on time this time

• sweet, peaceful, easy, restful weekend
• thursday night snacks + card playing
• kind notes and cards on mother's day
• emery kate is here!

• "i am indifferent to anything but God's will - nothing more, nothing less, nothing else." - ignatius
• sweet ways of celebrating mamas at cityscape
• dove chocolates and a lemon.  such a great treat tuesday. 
• nights when zoe (and jake and/or fatty) fall asleep easily

• 24 years of marriage!
• cinnamon roll + coffee + the perfect wedding bracelet + friendship on the CS playground
• "ask for help when you need it, give help when you can. i think that is how we serve God - and each other and ourselves." - character in "the nightingale"
• leftover easter candy put to good use

• having eli, logan and caroline around
• laps around the parking lot
• tim keller's sermon on not forfeiting God's grace (jonah)
• just right sprinkle doughnut on a morning when she was missing her sister

•  all the construction trash is gone from the carport (still not done...but closer than ever before)
• adults who communicate in healthy ways
• one last night (shift) for the great molly white
• we really do have great cats.

have no fear...the thankful list is here.

• the excellence, thoroughness, kindness and above-and-beyond-ness of danny the plumber
• laundry room clean out and reorganization
• yaya and her team at jordan - in town mission trip!

• window seat at outback
• fresh things...
• these 2!! 5 (+1 day) weeks until their wedding!

• dirty dishes in the dishwasher!! (the dishwasher is connected!)
• hank doesn't hate us! :) 
• jupiter's help with school work

• all things senior sunday went well
• lane's gonna be a grandpa!
• a tiny jesus to carry around in my pocket (and the sweetest interaction)

• leftovers in the cityscape fridge
• jenine's iced coffee
• new to us rug and couch...and all the cashes are home!!!!!

• jaxon and joseph's intentional accountability/good practices
• more and more things getting put back where they belong (or taken to goodwill where they belong)
• incredible beauty within walking distance

 

God's given me such wonderful people....such wonderful gifts

• nick is home!
• amanda's help with hair 
• her dress matched the car (and they had a great time at prom!)

• fun & fabulous date night...appetizer AND dessert!!! 
• keys were found (airtag here we come)
• super skyjo

• fun times on the ride home from trey's baseball game
• giftcards! 
• zinnias are planted!

• diva kindness
• caroline's crutching skillz (and watching zoe jump in to serving her sister)
• trucks coming and going...stuff coming and going....

• troubleshooting the eero (?!) worked!
• faithful friends
• cottage guest who brought a box of goodies from her bakery!!! (check out Magnolia Sweets in Blakely, GA!)

• great mixed media class
• caroline is home! another semester successfully completed.
• emma's help in the nursery sunday morning

• cabinets are in and painted
• electrical stuff is all taken care of
• pantry shelves are in
• we've got our stuff back!

flowers and floors and friends (among other things)

•  sunday afternoon time on the picnic blanket...notes, book, rest
• charades and games with jacob & emma
• the beautiful flowers i forget about

• it all worked out with the bacon (oh the teamwork making the dreamwork)
• quiet after all the noise
• the goslings i didn't know about

• cottage bookings 
• those concession stand cheeseburgers. 
• sweet friends and the ending of a sweet soccer season

• "hearing from God" discussion at citygroup
• Palm of Your Hand song
  
• the difference a scone can make 

• canvases from cvs are done
• reminder to magnify the positive and minimize the negative 
• room full of lovely ladies at midtown coffee.  loving having breathe there. 

• fun finds for zoe (and grace) at cvs
• all the play-doh is in one place
• these 2 and their willingness to make cake cups for a certain upcoming wedding (and do trial runs!!)

• hannah's eagerness to share and bless
• boar's head meat + cheese + pickles
• we have floors again!!

• publix popcorn
• JMo's card + SBucks giftcard
• BEAUTIFUL flowers from nick. 

• guys showed up to keep working on the house
• coolness of the mornings
• throwing stuff away. 

some of the gifts.

• nick passed his AFT with flying colors 
• hearing pine cove people on the daily devo 
• these 2 and their delight in opening wedding gifts that have come the past couple of months (the oven mitts were a BIG HIT)

• sickness doesn't last 
• watching the movie wonder (it's officially in the top 5)
• these 2 mowing the grass

• celebrating jacob's senior night at soccer
• car wash!
• the way she makes me laugh

• getting to facetime with caroline
• jenn v's texts and check ins
• cabinets are back in place-ish and the floor has been "leveled" (just need it to completely dry out before the actual flooring can be put down)

• consolation & desolation at MIC (grown up version of high/low)
• klaus kindness - a dehumidifier AND baked ziti.  what a combo. 
• the flooring is in the pantry for whenever the leveler stuff dries out

• the way AB checked on Jo to make sure he was ok before attending to her own busted lip/mouth
• sarah r.'s label making skillz
• zoe took herself and a picnic blanket and bread for the turtles (which ended up going to the geese) down to the pond for a bit (while dressed all in white like her polar bear)

• made it through our "stay away from the house" monday
• He has GOOD plans (+ doxology)
  
• just right dinner with a just right friend. 

• the excellence of ann maura  - she's easy to listen to and such a great teacher
• pizza sub and authentic conversation
• a room full of folks learning more about TBRI...becoming better parents/caregivers/people.

•  prayers on mountain brook
• "i got it at ross" song (makes me very happy that my dress for eli's wedding came from ross!)
• little coffee + giftcards for monday + treats for a friend...all from midtown coffee

oh the gifts!

• clement arts let us borrow their chalkboard sign
• good friday services at cityscape
• emma's help with the easter sign

• your pie with wonderful people
• getting to talk about theo of golden
• zoe's nature drawing book

• texas roadhouse rolls (and family dinner!)
• celebrating wil 
• drumline live with nick!!

• shea & lacey and their new dog!
• easter meal & egg hunt at mama suzanne's
• 2 sweet sisters sleeping 

• easter morning walk/run (even w/o the sunrise)
• all the laughter at staff meeting
• post-easter egg hunt egg emptying

• dress shopping at ft. benning
• giovanni and his team getting stuff done! (the ceiling, the walls, the trim, some of the cabinets)
• my car is in the carport for the first time in months!

• time with yaya (bk treat!)
• the heart and mission and beauty of rivendell 
• jess ray on a thursday night in columbus! 

• the best weather
• empanadas and cake pops - for enjoying and for sharing! 
• easter sunday! 

• getting to go to athens for the day
• trader joe's treats
• the perfect twirl (and the daddy who captured it)

• so many good podcasts
• laughing about the "grasshopper" video
• rearranging zoe's room

 

our God is ridiculously generous.

• the electrician(s) came (and the one guy that got shocked is just fine)
• the efficiency of the trash guys on the beach - they have a system and it is working. 
• reminders of God's faithfulness on the way back into c-town

• tanner olson's "ready to live" (love it when someone puts my feelings into words perfectly)
• dry wall (sheet rock?) supplies delivered (not sure any delivery has brought tears like that one did!)
• time at the beach with these 3...and all the others!

• amy & wil's connection to sandy & paul (and getting to stay at their place)
• molly's cottage care and lauren's kitty care 
• the views...so many gorgeous views. 

• swimming in "our" pool
• the delight on zoe's face when nick let her pick something at the store (good reminder that an immediate "yes" can be a good thing!)
• caroline's food truck :) (not really....just a cute slogan that reminds me of her!)

• toasted raisin bread and coffee with the most beautiful view (x3)
• getting to read so much
• girl in a mermaid swimsuit eating lunch in a hot tub with a view

• rb&g podcast...talking about raising capable kids...and how nervous is normal (nerves are courage knocking at the door!)
• kind people who pay attention to my kiddos
• this book:

• pizza on the balcony
• coffee on the beach
• stunning sunset

• dinner with yaya
• the guy on the stilts getting it done at our house! 
• hannah's impromptu BK picnic surprise