[Weekend update.] After a week of three funerals in Lent, I was ready for a weekend. I turned off the alarm clock and enjoyed a lazy day and a half [until I had to write my Sunday sermon on Saturday night]. It was wonderful and much needed.
On Friday, I hung out with my favorite three classes of first graders, got a manicure [I had a gift certificate from Christmas to use.], and made potpies with butternut squash and kale. Yummy. Since all I ate last week were funeral lunches and bowls of cereal, it was simply super fun to cook again. Can you smell the garlic sautéing? So delicious.
On Saturday, I found time to quilt and sleep and go for walks with Miss Mabel. Today after church, Paige and I hit up the outlet mall and I came home with new treadmill kicks and pajama pants with rowboats on them. [I’m anticipating a sleepover this coming weekend with two friends; I needed new pajama pants. Naturally.]
A bonus story: Ever since I’ve moved, my mailbox has received an odd piece of post or two. Odd because they’re not addressed to me; they’re addressed to my mom. At my address. The Scrubs magazine? Makes sense since my mom is a nurse. However — Beyond the Bean? Addressed to my mom? At this house? Weird.
there's no place like gnome. 
Yes! I regularly get mail for my dad… farm magazines & directTV offers, mostly. and william sonoma. (my guess is because I did USPS forwarding address when I moved(.