How, may I ask, could it get any better than this? Little Elise with her ginger curls, asking "papa" to play Baby Shark, please! Wulf, and his delight in EVERYTHING! Anya, the Candyland Champion of 2019...Ashley, Marge, Paul. It would have been better to have Lyd there too, and of course little Grant from Virginia, and baby Achilles from Salem...
(with Kathryn)
But that wasn't to be, so we had our fun.
Today, Paul and I went to lunch with some of our friends: Cheryl and Bill, Glen and Patty, Angela (she lost her husband Dave to cancer of the esophagus a year ago), Steve, Joe, Keith and Cathy, Bob and Mary, and Hobie and...Karen, the birthday girl...
We stayed at the restaurant for three hours, too much fun. Karen got the free chicken wings, over sixty of them! She shared:). I ordered the beer battered haddock, oh my yumminess, sprinkle some lemon juice on it, with lots of salt and pepper, mmm. I also ordered the sweet potato fries, and regular fries, because I am an idiot, and forgot how hard it is not to eat what is in front of you. I did not eat very many though, but finished off most of the fish.
Jonathan is home from Ottawa. Eight of our kids went up there for New Years, the girls stayed later for dinner today, and aren't home yet.
My resolutions:
1. Exercise! This has been sadly lacking in my life, and I want to feel a bit more fit, way more fit. So from now on, a pool commitment! Angela and I are going to a deep water work out class each Monday and Wednesday from now on! And I will resume my push-ups, weights, and walks. Tomorrow, I will go to the pool!
2. Cleaner fasting, no more cream in the first morning's coffee, or the second cup either. I'll have some when I have coffee in my eating window, near dinner time, even if the coffee is half decaf.
3. This one should be first, because it's the most important: listen and BE OBEDIENT to what God is speaking to me. That still small voice that gently reminds, encourages, and prompts me, I'll be faithful. I will forgive and forget, I will not backbite, I will not put others in a bad light. I will endure to the end, and suffer without complaining. I'll give what I have, share, be kind, and I'll be thankful for all that I have.
4. Maybe, just maybe, I'll clean the house.
3 comments:
Looks like a good way to spend the day. We had a very quiet New Years Day and although, I had a major migraine headache most of the day. We went to see my mother in law and then came home, carried in wood, and made dinner.
Is BE OBIEDENT your 2020 Word? If so, (or not-grin) I like it. Such great photos and happy memories.
My husband has Barrett's Esophagus Syndrome, unfort, cancer is a very possibility. I feel so bad for your friend.
Wishing you and your family a very Happy New Year.
Carol, I am so sorry you had a major migraine, they're awful. I just said the other day that I hadn't been having many headaches lately, that seems to give the dormant headache ideas. I had a tolerably pounding headache yesterday. It ebbed and flowed, getting worse as the day went on, but thankfully two ibuprofen knocked it down. I am SO thankful for ibuprofen. I try not to take it unless I have to, but oh the sweet relief!
Linda, obedience is almost an old fashioned concept, isn't it? But we're to be doers of the word, not merely hearers, deceiving ourselves. (James 1).
I'm sorry to hear that about your husband, but I guess it's good that it's on the radar, and can be watched. My friend Angela, her husband was also a good friend of ours, he lived almost 12 years after initial diagnosis, his youngest child was six months at the time, now is 13. My daughter Suzanne is dating their son, Zech....we know their family well, and it's been a hard loss.
Thank you for the New Year wishes, right back at you!
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