Snow Day & Life Update

Today is our first snow day this season - YAY!!  I woke up around 7am and was happy to get to watch the snow actually falling for a few minutes - it was big, pretty snowflakes today.  Then I went back to bed and slept till noon. lol  I was already off work for Veteran's Day, and it's been a lovely, lazy Monday so far!

This weekend was the baby shower for Kelly and baby Ellie Faye!  =)  Lindsay Morris hosted, and it was cute and fun!  I was sad that I missed seeing JEM because I left early to go to OKC. =(  

This = our Play-Doh baby, all wrapped up and swaddled... kinda creepy! lol

Mom and I decided to try out a couple recipes from the DeBusk fam cookbook we're working on, so we made a Mexican cornbread casserole - yum!

And a pineapple sheetcake, which had a strange texture, but was pretty good!

❤❤ Someone shared this verse on FB and it was a good reminder of how these things are so tied together, something I'm extra aware of lately.

When I'm struggling emotionally, I struggle to eat healthy and connect with God well, and vice versa - they're all linked.  I'm not even sure what set it off, but it's been difficult for the last week and a half  - wanting to binge eat all the foods and be lazy, and feeling disconnected and unable to write more of my book.  I'm trying to climb back out of that now and regain control.  It's really important for me to stay disciplined and keep these things in a healthy place of balance!  I'm also still fighting for healthy relational boundaries, something that will always be a challenge because relationships are messy by nature and because of past damage.  For my own sanity, I have to be done forcing myself to fake it for the sake of faux-peace with those who disappear and treat me poorly.  I'm so thankful for every true friend in my life, but I'm done fighting to keep people who don't actually want to be here.

Anyway, here's a happy pic of Mom hard at work tying bows and getting stuff ready to decorate Al's house on Black Friday! =)

This = my back porch with the icicle lights all around it (and Carter Lee hanging out at my lil' table) -- I love it!!  I love the look of those lights, and next time, I'll do them around my whole house for sure! =)

Anyway, hope you're enjoying a relaxing snow day, and that you are healthy in body, mind, and spirit!! ❤