Seven on Saturday

1. A little happy: a sweet friend sent me this tea pot and matching cups "just because." I'm not a tea drinker but bought some lemon zinger yesterday and plan to sit on my porch and sip away tomorrow!


2. A cutie: photo of Matt I took from the car while he was running last week. He's being very faithful with his training plan for the marathon in Philadelphia in November. Run, George, run!

3. The end of an era: Looks like we'll be packing up all our American Girl Dolls and clothes soon. I bought Mary an American Girl planner at the local book store yesterday and she said on the way home, "You know, I really like this planner, but I don't really like the dolls anymore."

I said, "What? You don't like your dolls anymore?"

"Well, I just don't like to play with them as much anymore. I'm getting older, you know."

Gasp. Between Mary and E, we've had AG paraphernalia scattered around the house for the last ten years. A sad day, but it had to come. Hopefully, we'll have a few little grand-girls that will give those dolls some more loving one day. :-)


4. A new hairdo: Cut my hair OFF last week and I'm sooo glad! I have another appointment in five weeks and have already decided to go a bit shorter next time.

5. A new recipe: I made this cake for a friend's birthday yesterday except I added some Cinnamon and used a bag of frozen peaches instead of fresh. (I know, but I was in a hurry.) It turned out rather horrendous looking, but was oh-so-yummy!

6. Bookish things:

New books acquired this week:
Picking Cotton (Farming of Books selection for October)
Madonnas of Leningrad (recommended by a sweet lady at CCC Book Talk last week).

Reading now:
Count of Monte Cristo (FoB selection for September)
Reading is Believing (my TBR list)
Friendship (for study I'm doing and found online here.)

7. Things I am grateful for: The Word of God in my hands every day, a husband seeking after God's heart, watching my son grow into a wonderful young man, seeing joy in my teenage daughter's face, hearing laughter in my baby's voice, being part of a church body full of mercy and grace, and having friends (new and old) scattered about that I love dearly, and a job I like with people I love.