FINALLY. There was still some trouble on the retainer for the hotel for the board retreat so had to deal with that yesterday. Accounts Payable told me - eventually - that it will be going out in the mail Fed Ex this. That has been nerve-wracking, for sure. Then my male boss and I went back and forth until I convinced him he needed to stay at the hotel the night before. He had plans to drive down for the dinner the night before, drive back home, drive back down early the next morning, stay all day and do all the presentations, then drive back home. I finally convinced him to stay - even though the hotel is $329 for the night. The company should pay for it. He said he wanted to be humble. I told him it was better for him not to be stupid. Yep. I did. He's staying the night and I booked his room. Yes, it's a fancy hotel, but that's where the retreat is. He will get a good night's sleep and be refreshed for the day's work.
And the cost of that hotel (we got a discount too) is why we aren't spending a weekend down there just yet to visit our granddaughter! That's the cost for one night! I finally found a date in April we could go down - then found out it's Easter weekend - UGH. I want to go down sooner. I need to sit down and really go over dates good. I'm thinking I can work around timecards by doing them on Fridays... or take a Friday off and go down and come back Saturday... I'll figure it out eventually.
My youngest son and my prodigal granddaughter, HS, and her baby are to stop by sometime this afternoon to get her Christmas gifts. They are getting tattoos before coming. Oh joy.
TB, my granddaughter here in town makes me laugh. I came across her latest video on Instagram last night and it cracked me up. My daughter had found a design or created it, for a t-shirt for her that has to do with her new business. She couldn't find anyone to put the design on a t-shirt. I tried one person that I knew did it and they said they couldn't. As I thought about it, I remembered my granddaughter in Tucson, BT, who has a cricut machine and I knew she did designs because she created several t-shirts for me. So I asked - and she did them! They look amazing too! I'm so proud of the work she did - and happy that she agreed to do them. But the video is hilarious. Most of her videos do make me smile. I hope her business takes off for her for she has great plans and wants to start some charities off of it as well. Whew. More than my brain can handle!
Ms. Amy called me last night and wants me to pick her up this Saturday and bring her to her house to get some more things. A friend wants me to have lunch with her today at her apartment. I'm working on the memorial service for Sunday (my boss' dad's service) and I found out yesterday that more people will be there than I had planned - I didn't know it was 'announced' with the obituary. So I can't do a simple one like I did for my sister... I need to do a full service. I got some information from my boss yesterday and will be working on it to bring it together. At least I got the message completed for Sunday morning and I can just look it over to keep it in my mind. Those two things are my priority.
While hubby was at his Bible study and out to lunch with his friend afterwards, I did something I haven't been able to do in years. Yes, I said years. Hubby won't let me. But he wasn't home, and I decided to do it. He hasn't realized it yet. I'll hear about it when he does. What did I do? I.did.my.own.laundry. Yep. And I did it all - including my towels - in three loads. And completed it all in one morning. Seriously, it takes him sometimes two days to do my laundry and I still haven't figured out why, nor do I want to know. I think he just gets the colors together, whereas I know that I can throw things that have been washed a lot together as they won't 'bleed' onto each other. Three loads, and all my laundry was washed. My basket is in my closet so until he decides to do laundry, he won't realize it. Maybe I will have enough in there again he will just think I haven't changed clothes. LOL I realize that to some of you it isn't a big deal... but you have no idea .... until you walk in my shoes, don't comment.
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (NKJV): "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength."
How much do you love the Lord? Scripture says we are to love Him with all our heart, all our soul, and with all our strength. He provides all of that - we should love Him with all of who we are. He provides all that we need. He strengthens us in times that we need it. He protects us. He heals us. He guides us. He loves us.
When we don't have, it is because we do not ask Him for it. That is not assurance we will get exactly what we ask for - how many times have we asked for things and then were grateful we didn't get them? But He always provides what we need at the time we need it.
I've prayed to get to a gas station when I had an empty tank - and as I pull up to the pump, the fumes are finally gone. I've prayed to find something... and He will trigger a thought and will help me find it. I've asked for wisdom and He freely gives it. (unfortunately I don't always heed His wisdom) He loves us so much He wants to give us good things. He truly is all that we need. Reminds me of a song we sung years ago. Never hear it anymore....
"In His time, in His time, He makes all things beautiful in His time. Lord, please show me every day, as You're teaching me Your way, that You do just what You say, in Your time."
That song always reminds me that my life is in His hands, and all things that come to me are already in place and He will give them to me in His time.
Can you even imagine that God has your life laid out before you are even born? He knows what we are going to do before we do it! And He knows what He will do for us.
Lean into Him, trust Him, talk with Him, ask Him for the desires of your heart... and give Him your love, your heart, your soul, and all your strength... and in His time, He will return it all to you.
Blessings!
