Life on Saturday!!

Good Morning, my faithful friends....
I got up early today! I know, it's Saturday, but I just couldn't sleep and instead of bothering Mark with all of my tossing and turning, I decided to get up and finish a story I started reading, the day before yesterday. Now, I have to start thinking of all of my busy work for the rest of the day. It's the first Saturday of the month, which means Mark and I are off to go visit our good friends Geri and Denise, at the Women's Shelter Thrift Store, in San Andreas. It's sale day!! 50% off of everything. Then we have to go do the laundry (YAY!! NOT!)!! After that, I need to go up to church and practice my duet with Pastor Dave and then Gloria and I need to take some time and get some things done, before tomorrow's potluck! Then we need to go to Sonora and pick up Mark's medication, get Mark's hair cut (Yes, he still has enough hair to cut, thank-you very much!!) and I need to pick up some things at Wal-Mart and Sally's and I want to look for a new pair of sneakers at Payless Shoe Source. And after all of that, I get to come home and cook!! I'm making Blue Bayou Scalloped Potatoes (the exact recipe they use for the potatoes served at the Blue Bayou Restaurant at Disneyland) 24 lbs of Fried Chicken and a vat of Cole Slaw!! I'm tired, just looking at all of this stuff to do!! On days like these, I have to claim Phil 4:13....I can do all things, through Christ who strengthens me. Today, I am going to need this verse.
God has been very good to Mark and I, these past few months. Yes, we still have issues with money, but God's given us the will to be satisfied with less and the peace to truly enjoy each other and the things He's already given us. I never knew I could be happier with less, but I am. I have salvation.....the greatest gift, I could ever ask for....I have the love of God and my husband to save me, complete me and make me happy!! I have the warmth of a few quality friendships and the embrace of a wonderful church family to fall into. I have a (somewhat) warm bed to sleep in, at night and a well stocked pantry to cook from. My car runs....It's not the best car in the world, but it runs and it keeps me safe and get's me from point A to point B with only occasional troubles.....What more could I want? Honestly, what more would I even ask for? Mark will sometimes "dream out loud" of all of the things he'd like to do/have, if he should ever win the lotto.....and though it's fun to dream, if we never won a red dime, I could live like this, forever. I know that God is watching and that He will always take care of my needs and give me the desire of my heart. I do have one missing piece in my life and that is the emptiness of being loved by a child....I always wanted to be a mommy, but for me, it's just not what God had planned. I ache sometimes from not being needed that way, but God has given me other ways to mother and when that ache becomes unbearable, I have to look to Him to strengthen me. So friends, when you are at the end of your rope, with your kids.....remember, here sits I, alone and without, dying for the joy that you have in your children!! I would have made a good mommy!!
On my window sill, in my kitchen, the herb seeds that I planted in empty little applesauce cups, are growing!! In a couple of weeks, they'll be big enough to transplant. I am excited for that. I am happy for the rain that we had, yesterday!! It means that we can delay fire season, even if it's only an extra couple of days and it means more forage for the livestock, later in the summer, when things can get kinda lean.
Well, friends, it's been fun, sharing some time and some thoughts with you....I need to get going, though. Mark's alarm has been going off for nearly an hour. I want to leave for San Andreas in a little while, so I'd better go and drag my love outta bed!! Take care my friends and I'll talk to you soon! Love as He loves.
In Him,
Lisa