7 quick takes 2014 ~ vol. 3

ByMary Lenaburg

Time for a little link-up with Jen @ Conversion Diary.

#1
We declared a jammie day today with Miss Courtney. She is smiling, laughing and feeling so much better. Yay for that!

#2
Trying to find an Easter outfit for a young woman in a wheelchair has proven to be a bit challenging this year. SO many cute things out there but the skirt/dress length is very tricky for us. Add in trying to be a good financial steward and not spend a lot and having to find it online, well this Mama’s fashionista tendencies are in overdrive. I found this dress at JCPenney on a really great sale and it should arrive this afternoon. We shall see if it works (crossing fingers)

#3
After undergoing a six week weight loss challenge (thanks Michele for the inspiration) I am down another five pounds and feeling again. My sweet friend Sharon signed us up for the Color Run 5K in DC in September as a birthday present. Only true friends skip the cake and go to the healthy fun run. LOL! To prepare Andrea has taken me on and I begin the program next week. Grace, I am going to need your best playlist to keep me from giving up. I admit to feeling very scared and totally unprepared but it’s time this Mama put herself on the list. So here’s to new challenges, lots of laughter and health for ALL! God help me now


#4


Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies…so worth the effort. I used this recipe. 

#5


I am looking for some great fiction to read when sleep leaves me. Whatcha got my friends? I love mysteries, thrillers. rom-com, sweet stories, you name it. Leave me a title in the comments. I would be so grateful. 


#6


I finally got to plant some green things this week. I pray we actually get to fed ourselves and not the local wildlife this year. Any thoughts on keeping bunnies and dear away without caging? Let me know. 


#7
I will be making a Holy Hour everyday next week as we prepare for Easter. If you have any prayer requests feel free to email me (mary_romance@cox.net) or leave it in the comments. It is an honor to pray for you my friends. 


Blessings, 

Head on over to Conversion Diary for more fun! 

7 Comments

  1. Hello my friend.
    Go get some tall, green, spring onions and plant them all around your lettuce. Perhaps some nice, prickly rosemary too. Should work to keep out the bunnies, but perhaps not the deer. Other than little wire half-hoops and netting draped over, I haven't found a solution for deer proofing tender greens 🙁 Still working on it myself since the deer found our garden last August and ate all of my chard in one night.
    Time and Again by Jack Finney (author's name is why it got my attention on the shelf – ha!). It was a hit in the 70s. Not sure it's totally up your genre alley, but it's the best book I've read in a long, long time. Also, Boys In the Boat. Again, probably not your genre, but a really interesting read. Actually, maybe Jerry would like that one instead 🙂 Happy reading.

  3. Anything by Katie Fforde or Jill Mansell. I just discovered Jill Mansell after reading the newest Katie Fforde and it fills that need for the British comedy of manners/love story.

    P.G. Wodehouse is a good read, too. I recommend the Jeeves and Wooster short stories.

  4. Good for you on your upcoming run, Mary! Bet you will have a blast! Before a couple of injuries sidelined my running days, gosh running was the best stress reliever ever! I started out with the Couch to 5k app (think it's called something different now) and I had never done anything athletic before but that sure got me hooked. I miss it! Your cookies look so yummy! As far as books- love so much the 44 Scotland Street series- Alexander McCall Smith. Have a blessed Holy Week, Mary. Thank you for all of your words of encouragement, your videos, and taking the time to share your faith journey with all of us! God bless.

  6. Color runs are awesome when you have good people to run with you who will be silly. My dad is the one with the green thumb but cuts of human hair help keep some of the animals away

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