NOVEMBER 2022!

QUOTE OF THE MONTH:

“I DON'T CARE!" Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!"

"You do care," said Dumbledore. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. His expression was calm, almost detached. "You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”
~J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

NOVEMBER MEMORABLE MOMENTS

• Watching Jace and Kyndal in their Saturday basketball games at Destiny Christian!
• House progress:  Spray painting the iron thing, James hanging all the big stuff, getting my tree bridge picture, SealWise floors
• The MWC Tacos 4 Life finally opening - two dinners there so far
• Sarah Elizabeth coming to stay with me!
• OSU game with Dad and Charlene
• Learning that Sharon Hainzinger died
• Long overdue lunch with Ashley
• Baking and cooking a bit more in my new kitchen
• A Mockey Little Christmas with the Moss family coming to visit
• Mom getting her new red Escalade
• Pentatonix concert (really great) + catching up with Tulsa friends that day
• Dad's fam touring my house then a belated Thanksgiving dinner at Justin and Anna's on Black Friday
• Rainy but super fun OSU game with Kristin!
• Celebrating a belated Friendsgiving #11 with a fun small group!
• Decorating the KW office with Mom and Chet Lee
• LIFE-GIVING:  Quality time and good talks with friends and family!  Two OSU games with some of my favorite people!  Seeing family members I hadn't seen in a while!  Encouraging people who are hurting.  Listening to some really great audiobooks! 
• LIFE-DRAINING:  A bit of family drama in an ongoing custody battle.  Feeling discouraged about habit changes - it's much harder to eat healthy through the holidays, although it never comes "easy" to me.

HAPPY LISTS

I Listened To:

• Acts - Colossians

• The Bodyguard by Katherine Center (light and fun)

• In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner (really good!)

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (*my favorite fiction book)

• Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others without Losing the Best of Who You Are by Lysa TerKeurst (cannot read books like this without thinking of my broken friendships, but it's well written and has some solid, Godly advice from a woman whose faith has been tested!) 

• The usual favorite podcasts - started back through Annie and Eddie, which always makes me happy!

I Watched:  

• Glass Onion in theaters (entertaining)

• The Newsroom seasons 1-3 on HBO Max (written by Aaron Sorkin - loved it - went through it quickly)

• Spirited on Apple TV+ (meh... good cast, bad script)

• Chuck, the last 4 episodes of season 2 on HBO Max -- (I've come back to that exact 4-episode arc again and again - soooo good!)

I'm Celebrating:  

• Sustaining faith in God's goodness, His love and grace, and His power and authority to bring justice!
• Personal growth
• Several mutually beneficial friendships with healthy boundaries =)

We've made it all the way to December, gang - crazy that 2022 is almost over!  This was a very eventful month with work and school ramping up + lots of gatherings and several fun events!!  I am grateful for that... and I am tired.  Only two more weeks of school this year - YAY!  I hope you have a lovely Christmas holiday ahead! ❤

May you be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving one another,
just as God also forgave you in Christ.

(Ephesians 4:32)