Happy Homemaker Monday

 

Hosted by Sandra@ Diary of the Stay at Home Mom

Today's Weather 

Monday   partly cloudy,  93/79

Tuesday  cloudy,  97/74

Wednesday   rain, 95/72

Thursday  rain,  91/73

Friday  partly cloudy, 92/65

Saturday  sunny, 84/54

As I Look Outside My Windoow  It is a beautiful day.. clear and sunny. Thankfully, it was cooler this morning  when I went for my therapy assessment.  I know I will not be  going out and about too much this week.  The humidity  will be  pretty bad.  Glad all my appointments are early!!!

Right Now  

We just had a lovely visit with a friend who just got back from Scotland.  We picked her brain about  what to take,  to wear,   how to pack, and negotiate  the airports.  It was a grand  little chat!

Thinking and Pondering

I have  come to realize that   so much of the time we are trapped in a body   thinking we cannot do  many things that we actually can.  I mean  have been doing therapy for 5 months and  graduated today,  but  I had  walked  in such a stunted manner  for so long   I grew to believe that was the way I walked.   Overcoming my thoughts  was  the key to  making the gains I have made. I was horrified  of  stair cases.  We have a stair case 

, but    unfortunately the railing does not  extend the length of the case, so at  the halfway point I have to  stop and relinquish the railing and  lean into the wall to steady myself on the next step  then on the next step I could reach up to the spindles along the hall above and   continue up,   grabbing the next spindle as I  ascend.  Now I can almost scoot right up  the stairs  without  so much as a snicker.  although I do like to  have my hand on something for steadiness.  But to contemplate all the stairs I  would encounter on my  trip  I  was  most apprehensive! So I have been taking stairs  when I come across them.  Even the very utilitarian  stairs  at the  back entrance to the  Orthopedic center that lead down to the parking garage. I  scooted right up and down them  this week  without  hesitation. It  has been my mind  that entrapped me into thinking I cannot do it.  even on the days  when I felt  , oh, man, I dread  going to therapy.  I feel like I cannot make it! It was always my mind that  was  thwarting me and  in truth  when I realized  that I must overcome my thinking that was when I really began to  really improve and grow in strength! I think back on my life and   remember listening to my mind and how it kept from doing many things  that I know now I would have really enjoyed!.

How I Am Feeling This Morning  

I was feeling  great this morning. One thing that  my mind was telling me oh,  you can't stand for long periods of time. What are you going to do   when you get to those long lines at the airport.  SO I have been standing around her at home  learning to just shift my weight and do other things   and  I'm doing good standing  in place.It feels great to be an overcomer!

On The Breakfast Plate

I had  coffee and yogurt, then ahard boiled egg and a toasted small crescent.

On My Reading Pile

I am reading in Leviticus, not my favorite book of the Bible,    but am persevering through it...  all the  sin and guilt offerings to be made to the Lord during the time of the Tabernacle.   It  does become  a bit repetitious, but I suppose we do need to understand the importance of repentance and  the fact that blood sacrifices were necessary to wash about our sin..  Sin is a serious business with a holy God!  Praise the Lord for Jesus  and His merciful act on the cross   to  save us from our sins!

On My TV 

 I  enjoy vlogs on YouTube,  Fox News, Sky News from Australia,  I really  like The Kitchen,   and Fixer to Fabulous.  Nothing on the  main channels  interests me at all, except Hallmark.  I really enjoyed the  Signed, Sealed and Delivered   movies over the weekend.  I loved that series!

 

A Youtube I really like:

I recently discovered Mike  Downie,  the train guy, and I love him!  He is so engaging I have  seen him travel Scotland,  England  and other countries  but his Canadian ventures really make we want to  buy a ticket!!

On The Menu NO plans yet

Monday:  left over Chinese stir fry

Tuesday: sub sandwich and salad

Wednesday: Hamburger chips and slaw

Thursday : Chicken salad crackers and slaw

Friday : out with friends

 Around the House   

From The Camera

NO photos this week

On My To Do List

• Marketing
• Walking the track 
• allergy shot
• Lynn to Doctor
• Therapy assessment.. yippee..I graduated
• I have eye exam 
• Dinner out with friends

On My Prayer List

Our family, friends and church members who are struggling

 The mission of the churches to reach the unsaved

Pastors to  preach according to the needs and troubles of our times  to prepare the people

Our government leaders to  serve the people and not their political views

I.e. meet across the table to regulate ridiculous gun laws.  We should outlaw AR 15s.  I mean those shells in those guns blow up the target.  No need for that outside of war. 

Our schools to teach the essential subject matter and leave the woke and sex ed to  the family

Actually pray to eliminate woke  and  the violence that is rampant in our communities.ie. Threatening  protests and destruction of property.

The government will curb spending and work to  push back  a recession

The government to help  the farm communities that the food chain will not be  hampered

Pray for Taiwan and any other independent nation being provoked to war. 

Pray for the safety of the US  Pray for the freedoms  we have under the Constitution that they will not be tampered with  (Roe vs. Wade overturned in our state at least) 

Pray for the sick and the lost

Pray for safety at the border  and   the nation as    thousands  enter the country unlawfully

Pray against lawlessness in our cities and  that local governments will serve their communities rightly and justly