Just for today...Sunday, March 3, 2013
Outside my window...leaves are about to break out and one mockingbird always practices loudly at a certain corner of my exercise route
On my bookshelf... "The Song Forever New: Lent and Easter with Charles Wesley" by Paul Wesley Chilcote
Noticing that...employing a pastry sous-chef leads to lots of cute toe prints when cutting in the butter
A heart of thankfulness...for so many things. Friends who find a way to stay in touch in spite of the busy pace of life and my truly marvelous husband and children have to top the list today.
Pondering these words... "We settle for quasi-commitment, which produces quasi-contentment." ~Lydia Brownback
From the kitchen...I tried a heart shaped coffee cake this morning from "The Great Holiday Baking Book" (because any day is a good day to tell your family that you love them). Breakfast was delicious, but not pretty.
From the mobile learning room...the opening of the Suez Canal and the composition of "Aida"; a new math book for Olivia, Sarah's learning about the rate of change & slope in algebra, & lots of other fun stuff as we drive around several different states this week
A few plans for the rest of the week...we get to go tell the Wycliffe Associates in Dallas "thanks" tomorrow morning, spend the morning in the archiving department, and eat lunch with students interested in learning more about serving in the Pacific. Tuesday, we leave for a twelve day road trip to share with some churches and see some amazing family and friends.
A peek into my corner of the world...spur-of-the-moment lunch guests today!
Since we live in the middle of the church parking lot, we get to see everyone leaving after church. As we waved to some friends, they commented how good our lunch smelled (yay for crock pots and open windows!), so we invited them to stay and enjoy it with us.
What a sweet time with this family who is getting ready to go overseas with Wycliffe Bible Translators to serve in the IT department. Smart guys like him keep the rest of running smoothly!
6 comments:
The coffee cake actually looks the way a coffee cake should, crumbly and bumpy and rich, and it says: Delicious. Coffee cakes aren't expected to say: Pretty.
You girls are pretty, tho! :-)
Oh how I miss little toes! It sounds like your beautiful family is stimulated and stimulating! Learning is such a precious gift, especially when our work is for the Lord. :)
Blessings, Debbie
Gretchen Joanna,
It WAS delicious, and there isn't any left, so I guess my family didn't mind the way it looked :-)
Debbie,
You are welcome to come by and enjoy the little toes at our house any time! And I agree that learning is a gift. I'm grateful that our whole crew enjoys learning and enjoys serving the Lord.
Joanna
Precious little toe prints! Love it! And the heart looked mouth-wateringly delicious!
I think the best food is often not pretty. :) I need to think that! ha. Love those cute little toes.
I love these peaks into your life - your thankful, joyful spirit is contagious in all the best ways :D
Cracking up about the coffee cake, though. I tried to make a big heart-shaped cookie for Valentine's Day and totally underestimated how much it would spread... through the entire jelly-roll pan. *sigh* Oh well, I cut out the heart shape I wanted and we ate the "extra" pieces later ;D My family didn't mind, either!
Julie
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