Thankful/Positive 2/19 to 2/25

The week started with church as usual, but this time was different in that Sarah and Lia were with us and Sarah was able to take Communion again, since we have the new pastor. Lia was NOT interested in the blessing, however, and Pastor Doug had to lean around Sarah to look at Lia (who was cowering behind her) to at least be able to smile at her and say “God bless you!”

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That afternoon was Lia’s birthday party, and we had friends over to celebrate. Very low-key. The gummy butterflies all over the cake was lovely to look at and delicious to eat!

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Sarah’s HS pal Jamie came over on Monday with her 14 month old Joey and the two kids had a nice time interacting.

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Ash Wednesday service was wonderful. Flat-out wonderful.

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Thursday was shopping in Chico with Paula. She is a GREAT shopping companion! Heck, she’s a great companion, period. Got some Christmas shopping done at Family Christian Store at their bargain table, which still had a LOT of Christmas stuff left. Then we went down a couple of doors to Hula’s Mongolian Barbeque for lunch. OMG!! Talk about stuffed! I can’t believe how much food you can cram into that bowl they give you! There was so much left over I got 3 more meals out of it. Great food.

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Friday was a stamp party at Paula’s. Good food, good times, good fellowship. Oh, and there was stamping, too…’nuf said.

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The week ended with dinner and game night at our house this month. Burgers on the grill, cheese chili, ice cream and lots of fun and laughter. God is very good!