What a Week!

Monday - set up for the Quilt Group Christmas party.  Party that night was great, followed by taking it all down!  It all ended up in my minivan.

Tuesday - Massage and chiropractor appointments helped my hurting back.  But didn't get shopping done for my Christmas Mother children.  Evening set up for Christmas Mother.

Wednesday - led worship service on the 2nd candle of advent at the Masonic Home.  The topic was love and used Zephaniah 3:17, one of my favorite verses.  God saves, God loves and delights and rejoices and sings over us.  Amazing.  It is probably my last service at MAHOVA.  I start at Our Lady of Hope next week.  It is hard to start over again even though it will be good. My first paid position as a chaplain.

Wednesday continued by joining Tamarah and girls for lunch at Chick-Fil-A, shopping at Target for my Christmas Mother boys and Sweet Frog.  Then I went to Walmart to finish shopping.  Exhausting.  Then to Christmas Mother set-up and hoping that all the money I spent will make two boys happy.  When I got home all I could do was get in the house and put my feet up. Doug finally realized how tired I was when I couldn't find my purse.  He emptied the van into the already destroyed house.  At least all the mess is centralized!

Thursday - Back and feet hurting.  Should go to Curves. Hoping to get house acceptable.  Tonight I take the girls to gymnastics so mommy can go to an Emergency Nurse Association meeting.  I think that is my only obligation, so free until 4 or 4:30.  Worried about my computer.  It is running really sluggishly and I am sure it needs the hands of a professional.

I am hoping to go to Florida Christmas week. Just checked airline tickets and they are crazy so I think we might drive down.  We only have a week - well that is my choice.  I am supposed to shadow Alice for five days.  I think I will set those up to allow my a bit more time in FL.  It will all work out.

Now to tackle my living room and try to create a beautiful and serenely festive space out the disaster that is there now!

Needing Lessons!

I rediscovered that I had a blog today.  What fun to read what I have written.  These are intended for myself and I wish I had written more often!  I have trouble navigating Blogger.  Guess I need to spend some time and figure it out because I love having the record of my thoughts and the actions of my sweet girls.  

I begin a new journey next week as a paid chaplain for Our Lady of Hope.  I am excited and fearful, wondering how to manage my time as I feel I get little done now!  When I read the UFO post, I realized that I still have some of the same projects hanging over my head.  This is not good.

De-cluttering is still an issue and so is my weight.  I had a terrible case of bronchitis recently - it lasted about a month despite two rounds of antibiotics and the ability to stay home and rest.  I am hoping the new job will help me put my life in balance but I also fear that I will fall on my face - not at the job, but at life in general.  

Well, tonight is the Trinity Quilters last Christmas party at Trinity Episcopal Church. The church will be closing in February.  That deserves a post all its own.  Our group will move to the Methodist church but it is sad for the members, some of whom have been members all their lives.