Mind Dump

Its that time again, to clear my mind off all the stuff that is jumbled in there. I find that when I write things out it helps and sometimes even allows me to come up with solutions to problems. Here is what is bouncing around in my head today:

1. What to make for dinner. Stephen works until seven today so I'm cooking but its just for the two of us... 
2. How much I love my new focus blend (10 drops of wild orange, 10 drops of peppermint, fill the rest of the roller ball applicator with carrier oil and enjoy!). 
3. How excited I am to have more mail when I get home. I'm expecting a couple more packages from Jamberry and a doTerra order. LOVE mail when it isn't bills! 
4. How great my jams look. First time doing a layered look and it's fantastic! 
5. How grateful I am for my friends and family who have put up with my new business with Jamberry and my new passion with doTerra
6. About how much I love my kindle reading app. I can read the same book everywhere without having to carry the book or different devices. 
7. I am thinking about things to do over spring break with my hunny (the girls are with their dad the whole thing). I am taking mom's birthday off (March 25) but the rest of the time it would just be evening things. Got any ideas? 
8. About finances (never ending there) There have been some things that have come up that make it even more important to keep on my budget. 
9. Always about my girls. I am pretty concerned about Natalie. She's still having a lot of trouble coping with the death of her grandma. It's like she just realized that mom is gone. In a way I'm grateful that it didn't happen right away, makes it a little easier to handle now that I'm not drowning in as much grief, but it still isn't easy! Then there is what happened with Alivia yesterday. She tripped on a rug and fell, while putting a pair of scissors away at school. I got a call from the school and they said they had the bleeding under control but that she was pretty upset. I came rushing to get her. I just keep thanking God that it didn't get her eye.
   
   
10. I have been worrying a bit about my friend Luann, she just lost her mom on Monday and it breaks my heart. Even though she knew it was coming, it is a difficult thing to go through.
11. I am so glad to have gotten my bra shopping out of the way for a few more months (possibly longer?) Paid $50 and have two beautiful supportive new ones. Less then what I paid for my last one that only lasted three months and I got TWO this time. 
12. About how much I am getting done today. Final load of laundry is washing. 

I figure 12 things will lighten the load a little. What is on your mind today?

1000 Gifts: three gifts in the kitchen

• I am thankful for the "honey do" project that got done. I have a few special mugs to me and now I am able to display them so they are visible.
  
  
• It is a gift to have a kitchen, however small, that we can cook in. It isn't something everyone has. I watched House Hunters International and have zero idea how families in England get by with such small stoves and refrigerators. 
• It is a gift to have my beautiful garden window in my kitchen for my plants to sit in. I just love being able to look out and if the weather is bad, I can just look at the plants and things in the window.