Favorite Things Friday!

Happy Friday!

This has been...a long week.

We're settled back into life as usual. 

For the boys' sake, I need to carry on,

but what I really want to do is to
hop on another plane 
and get my rear end back to

Texas

so I can hold my Daddy's hand.
But I'm not going to do that...yet.

Things are about the

same with him.

No progress...

but no steps backward either.

So, we wait 

and pray.

One of my favorite things

this week has been such a support to me.

I'm really into Caedmon's Call right now--

which is funny, because I hadn't listened to them since

my early 20's!

This song especially has ministered
to me so much lately:

 {Sorry, this is the best video I could find of this song}

Knowing that there's a reason for everything 

we're going through...

and for what

Dad is having to endure right now,

makes it so much easier to bear.
And, as the song says,
He makes ALL THINGS GOOD!

Okay.

So, switching gears...

another favorite thing right now is my

messy, beautiful island.

Well..it's not so much the fact that my island

is messy that is my favorite thing,

as much as it is

the reason(s) WHY it's a mess!

Let's take a closer look,
shall we?

I have a lot of things going on right now. 

First of all, I've been baking a lot lately.

I'm an emotional eater. 

We all know this.

These little peanut butter goodies

make me happy,

and consequently have helped me 

gain 10 pounds since my dad 

got sick. 

Sad. 

I know.

So that's part of the mess on the island.

Then there's my Bible and journal. 

They have been my staples on my island

all week. 

Rather than putting them away, I've been 

leaving them smack dab on the

counter so that I can go to them whenever I need to.

Oh, how that fills me back up!

 And what's with all of the paper,

you ask.

Well, that's something I'm 

absolutely over the moon

about!

I got my 

first 

event coordinator job!

Okay, fine... when I 

say "job", I really mean

that my friend is 

paying me in 

haircuts 

to coordinate a baby shower she's throwing,
but whatever...
it still counts!  

She's a very gifted stylist and used to be an instructor

at the Aveda institute.

So, I'll take that! =) 

It's gonna be pretty amazing.

I'll have more about that later.

And last but not least, my counter is a 

mess right now, 

because I've been implementing

a new organization system for 

our puzzles, and I 

love it!

Rather than having 10 bulky boxes in my storage

cabinet, I now have this:

Simply cut out the pic,

and throw it in a ziplock.

Now that's organization that

even I can get

down with!

So, that's why my 

island is a 

beautiful 

mess

today.

I love being busy with so many

projects. 

It helps to have other

things to focus on right now.

As always, thank you all

for your continued prayers!!!

Happy Friday!