What I wore today

Mardi Gras card from my office

black light wool v-neck sweater from Ann Taylor

black and white windowpane pants from JC Penny
Pearl stud earrings from Husband (I wore them when I got married)


AND....Prayers welcome for my friend, Tyler, on a mission trip in Haiti.  Follow the trip here.  (Shes the one in the pink scarf... oh wait! There's three women in that photo in a pink scarf!).

Its that time again

Time to plan a September vacation.

Its the husbands turn to pick. 

I'm attempting to sway him here.

Update week #4... the end of the January challenge

I had briefly thought about continuing this challenge into February but week #4 is the week I decided this is stupid, miserable, pretty much impossible and I am not happy, giving in now, coming to my senses, tired of this foolishness, don't need this additional self created stress in my daily life I'm losing motivation.


$36.19.
I accidentally bought the more expensive milk
and not the one on sale and I bought hamburger buns
but they didn't make it home with me, so I'm buying them again.

breakfast: cereal (ran out on Tuesday), oatmeal (box empty on Wednesday), yogurt, fruit, bacon (from freezer), bagel and eggs (ran out on Friday)

lunch: leftovers and daily office king cake(s)

dinner: roast, potatoes, veggies, spaghetti and meatballs, leftovers and waffles


Budget:
Lunch: $10 (my turn for the daily office king cake)
Groceries: $36.19 ($1.19 over budget)

Now...turning my attention to February goals . . . . .

My week

I see this guy almost every morning and evening.
I'm pretty impressed with his entrepreneurial skills.
He drops off guard dogs at business locations and then
picks them up in the morning.



I can not resist a king cake. I hope I can make it
to Fat Tuesday without slipping into a sugar coma.



Happy Birthday, Amber.

Weighing options for the high school girls Sunday school class

I pass this very old house on 19th and America Street all the time.
This morning, it was gone.

Another friend. Another good news.
Another early morning flower delivery.

You'll never guess where I've been or
why my shoulder is bruised.

The morning after all the fun

Loving others through the gift of food (and 'through the tyranny of the urgent')

"I don't think I'm a very good friend. There have been times I should have written someone a note or taken someone a meal, and then the thought is gone among all the other things I have to do. There have been plenty of moments when I could have encouraged someone, but the tyranny of the urgent clamored louder." Journey magazine daily devotion






Like others, I'm paralyzed by my busy-ness   and I can so relate to the  Journey devotion. Where does my good thoughts go?  Life gives me so many opportunities to love others (and opportunities to be on the receiving end of love), and I really want to. When I sit quietly (usually in church), I  can make some grand plans in my head.  But the thoughts are slippery, they disappear fast along with my good intentions.

Its impossible for me to love on others unless I have made a committment to myself to do so when asked and I have intentionally planed ahead to actually put the plans into action (and it helps to make dinner for my own house too):

Trick number one:  fastest dinner ever, made possible by cooking ahead and freezing.

Trick number two: my own slice and bake version  of dessert.

The hard part of spageheti, coked and waiting in the freezer ready to spring into action

What I Wore- Thursday- with my new doo'

Khaki shirt from Dillards
Brown cardi from Steinmart  (or Dillards cant recall....)
Brown woven belt from JC Pennys
Cream ruffled top from NY and Company

What I Wore

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."

~Mark Twain

Black wide leg pants from NY and Company
White Ruffled shirt from NY and Company
Hunter green quilted jacket from Isaac Mizrahi via QVC