It's the Weekly Recap!

* Last Sunday, I had a killer headache and had to leave church early. :( I spent most of the day resting, and then at the end of the day, I drowned my sorrows in a cooking fest! Made hot chicken salad (per Lynne's request), another batch of the chocolate/peanut butter goodness to mail out to friends who wanted some, and made baked spaghetti to take to the Crandall clan as a happy-new-baby gift! Whew! And in all that madness...found these in the back yard. First blooms!

* Monday evening I met my newest nephew...not of blood, of course. (No need to freak anyone out that my sisters are having babies!) I just inherit a lot of honorary nieces and nephews. He is so laid back. Mayhem could have been swirling and he sort of opened one eye like...I'm just gonna ignore that for now. Darling.

* Tuesday evening, after my Beth Moore phone study with Olivia...I settled in to bake chocolate chip cookies and watch the Biggest Loser finale. Yeah. Not kidding. WISH I was kidding. Ahhhh that's not even true. That's a good combo. Cookies and weight loss. :) I missed the first HALF of TBL though, because our NBC station was running storm info. (Apparently the storms weren't that bad. People weren't happy.) Here's some happy, though!

* Wednesday evening I spoke at a women's banquet at Maple Run Friends Church. I already posted about that...but I just want to say again that it was a delightful evening of very good food, many hugs and laughs, new friends and longtime friends...and I didn't pass out!!

* Thursday was a crazy busy evening! I went house hunting after work (in Fort Wayne and surrounding areas) and found another house that is on the "this could be a keeper!" list. It's adorable. Then I scurried home and had JUST enough time to mow the yard before it got dark! Whew! And while at work...I embraced my inner organizational nerd in preparation for Friday's giveaway show. Getting my seat ready:

* Friday was a monumental day. It was Braeya Jo Jo's sixth birthday - and she knew ALL DAY that it was HER day. Diva. It was also my sister's birthday. It was also the 5th anniversary of the Greensburg tornado. It was also the day Lynne and I spent on the air together doing a really fun giveaway show. Like I said. Busy day. Here's the birthday girl! (The one that lives at my house.)

* Saturday I spent the entire day at the Cherished Moments Craft Hideaway...catching up on my scrapping, making my coffee filter wreath, burning my finger on the hot glue gun, eating amazing food, finding a snake in the yard...oh the adventures I have to tell you....

One Thousand Gifts: My biggest gift this week was not only getting through my speech at the banquet, but also really enjoying it. Satan was SO after me prior to that night, so I figured it would be a battle clear up through the end. But that whole evening was just so enjoyable and I was so thankful God gave me that gift.

Pinterest Inspiration: Y'all...one actually WORKED. :) A craft project that did not fail!!  Here was the inspiration....

Source: livinglaughingandloving.com via Rebekah on Pinterest

And here is mine. (I plan to add a bow...not sure yet what color I want.)