Happy Homemaker Monday - December 18, 2017

Today I'm joining Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom
and all the sweet ladies of Happy Homemaking Monday!

Greetings, Sweet Ladies!

Here it is...the final Monday before Christmas! I pray that this post finds you and yours well and joyfully anticipating the celebration of Christ's birth. As we move through the week, day by day, my prayer is that the worldly, superficial, and mundane will fade away, and that the true meaning of Christmas will come shining forth abundantly in every area of our lives. May the wonder of Christmas be shed abroad in our hearts, filling them to the full, and overflowing into rivers of life that will carry us into the New Year and beyond. Amen!

Let's get straight to this week...shall we?

Right now I am...

Finishing up my breakfast, having a cup of tea, and listening to the dryer as it finishes up the last load of laundry. 👚

On the breakfast plate...

Chocolate chip/oat bran muffins that my dh made and hot tea 

The weather...

Cloudy, windy, and 45 degrees. The high today is supposed to be 56 and the ten-day shows highs in the 50's and 60's with lows in the 40's through Friday. After that there will be a drop in temperatures with highs in the 30's and lows in the teens and 20's. There's a chance of snow on Christmas Eve. ⛄

On my reading pile...

It's slow going but I continue to make progress in all of them.

I have added this 10-Day Spiritual Action Plan for Overcoming

Stress, Anxiety, & Depression by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland.

 I've had it for a long time, but never really looked at it. With the

health issues I've been battling I decided that enough was enough and that

it was time to tackle it based on the Word of God. This Lifeline package

is an action book. It's a workbook that includes morning and 

evening readings, journaling and note-taking areas, a music CD, a DVD 

of daily teaching applications, a scripture CD, and action cards that 

you can tear out and carry with you. I'm on Day 3 of 10 and am already

getting a handle on the stress that has assailed me for months (years). I am very thankful!

And, by the way, I got the product free through Kenneth and Gloria's site. They

are running stuff for free on their site all the time just for the asking. Check it out.

We did switch gears on our Advent reading. The other
book was okay, but it just wasn't cutting it. With just John and I,
we wanted something a little more meaty, so we went back to
The Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp. We've went through it
several times, but, somehow, it remains fresh and new with each new
reading. Every time I end up being blown away by the depth and insight and
end up bawling through almost every single chapter. Ann is amazing!

On the menu this week...

- Monday - potato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches
- Tuesday - Christmas party at work - potluck
- Wednesday - homemade pizza
- Thursday - roasted chicken, brown rice, and asperagus
- Friday - salmon, baked potatoes, and brussel sprouts
- Saturday - turkey Italian sausage, roasted potato wedges, and sauteed green peppers
- Sunday - Christmas Eve lasagna, homemade French bread, and cannoli

On my 'to-do' list...

- Monday - plan week ahead, make lists, do weekly "home blessing", laundry, final shopping before Christmas, doctor appointment
- Tuesday - tea and lunch with two oldest granddaughters (one is mine; the other inherited...both are much loved), Christmas potluck at work
- Wednesday - breakfast out with oldest daughter-in-law, "Oh, Deer!" library programs
- Thursday - make cannoli shells and filling for Christmas Eve, Christmas get-together with my best friend
- Friday - work
- Saturday - work
- Sunday - church, celebrate Christmas Eve with family and friends

In the craft basket...

Made a "herd" of these candy cane "deer" for the
children who attend this week's library programs.L

Looking forward to this week...

Savoring every moment of the last week before Christmas!

From the camera...

My Mother and I - Christmas 1966

Scripture passage...

Well, Ladies, that's it for this week! Have a great week ahead and, since next Monday is Christmas and the following Monday is New Year's Day, in the event that I don't get a chance to post, have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May many blessings be yours! 

Until next time...
~Rebecca

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