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  Please join Sandra for Happy Homemaker Monday  HERE    I'm sorry that I disappeared for the past several months.  I have had severe depression and stopped doing pretty much everything but working.  I am slowly getting back to the things I enjoy!  The Weather:::      Monday  - 75 and sunny - PERFECT  Tuesday  - 79 and sunny Wednesday  - 68 and sunny Thursday  - 73 and sunny Friday  - 77 and sunny  Saturday  - 83 and sunny Sunday  - 88 and sunny   We deserve this amazing weather after having massive thunderstorms with flooding last week and 6 tornados touch down on Friday night leaving behind a trail of damage and five people dead.   As I look outside my window::: It's dark when I am writing this, but it was a gorgeous day.  Just the tips of the trees are starting to turn.  Right now I am::: Sitting with Jeff while he watches "Highway to Heaven"  Thinking and...

    Please join Sandra at Diary of a Stay-at-Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday! Last week was a lot of working and writing.  I made a goal for Camp Nanowrimo for 20,000 words and I ended up with over 43,000 for the month!  The Weather:::    Mix of rain and sun and clouds and more rain for this week!  So far, the weekend is looking lovely!  As I look outside my window::: We are having a moment of sun!  The lilac tree/bush outside my window is looking really nice!!!  Very soon I'll be smelling the flowers.  Right now I am::: Working, watching a murder show on my Kindle and working.  I'm doing so well in so many areas of my life as a Christian, but I watch so many True Crime shows.  I'm fascinated at how people can be so evil!  Thinking and pondering::: About flowers.  I want to get some flowers!  We are still having a couple more overnight freezes though.  On my bedside table::: Same plus a new pair of ...

   Please join Sandra at Diary of a Stay-at-Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday! I had a really blessed birthday weekend.  My family always does it up for the birthdays!  Jeff cooked us all a delicious spaghetti dinner and made homemade bread for garlic bread.  We decided on the Dolly Parton coconut cake and French vanilla icecream and it was yummy!  The Weather:::    Spring in Detroit!  Upper 50s, lower 60s and RAIN RAIN RAIN As I look outside my window::: It's dreary out BUT it's getting green!  The lilac bush outside my window is starting to flower and a lot of the trees have on their spring green!  Right now I am::: Working, watching Days of Our Lives and typing this up.  Thinking and pondering::: About so much - maybe I will share some of it next week!  On my bedside table::: All the stickers! Pens! Books! Journals!  On my tv this week::: YouTube Days of Our Lives  Finished up all the new Cold Justice episod...

   Please join Sandra at Diary of a Stay-at-Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday! The Weather:::    Well our several days of sunshine and 80s is over and we are back to 40s and 50s this week. And I'm ok with that. It was hot!  As I look outside my window::: Dreary day.  We had a rain/snow mix this morning but none of it stuck.   Right now I am::: Working and already want to crawl back into bed.  Day isn't even half over.  Thinking and pondering::: My Dad is selling his business after owning it over 40 years.  Praying it will sell quickly.  On my bedside table::: All the usuals. I did get a new pair of Bluetooth ear buds.  On my tv this week::: YouTube Days of Our Lives  Grey's Anatomy Listening to::: Grey's Anatomy, birds outside the window On the lunch plate::: Salad with chicken   On the dinner plate::: Vegetable tagine with pasta    On the menu for this week::: Monday  -  Vegetable tagine wi...

Mary is crying.  Jewish people took the first seven days of mourning so seriously that mourners could not wash, work or even study the law. Jewish culture was serious about expressing rather than repressing grief. She hears Jesus call her name: "Mary". She recognizes him at last: "Rabboni!"  Mary addresses him as 'teacher'.  Rabboni is less formal and more personal than using Rabbi.   Have you thought of this before?  That He first shows himself to Mary Magdalene.  Not the disciple whom He loved.  Not His mother.  MARY MAGDALENE.  This moment is what sets her apart from every other person in the entire Bible.   Was it her faith?  Was it their closeness?  Was it prophesied? Whatever the reasoning, Jesus first appeared to Mary M.   Of course, she is amazed and in awe.  He tells her to go and let the disciples know what she has seen.   Normally men were sent as messengers, and male prejudice agai...

 On Good Friday after three hours on the cross, Jesus cried out to His Father and was gone.  All four Gospels state that Joseph of Arimathea retrieved Jesus's body for burial. Joseph was known as a "secret" follower of Jesus.  A wealthy man who may have been a "respected member of the Council". He purchased a linen shroud and then he removed Jesus' body from the cross. Nicodemus (if you recall, he was a Pharisee and he had a nighttime discussion with Jesus previously) accompanied Joseph. He brought 75 pounds of spices to prepare Jesus's body.  This abundance showed Nicodemus' wealth as well as his respect for Jesus. Jewish custom would have his body wrapped in linens mixed in myrrh and aloe.  The cave that Jesus was buried in may have belonged to John of Arimathea, it is not completely clear.  As it was getting close to dusk on the Day of Preparation, they left shortly after.  The morning after the Sabbath, the women, including Mary Magdalene, return...

  Please join Sandra at Diary of a Stay-at-Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday! The Weather:::    It is gorgeous today!  Upper 60s and mostly sunny.  It's about time! We have an amazing few days ahead of us:  M- 68 mostly sunny T - 74 sunny W - 81 sunny TH - 80 sunny F - 79 sunny S - 77 mostly sunny S - 62 rain  And then back to the real world of 40s and more rain!  As I look outside my window::: The daffodils are finally starting to bloom. There are birds and squirrels everywhere. Kids playing at the park across the street and people using the new exercise equipment. Right now I am::: I have the day off so I am relaxing in bed, watching a movie (kinda) with my sweetie with the window open and a wonderful breeze blowing in and kitty at the foot of the bed. Thinking and pondering::: Jennah, my oldest moved out last week and is now living about 40 minutes away.  Emily and Jake are both working most days.  I'm slowly tiptoeing my way into a...