Simple Woman's Daybook 07.18.13

Outside my window...it is a very humid and muggy summer's evening. The air is thick and heavy...almost too heavy to breathe. The thickness hits you as soon as you walk out into the evening.



I am thinking...how I need to be asleep!! I've not slept well this week...and it is catching up to me!


I am thankful...for the opportunity to see my mom this evening, and to catch-up with her for a few minutes.


In the kitchen...I've tried to remain slightly busy - especially on the weekends, and this weekend will be no different. I'm making a couple of desserts (PB Pie and Triple Berry Cobbler) for an event an acquaintance is hosting on Saturday. I'm also going to make homemade pizza crust for Saturday evening's dinner! Love homemade pizza!


I am wearing...lightweight clothing to help keep me cool. Even with the AC running, it's hard to keep cool when the temps are so high and the humidity so heavy.


I am creating...many lists! I thrive on lists!! And I have many things coming up that require a list!


I am going...to the beach soon!! The beach is my happy place. The place I feel closest to God!


I am wondering...oh I could go on and on here! Wondering about so many things...but I'm trying not to worry, but just trust God. He is faithful, and I'm leaning heavily on Him over the next few months.


I am reading...a lot, as I prepare for the CPS test in November. So much to read, and I feel like I don't have enough time.


I am hoping...to find some ways to fill some of my open evenings, on occasion. Especially once the autumn and winter months arrive. I really need that interaction with others, and sitting quietly in my house most evenings - will not be good for me!!


I am looking forward to...Jenni & Ryan's wedding! Two weeks from today!!


I am learning...a LOT!! I'm really enjoying the summer Bible Study my church is offering on Wednesday evenings! In addition, I'm learning many new things as I study for the CPS exam!!


Around the house...doing some re-organizing. Going through and purging - that feel so good!!


I am pondering...a few changes!


A favorite quote for today..."Ayana told me you are her best friend" {my sister, Kari}


One of my favorite things...Chinese food, and tonight my {soon-to-be} Brother-in-Law invited me over for Homemade Cashew Chicken...it was divine!


A few plans for the rest of the week...Ayana is coming to spend the weekend with me. Hopefully Saturday {weather permitting} we will spend a large portion of the day at the pool, once we deliver the desserts. We will also make homemade sugar scrub {a new project I'm taking on} and homemade pizza, while enjoying some movies, a few hands of Old Maid and just hanging out. I love that she enjoys spending time with me.


A peek into my day...work; lunch with a friend; dinner with Ryan, Jenni, and Ryan's dad - Gary; and working on a few wedding things {mainly just marking off that Jenni has accomplished this week}


...find the simple things in life and enjoy them, they are what make life so much fun!!

New "Digs"

Well for the last several hours I've been updating my blog - so it looks fresher and happier!  I added a couple new links to my "Blog's List", and I updated my Blog Description...it needed to be happier!  It's very late...okay actually early in the morning - YIKES!  I wish I had more time to chat as I have much to say, but I really need to get to bed...especially since I have an afternoon that brings a refresh course in Business Writing & Grammar (snore galore)  that I have to endore in just a few hours!

Hope you like the looks of "the new things around here"!! I promise I'll have something more interesting to write about next time. 

Coming Posts: 

• Cookie Jar:  Firework Cookes (so it's a little late, but hey every day deserves Fireworks, right!)
• Sugar Scrubs
• Inside the Quiet Walls

So be sure to stop back by in a few days or so!!

A Year and A Half - Seriously?...

Has it really been a year and a half since I last blogged...WOWZAS!!  I sure have missed it, and much has happened in my life.  Let's see since December 30, 2011 I've...

• kept up some on 40x2016 goals...to name a few - lots of recipes are happening in the Megalicious kitchen, I've built a shoe organizer and assemblied my garden hose housing unit, learned to trim the front bushes (self-taught...thank you very much...and I only distroyed one extension cord).  I remain looking to accomplish these;
• been promoted to Executive Administrative Assistant.  I was already doing many aspects of the job, so it was a nice to get the title (officially)...and a compensation reward as well;
• paid off my car...HUGE deal and a reminder of God's faithfulness of provision to me!!;
• started studying for the Certified Professional Secretaries Exam, which I'll take on Saturday, November 2.  This will be a great accomplishment, and if I pass I plan to take the Organizational Management test the Spring, 2014. Both would be great assets to starting a Personal Assistant business;
• gone through another time of depression, and it is a daily struggle to overcome...but each day is better, and those days that aren't - well I have the next day to look forward to...Winter 2012/2013 was extremely rough;
• followed God's leading and in June, 2012 left the church I'd known my whole life.  It was one of the hardest and most rewarding things I've ever done spiritually and emotionally.  But God is growing me, breaking me and molding me to bring glory to Him;
• found a new church to call home, and I'm growing...but I want to grow so much more - and I'm looking forward to the summer bible study program they are offering.  I'm hoping to meet new people...maybe even that someone special kind of people - ahem!  But that's not the focus (well not totally...but I will be keeping an eye out!)
• watched my family grow physically and numerically.  Well the numerical part will come on August 1st when my sister will marry the love of her life, who happens to also be one of my very best friends, during a sunset ceremony on the beach in Marco Island, FL!  I'm so excited for them!! The nieces and nephews are growing physically (all but three are now taller than me), emotionally and intellectually - what a blessing to be a part of their lives.  One niece graudated High School and will start college in the fall...so stinkin' proud of that young lady;
• watched my parent's age - this hasn't been easy;
• been re-certified in CPR, along with a good friend...have no fear when I'm around;
• found myself with a lot of free time, so I'm trying to figure out how to fill it - but not too much...been taking some classes to learn things I've always wanted to learn, attending a few ladies Bible studies and finding my way around the kitchen even more so than usual;
• organized a few different service projects for my family - with one being last summer when we made 60 sack lunches and took them to homeless people throughout the C-bus area...talk about a humbling experience.  It was the hottest day of the entire summer - temps were well over 100*...thankfully we had cold bottles of water to give them as well.  The thing I learned most that day - individuality is important to a homeless person...almost all of them instantly shared their name with us.  Almost to say - "there is a name that goes with this face, and that makes me just like you...I'm a person, not a group!";
• not done much traveling - that I can think of...although I feel like I did...maybe that is just wishful thinking;
• experienced the strained seperation of a beloved family member.  For a long time I tried to fix the situation myself; however, I learned that I had to give it ALL to God...and that's what I've done.  Only God can change the heart and that is my prayer;
• lived at Villa de Megalicious (VdM) for 5 years now - again another reminder of God's faithful provision to me;
• remained single - not by choice.  "Single and Desperately Looking" The desire to marry has intensified greatly, and the reality of my loneliness is there everyday...but I'm trusting God to provide in this area.  I'm trying to do a few things to make myself more "out there"...like visible - not like..."oh that girl is out there!"  So we will see!!; and
• started blogging again...after a long sabbatical.  I've have probably missed a few things...but these seem to be the highlights that are coming to me right now! 

I hope I still have some followers, and if I do - it's nice to be back with you again!  Until we meet again...