Yesterday was so relaxing! Jacob made breakfast and then we all played Uno (Michael was on my "team"). We took a break after playing for about an hour while Michael and I played Alphabet Bingo. After lunch (courtesy of Chef Jacob), Michael went down for his nap, Jacob went upstairs to study, Krista worked on chemistry and I got to read a few more chapters of Back to Life by Kristin Billerbeck. I had to force myself to stop reading so I could get dinner ready! If only my family would be content to drink smoothies for dinner...
I mashed the sweet potatoes for my sweet potato/craisin & apple biscuits, mashed the potatoes for my creamy mash potatoes (with lots of butter, salt & pepper, of course!), defrosted the corn while Jacob made his special salad. Dinner was so easy thanks to our Rotisserie Chicken!!!
Later in the evening after I put Michael down for the night, I was able to finish reading Back to Life (finally!). I had every intention of hitting Toys R Us at midnight, Kohl's at 3am, Target at 4am, etc. But when I contemplated the inconvenience of finding parking (it's a proven fact people are crazier when it comes to fighting for parking space on black friday!), crowded shopping conditions and waiting in long lines for the check-out, I decided to go online to scope out the goods.
I was on til 2:40am and decided that I didn't really need anything after all...except for sleep. Why is it that all the "great" deals are things that aren't on my list?!?
This morning, it was nice to sleep in! I did some organizing and started reading Stripped: Uncensored Grace on the Streets of Vegas by Jud Whilhite with Bill Taaffe. I've been meaning to read this book and once I started I didn't want to put it down! But we decided to go to Monterey Park for some authentic Chinese cooking and later to Little Tokoyo in search of a specific shirt Krista's been looking for.
I finished reading it this afternoon during Michael's nap time. I applaud what Central Christian Church is doing. What an amazing ministry they have in Vegas! God is definitely at work in Vegas which is often referred to as "Sin City." They are living out Colossians 3:16 which goes like this:
"Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts (from the Amplified Bible)."
I'm eternally grateful for God's grace.
