MONDAY, MONDAY CAN'T STOP THAT DAY!

It's Monday morning, the start of another week, half way through March already! Yesterday at church, our Pastor continued his series "NORMAL", studying the book of ACTS. (Click if you're interested in listening to our Pastor's current series). He contends that the way we conduct ourselves today is not normal but the radical way the early church lived, THAT was normal! It's been a thought provoking study for me since I have debated studying the book of ACTS for some time now. Last week at church, they asked anyone who had lost their job to come forward. In all 3 campuses, 11 services, 90 families were represented, the CARE team prayed over them and the church handed out money to help them out. They are also offering workshops to help people in their quest to look for work, Dave Ramsey's workshops on getting of of debt and so on. That's one of the things I love about my church, they're real and relevant!

On Saturday, I helped a little bit with a Bridal Shower and afterwards my friend Kim and I ran to LIFEWAY Christian Bookstore where we finalized our plans to study "ESTHER" by Beth Moore. We opted for the audio CD's since the Leader's Kit with the DVD's was too expensive for just the 2 of us. We get the same lesson as the DVD but at a fourth of the price. We will start that this week and I am REALLY excited!

Today I have the exterminator out for my quarterly maintainence to keep the critters and creepies out of the house. We have to do this because as they say,
"Everything IS bigger in Texas!"
Unfortunately that applies to bugs as well! All I have to do is empty the cabinets under the sinks in the kitchen and bathrooms. That won't take long and then later this afternoon, I can do some rearranging and organizing of stuff! I am going to pack up my sweaters and winter clothes today and pull out my summer clothes. It seems like I didn't get as much of an opportunity to wear some of my sweaters this year so I will probably sort through them and make a donation.

My other project for this week is to clean through the kitchen cabinets and pantry. Is it just me or do those plastic cups breed and multiply inside dark cabinets? I have so many of those things that it's not even funny! I'm going to toss and donate stuff that we're not using. I loathe clutter and I figure I can't gripe about Dave's junk if the rest of the stuff isn't organized!

Charles is on Spring Break and spent last night at a friend's house. Tomorrow or Wednesday, he'll start painting the shed and doing some yard work (pruning my rose bushes and raking up pine needles). We had a lot of rain last week so things are beginning to dry out a bit, just in time for him to start his chores! I love how that worked out!