Spring Break & Palm Sunday

SPRING BREAK, IS THAT YOU!!!???

Looks like it! My last week at work before spring break was pretty exhausting and busy, so it's going to take me a few days to fully recover. Between paper work, getting ready for the soccer team, dramatic issues, and an IEP meeting on Friday, I was very ready to spend some quality time with my husband, packing my home, and with friends.

So far, the break has been great. The husband and I were able to have a "date night" on Saturday evening, plus we were able to spend all of Sunday together as well. The best part was that it wasn't my husband's Sunday to work. Every other Sunday, he has to work while I go teach Sunday school and attend church. This is a huge bummer for us. We met at church. We got to know each other at church. And God is our foundation. So it is hard to go and sit at church without Him, so I must continue to pray and ask that this is only going to be for but a season. And until then, I can rely on the Father to grow us spiritually, together and apart.

Sunday was Palm Sunday. For Christians, this is quite a day. Christ rode into Jerusalem. People waved palm branches. Coats and cloaks were lain upon the ground to line the path that our Savior was to ride. He was acknowledged. All to come to a bitter, but key for us, end=the resurrection and death of our Lord.

How often do we think about what is takes for us to be made clean? I cry like a baby when I go to the doctor and have to have blood tests done...in a lab, with sterile instruments, and always someone holding my hand. JESUS DID THIS WITH NOTHING: Nothing but pain, sorrow, brokenness, and utter disconnect from the Father.

When I'm at the doctor, or no matter where I am, I can never know what that is like: I follow the Lord, He will never turn His face from me. But when Christ was on that cross, the Father DID JUST THAT. The things that Christ endured for me I WILL NEVER HAVE TO ENDURE.

Someone will always be holding my hand, pulling me up, carrying me. But Christ gave that up so that the will of the Father could be done.

I pray that as I enjoy my spring break, I also remember the wonderful things that Christ did for me on the tree. The pain endured so that I might live forever as that daughter of a King.

For that, I am thankful. I pray that I will worship the Lord in the way He deserves--as a righteous King.

HE IS A RIGHTEOUS KING!

Spring is in the air

Spring break is so close I can taste it. :) Or maybe I am just really excited for it! :)

Two weeks to go...and this week I even have early dismissal days, which is kind of like a little breather for me. Work has been pretty intense for the past month--so much going on, heavy-duty cooking projects, hard work at the VA, starting the work for Special Olympics soccer...whew!

On top of that, the hubby and I have been shopping hard to get good deals for the new house. Bargains are my favorite. I love getting a good deal, using coupons, and comparing prices. It is like a sport. Seriously. We got an amazing deal on a huge 10-12 seater table on Saturday, and today we got a half-off deal on a new comforter from Urban Outfitters. To top all that off, we got an entire table setting for 10 for just over 100 dollars. That included a dinner plate, a salad plate, and a bowl for ten people! World Market really pulled us in and the deal was too amazing to pass up. When we have folks over we tend to run out of plates quickly, especially if there is dessert involved, so finding that deal was a huge blessing.

God really blessed us with these deals and we are so grateful. Our current comforter on the bed is semi-melted in areas and the seams are all messed up. READ: DO NOT BUY BEDDING FROM IKEA! YOU WILL REGRET IT AFTER ONLY ONE WASH!! We are also saving to put a new roof in the house, so we are certainly still working with a budget. It is great to see that you don't have to EVER pay full price for things around here! I love living in a bigger city that appreciates the reduce-reuse-recycle deal for everything, not just trash.

Can I get an AMEN?? :)

We are already planning events at the house. We want to get some of those really cute lantern lights for the garden so we can grill it up in our new garden! :) What great fun that will be!

In other news, we have been given boxes to pack up all of our things again. I have moved at least 10+ times since going off to college...what a great relief it will be to move into this home and realize that I WON'T BE MOVING in one year, which has been my usual. Technically, it seems like we moved every 10 months....so I will tell you that a good bit of our stuff is still packed up in our guest bedroom's closet from the last move. That takes a load off!

My goal: to pack each day after work for a couple of hours until it is all done. Another goal: to not pack boxes so heavy that they cannot be lifted. :)