A Day of Rest

What a needed weekend of rest. The weather has been beautiful and Tim and I had a great weekend. Friday night we went out for mexican food, yum... I could eat mexican food every day. I have been in search of my favorite enchiladas, and actually I'm still searching. Our favorite mexican restaurant is Guadalajuara, our most visited restaurant is El Jarrito's (it's really close) and we visited our old-old time favorite, Las Cucos, this time and had a great meal, though the enchiladas were not my favorite. I've decided that Tim's brother Paul's enchiladas are my favorite, and hopefully I will get to savor them sometime during Thanksgiving week.

We did weekend catch up stuff around the house. We slept in late. We went to a "night of worship" special service at church on Saturday night. It was great, very much an intimate time of worship with a lot of free reign to participate whenever and however you felt moved to, i.e., standing, sitting, lifting hands, "dancing", communing, praying. It was a crisp clear night and nowhere else we'd rather be than worshipping our creator.

This morning the whole town of Katy went out for breakfast. Seriously, we tried Cracker Barrel, IHOP, Waffle House and finally had, a delicious breakfast I might add, at Whataburger ~ their taquitos are excellent!

Then we went to our class and to church. We have been worshipping at Kingsland since early summer. What a blessing it has been for us! The pastor is such a man after God's own heart, and is so encouraging for each of us to have that same passion, to be God-seeking and living for God every moment. He is currently doing a series on "First and Ten", the Ten Commandments and how they are a pattern for living, from our God, that makes our lives nicer, even in New Testament times.

Today's lesson was on keeping the Sabbath. That we still need a day of rest and that God has given us that blessing. He gave practical ways to set the mood in your house for a day of rest and ways to bring that rest upon yourself. Here are some of the ways: pray, meditate, light a candle to set the mood in your family, listen to only Christian music (have it on in the morning while you get ready for church) all day, worship, take a nap, take a walk ~ enjoy nature, read your Bible, give a blessing to your mate and/or children, and allow yourself to be refreshed. What a blessing the rest of the Sabbath is, for our taking. He encouraged us to turn off the world and shared how the church leadership has consciously avoided scheduling meetings for the myriad of good works on Sunday afternoon/evening. Just wanted to share what a blessing our day of rest has been and encourage you to take advantage of the blessing God has given us by giving us a day of rest.

~ <3 Terri

Blogger Trippin

Blogger is trippin today. I posted a new post a couple of days ago, and it has yet to show up. What's up with that???? SOOO, I thought I'd post a pseudo-post today and maybe force the last post to make it's appearance. This must be what Lauren and Kathy mean when they say blogger is being difficult. Arrgh....

Kendall just left to go back to Waco. He had a Dr's appt. on Friday with a spine specialist, she ordered more xrays (done Fri.), an MRI (scheduled for 11/10), as well as physical therapy for the next 4-6 weeks, and lidocaine pain patches. He tried a pain patch Friday night and it made him really nauseous, but then again I don't think he had eaten much all day. Please keep him in your prayers, for his pain to be relieved and for him to do his part to follow through with the program, i.e, physical therapy, etc...

The weather here is gorgeous.... finally fall- my favorite season of all! Fall breeze, fall colors, fall smells, fall foods, fall clothes...yea for Fall :)

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Ok, I know it's been like forever since I blogged :( I have a confession to make~ I have basically kept the blog address so I can link quickly to the blogs I like to read and leave comments as desired. I will try to do better, I know I don't have the MOST boring life around, and some of you do actually check occasionally for updates. Well, I bet you're surprised today! !

Updates for the last couple of months:
August- moved Kendall up to Waco where he is at TSTC studying automotive technology, he is doing well in school and with the independent living and really likes it there. He has a steady girl, Staci, also from Katy, who attends college at the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor in Belton. After we moved him in his apartment we drove to Big Spring and spent time with Lauren's family. We are getting used to the empty nest syndrome, it's actually quite nice. A LOT quieter, a TON less laundry and a MUCH cleaner house :) We found a great Bed & Breakfast in Waco, close to his campus, the "Rope the Wind" Retreat- decorated very Texan and Western, an awesome place.

September- Labor Day at the lake with my family, lots of family birthdays to celebrate including my niece Emily's sweet 16 bash, a quick trip for Tim to SanAntonio, and Kendall made a quick trip home for a Dr. visit.

October-brought my birthday trip to Big Spring where I thoroughly enjoyed grandmotherhood and we caught up on the second season of "Lost", Tim had a trip to Gruene for a concert and a golf game the same weekend, and Tim's brother was in the hospital for a blood clot in his leg. Tracey and I went to a Ladies Table Top Dinner Tuesday night at a local church, it was beautiful and the speaker was very inspiring.

Coming up- in November the family will gather for Thanksgiving and I hope to be fully decorated for Christmas at that time. I have actually bought several Christmas presents already! Yea me.

Final notes: Check out Will, the sweetest grandbaby ever at pratherplace.blogspot.com

Praise God with me re: the miraculous recovery and progress of Andrea Luthringer (the link is to your right) Please pray for her complete recovery of her eyesight, she will have surgery on her left eye soon.

Lastly, Kendall and Staci are coming into town late tonight. Kendall has another Dr.'s appt. for his back tomorrow with a spine specialist. He was diagnosed with spondylolithesis in August and we are trying to avoid surgery until it is absolutely necessary, hopefully when he is an old man. He has had a lot of pain since late August with his back and it has limited the activities he can participate in dramatically. So, keep him in your prayers, too.

TTYL, <3 Terri