New Friends

My new friends that I met over the weekend.

Happy Things

My happy list for the week. IE...things I am really thankful for.

• Spending time with Aiden. And, having him smile at me. That blessed my Grandma heart!
• Having a purring cat on the back of my chair.
• Ladies Bible Study on Wednesday night, exploring the treasures of James 2.
• My Thursday morning work hours. Five low stress hours. What a blessing.
• Yankee Candle "Fresh Cut Roses".
• Lots of rain this week. I love hearing the rain come down.
• Knowing that my loving Heavenly Father is in control, and that I can trust Him even in the middle of hard things.
• Remembering my father. 46 years ago yesterday the Lord took him home very unexpectedly. I am so grateful for the good memories. And that the Lord gave me a Godly, loving, earthly father.
• One more difficult dentist visit over with. I am thankful for dentist, but sure do not like the process of having teeth worked on. But, the Lord's grace is sufficient -even for time spent in the dentist chair.

Still Thankful

PTL for His blessings of this past week. It has been a busy week. And, a hard week. But, once again I can enjoy a restful Sabbath.
My Thankfuls for this week:

• Making it through another 2 hour visit to the dentist. Not one of my favorite things to do. But, I am grateful that some very neccesary work is being done on my teeth.
• Thankful that I only work part time. Took awhile to recover from the 50 plus hours of the week before. And, thankful for help in adjusting to the new work schedule at work.
• Enjoying watching the Killdeers in the field accross the street from our house.
• Visiting a few minutes with our "new" next door neighbor. Her mail got put in our box, so that made a good excuse to go over.
• Chocolate
• Having some lovely spring weather- as well as some really cold days. (OK, cold is relative, but for here it felt cold.)
• Being able to talk with my mother on the phone for a few minutes. And figuring out why I haven't been able to talk with her on the phone for several weeks. Her phone is dead! So, a new one is forthcoming, but meanwhile the nurse helped her call me from the nurses station so I at least heard her voice.
• Getting a nice box in the mail full of new supplies for making cards and doing scrapbook pages. Such fun sorting through the new things. I am thankful for this "hobby" the Lord has made availabe to me.
• Getting tickets for flying out to attend my neice's wedding in April. And being able to fly out with my daughter and son in law.
• Lessons the Lord is teaching me. And, that He loves me enough to keep teaching me what He sees I need to learn.

Of Bible Verses, Bluebirds, and Stress.....

Another week.

I am tired.

But, I am still so very thankful for the Lord's many blessings, and the ways He constantly encourages us, and meets our needs.

My thankfuls:

• A special verse that the Lord gave me in the middle of the night one night last week. I was feeling extra tired and stressed, and crying out for help. He woke me up with "My Grace is sufficient for you." Amen.
• Seeing a bluebird on our cherry tree on Thursday morning. He stayed awhile so I could admire him.
• Changes and stress at work. Yes, I guess I am thankful for the stress. It does draw me closer to the Lord, and makes me realize I can't do things by myself. And, creature of habit that I am, I do know that changes are good. And, I am thankful for the Lord's help up to date with the changes that have happened, and that will continue to happen for awhile. At least my new schedule has me working shorter days! 5 hours one day, and 7 another. So, two shorter days a week instead of one long. That will be a blessing. And, I will end up with a few more hours on each paycheck.
• Seeing a forsythia bush starting to blossom. There are several bushes at work that I can see from where I sit, and it was with great joy that I noticed the blossoms yesterday. Helped me get through my 12 hour day.
• Hubby's expertise in fixing dinner on Friday.
• Enjoying having hubby take me to work, and having him waiting for me when I come out at 10 PM, or 10:15, or .....

Of more rain, grilling and things

I am so thankful for more rain this week. What a blessing! I love listening to the rain come down. Other thankfuls for the week include:

• Grilling Chicken. It has been awhile since I wanted to grill- too cold etc. So, I really enjoyed grilling...and enjoying a nice grilled chicken salad for dinner. Yum.
• Celebrating hubby's birthday yesterday.
• Having 6 young people here for awhile on Wednesday. Hubby enjoyed teaching them a class, and we also enjoyed visiting with them during lunch time. Good group!
• A card making class on Tuesday evening. I really like to make cards, and it was fun to get some new ideas, and have fellowship with the other ladies while doing it. Thanks Elaine.
• Being able to hear trains. I know I have mentioned this before, but I do enjoy hearing the sounds they make- the whistles etc.
• Dark chocolate.
• Pastrami and swiss cheese croissant sandwiches.
• White chocolate mudslide creamer for my coffee.
• Scrapbooking pictures from last year. I love the memories, and the fun of decorating the pages.
• Anticipating a full week of work next week. Very full....nearly 50 hours in seven days.