Today has been pretty good.  I woke up not feeling so hot, but I got to feeling better pretty quickly.  Technically today is the last day of my weekend even though it's Saturday.  Bright and early tomorrow morning I will be leading Worship in the Clubhouse with my 4 and 5 year old friends.  This will be our last Sunday with the upcoming 1st graders and our new 4 year olds will come up to "preview" what Clubhouse Worship will be like.  The lesson is obedience and I will sing "God wants us to obey" and "Obedient Bee" then some motion song that I haven't officially decided on yet.  I have narrowed it down.  It could be "Shake, Shake, Shake, Hallelujah"  Not sure.

I baked 4 loaves of Amish Friendship Bread this weekend.  2 turned out nicely and the other 2 turned out more like "Amish Acquaintance" bread.  They will do.  There is a lovely potroast in the crock pot that has been roasting since about 10:30 this morning.  I put it on when I felt gross this morning.  That's what you call walking by faith.  Putting on the roast, potatoes and carrots when you can hardly imagine feeling well enough to eat it.

The heat is really getting to me.  I went last weekend and walked around Old Time Pottery in the middle of the Harvest and Halloween decorations.  They even had some Christmas decor out.  I needed that little preview.  Another place with those items?  Hobby Lobby.  I'm thinking of driving over there for a browse later tonight... possibly.  I have been burning a cinnabon pecan candle in the office for the last two weeks to get me thinking about Christmas since none of the Fall scents were out.  It was the closest I could get.  It's hard to plan music for the Christmas Candlelight service when it's 100 degrees outside and you're still smelling suntan lotion.  I needed a little "atmosphere".  The candle helped.  The pieces have been chosen and are awaiting approval from the boss... as soon as I get up the courage to tell him what I have chosen.  Regardless, I will need to include that music in the choir teachers' curriculum pack for the Fall.  Deadline on that?  Tuesdsay afternoon.  I can't think about that right now though.

Needless to say, I have't been all that pleasant lately around the house.  I haven't felt great and James and I have been so busy.  Today he said, "I love my wife so much, I just wish we ever had any time to hang out."  One thing is for sure - once I go back to teaching school on Fridays, teaching piano 3 nights/week, and coordinating LIT worship arts on Sunday nights ... things will not be any better.  He did win my heart all over again when he brought me a Starbucks giftcard.  It's love.  Pumpkin spice, please hurry.

The cats are trying to take over the world.  I can't believe it's 9:00 and I haven't fed them.  Dach Holiday is conked out on the couch between my knees.  He had a big day listening to my piano students play their recital pieces.  I have decided that he is the perfect distraction.  If an easily distracted 6 year old can play her recital piece with a miniature dachshund licking her toes, then she knows her music.  Amsterdam stayed at the grandparents' today because she gets to enjoy sunshine out on the deck there.  We don't have a fence, so she has been getting a little depressed in the bedroom all day, even though I open the blinds.  James should be home any minute, after picking her up.  Today was a good day, aside from the fact that I've been very tired.

Recent events have led me to believe that my health condition (s) has/have returned.  I go for my yearly examination in July, but for now, I'm pretty much convinced.  I'm not in excruciating pain and I'm managing the other symptoms well, I think.  I'm just tired and sad about it.  Going to the dr. sooner will not help.  There is nothing he can do, other than another surgery.

Ah, I think I hear my love.  I think he is home.  I hope he is not hungry.

Today was a good day.  Time has been my friend.  I have several days between my last entry and today's date on the calendar.  I'm resting a little easier.  Anxiety must be the opposite of Faith.  I can't always trust that things will go the way I want them too, but I can exercise faith that God will never leave me; that He will walk with me through the worst situations.  He is good and He stays the same.

Today I went to Donut Joes for my husband, but I didn't really want any.  I ate a bowl of Special K with organic soy milk.  Did you know that organic soy milk isn't white?  That's kind of hard to get used to.  It's kind of the color of recycled cardboard boxes or paper.  Not brown and not white.

I went to Hobby Lobby and found that the shadow boxes were on sale half off.  I'm very excited about this.  I bought a very pretty one to frame my wedding bouquet in.  Also, I got a special spray that is supposed to preserve the color of the flowers.  We will see how long they last.  My friend Rhonda preserved them in silica gel cat litter.  I haven't seen them since our wedding day.  I look forward to holding them again soon.  Maybe tomorrow.

My diabetic cat Belfry doesn't really seem to be doing well these days.  I think his sugar is high and his feline mega-colon is back in gear.  I haven't been able to get a good blood glucose on him for a while.  Also, I am almost out of test strips, which cost $60.  Oh dear.

At 2:00 James and I went to a late lunch at a new place called Joes Italian.  Wow.  It was amazing.  I may never eat at Olive Garden again.  I had bread, salad, and tortelini for $8.  The pasta was homemade, as were the desserts.  I had to finish it off with a canoli and a cup of decaf coffee.  Very good coffee.  What amazed me was that there was only 1 alfredo item on the lunch menu and it was a pizza.

After that, I went to meet Kristi, my old roomie, to watch a movie.  Since it was Valentines day, the movie theatre was packed!  We saw 'Dear John' which was a movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel.  It was pretty vanilla.  Not 'The Notebook' at all.  Pretty tame Nicholas Sparks.  Still it was good to Kristi.

Now I'm home with my husband and my animals, watching the Olympics.  I love the winter Olympics.  I love my husband.  I wish it would snow again soon.