lightbulbs and monkeys and cake and sparkles

• clear leading/confirmation on the school decision for Emma
• window of time to peacefully get errands run for the wells and for cityscape - made going into the week a whole lot easier
• so many beautiful daffodils

• found the right lightbulbs!
• looking for sparkles with Lauren (and her patience that every sparkle seemed to have a dull side)
• this girl and her monkey (and the work the Lord has been doing in her life these past few months!)

• lunch with Beth...so thankful that she's close enough to meet for lunch every few months
• breathe event where ladies were prayed for and ministered to
• just right brownie with strawberries and whipped cream and caramel sauce

• extra long date night
• so.much.time.outside.
• suzanne jones and her willingness to coordinate a fundraising self defense class for Eli/Impact (March 4 {best date of the year} from 4-6 if anyone wants to come!)

• EG's awesome gift idea for Eli!!! (he doesn't read my blog...at least not that I know of...so I don't think I'm spoiling anything)
• table full of teenagers worshipping and praying and eating quesadillas
• time with my lovely sister! (definitely not a lot of time...but the time we had was super wonderful!!!)

• so much laughter at CityScape Staff meeting
• the cake got ordered.  no small feat. 
• peaceful trip for my friend and her mom

some of this week's gifts

• running into mr. smith at starbuck's...and his kindness to buy zoe a cake pop
• lauren's encouraging cheerleading of these thankful lists 
• lots of incredible porch time this week (and a neighbor's dog that sweetly joined us for a while)

• pizza picnic with dan and joanna hart
• best lemon pepper wings at home yet
• my friend beth's lovely artistic ability and the wonderful quotes she shares

• all the errands worked out just right
• christmas in february - lovely gifts from mama melinda
• just how perfect the gifts suit zoe

• time with meegan...so very enjoyable.
• sparkle wand kit from the library
• good stuff: 

• such an encouraging text from christal
• so many wonderful worship songs
• "acknowledging the ordinariness of today...i choose to seek Your face." - lectio 365

finding the sustaining loveliness of God's presence each day...

• having a good book to read (just makes life better)
• emma's french fry cutting 
• getting stuff taken care of saturday morning
• good stuff from eugene peterson: 

• He leads me on for His name's sake (not mine)
• "relentless, restlessness within my soul calling me onwards, upwards and inwards to Yourself." - lectio 365
• mr. byrd is all done...and he did a good job!
• zoe's enjoyment of the dot-to-dots

• SWEET MAMA's!!! sonny's delights, cheese danish and a cinnamon roll all straight from the island of st. simon.  (yay for nick being in brunswick on saturday morning and being able to catch the mama of sweet before she closed)
• easy fix to the wells' internet 
• lots of porch time...this weather is so nice
• beautiful sisters enjoying the sunshine

• everybody made it back home safely from all the places (nick at drill in savannah, caroline at YL sharptop cove, eli in atlanta go-carting)
• everything worked out just fine picking up emma from dance
• nick's all-around-awesomeness...especially his kind response to the frustrating text that came just as date night was supposed to start.  he's wonderful. 
• good stuff:

• tuesday morning full of moms and kids and yummy treats
• peace and contentment.  truly gifts. 
• the woman in the gospels who "gave extravagantly what she couldn't afford...she gave her all" 
• sweet little girl wearing a kindergarten graduation dress from 1987

•  getting to see caroline play soccer! 
• "doxology is the only appropriate response." - celebration of discipline 
• lots of moments to practice doxology! 
• "couldn't have asked for a better report" from my dad's appointment

the Lord has done glorious things (here are a few of them)

• success with the printer 
• "have a single eye to the very best things, and a pure heart..." - john wesley
• lovely front door event (and how very easy jason's deli makes lunch)
• really delightful monday (and rest of the week, too)

• "thanks, brother." "my pleasure, sister." 
• 90's trivia and breakfast for dinner with the CS leadership team
• zoe and reagan played so sweetly together!
• my name and my life are hidden in Jesus
• the first daffodil of the year!

• the daffodil poem that reminds me of my mom

• celebrating suzanne...and the beautiful sunset over the golf course
• my 1st marie kondo episode (and the subsequent quick closet purge that followed)
• just the right prayers from Every Moment Holy V. II ("let my insufficiencies be met by the multiplying power of your grace.")
• hunter cancelled but then CJ booked
• every.single.time i get to talk to my dad or to lane