Happy Day After Thanksgiving Everyone!

Happy Day After Thanksgiving, blogland friends and readers!

I have missed reading blogs and writing posts and have every intention of getting back into the swing of it.

I finally admitted to myself that my nightly routine of sipping half caff with cream and honey from my uniquely Charleston mug in front of my computer- reading I don't know how many blogs, commenting to my heart's content and posting into the morning light was taking a serious toll on my morning routine of rising early to read the word of God with Fash, then study some psychology etc. together and prepare for the responsibilities of my day and week. I decided I had to go cold turkey for a while, until I could get myself, my home and my life back together.

I am happy to report that Fash has been accepted at the university we recently visited and loved! She was so excited....though she has one more application to make, before she will decide for sure. It's all been very emotional for me, as the school that accepted her is nearly 4 hours from our home- much farther than what I had in mind. But I do not want to deter her w/my feelings, for God gives these precious gifts for a short time, really, and he means for us to send them out to live and love and spread the good news. I know it in my head. My heart lags behind.

My son, Pilgrim (who left for CA on the Greyhound bus in May) arrives here for a 10 day visit on Tuesday. I am anxious to see him and hoping the visit will go well. We have a couple of family celebrations planned in his honor and I have been busy making those arrangements and getting ready for a second Thanksgiving here, with him, next weekend.

The holidays always seem to find me focusing on one day at a time- just get that food made and to that function on time, then sleep, rise and be on time to work, with a smile. Shop, make dinner and go to the next event, etc. And I just keep doing this every day until the parties are over, somewhere around the second week of January. It's a blessing to live within an hour and a half of each side of our extended family, thus be able to get together with everyone for Thanksgiving, homecomings, Christmas and New Year's. It is likewise a blessing to have a job at a local bookstore, thus the opportunity to work extra hours during the bread and butter season for retailers- black Friday through Christmas.

I am also pleased to tell you that I.T. has the bathroom walls painted and is working on the trim, as I type! Pictures will be forthcoming. But please keep in mind, it is a 1970's bathroom with olive green sinks, tub and toilet and we have worked around that. The carpeting will not be out by the time Pilgrim comes, but it will be replaced soon after by tile or linoleum, whichever makes the pocketbook happiest.

I do hope this post finds every reader healthy, full tummied and choosing joy! Thank you, Greg and Edie for coming to find me. It is good to know that if I am ever lost or alone, my blogland friends will seek me out- wonderful! Thankfully, as it is, I am not lost or alone, but am, by the grace of God, safely in the fold and surrounded by faithful followers of Jesus Christ- including many friends in blogland.

Blessings and peace,