Joy Leanne

Hubby picked up a copy of the local magazine that interviewed me a few months back. Here's a quick picture of the piece.

Weekly 5: My view for the vast majority of last week. 1) I was sick last week. The sickest I have been since having mono in college. It was miserable and I pretty much felt like a wimp until Saturday when I finally went to the doctor and was told I had shingles and a secondary infection that was really nasty. Don't feel so guilty for spending most of last week in bed now. Gifts from a friend. 2) I am incredible thankful for family and friends who stepped in and took care of us last week. Josh's parents and our good friends Chris and Angie stepped in and tagged team the girls Monday morning through Thursday morning as well as part of Friday and Saturday. Friends also brought meals, coffee, flowers, ect. One gal even drove over to the doctors office to sit with me becuase my fever was so bad I couldn't stop shaking. 3) I have learned not to pay bills whil e feverish. It has horrible results. This may actually replace Friends for me! 4) We started watching Big Bang T...

Hot day. Car naps. Needed blessings. Cold lemonade.

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Today I am... Busy in the kitchen. Experimenting with favorite recipes. Enjoying the fog (now that I am done driving in it). Enjoying the chance to lighten someone else's load. Giving myself some grace. Taking time to tickle and rest and breath deeply.

In our house we celebrate Birthday Month. With the girls it's sort of inevitable by the time we do a family dinner, family from out of town visits, we do a party with friends, we do a special daddy daughter date, and a special mommy daughter date, it's been about a month. With Josh and I it's more about little things. Often times birthday month becomes our excuse for things we would do already. Like back rubs or Josh stopping to get me a candy bar on his way home.  Granted Josh is far better at coming up with "birthday month" surprises then I am. This year has been extra special though. Since my birthday is early in the month we started the month two weeks before so we are technically in birthday month already. :) It started with a visit from my sister-in-law whom is also one of my very best friends. She was in visisting her family and meeting her brand new niece. Her parents live two hours away from me so she drove down for the day and night last week. It happene...

Tea. Cheese cake. Conversation. Being known. Home defined.