Days 21-26 - Don't Look at Me: The Weekly Digest [40 Days of Gratitude 2024]

 

Looking out the window....

I'm thoroughly enjoying the mild weather here in Colorado.  I know that the colder "real" winter weather is coming, but for now I've got the windows down and blasting happy music as I drive and sing along.

 
A cool experience...Our administrative assistants' fellowship group, Gatekeepers LTD, had their annual Christmas lunch.  One of our admins has a six-month-old daughter.  While mama ate, I got to hold sweet baby Jordan.  It was fun getting to be the "baby whisperer" for nearly 20 minutes. 

Favorite quote(s) of the week...

On the pronunciation of the word pecan (pəˈkän):  "Pee-can" is what you use when you ain't got no indoor toilet."- Auntie

Don't be jealous of what some else has if you don't want to do what they did to get it. - Joyce Meyer, The Power of Thank You, p. 152.

Leadership is the ability to add value to others. - John C. Maxwell

I'm thinking about...

I've nearly completed my 25 for 2025 list.  Now on to the 2025 Happier challenge put out by Gretchen Rubin and the one word for this season in my life.  Last week, the Happier podcast issued the 2025 challenge:  Read 25 in 2025.  The goal is to read for at least 25 minutes a day.  I really enjoyed the Write 24 in 2024 challenge this year because it made me focus more on my daily journaling practice.  The problem with this new challenge is that it isn't a challenge for me.  Nearly every day I read for at least 30 minutes  (more when I have time).  Books in all forms are already a part of my daily routine. So what 25 "thing" can I substitute for this challenge?  Maybe Write 25 in 2025, but focus on creative writing like blogs and books.  It's a thought.

What I read this week...

• The Power of Thank You by Joyce Meyer ✮✮✮
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis ✮✮✮
• The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis ✮✮✮

I'm currently reading...

• A Year of C. S. Lewis by C. S. Lewis
• Lectures to My Students by Charles Spurgeon
• God is in the Manger by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  
• Good Leaders Ask Great Questions by John C. Maxwell

My current long reads (those I am processing more slowly)...

• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
• Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster
• The New American Standard Bible
  

This week's blog posts...

• If at First You Don't Succeed:  The Weekly Hodgepodge is here.

 I am thankful for...

• Rubber tips on new gel pins to keep them from leaking.
• Coffee.
• Mug/candle warmers
• Babies
• Our Gatekeepers LTD group at work.
• All the beautiful Christmas cards I've received so far.
• Being in the Christmas spirit this year.
• Kind delivery drivers who actually read and follow directions.
• Fun co-workers who have become forever friends.
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  I'm thankful that the college deans I work for/with aren't very "dean-ly."  Don't get me wrong, they are distinguished, respected, and knowledgeable.  However, they are not academic stuffed shirts who have no sense of humor.  Quite the opposite. 
• The quilt journal I was given for Christmas last year.  I've enjoyed chronicling the quilts and quilt tops I've finished.
• Mild weather.
• Good neighbors.
• The fun of watching squirrels chase each other up a tree.
• The convenience of an on-site laundry room.
• Old fashioned gospel tracts. 
  

From the Workshop...

Please see my latest Aunties Workshop blog post here