Thankful Thursday

 Good Morning: 

I love to take time to say thanks to God for all He does for me.  This scripture is a favorite this week. The Lord is definitely good and I don't understand how people can go through hard times without Him.  I'm so glad I can talk to Him anytime and anywhere.  You can trust Him for sure always and forever.

**I am really enjoying my journaling/coloring Bible.  Here are some pages I colored from the book of Ruth.  I love the book of Ruth.  It really shows how God is working things out in our life before we even know about the problem we may be facing.

**I'm thankful to have had the time to watch a movie and have a cup of hot chocolate because of a snow day on Monday.  For the first time in many years I am enjoying snow (not necessarily being in it, but looking at it from inside.    It's so beautiful and I don't even mind shoveling it.  Since I no longer have to get out and drive in it to go to work, I can just enjoy the beauty.  And that is what I'm doing.

**Believe it or not, I'm thankful for having a good dentist.  Now, I really, really hate going to the dentist, but I'm thankful that my dentist is good and takes good care of my teeth.  Actually, I've been seeing him for years, but now I'm seeing his daughter.  Nice to keep it in the family.

Waiting Room

That's it for today.  The link-up is here.  Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a blessed day.

Cathy

New Year's Eve - Retirement Anniversary

December 31, 2021 I retired from work after being employed for 45 years.  Today is my 1 year anniversary and I have loved being retired as I have said on here many times. It's hard to believe it's been a whole year.   Now, onto year 2 of retirement.  I'm excited to see what will happen.

This year, I completed the Chronological Read the Bible in a Year on the YouVersion App. I love this App and would recommend it to anyone reading the Bible and looking for an app so you can read it on your phone.  Some days I read it myself and some days I read along with the audio version.  I recommend this app and this Reading Plan. 

For 2023, my plan was to spend the year in the New Testament.  Then I heard about what Annie F. Downs is doing.  She is planning to spend the year in the four gospels and is each month reading all 4 of them in different versions.  She is reading them on a podcast and that podcast will post each day.  She says if you read 3 chapters each day, you will complete the four in a month.  I'm committing to January and see how it goes.  She is using the NIV version for January.

My 2022 Reading Goal was to read 50 books and I finished my 50th book on Tuesday night.  I'm planning to make the same goal again for 2023.

Tonight hubby and I are just staying in.  We went to Red Lobster for lunch and then to the grocery.  We took a nap and I made some potato soup for supper.  We're watching TV and doing laundry and just having a typical Saturday night at home.  Exciting right? lol  But I'm happy and it will be great to have the laundry done to start the year out.

I'm hoping our 2023 will be a great year.  But no matter what I'm trusting God to be with us each step of the way.  Just like He was this year.

Happy New Year to all.

Cathy

A Sentence a Day - December 2021

My December one day at a time:

1 - Wednesday.  Started the morning with a check-up and then blood draw for labs and then on to work. 

At least they got it in 1 stick

2 - Thursday.  Hubby and I and his mom drove around looking at lights and had a fun evening together.

3 - Friday. Work and a quiet evening at home.

4 - Saturday.  Went shopping with my sisters for a bit and then ran errands with hubby.

5 - Sunday.  Church and a nap in the afternoon.

6 - Monday.  

7 - Tuesday.

8 - Wednesday.  Work and then church for Bible Study.

9 - Thursday.

10 - Friday.  Work and brought home Chinese for dinner.

11 - Saturday.  Shopping again on Saturday and then met my sister and her husband for lunch at Red Robin.

12 - Sunday.  Church and my new knitting machine came in...got it put together and started on a hat and scarf set order.

13 - Monday.  Worked and hubby and I made a wonderful baked pork shop dinner along with baked apples.

14 - Tuesday.  After work we went to the Esther Price Candy Store which is about 20 minutes north of us and picked up chocolate covered cherries for hubby's mom for her birthday and then came home and completed the scarf and hat set that was ordered, other than I still need to make and add the pompoms.

15 - Wednesday.  Work and then Bible Study and made the pompoms and attached them so that order is complete and started the next order.

16 - Thursday.  After work we picked up hubby's mom and drove to Eaton and had dinner and then went to view some beautiful Christmas lights.  

17 - Friday.  Hubby and I had quiet evening at home.

18 - Saturday.  Picked up items we had ordered online from 2 different stores and then stopped in another to get some more stuff for the Christmas Food Baskets at church and then met up with some others to unload and get the baskets ready for Sunday...then went out with hubby for lunch and to do some errands for us and then off with sisters for our normal Saturday trip and then crashed that evening as I was worn out.  lol

19 - Sunday.  Morning church service and then added more lights to the church for the Christmas Carol and Candles Service that evening and then went shopping to buy gifts for a little girl we were told did not have anything for Christmas...she sure does now...such a wonderful and fun day...I feel like I need to go back to work to get some rest.  lol

20 - Monday. 

21 - Tuesday.  Hubby and I got our 2nd Shingles shot after work.

22 - Wednesday.  We did the Secret Santa gifts at work...this is part of my gift and I love it.

23 - Thursday.

24 - Friday.  Christmas Eve...hubby and I picked up his mom and went out to lunch and then back to her house for a nice visit and an exchange of gifts...so much fun.

25 - Saturday.  We went to my sister's house and had a wonderful Christmas lunch with Beverly and Steve, Karen and hubby and I...hubby baked a ham and I made some chocolate dipped pretzels and oreos and they made all the rest...then after lunch we made apple dumplings together...so much fun.

26 - Sunday.  Wonderful services at church and of course a nap in the afternoon and finished reading Christmas in Winter Hill by Melody Carlson...a favorite author.

27 - Monday.  Last week of work...such strange feelings...very happy but it sure is weird.

28 - Tuesday.  More training for the one replacing me.

29 - Wednesday.  Again more training and completely emptying my office and finished reading The Christmas Star by Donna VanLiere...loved it!

30 - Thursday.  Such a wonderful retirement luncheon...so many former employees and current employees came to wish me well...I could have asked for nothing better.

31 - Friday.  While this is officially the last day of work I took a holiday and running around and celebrating with hubby and then home for a quiet evening and I finished reading(actually I finished it after midnight, but I'm still counting it as the 31st) Divine Interruption by Dr. Tony Evans and his family...very, very good!

 So this was my December, one day at a time.  Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day.

 Cathy

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Retired

This my first actual day of retirement on a day that I typically would have worked. I believe I’m going to love it. However, I do think it’s going to take some time to adjust to it all.

This bag is a gift from a former co-worker who came to my retirement luncheon.  It makes me laugh every time I see it and I plan to use it a lot.  It's perfect for my yarn projects that I take out with me.

I'm not sure what all I'll be doing while retired.  But I've decided to come to the church one day a week and help my hubby with clerical work and whatever else I think of to get into.  I'm sure I'll be posting here about whatever is going on in this "new" life.

God has blessed me with a good job for many years and now I hope to be blessed with many years of healthy retirement.   

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day. 

Cathy