~Thankful for the book I received yesterday. The book looks ordinary, but it has extraordinary features–notes from previous readers, including the giver. I’m enjoying this brief glimpse into his mind–and I’m already adding my own thoughts.
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~Thankful that my camera is back–and with it, all of my photos from the ladies retreat a couple of week’s ago. (I lost the camera on the way back. It was missing for over a week–which is a long time for ME to be without a camera.)
The ladies assemble before an “official” picture:
The girls at my table for dinner do fast faces (except for Joanna, who hadn’t yet learned the “fast face” concept.)
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~Thankful for passing my RD Exam today. (And I finished it in less than an hour!) Thankful to be an RD.
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~Thankful for (almost) guilt-free skipping today. With one week to go before my RD Exam (and 60 lab reports to grade), I knew I needed to get down to business. So I skipped the Sunday school prayer hour, choosing instead to spend some time in the Word at home. And I skipped the Precinct meeting of the Republican party (Mom and Dad will have to catch me up later.) And I skipped Life Chain (Probably the second time I’ve missed it since it began.) And I’m currently skipping a movie night at church.
I don’t feel bad at all. I spent some hard-core time with my MNT text–and am feeling much more prepared for my exam.
I’d never even thought of skipping. I don’t skip things. Especially not church things. Or political things. I go. to. everything.
But yesterday, my Dad told me that I had “permission” to not attend the precinct meeting–and it suddenly hit me. I don’t HAVE to attend everything. Not right now, when I’ve got too much on my plate already. I don’t have to attend things just because they show up in the church bulletin or in my mailbox.
Thankful for the realization–and thankful for all the work I managed to get done on my quiet day while everyone else was attending the stuff I skipped.
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~Thankful for the opportunity to enjoy a Saturday night making cake with my sister and listening to an audiotape version of Eragon. I’m glad God made us sisters!
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~Thankful for the couple who has remained faithful in our congregation. Stan and Carolyn were invited to our church many (15-20) years ago because the church leadership felt a need for older couples in our church. They felt that we had a dearth of wisdom and experience–so they approached Stan and Carolyn to provide that wisdom and experience. Now, even when many of those leaders have left our church body, Stan and Carolyn are still here–years wiser and still eager to serve. What a blessing to the body!
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~Thankful for the Mexican leftovers our church sent us home with after the work day yesterday. Nachos are one of my favorite foods, but my frugal outlook rarely allows for a bag of tortilla chips (and topping the chips with gobs of shredded cheddar, like I prefer it, isn’t exactly easy on the wallet either!) Nonetheless, thanks to LCF, I have some nachos to munch on as I read blogs (trying to keep my mind off the fact that I’M TEACHING MY FIRST LAB TOMORROW!)
(Yeah, I know that doesn’t look the most appetizing–but it still tastes pretty good!)
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~Thankful for food. After 15 months of unemployment for Anna (12 of which were clinical rotations) and 7 months of unemployment for me (7 of which were clinical rotations), both of us are out of money. But even though we might not have money for things like milk or store-bought bread, we still have plenty of food left in our pantry or provided by my mother’s garden.
(Okay, I’m also thankful that my insurance settlement from the accident is February is coming this month and I’ll be employed starting next Monday. And I’m thankful that Anna has a job interview that sounds hopeful in a couple of weeks. God always provides!)
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~Thankful for a clean room. I haven’t had one in ages, partly due to the always expanding stack of papers I was bringing home from my internship. But now, with my internship done, I can make a clean sweep–and I did. There are now about 8 reams worth of paper in my garage awaiting recycling. (The rest is carefully filed for future reference.)
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~Thankful for a chance to go back in time and enjoy the Z-360 kids again. Jeremy (the youth pastor) asked me to drive for their scavenger hunt yesterday. The hunt was fun and brought back numerous fond memories from my five years as a youth sponsor.
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