May 01, 2015

Blessings {Days 151-185}

Blessing of Day 151
~Team Beale Spouses Night Out with some fun people


Blessings of Day 152
~80% DONE!
~Zanne, Whitney, Lisa & the Burdge guys


Blessings of Day 153
~a day to sleep in and get things done around the house
~coming across the movie Matt & Ashleigh made for our rehearsal dinner

Blessings of Day 154
~lunch with De'Etta & Cynthia
~PWOC Board interviews
~Tribe Night

Blessings of Day 155
~my PWOC sisters
~hearing Priscilla Shirer speak on Discerning the Voice of God
~spending the evening on the couch, watching tv

Blessings of Day 156
~my mom bought tickets to fly out here for a visit right before Nathan comes home!!!
~dinner at Burdge Abbey

Blessings of Day 157
~Coffee Friday
~seeing Nathan & Lorna get awards at school
~working on a secret project

Blessings of Day 158
~ < 1 month!!!
~roses from our backyard
~working a crazy night in the church nursery with Chelsey McGraw


Blessings of Day 159
~Easter at South Hills Northern California
~dinner with Emily & Zanne




Blessings of Day 160
~chiropractor appointment
~pulling weeds for 6.5 hours in the front yard
~lavender bath
~a husband who cares about me
~reading for an hour in bed before going to sleep early
 

Blessings of Day 161
~a little afternoon thunderstorm
~Tribe Night

Blessings of Day 162
~talking with Nathan this morning
~hanging out with Stephanie, Katie, Ashley & Hope for a little bit
~laughing with Paulette
~eating a delicious meal I didn't have to cook

Blessing of Day 163
~“Hope differs from wish or desire... [hope] implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired... Hope therefore always gives... joy; whereas wish and desire may produce or be accompanied with pain and anxiety” (Webster Dictionary, 1828).
Thankful there is HOPE in Jesus!

Blessings of Day 164
~Coffee Friday
~hanging out with Nathan & Tyler
~being able to help Zanne & Kimberly out with their dogs
~eating dinner with the Campbells and spending the evening talking with Stephanie

Blessings of Day 164
~Coffee Friday
~hanging out with Nathan & Tyler
~being able to help Zanne & Kimberly out with their dogs
~eating dinner with the Campbells and spending the evening talking with Stephanie

Blessings of Day 166
~church nursery & service
~phone date with Sarah
~secret project progress
~ordering Nathan's post-deployment gift!

Blessings of Day 137
~OVER 90% DONE!!!
~finally having the courage to put weed & feed down on the yard
~being back in the gym for the first time in weeks

Blessings of Day 168
~my secret project is almost complete!
~Tribe Night (I'm so grateful that getting together with them is a blessing every. single. week.)

Blessings of Day 169
~PWOC Lunch Bunch
~a nap
~receiving the last piece of my secret project

Blessings of Day 170
~a seemingly crazy stressful day quickly smoothed out, thanks to God and some great friends/neighbors (Lisa & Justin)
~retreat team/board dinner with our retreat guest speaker
~secret project complete!

Blessing of Day 171
~revealing my secret project to Nathan this morning over FaceTime
Thank you to everyone who was part of it! He LOVED it!!!
{Šęän, Tacie, Randy, Shannon, Ashleigh, Matthew, Cheryl, Kevin, Matt, Allison, Dylan, Melena, Randy, Lisa, Craig, Kimberly, Sean, Jackie, Meagan, David, Ryan, Elizabeth, Emily, Edgar, & Liz}



Blessings of Day 172 (yesterday)
~PWOC Retreat

Blessings of Day 173
~my mom is here!!!
~a paint color has finally been chosen for our bedroom
~only ONE month 'til Bora Bora


Blessings of Day 174
~Nathan
~Mom

Blessings of Day 175
~Pottery Barn's Customer Service is fantastic! (After painting the entire bedroom, we concluded the bed we recently bought has a funky color. So PB is allowing me to choose to exchange or return it even though it's special order and over 30 days.)
~Tribe Night studying The Prodigal God by Tim Keller

Blessings of Day 176
~taking Mom with me to PWOC, lunch, my office, the BX and the commissary
~watching Notting Hill

Blessings of Day 177
~spending the day in Roseville with Mom (manis/pedis, an appt & some shopping for necessary items)
~finally getting to talk to Nathan for a little while this evening after not being able to lately due to poor connections
~Pottery Barn for the win yet again! We stopped at their store in the Galleria to look at fabric in person, so I could make a better informed decision about the bed. The woman nearby asked if we needed help, I explained the situation, and she told me to request our replacement bed be done in an upgraded fabric (which I had been looking at bc it seems to be a truer gray anyway) at no extra cost. She told me to send in my pictures of the current bed and then allow her to negotiate our exchange. So completely fabulous! And I walked out with a sample of the new fabric so I could be assured of my decision once home. I know all the glory in this goes to God! I am beyond amazed at and grateful for how this situation is being resolved.

Blessings of Day 178
~finishing A.D. 30 just in time for book club because Mom read the last chapter to me while I got ready this morning
~Bunco Night!

Blessing of Day 179
~celebrating Meagan & Dave's marriage


Blessings of Day 180
~Jeff's sermon on forgiveness
~finally getting a pic with Mom
~doing some lasts
~watching Into the Woods


Blessings of Day 181
~an extra day with Mom
~Coffee Monday
~Body Pump followed by a lavender bath
~this arrived!


Blessings of Day 182
~getting new prescriptions at my eye appointment
~the last night leading our Tribe on my own

Blessings of Day 183
~sweet PWOC sisters
~a crocheted blanket from Mom & a magnet from Dad, reminders that they love us


Blessings of Day 184
~24 hour delay = an extra month of tax-free pay (really I couldn't care less, but it's a blessing in a less than ideal situation!)
~dinner with two good friends whom I don't spend enough time with
~Craig changed out Nathan's car battery for me


Blessings of Day 185
~sign complete thanks to help from friends and my chiropractor
~talking to Nathan after no communication for almost 24 hours
~everything is fully ready!

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