February 2024

Monthly Recap

Mar 1

This was a really interesting month…espite a lot of positive things that happened - some hard things happened as well leaving me with some mixed feelings about the month overall!

The month started with a bang with the Womens Retreat at church. Not only was I on the kitchen committee but I was also leading a class so it was a very busy and draining weekend for me. Despite a table breaking and food flying everywhere, 250+ women in attendance and sweating like I just ran a marathon before my class….it was an incredible weekend!! Right after some news dropped about the keynote speaker however and that weighed heavy on my heart for a while. Praying for her!

I also got some news about something I had been waiting on forever. I had applied for a job wayyyy back in early November and finally found out this month that I didn’t get it. While it stung a bit not to be chose, ultimately I know that this is for the best. God has been pulling me to do other things and this was my final push to finally listen and begin the process. So while it was kind of tough news, it was also the best news.

The rest of the month involved lots of games, lunches and hangout with friends, BSF, lots of crochet in preparation for some babies arriving soon, finally some answers about our pool leak, some landscaping getting finished in the back and an awesome weekend of birthday celebrations!

What happened this month?

Womens Retreat!
Got couch and chair and ottoman
Didn’t get job
Artios started back up
Chosen movie night
Stephanie West birthday party
Sparky in Wacoan
Childcare in BSF LOL
Marv had teeth cleaning/extractions

Lunch with Lynette
New games to play! Lanterns, Doomlings & Splendor
Crochet blocking/blankets
Lots of walking/stretching
30 books to read in 2024
helped at funeral
unsuccessful afternoon at Barnes and Noble
pool leak found!
Landscaping in back yard
birthday celebrations!!

Travel

No real travel this month although we talked and planned a bit for the rest of the year. Cruise at the very end of March/early April, mission trip to Red River in the summer, Orlando trip in October…and maybe a quick weekend trip to Albuquerque at some point in between!

Watched

I’m not sure if we didn’t really watch much this month or if I’m just having a lot of trouble capturing what we have watched. We start and stop a lot of things and/or watch things just on a whim and I will forget to add it to the database. We for sure watched Season 4 - episodes 1-6 of The Chosen!!

Read

Favorite from the month: Long Bright River followed up by Strange Sally Diamond & The Last Love Note!

All reviews can be found on my Goodreads page

Studying/Bible verse that impacted you the most?

This month has been so cool because while we have been studying John, the fourth season of the Chosen has been releasing in the theater and we’ve been going. We went the first time with Tom and Lynn and Donna and Mark and the second set of episodes we went with alone and the last two we will be seeing with Monica and Sparky at the beginning of next month. What is happening in the Chosen in this season closely mirrors what is happening in what we have been studying in John and it’s just so cool how they are connecting. I honestly would have missed so much of what is happening in the chosen had we not just studied it in John which is just so cool. The biggest a-ha moment for me has really been really realizing and understanding how much the disciples really did not understand what was happening when it was happening. They often didn’t understand what Jesus was telling them until much later. We have the gift of the entire Bible and can understand after 2,000+ years of study and tradition - the disciples were living it in the moment. Its really cool to “see” that in the Chose, it really gives you so much more perspective!!

Favorite Memory from the month?

Most memorable - childcare at BSF. That was quite the experience! And even though the day was sort of emotional for me, my birthday and the days surrounding were great. So many people made me feel very special and I felt very loved and cared for by all of the friends I have in my life!