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   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...

  Please join Sandra at Diary of a Stay-at-Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday! The Weather:::    Still going up and down, but now it's between lower 50s and upper 60s.  As I look outside my window::: Still ugly and bare - but the huge pile of snow across the street has finally melted.  Right now I am::: Avoiding doing the two emails at work that I have left.  They are way too involved for how I am feeling right now.  Thinking and pondering::: Feeling pretty down. My oldest is moving out in two days.  My youngest is officially moving to New Hampshire the third weekend of June.  That leaves my son and fiancé - and they don't get along.  I'm giving Jake until the end of July to find a place.  That will give Jeff and I a couple of months to move up north.  On my bedside table::: Same as always - books, journals, laptop, etc.  On my tv this week::: The Chosen YouTube Days of Our Lives  Listening to::: A YouTube video, bir...