Good Saturday to you from our corner of Iowa where once again this week we had snow. Three times. The good news is that it does not stick around. Today it will be 50 and tomorrow 60. So ready for that!
This past Thursday we headed to our local TJ Maxx to do a little shopping. We had gift cards from ourselves to use up. How does that work? Well, we needed to buy two gift cards for family members last Christmas and we did......and then I forgot to mark down that we did.....so later on we bought two more. Ended up with two extra gift cards to TJ Maxx so so had gift cards to us and from us! Okay then.....We picked up a new salt and pepper set...clear glass and just what I had been looking for. We took them home and washed them up. Then the next day I decided to fill them. We mix 3 kinds of salt together. Mortons, Himalayan Pink Sea Salt, and another white super fine sea salt. I filled the shakers and mixed it all up and it looked so pretty. I tried to get both shakers even...yeah I have a thing about that. And while that part of my brain was admiring my "work" the other part of my brain picked up the slack and said.......Hmmm, so, where is the pepper going?!?!? I had filled both shakers with salt! I could blame this on my age.......but I am going with the fact that I am on an antibiotic that gives me brain fog.....As Joel likes to say,"Don't worry about it, you're on drugs!" Needless to say, I emptied one of the shakers and filled it with pepper.
Sadly that is about as exciting as my life has been lately......Routine is making me yawn, and yet I am grateful to have it. We did give extra thanks this week for the successful knee replacement surgery for one of our loved ones. She is doing well and with determination will recover quickly. A trip to the urologist has me on antibiotics for the "quarterly" UTI that visits. Walking every day 35-40 minutes, spending an hour using the lymphedema pump, getting devotions in, talking on the phone, and getting meals for the two of us (including homemade bread) is what makes the hours pass. again, "yawn".
Joel is off riding on this beautiful day. He has been "getting things done" around the house and in the shop or outside. Heavy duty Spring cleaning and all that.... Isn't that what much of life is? "Getting things done".
Part of that daily routine for me is doing "Wordle" and "Quordle" online. And then there is the NYT game "Spelling Bee" and "Sudoku". I am a bit addicted to Wordle and Quordle, I must confess. And then (again) there is the old people thing we do.............(no offense to anyone) and that is watching Wheel of Fortune while eating supper. Oh, boy........talk about routine............and another "yawn" is needed here. We have learned just how much our life has order and routine. When we eat, when we sleep, when we wash clothes, when we shop, when we walk or ride............... Yep. We are just very structured. When did that happen? Or maybe the question is, "When did we notice it?"
I am taking a class by one of my favorite authors, Ana Werner. It is called "The Seer Mentorship". She is solid in her teachings and in how she does life as someone who God speaks to with visions/pictures. God speaks to us in many ways, through "gut feelings", through scriptures, devotionals, in our hearts, in our minds.........and through our eyes. He wants an intimate relationship with us and waits for us to step into it in ways we are comfortable. Joel and I are both watching the teachings which are 2x a week. We both like learning and God is teaching us more about Him through this class. Don't you love how God meets us where we are?
Tonight we will be "attending" a worship and praise 1 and 1/2 hr service at Lutheran Church of Hope via livestream. We are wishing we could be there but it is two hours away. We are grateful for being able to bring it right into our living room. "Oh worship the King!"
Today I am grateful for the order Joel and I have in our lives, for how compatible we are in this area. Grateful for routine, for phone calls and texts. Grateful for the loved one's surgery going so well, for the birthday of one of our grands and my sister Janelle. I am grateful for being able to laugh at the times my brain is "tooting", grateful for Ana Werner, for Spring cleaning, livestream worship, for gifting ourselves with gift cards, for new pretty salt AND pepper shakers, for a new Kindle mystery to read, for laughter, tears, fresh air, good healthy food and so much more........
Enjoy your weekend!
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