Five on Friday

1.  Perhaps the most important item on the agenda today is Eric coming home.  I haven't seen him since last Friday when he dropped me off at the airport for me to fly to Houston.  By the time I got home Sunday night, he had already left for his trip.  Stink.  We knew January would be a long month of travel, but praise God, we made it!!!!!

I must have said that a lot this morning because Olivia became annoyed with it.

I don't care - I'm excited anyway :)

2.  I recently ran out of Strawberry freezer jam.  It was a sad day.  So, at 10:00 one night, I decided to make some more.  We eat this on everything .... chocolate chess pie (LOVE), yogurt, ice cream, cinnamon bread, biscuits ...

Oh, but see that butter in the background?  Don't ever buy that.  Yuck. 

3.  See this picture right here?

This picture speaks L.O.V.E. 

We have a Women's Breakfast in the morning and I was suppose to iron the tablecloths.  That will never happen again since I have informed everyone I am not to be trusted with getting out stains, ironing and caring for tablecloths.  I stink at it.  Plus, these tablecloths are HARD to iron!

My Mom knows this, so she came over and ironed while I cooked supper, gave baths and packed lunches.  She ironed for 3 hours.  I'm SO thankful she did that! Especially since my solution was going to be to throw them all in the trash.

See? Can't be trusted with them.

4.  We started Believing God Monday night.  I want to get well, so I'm taking it very seriously.  I sat down and made a list of things I'm afraid of.  Two pages later, I'm amazed I'm not finished.  This is the first time I've listed my fears.  Seeing it all in print is making them all look more ridiculous to me, which seems like a step in the right direction.

5.  I just finished The Furious Longing of God by Brennan Manning (for the 2nd time).

I read the last half of this book on my way to Houston Friday.  I read the entire book again on the plane ride home.  I'm not sure if it was that good or if it was just timely for me.  Either way, I made a ton of notes and have looked them over every day this week.  I'll write more about it soon, but I'm curious as to whether any of you have read it (or any of his other books). 

Have a great weekend!!