Diary of a Woman Learning

So here's the deal... We've been eating out too much. WAY too much. And we feel icky. And we never know what we want to eat next. And we are spending WAY too much money. Sooooo... I have initiated a challenge. To begin on June 1st when Hubby gets paid. I'll get groceries and then we're off. Or not. Because we are going to eat IN for two full weeks. I will prepare three meals a day for fourteen days. (But on Mondays we'll eat a cereal bar because we have to get Kiddo's shots so we don't have much time.) AND I'm going to try to eat snacks too - you know, so I don't gorge myself on lunch or dinner. Healthy stuff. Mostly. (Because I'm the only one that really likes fruits and veggies here...but it is truly okay. No one else knows that they are missing the good stuff. :o) I've got a full three weeks of menus planned though we are only required to eat IN for two weeks. In week three IF we have met our goal we get to go to the Opening Day of a favor...

I don't have long to post because I am reheating leftovers for dinner and it won't take long. However, I just wanted to let you all know - because I know that you would not be able to make it through the weekend without being in the know! LOL! - that I'm going to enjoy dinner with Mrs. Pink tomorrow night. No kids. No hubbies. Just us...and we are SO excited! THEN on Saturday, I get to hang out all morning and a good portion f the afternoon with my MIL. With No hubbies. And no Kiddo. We MIGHT even get a mani and a pedi. Oh my GOSH that sounds good! (Although any poor person who has to scrub and moisturize my cracked and dry heels might not think so! :o) And HOW did I get a full 24 hours (nearly) to do these things you ask? Simple answer: the boys (including FIL, and even Mrs. Pink's family) are going on a family camp out with the church. They'll have a blast and in return, we'll be able to meet them Saturday afternoon renewed and refreshed...and even a little mo...

I've been cooking and cleaning like a madwoman! I've made guacamole, Spanish Rice and three (yes 3!) Chicken Enchilada Casseroles! I am worn out! However, I have not been more blessed... Kiddo helped me with the guacamole this morning right before he left with his MaMa to go help PaPa finish their puzzle. Then I was blessed to have a working stove to finish the rest of the meals and the funds to provide the ingredients. I was blessed with the time to be able to put these ingredients together to make tasty dishes and I am even more blessed to deliver the majority to friends who are taking care of husbands after surgeries in the last few days. Please pray for my friends and their husbands as they recover - Marcus had unexpected surgery for diverticulitis just days after surgery on both feet for bunectomies. Joe had his thyroid removed after the doctors found cancer...and in just a few weeks - immediately after welcoming his first grandbaby into the world - he will have to have 1/...

So today, this morning, was our last Tuesday Morning Bible Study until the fall. How I will miss the sweet time of fellowship with that beautiful group of women! TMBS (as I write it on my calendar) was just NOT something that I was willing to give up when our schedule got crazy - and - oh boy! - was my spirit blessed because of it! While the fellowship is wonderful, and brunch with a godly group of women is a blast, the learning about and the studying of the Bible has been, by far, my favorite. I am newly introduced to the world of Beth Moore Bible studies, and I'll tell you - I ain't lookin' back! :o) *In fact, Hubby and Kiddo were teasing me last night about my TMBS: they were making up all kinds of acrostics for what it might mean. They came up with "Too Much Breakfast Stuff" - to which I replied, "I bet many of those ladies wouldn't agree!" And then they said "Too Many Beth Studies" - to which I said, "How about 'Twenty More Be...

Regardless of whether or not you have children by birth, by adoption or in love, you were created to be in fellowship with God - and His creation. If you are a woman investing in the lives of others...children, youth, or adults, I want to wish you a Happy Mother's Day! May you be greatly blessed!

It's true! I'm still not quite over this stuff, but by far, Tuesday was my worst day. I am getting better and feeling not only more joyful but happier than ever. Oh my goodness, your prayers do lift me up! I have to say that I have been reading Karen Kingsbury books lately and I love her writing style. If you have never read any of her MANY novels you should REALLY check her out. She seems to be such a godly writer and I appreciate her work both for its entertainment value - I LOVE reading again! :o) - but most importantly for it's spiritual value. I have finished (in the last week and a half) Waiting for Morning , When Joy Came to Stay and most recently Halfway to Forever . I have been checking books out from the library and know that they are not in order (I have missed a book between Waiting for Morning and Halfway to Forever - but I didn't know until I had already started reading it...and I wasn't about to stop! I guess it'll be a bit like the Star Wars ...

This will be a short post as I just feel like phooey. We had a really good week last week - and then Hubby got sick. Not bad, mind you, a bit of a cold or a sinus-thing...quite typical for him, really. But USUALLY when he gets sick, I don't. Usually. This really stinks. My head is plugged up, my nose varies between being completely stopped up to running free-flowing (a little too much information, I know...it just "fell out" as my mother-in-law would say :o) and now I have a cough. I can feel the tickle in my throat urging me to cough, however, I fight it as long as I can...because it hurts to cough. Because I cough HARD. None of those prissy little coughs for ME...I'm talking about coughing from my toes up. And I HATE it. Enough complaining...I'm done, now. I'm gonna drink the washtub of Sweet Tea that Hubby brought me from Sonic's happy hour - because I've already drunk a half-gallon of water today and I really needed something different. He is so go...