Sunday, December 12, 2010

We Gotta Eat???###?!!!???

In an effort to subdue our schedule and make it submit to our eating lifestyle.....I will be using menu plans again for a few weeks. (These fit in nicely with the newly instituted, weekly, G Family Staff Meetings). ::snort::  Assume that all dinners are complimented by fresh salad, cut up veggie sticks and fruit. 


Monday - Are you KIDDING ME?  Mentor meetings, Human Vid Practice, youth group and teaching a PWOC seminar tonight - we'll eat at the Food Court. 


Tuesday - Oven Baked Chicken (PWOC Seminar/Drama Team Practice for both Jared & Arielle)


Wednesday - Shepherd's Pie (Orthodontist), Cornbread 


Thursday - Beef Strogonoff, Biscuits


Friday - Pizza?  (Nursing Home visit)


Saturday  - Chicken Divan (Play practice 1 - 3:30)
                   Bake for tomorrow


Sunday - Roast, Popovers (Chapel, Play practice 5:00, Christmas Play)


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Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Few Shots

Sharing a few shots this early December morn.... There is nothing better than being the first one up or the last one to bed, and sitting in front of the tree for a bit of Christmas Peace. (Personally 3 a.m. is a bit much - but that's o.k. too! ::snort:: God knows I need LOTS of Christmas Peace this year). 






Children were SO excited to see this unpacked! The playing has begun!

This wise-man was separated from his peers and spent the year in a kitchen cupboard, he's happy to be reunited with the rest of the gang! ::snort:: 

These early a.m. quiet hours really ARE precious. I've decided not to fight it....today I have a mentor meeting at 9 a.m., we'll do school, and I teach a seminar at PWOC this evening.....as well as get the children to various activities throughout the day....I will quit worrying about waking up early and accept the extra hours as a gift of solitude. 


Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Most Wonderful Time of the Year


I've previously shared on the blog my thoughts about "home". As we decorated our Christmas Tree (yes, the elliptical was spared), I was glad we had all these photo ornaments from past Christmas' to bring our older ones home.  The tree is decorated solely with photos of the nine children and a few special ornaments from places we've lived. Unfortunately, the tree photos are blurry. I'll take some more tomorrow. 

Happy to see the Christmas books and movies again!

We followed our decorating spree with our traditional debut showing of The Muppet's Christmas Carol. It wouldn't be Christmas without the movie. ::snort:: 

Michael has decided we'll start having weekly "G Family Staff Meetings." Tonight was the first. I showed one of the Gospel for Asia video clips. I shared the two jobs that I'd like to see become a priority around here. We coordinated calendars.  Then......we had ice cream.

Mike will end the night by hiding the "Christmas Pickle"  in our tree - a German tradition (or so we were told, though there is controversy about this on the Internet. Surprised? ::snort:: ). Do your families do this? Last names in old Germany tell your family's occupation. Mike's family - the G's - were pickle makers. Many German families have a tradition of hiding a pickle ornament and the child who finds it in the tree on Christmas Morn is said to be blessed for the upcoming year and receives a  prize. Sort of like the Afikomen at Passover. I've seen sites that say this is a myth, sites that say it was a custom started by German Americans, and sites still claiming it is an "old German tradition". I can say without a doubt it is a G Family Tradition. ::snort::



Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...