I usually have my groceries bought and menu planned by Sunday evening. I don’t even know what I have in the kitchen to begin with :o). We got home tonight and had sandwiches… Matt says I make the very best sandwiches so it wasn’t a bad thing. I tried a few new things last week and have requests for some regular meals so I think this week is going to be some old standbys… and I’ll shop in the morning. Bailey and Emelia start Art Camp tomorrow. Bailey is taking a film class and Emelia a jewelry making class. Me, Amanda & Iz will be home. Should be a quiet week (during the days anyway, it’s just a day camp).

Monday
Meatloaf
new potatoes
green beans
rolls

Tuesday
tortilla soup

Wednesday
beans & ham
cornbread
corn on the cob

Thursday
bean burritos (with leftover beans)
rice
salad

Friday
chicken spaghetti with ww pasta
broccoli
garlic bread

(btw ~ in case you don’t know… Laura(org. junkie) is hostess of MPM!)

OH~I almost forgot! Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for time travel tuesday! We’re headed to summer camp this week (I think Karen suggested this one).

1. Do you eat breakfast every day and if so, what do you usually have?
Pretty much every day… unless we have an early appointment and I don’t have time. I usually have cheerios w/milk & sugar. (and a coke)… (or coffee)… and on a good/bad day some cinnamon toast made on chewy french bread. yum. None of that this week though!

2. What 5 places do you like to visit in the United States?
mississippi - to see my buddies
niagara falls - after the pictures amanda brought home I can’t wait to see it firsthand.
NYC, NY - I would love to live there even!
florida - to see another friend
michigan - yet another friend

3. What place/s overseas would you like to travel to?
south africa!
greece!
new zealand!

4. Do you have a Bible verse that’s meaningful to you and why?
yes!!! so many.
One is John 14:12-14. I was very distraught at a point in time when Izzy was first in the hospital… we were given a prognosis that I didn’t know how to handle at that time… I found myself in the chapel of the hospital, opened the bible and my eyes fell directly to this verse… it gave me new hope and planted the seed of faith that has grown and grown…

5. Who are a few of your favorite singers or songs?
I have a few on my sidebar on the playlist… I love eva cassidy. The song ’songbird’ is so beautiful. I also love beth nielson chapman… I love nicole nordeman too! There are too many to name.

Great questions Gail! I enjoyed them. Thank you.

Now my five

1. What brings tears to your eyes, just about everytime?
2. What does your favorite outfit look like, the one that you feel great in?
3. What color are you looking at a lot these days?
4. Do you let your kids/hubbie drink after you, would you ever share a toothbrush with hubbie?
5. You’re having dinner at your best friend’s house, you find a hair in your food… what do you do?

I tag Marcia Karen Julie Melody & judi!

Whew, it sure is good to be home! I’m pooped, and not really in a ‘bloggy’ mood, but I want to share our weekend with my friends so…

We got to Dallas Friday evening. Jane Ann (matt’s sister) and her boyfriend Clay were waiting to go to dinner with us. Matt & Iz stayed back to rest up from the drive and me & Emelia went with them to Snuffers. Wow, can I just say they have the BEST cheddar fries on the planet? So good! We made a quick Target stop on our way back and then came home to get Iz to bed and then… I highlighted, colored, and cut Jane Ann’s hair and put together the breakfast casserole for the morning. Guess what time I laid my head down on the pillow? 1:30 a.m.

Saturday morning we had casserole for bfast, it was yummy… then we started getting ready for the healing school. It was a really good day, the teaching by Thurman Scrivner was great as usual… maybe even better. When he first started teaching, Izzy does this ‘thing’ where she turns left and then laughs. We’re not sure why. Anyway, she did… right after he started teaching/preaching. We were sitting on the back row and his wife was standing behind us organizing cd’s etc. Well, she just kept on and was kinda loud. I don’t know if I got embarrassed or what. (I didn’t really feel embarrassed) but I noticed everyone turned to look at us and thurman said a short prayer and his wife was too. I was bawling… which is VERY uncharacteristic of me. I rarely cry. So, Matt is looking at me like, “what’s wrong?” I pulled it together :o).
Then I left to feed Iz (went back to JA’s house) and came back to find out that many people had come in and tried to sit by Matt because it was filling up but Thurman’s wife (Sheryl) wouldn’t let anyone have my seat. We stayed until it was over… 5:00 pm and then this woman came over and asked if I was from Florida. She said her daughter met someone on the internet that was bringing her child and wondered if I was that person. I quickly said that I wasn’t from Florida. We went over to pray with Eldon (one on the ministry team) and I talked to her and her daughter again. The daughter’s baby is in the hospital in Dallas and her other daughter had seen the healing school on my blog and suggested they go. They came! We finally put it all together and I even remembered the new blogger friend mentioning a sister in Dallas hospital. So, my first IRL blog encounter. So sweet, and I was so glad they were ministered to. We then prayed with Thurman and Sheryl. We came away strengthened in our faith and ready to fight the fight and stand on His word.

We were at the healing school until about 7:30 p.m. As soon as we got back JA, her bf, and Emelia were ready for mexican food! yay!
So we went to dinner. It was a great ending to a super day.

So, we’re home! I didn’t get a chance to do much but read emails yesterday and then today when Matt opened my laptop to read his devos he showed me that it was so easy to use JA’s wireless dsl! ugh. Well, I’ll know next time, although it was so busy I didn’t get to play on the computer anyway.

Thanks guys, all your prayers really surrounded us this weekend and I appreciate it so much. Sorry Kat, no pics! I took a few with my phone at the healing school because Iz was sitting up like a big girl but haven’t sent them over to the computer yet… and I forgot to take the digital camera. ugh :o).

Well, since Jenna already has her menu posted… I guess I’m off to excel to plan out my week’s meals.

Love you guys~