of quick bread. My dishwasher got a WORKOUT.

* Monday was of course, President's Day, and in honor of that...I worked. I've never had a job that had this (and various similar holidays) off work, so I attend and mourn the lack of mail delivery. :) But I'm telling you what...this was NOT the day to miss work in the land of radio. Check out what showed up in our break room! (And NO, the missing pieces were not mine.)
* Tuesday evening, I went over to visit my friend Ronda and to take her some get-better-soon food. Hard to believe this time last year we were just about to take off for our Florida vacation!! Ahhh Florida...how I miss thee. :) Also on Tuesday, I got my nails done for the first time in two months! I have SO MISSED my nail lady! She spent almost two months visiting her kids and I learned I truly am incapable of taking care of my own nails. Ick! So now she's back and I am all fixed. (It's black with sparkles....they didn't show up too well in the picture.)
* Wednesday was the first day of Lent, and I was excited to survive day one of being dessertless. (MAMA.) Thankfully I didn't give up SUGAR and a little caramel latte on my trip home kept me from falling over completely. I had a GREAT surprise that evening when Angel from my old office came by my house to see me. I hadn't seen her since last fall and I've missed laughing with her. (She has THE best laugh in the world.)

* Thursday, Lynne and I took the afternoon to cook for Friday's show...and to catch up on other random work details. Here is one of our dishes. (No, I didn't cheat on Lent in the name of work to try it.)Can I just say one more time how much I adore spending time with Lynne? Hours just fly by...she's so much fun. I may or may not have stopped by the Hobby Lobby (again) on my way home.

* Friday evening I actually had plans! I was so excited! After work, I went to see my friends the Crandalls...and Julie and I went to see Jonathan (as in her husband) in a production of Arsenic and Old Lace. I'd never seen (or even known anything about) the play before, but it was FUNNY! Jonathan did a great job!
While we were at the play, slick roads descended upon Indiana, so it was a little bit of a wheel-gripper drive home. I was just glad that I was not ON I-69...when I drove under it, the traffic was at a standstill. Jackknifed semi.


* Saturday morning, I got a text at 7:30 telling me the sunrise was pretty. My first thought was "Did I oversleep on a work day?" LOL! I couldn't figure out why anyone would text me about a Saturday sunrise! But I got up and checked it out - and indeed: GORGEOUS!! And then I went back to bed. My friend Kristin stopped by to see me for a little bit, too, and I loved that. I also loved the way she asked if it would be okay to stop by. She texted me on Friday and said "I thought about stopping by around lunch time on Saturday...will you be up?" LOL!!! Does this girl know me or what!?! (I was up...just not out of my jammies yet.)

One Thousand Gifts: Do you know how hard it is to pick just one gift every week? Here's one I chose at random. I did a new workout this week and it um...nearly killed me. I awakened the second morning to muscles that said ATTENTION: PLEASE DO NOT MOVE. WE NO LONGER LOVE YOU. :) But even so, I was grateful to have muscles that do move...I know people who can't move and wish they could. So even though my body hated me for a bit, it was a gift to have the strength to do that crazy workout.

Organization Confessions: Confession...I have not organized one thing this entire month! I think this plan may not be working. (You think?)

Pinterest Inspired Project: You will be seeing more of this project over the next couple of days, but here is the Pinterest version:

Source: virginiaandcharlie.blogspot.com via Rebekah on Pinterest

And here is my version:
Stay tuned for more on this one!