Sunday Mind Dump (through the eyes of the wife).

1) This is why I never let Marc take pictures of me (and yes, I wear a napkin like a bib, otherwise I would mess up half of my clothing)! LOL

2) Nicki and I took a break this morning from WABC to attend church with my son TJ at New Life Providence Church (our adopted church). This was the last day of their Month of Missions. This is when many of their missionaries come home to tell about their ministry.

3) After church I went home to fix dinner (yes, I actually cooked on a Sunday). My intention was to surprise Marc when he got out of church. Figured I owed him as much since Nicki and I bailed on him today).

4) The surprise was on me because when I called him he told me today was our Senior Ministry "Senior Recognition Day". This is the day we take our Seniors out to dinner and they are served by the "younger" members of our church. Guess that homemade dinner will have to wait until tomorrow. lol

5) Nicki took me over to meet them, but only after we had scouted out a few stores before the big "Black Friday Sales" this weekend.

6) Black Friday is a big day in this household. Its the one day Marc and I hit the ground running to pick out Christmas gifts for our family and friends (as I said last week, we do our personal gift shopping after Christmas, but we are big on giving out to our friends and family). WABC even has a gift exchange Sunday.

7) My husband has always been a big gift giver. He got it from his mom who had gifts for everyone (including a little extra in case a unexpected visitor comes along) to the point that her livingroom would be overflowing with presents. The first year that Marc and I were dating she even had a gift under the tree for me.

8) After all of the Black Friday shopping we will be coming back home to start pulling out the Christmas decorations. By the end of the weekend my fall decorations will come down and the Christmas stuff will start going up. I can't wait to start.

9) We gave out the Thanksgiving baskets at WABC today. I hear the team worked their socks off yesterday. Nicki and I had wanted to be their to help out, unfortunately a dear friend passed away this week and our family was attending her Homegoing Service while the volunteers at WABC were packing up the food. I heard that one of our members took some pictures. I can't wait to see them.

10) I met some great ladies this week at a virtual roundtable for Pastors Wives. It was the first time I have ever been on a webcam (plus I got to try out a Mac, thanks to my daughter Nicki). It was the coolest thing (meeting the ladies, not the mac. Not that the Mac wasn't great). I can't wait for the next one. I'm kicking myself now for not taking a picture.

11) I received an awesome package in the mail this past week. I won't name any names but I just want to say that this person blessed me in a way that I'm not sure many would understand. I love to read, and I am an information junkie by nature. Let's just say that I have enough books now to take me through the holidays (both of them). The part I loved the most is that this person seemed to know exactly what type of leadership books/information I would have gotten if I had purchased them myself. And they seemed to get that even though I am a women, that I would want to read the same things that most would have just reserved for a man in leadership. Thank you soo much, you made me feel as if I contribute something of substance to this crazy world we live in.

11) I probably won't post much this week because our schedule is kind of tight, so I want to take the opportunity right now to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. I have so much to be thankful for, including all of my great cyber friends. Happy Thanksgiving.