Shopping with Mom

Happy Saturday!!! Today was a day devoted to hanging out with my mom. She lives about an hour or so outside the city (way out in the country on a gravel road), so when she comes into town we make a day of it. She got here about 9:30 and she had a list of places she wanted to hit, luckily in the same area. So we started at the Goodwill, she found a ton of things and I found a few. Can I just say that I forgot some of the cool stuff that could be found there? Seriously, I got a couple tops that still had name brand tags on them... Any-who, our next stop was Hobby Lobby. I wanted to see if they had any Christmas stuff left and boy was I excited! I've had my eye on these stocking hangers with our initials on them for a couple years now, but can never find any with a "Q" or a "Z" but today I did!!! (I also got "L" and "N.") They were originally $17.99 each, but I got them at 90% off ($1.79)!!!! They also had scrapbooking storage stuff on sale 50% off and I got this awesome lazy susan type organizer that is normally $39.99 for $20 (my mom bought it for me). I'm going to use it to store makeup brushes, I'll have to post a picture on my beauty blog. Next stop for us was at Big Lots, which was a bust for me. Sometimes I can find drug store makeup there really cheap but they didn't have much today. Last on the list was Sam's Club, I didn't get anything there either. We finally made it home at like 6:30... that's 9 hours of shopping!!! How is that even possible?!?!

The Miss America pageant was on tonight, I'm an avid follower of both the America and USA pageants. Of course I was pulling for Miss Kansas, but I always secretly cheer for Oklahoma and Tennessee as well (they always have the prettiest girls). Wisconsin won it all, she was really pretty. I hope that I have a daughter some day to share nights like this with.

Thoughts on today:

PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
Worship that pleases God is accurate, authentic and thoughtful.
"... Christians seem stuck in a worship rut -- an unsatisfying routine -- instead of having a vibrant friendship with God, because they force themselves to use devotional methods or worship styles that don't fit the way God uniquely shaped them."
"Your biggest distraction in worship is yourself..."
"God pleasing worship is deeply emotional and deeply doctrinal."

BIBLE IN A YEAR
Today's passages: Genesis 27, 28, 29
Isaac (who was now blind) asked Esau to take to the fields to find game for a meal, he would bless Esau before he was to pass away at that final meal. Rebekah overheard the conversation and turned to Jacob. She wanted Jacob to bring Isaac his meal so he could be blessed. Jacob assured her that Isaac would know it was him and not Esau. He did as Rebekah commanded. She prepared the meal and sent Jacob (in Esau's clothes and goat's skin on his hands) to receive the blessing from Isaac. Isaac wondered how the meal was prepared so quickly, he also heard that it was Jacob's voice but felt that it was Esau's hands. Isaac blessed Jacob thinking he was Esau. As Jacob was leaving Isaac Esau was returning from hunting. Esau prepared a meal and went in to Isaac. Isaac was confused by all of this and said that he had already blessed Jacob. Esau begged for yet another blessing. A grudge was now between the brothers. Esau made it clear that he was going to kill Jacob. Rebekah sent Jacob away in hopes that Esau's fury would die down. (Genesis 27)
Isaac sent Jacob to Haran to find a wife, not Canaan. Esau married Mahalath, Abraham's granddaughter. Jacob stopped to rest on his journey and had a dream. He dreamt there was a ladder that allowed angels to move up and down on it. God stood at the top and told him he would be blessed. When Jacob woke up he took that rock that he slept on and put it as a pillar with oil on top. He renamed that place Bethel. That pillar became God's house and Jacob would give a tenth of what he had. He vowed to trust God on his journey. (Genesis 28)
They ventured on with their sheep, coming upon a well there were others there. They were from Haran and knew Laban the man Isaac had spoke of. Rachel was coming down with the sheep. Jacob opened the well to water all the sheep. He then kissed Rachel and explained who his was, she ran to tell her father. Jacob stayed with them a month. Laban asked how Jacob wanted to be paid, he said he would work 7 years for Rachel. That 7 years seemed like no time at all because of the love he had for her. The 7 years were over and he asked Laban for his promised bride, Rachel. Laban prepared a feast and that night sent his oldest daughter, Leah, in to be with Jacob. Jacob was so upset to find out that he had received the wrong daughter! He asked why Laban would do such a thing, he said that it wasn't their custom to marry the youngest daughter before the oldest. Laban said that if Jacob fulfilled his time with Leah that he could also have Rachel, he did and he received Rachel. He loved Rachel far more than he loved Leah, he served 7 more years for Laban. God saw that Leah was unloved and yet she conceived 4 sons, Rachel was barren. (Genesis 29)

FLYLADY
I did a lot last night before I went to bed so I wouldn't feel bad about being gone all day today with my mom. I did wake up with puppy around 5 and emptied the dishwasher. I've got a load of laundry going now and my sink is still shining. This routine of keeping everything tidy is truly a wonderful thing, I feel way less stressed that's for sure. 

COUCH-TO-5K
I seriously walked the majority of the time we were shopping, sitting happened in the car in between locations. I'm wiped out!

** I just remembered we went to Dollar Tree too!