I found this idea in Real Simple magazine: Lightly cook grapefruit segments in a hot skillet with a few spoonfuls of sugar and a drops of vanilla; serve with its sauce over ice cream or pound cake.
Josh
Nathan
the Molger bath organizer for 5.99
There were a few other things that I wanted to get, though I still need to think them over/ talk them over with John:
the Gulliver childrens chair (I want at least two, maybe four) for 7.99 each, half off … which means if we get four we’d only be paying the price of two … but then we’d have to find a place for them ……… maybe?
Not bad at all, especially considering that they’re wood!
the Gulliver childrens table to match the chairs, at 14.99
We’ll have to see. We don’t really need them now, but will they ever be this cheap again? We don’t have a place to set them up, except, perhaps for one chair, but the boxes are flat! Oh, decisions.
Well, we had a great time there, and came back tired, with sore feet and a few goodies. Thanks for coming down guys! It was great seeing you!
Yesterday I found an article titled “His Love Stories“, by Elisabeth Adams.
“The Bible tells us that Jesus is the Word made flesh. I like to think that, in a small way, each of us is also the Word made flesh; that each of us has a story in which the kindness of God is made visible to the world. Think how clear His kindness is in your salvation story. And when you listen to the salvation stories of others, don’t you see how unique is the way He captures each of our hearts?
“That’s why my favorite love stories are true ones. In fact, I’ve probably read or heard the stories of nearly 150 Christian couples, each one as unique as a fingerprint. Some couples called it “courtship,” some called it “dating,” and some met and married long before the terms acquired their present meanings. God’s kindness is evident in them all.”
It’s a good article, reminding us of God’s creativity in pursuing and wooing us. After I read it I started to think of the many ways that God is still wooing me – because one of the wonderful things about the Almighty is that He is our Eternal Lover, never content to let our relationship with Him to grow stale. And not just the ways He woos me, but those around me.
It may not always feel loving or look beautiful in the moment – just as in any long term relationship there are periods of pain – but looking back I can see that He has always been loving, always been faithful to care for my heart.
What a wonderful God.
I’ve been working on another sweater for Baby, this one a little bit bigger than the first. The pattern is from The Expectant Knitter, and the yarn is a merino and bamboo blend. All that’s left are the sleeves, and putting on our Little One, of course.
Scattered flurries early this morning…otherwise becoming mostly sunny. Highs 15 to 20. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 20 below this morning.
taken from the weather underground website
Currently the temperature is 6.3*, but with the windchill it’s -1*. This CA girl is feeling the cold!!!
So, I put up my feet for a while and then got antsy, so I made pumpkin banana nut muffins and the dough for soft and spicy gingerbread cookies. And worked on the dishes that had piled up. :) After all of which my wonderful husband came home (to an apartment that smelled like heaven) and told me I needed to put my feet up again while he, tired though he was, got something together for dinner. I love that man.
