Happy Homemaker Monday

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From: Diary of a Stay at Home Mom

(first time doing this.. just thought I would join in.)
My friend Mary over at The Englar Fam does this

 The weather in my neck of the woods:

Things that make me happy: 

My hubby coming back to Christ.
My daughter's laugh

a break in the weather!  So tired of the 100's

My friends and family!

Book(s) I'm reading:

The Power of a Praying Wife

my Mom's Devotional Bible

What I'm enjoying on TV:

How sad that I can't think of anything.

Watching way too many kid shows right now!!!

On the menu for dinner:

Grilled chicken, mac n cheese, mixed fruit and a salad.  Thankful that Mad likes salads!!

New Recipe I tried or want to try soon:

A cheese dip my friend made last week.  So easy and was good.  Instead of the Velveeta and Rotel she did cream cheese and rotel.  It was yummy!

On my To Do List: 

Clean the guest bathroom, mop the floor, dust, clean up my crafting area and Mad's crafting area..

In the Craft Basket:

Bible cover

Looking forward to this week:

Getting together with some friends for Friday Game Night.

(I just joined them last week.  It was a blast!)

Tips and Tricks:

Give your kids a bag of beads and a string, they will be quiet for at least 30 min!!  On second thought, not sure if the quiet is worth the beads all over!

My favorite blog post this week (Mine or other):

Hmmm... there are just way too many good ones out there 

No words needed (favorite photo or picture, yours or others you want to share):

 My husband and an old friend remembering some great times they had with another friend that recently passed away. (Randy always wore a do-rag so they wore one that night)

Long story about the tight rolls!!

Lesson learned the past few days:

Just keep praying and..

no matter how hard it is you have to discuss stuff.  It might come to a blow out but at least you can get it settled and worked out.

On My Prayer List:

My pastor 

My mom is still healing from a total knee replacement,

my aunt having shoulder surgery today,

many others,

our family, 

and a BIG PRAISE for Jesus bringing my husband up front 

at church yesterday!!  Thank you Jesus!  You are awesome and have an awesome Father!!

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:

^"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"  2 Corinthians 5:17

This one's for you

Pin It Finally put Randy to rest Saturday.  It was a nice service besides the obvious reason.  It was still a very hard day.  It's always so sad that the death of someone is what brings people that have lost touch back together.  I guess it is actually a good thing if you think about it. 
Had a great time Saturday night with some 'old' friends!  Great time, catching up, remembering and sharing our stories of Randy.  Man did the boys have a bunch to tell, starting back when they were 14 years old. lol  The trouble those boys used to get into.  I can remember Randy and Shane telling me the same stories many times but hearing them Saturday as Mike and Shane told them, or acted them out, it was hilarious.  It was great times!!  It was like we were all back together just waiting on Randy to show up.  (he was ALWAYS late!)

Sure gonna miss that guy but we do have a lifetime of memories to share and keep alive! 

Shane & Mike
(wearing their do rags in memory of Randy)

The gang telling some great stories..

The acting out I was talking about.. (there were more but I will spare you all oh and yes those are tight rolls, can't even remember how that got started!)