Happy Sabbath,
I had a great day and good week. Thanksgiving was nice and I was able to spend a few hours with my family. Don't purchase lamb breast. It's a total scam. I made lamb breast last year and my family loved it but did tell me there was still alot of fat. This year I purchased two racks of lamb breast and cooked them from 1:20pm till about 8pm at 300 degrees Fahrenheit.. I poured off sooo much fat but was uncertain how much more remained. One I did with traditional Thanksgiving seasonings such as rosemary, thyme, and fresh sage from my garden. The other I omitted sage and rosemary and instead added half a stick of butter, honey, and a blend of Georgian seasonings courtesy of Trader Joe's. Each received a healthy dose of garlic. I had already put the honey one in the oven so I didn't pull it out to hit it with some lemon zest. My mother tried both and said they were each delicious but I was dismayed to see her pull apart slabs of what I soon realized to be fat just to find only two small sandwich bags of meat.
$25-$30 for a handful of meat? Shame on you Walmart. I will do chicken, veal, salmon or quail moving forward I was so disappointed.
My mother prepared three vegan items for me to enjoy and I am thankful that she thinks about me during these events because if it were left up to everyone else, I'd be having a plain salad and cotton balls.
The food was good. The company was good. The week was productive and uneventful. I have taught my son how to cook roti/parantha/buss up shut and now he calls himself a "cookist". Never thought I would hear such a thing. He is doing well and healthy and I am just thankful.
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Keeping one of my clients in prayer. She has a terrible seizure disorder and her mother is really having a hard time helping her through it all. She is non verbal and needs arm in arm support to get around safely. Then there's my church sis who is in a similar boat only she is busy and accomplished but her seizures knock her off her game at the worst times. If you have a prayer list and would consider adding them I thank you so much. More prayer, more power. May you be blessed and have a wonder Sabbath and week.
Saturday, November 26, 2022
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Back Home
Happy Sabbath
I was able to return to work this week without too many issues. I stocked up on things I needed and goodies from Walmart and the Asian supermarket. I am thankful that a manager told me about another way I could take time off because I ended up having to call out of work due to my son having severe stomach pain. I think he just ate too much bread at one time and was constipated. I took off work from my full time Friday because of state wide issues accessing the site we rely on. I couldn't reach anyone that early in the morning to offer a bypass so instead of dragging out my day further than I would want, I took pto. I was able to go to church and work with the children. I also did well for the service except when a photographer came up and I got nervous and blanked out. I had thought he was going to join in on the song using the organ behind me. Then he came up next to me and I thought he had a question before realizing he was a photographer. I couldn't help but laugh when I messed up but had to finish the song.
I would have stayed longer after service but my son didn't want to have to put up with the bullying attitude of another child there and as much as we work with her, I understood it was too much for him today. I also had to see about other things so we left after I played a few songs on the piano at end of service.
It's been a good week. I cleaned up my plant gallery, hung up some nice frames I got from a thrift store and I am planning on painting a portrait of my son to go in the larger frame that replaced the 3rd art I had up there before. I think I will start that project tomorrow.
I am home and thankful for my family, career, job, and even the peacocks that continue to grace me with their beautiful presence each day. I love my home and the God who made all of this possible.
Happy Sabbath
I was able to return to work this week without too many issues. I stocked up on things I needed and goodies from Walmart and the Asian supermarket. I am thankful that a manager told me about another way I could take time off because I ended up having to call out of work due to my son having severe stomach pain. I think he just ate too much bread at one time and was constipated. I took off work from my full time Friday because of state wide issues accessing the site we rely on. I couldn't reach anyone that early in the morning to offer a bypass so instead of dragging out my day further than I would want, I took pto. I was able to go to church and work with the children. I also did well for the service except when a photographer came up and I got nervous and blanked out. I had thought he was going to join in on the song using the organ behind me. Then he came up next to me and I thought he had a question before realizing he was a photographer. I couldn't help but laugh when I messed up but had to finish the song.
I would have stayed longer after service but my son didn't want to have to put up with the bullying attitude of another child there and as much as we work with her, I understood it was too much for him today. I also had to see about other things so we left after I played a few songs on the piano at end of service.
It's been a good week. I cleaned up my plant gallery, hung up some nice frames I got from a thrift store and I am planning on painting a portrait of my son to go in the larger frame that replaced the 3rd art I had up there before. I think I will start that project tomorrow.
I am home and thankful for my family, career, job, and even the peacocks that continue to grace me with their beautiful presence each day. I love my home and the God who made all of this possible.
Happy Sabbath
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Trip Continued
Happy Sabbath
I am at our vacation home and have been here since early Wednesday morning. We will be leaving early in the morning tomorrow (God willing). We were supposed to leave Friday for here but they were unable to start the truck so the plan was abandoned. Immediately afterwards, my son and I stayed home for Sabbath because he was not feeling well. He struggled throughout the entire day and when I was going to get up and go to bed he asked to go to the hospital. We went to the hospital and without doing any actual tests they diagnosed him with RSV and went us back home without any relief. He had a hard time Sunday and really all week. Tuesday we heard of how to fix the truck and they pointed out a reset button. My mother called me in the afternoon when I was about to start a load of laundry and next thing I knew, we were racing to repack and get over to their house to ride the 8-10hr trip to our vacation home.
We made it at 2am. We found a bunch of crickets and a dead sparrow on a trap in the bathroom but we were happy to arrive safely.
It has been very relaxing here. I was able to go on zoom and watch service presented by the children today and that was extra special. They did such a wonderful job. My son and I did Sabbath school trivia yesterday and this morning. I am still trying to figure out how to keep him on track. He just seems determined to be disobedient and have his own way. He is comprehending and remembering lessons but it's the applying those lessons to everyday life is the challenge for me as a parent over him. I am going to check on him in a moment but I wanted to come o. here and share the good news that we made it down here and so far have had a great time.
God is good. May you enjoy the Sabbath day and continue to grow closer in your walk with the Lord.
I am at our vacation home and have been here since early Wednesday morning. We will be leaving early in the morning tomorrow (God willing). We were supposed to leave Friday for here but they were unable to start the truck so the plan was abandoned. Immediately afterwards, my son and I stayed home for Sabbath because he was not feeling well. He struggled throughout the entire day and when I was going to get up and go to bed he asked to go to the hospital. We went to the hospital and without doing any actual tests they diagnosed him with RSV and went us back home without any relief. He had a hard time Sunday and really all week. Tuesday we heard of how to fix the truck and they pointed out a reset button. My mother called me in the afternoon when I was about to start a load of laundry and next thing I knew, we were racing to repack and get over to their house to ride the 8-10hr trip to our vacation home.
We made it at 2am. We found a bunch of crickets and a dead sparrow on a trap in the bathroom but we were happy to arrive safely.
It has been very relaxing here. I was able to go on zoom and watch service presented by the children today and that was extra special. They did such a wonderful job. My son and I did Sabbath school trivia yesterday and this morning. I am still trying to figure out how to keep him on track. He just seems determined to be disobedient and have his own way. He is comprehending and remembering lessons but it's the applying those lessons to everyday life is the challenge for me as a parent over him. I am going to check on him in a moment but I wanted to come o. here and share the good news that we made it down here and so far have had a great time.
God is good. May you enjoy the Sabbath day and continue to grow closer in your walk with the Lord.
Saturday, November 5, 2022
Trip Deferred
Happy Sabbath
My son, parents and I would have been at our vacation home by now but things did not go as we expected. I sat in my suv and waited for my parents to back out of their driveway. I was to then park my vehicle in their spot, get in with them and we would take off for our 8-10 hr journey down the road and a piece. I then saw my mother exit the vehicle and go back into the house which made me think I should go back in quickly to try to use the potty one last time before we left. I entered the house to find her upset searching for a special key and remote.
When they were down there before there were issues with the truck so my dad got a remote and key that was to help override the system to get the vehicle to start. He had been driving the vehicle for weeks with no issue but the moment we expected to go for a vacation that was planned months in advance, the vehicle would not start. My mother prayed and I went to a bag that was an unlikely place but went through the tools and tissues and trash of it to find the key we had been looking for.
We get the key but the vehicle still would not start. We tried charging the battery. I went on YouTube and disabled the auto lock system as my dad thought that might allow him to get to the root of the issue but to no avail. Finally AAA was called out and they claimed it was an alternator issue.
I took my son home before AAA came there 2.5 hrs late and he started coughing. Now this morning into the afternoon he has been coughing and having issues since being home. I'm doing medicines every few hours, baked him a cake, and have him hauled up in his room to rest and get over this sickness he is experiencing. There was no way I was going to take him to church like this, we weren't even supposed to be here.
I don't know why everything happened the way it had but God has His reasons and we have to be still. We had vehicles break down in preparation before and even on the way. They were stranded before in Maryland. I was stranded with them in Virginia. It seems every time they try to go to the vacation home, something happens.
My dad just brought over my son's nebulizer that was packed in their vehicle. He is going through a treatment and I am doing what I can to keep us from having to go to the hospital. If he goes they will just give the same meds he has been on all day. I do think the nebulizer is helping though.
So I am giving this trip into God's hands. My mother is surely upset right now as is my son. We have so much work to do and we are losing time on it but if it is God's will, then we will make it there sometime next week.
For now, I will rest and enjoy the Sabbath at home with my son, which is a billion times better than being stuck on the road.
Happy Sabbath.
My son, parents and I would have been at our vacation home by now but things did not go as we expected. I sat in my suv and waited for my parents to back out of their driveway. I was to then park my vehicle in their spot, get in with them and we would take off for our 8-10 hr journey down the road and a piece. I then saw my mother exit the vehicle and go back into the house which made me think I should go back in quickly to try to use the potty one last time before we left. I entered the house to find her upset searching for a special key and remote.
When they were down there before there were issues with the truck so my dad got a remote and key that was to help override the system to get the vehicle to start. He had been driving the vehicle for weeks with no issue but the moment we expected to go for a vacation that was planned months in advance, the vehicle would not start. My mother prayed and I went to a bag that was an unlikely place but went through the tools and tissues and trash of it to find the key we had been looking for.
We get the key but the vehicle still would not start. We tried charging the battery. I went on YouTube and disabled the auto lock system as my dad thought that might allow him to get to the root of the issue but to no avail. Finally AAA was called out and they claimed it was an alternator issue.
I took my son home before AAA came there 2.5 hrs late and he started coughing. Now this morning into the afternoon he has been coughing and having issues since being home. I'm doing medicines every few hours, baked him a cake, and have him hauled up in his room to rest and get over this sickness he is experiencing. There was no way I was going to take him to church like this, we weren't even supposed to be here.
I don't know why everything happened the way it had but God has His reasons and we have to be still. We had vehicles break down in preparation before and even on the way. They were stranded before in Maryland. I was stranded with them in Virginia. It seems every time they try to go to the vacation home, something happens.
My dad just brought over my son's nebulizer that was packed in their vehicle. He is going through a treatment and I am doing what I can to keep us from having to go to the hospital. If he goes they will just give the same meds he has been on all day. I do think the nebulizer is helping though.
So I am giving this trip into God's hands. My mother is surely upset right now as is my son. We have so much work to do and we are losing time on it but if it is God's will, then we will make it there sometime next week.
For now, I will rest and enjoy the Sabbath at home with my son, which is a billion times better than being stuck on the road.
Happy Sabbath.
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