Chandy's Quilt, Louis Dean's Chicken Fried Steak and Summer's Surgery is in the Morning.....

 I have spent a couple of days in Rest and Recover mode after the Big Birthday Bash on Saturday!

I took a hot shower before going to bed that night and then stayed in my nightgown for the next two days! It was wonderful!! We watched church online Sunday as I just could not summon up enough 'umph' to even get dressed. I guess that's what being one year shy of a quarter of a century does to you.

Sometimes your body just can't DO what your mind WANTS to do.

Sunday afternoon Louis Dean helped me work on the birthday quilt for Chandy - promised 2 years ago!

We had to take it out on the upper kitchen deck so I could pin the backing, batting and top together.

Sunday night I sewed the three layers together.

Monday afternoon I pinned the border from the back to the front.....

After all the pinning was done - I stretched out on the quilt and looked up into the pecan trees over my head.....and had some quiet time with the Lord and prayed for my friends.

The breeze had stirred and I always associate that with the Holy Spirit.

It's such a comforting feeling to know how close we are to God in our everyday doings.

I finished the quilt Monday night and washed it and put it in the dryer before I went to bed.

This morning I was up before Louis Dean and out watering and gathering up trash for pick up -

that's how Sanford and Son have moved out of our back yard....a trash bag at a time.

Every single trash pick up day - which is Tuesday and Friday for our neighborhood - more of the junk/trash/debris - is moved out of the back yard, storage buildings and deck boxes and onto the curb - where it miraculously disappears! 

Step by step and bag by bag.....I am making progress!

This has made me realize that we have more power and control than we think we do.

For so long I looked over at the yard full of awfulness and felt helpless.

Then I started bagging it all up - one bag at a time - until it isn't nearly as awful as it was!

I am reminded that just chipping away a little at a time will make all the difference.

This principle applies to so many situations.

This is Tuesday and that usually means time with Brenda.....

and we did meet at Whataburger for tea this afternoon.

No Tuesday Treasures unless you count our time together and I DO!

The thrift stores are a bonus but the real treasure of Tuesday is our connection and conversation.

We share our thoughts, plans and what's happening in our lives.

Sometimes this is as we shop the thrift stores and other times over a margarita at Fuzzy Tacos or at Whataburger with tea for two.

Friends are so very important and if you do not have one - you need to go out there and FIND one.

You can add friends to the ones you already hold dear.....

I came home and went back to work so to speak.

Housework, laundry and paying bills.

There's a certain amount of responsibility in running a household

Tonight Louis Dean made chicken fried steak for dinner.

I had already prepared the mashed potatoes and green peas.

It was such a good meal but his gravy was awesome!!

He was in his element in the kitchen tonight and I was more than happy to do clean up.....

and - trust me - there was plenty!

As for my plans for this Tuesday - I was determined to do do some art!

And I did!

I laid my palette and did some background work on the Santa painting.

It's easier to do once you START!

We are so blessed to have a city home and a country home....

 

Stepson Dean sent us this pic as he was working on Sherry's vehicle....

He was working under the truck....heard a commotion and found the two eggs....

then the next day he found FOUR!!!

Oh, the fun and joy of country living!!

I miss BEING there!

I close tonight's journal entry past midnight....

and I need to go to bed as soon as I post this.

Summer is here and I will be taking her to the Rowlett surgery center in the morning for her hand.

She's had to be off her medicine since last week and each day has increased in pain for her.....

Prayers for my daughter and for all my Florida friends.....