A New "Special" Day

I was sending a text to my sister this morning and instead of texting Monday I texted Momday. Hmmm...I'm thinking I may be on to something! I'm all for Momday everyday but one day a week would be very doable. Now I have to figure out how to implement this idea and get my kids on board.

Christmas Music

Do you remember Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics? She, Annie Lennox, has a Christmas CD out entitled A Christmas Cornucopia. Oh man, I'm lovin it. My favorite Christmas carol she sings is "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". The drums are awesome. The last carol on the CD is "Universal Child". I'm just not understanding it and do not like it; therefore, I skip it everytime. If you get the CD or listen to it let me know what you think.

A while ago I bought a Kentucky Bourbon cookbook. Tonight was the night to try the Kentucky Bourbon Chili recipe and I was looking forward to it. As it simmered on the stove I had the corn bread baking. Everything came together nicely and the call went out for dinner. We gathered prayed and started eating. As I took my first bite I happened to look over at Brianna who had her first bite in her mouth. Our looks froze and were suspended in time, then we came to and just about gagged. I proclaimed I couldn't eat this chili and with some hesitation she agreed.

Charles' response: "We need HAZMAT Toxic cleanup to come over"

Chris' response: "Honey, in the 18 1/2 years we've been married you have never made anything this bad!"

We sat laughing and carrying on over our cornbread and, yes, the jokes kept on coming. The cornbread wasn't cutting it so Brianna threw out the idea of pizza. Little Caesar's is right down the street. Kids went and got pizza, Chris and I cleaned up the toxic dinner. It was really bad! Thank goodness for pizza!

A Note to Bubbles

I have a loving bone to pick with you, Bubbles of http://www.bubblesandmoney.blogspot.com/ .  Bubbles, I love you and you are a dear friend to me but...you've influenced me indirectly with the whole library thing.  You have raved about being able to go on line, set up an account, and "order" books from other branches then go in and pick them up.  I succumbed to your exuberance and opened an account.  I now have 4 books sitting on my nightstand to be read and more on order.  Yes, I love it and am so thankful for books to read.  I'm thankful that a new door has been opened for me but, yikes, I could be overrun with books.  Renewal, it's a good thing!

Although, Bubbles, I've not given in to self-checkout.  I did learn something new about myself in considering it.  I'm a total introvert and you'd think self-checkout would be perfect for me but it's not.  I truly enjoy talking to the people who check me out.  Guess what?  I inquired, to the gal checking me out, about their book club.  Lo and behold, she's the one who leads it and I had a great chat.  I have the schedule of books and dates and a couple of books coming to participate.  Now, if I had done self-checkout, I don't think it would of happened.  I am open to self-checkout but just not right now.  I'll warm-up to it.

Keep on influencing, Bubbles.

Today's Worship

We sang this in worship today and it grips my heart everytime.  Today was no exception.

"How Deep the Father's Love for Us"

How deep the Father's love for us, how vast beyond all measure

that He should give His only Son to make a wretch His treasure.

How great the pain of searing loss.  The Father turns His face away

as wounds which mar the Chosen One bring many sons to glory.

Behold the Man upon a cross, my sin upon His shoulders.

Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice call out among the scoffers.

It was my sin that held Him there until it was accomplished;

His dying breath has brought me life.  I know that it is finished.

I will not boast in anything: no gifts, no pow'r, no wisdom.

But I will boast in Jesus Christ:  His death and resurrection.

Why should I gain from His reward?  I cannot give an answer.

But this I know with all my heart:  His wounds have paid my ransom.

Change of Plans

My day was started off in the usual way.  I had my things to do list and was headed out on a couple on errands. First stop of the day was picking up a few things at the grocery store.  As I was picking up some lettuce, sitting right next to it were these beautiful leeks:

 

How in the world could I pass those up?  They were screaming to be made into potato leek soup.  I scooped them up quickly without much thought to my day. Then it hit me, how in the world was I going to have the time to make this?  My day was packed!  Yet, I couldn't let them sit.  They were so fragrant and awesome.  It all worked out by fudging things around and working like a maniac but I did it.  Brianna was so excited because she LOVES potato leek soup.  Charles not as excited because he was counting on the burritoes that had been planned.  What to do but have both!  Last night was "Have the Dinner of Your Choice" night.  How much better can it get?

Too Long

I am back after a several month hiatus from blogging.  While I was on my hiatus I discovered, to my surprise, that I missed writing my blog.  I don't have a lot of time like most folks but I think I'm ready to come back and get something written periodically.  I'm rather proud of the fact that I was able to pull this back up from the archives and restore it to it's original state.  I decided to start changing things and am unable to "hide" my blog while under construction.  Bear with with my while under construction.  Check in from time to time to see Transforming Julie being transformed.