Yesterday was my43rd birthday, but the entire weekend was filled with several celebrations. I went out to lunch Friday afternoon with a good friend and sister in Christ and Saturday evening my husband surprised with a wonderful dinner out with good friends. We visited an Italian eatery called, Mom Chaffee’s Cellarette, in West Reading, PA. I had succulent veal medallions with portabella mushroom ravioli. Did I just here you all say, “Yum!”. The dessert was even better…a creamy cheesecake with chocolate crumb crust topped with caramel and chocolate!
Table set for dinner celebration!
My birthday was actually Sunday and it was a wonderful time with my family. I made homemade lasagna, a tossed salad, and fresh Italian bread. I also made the perfect apple pie with just the right combination of Granny Smith and Golden delicious apples for that mouth-watering zing of tart and sweet all at the same time! Don’t you love the salad bowl set given to me by my friend Bunny and her husband. Thanks guys! I know I’ll use it often!
My new salad bowl set!
Enough about food, let’s move onto my February book called, “Silver Boxes” by Florence Littauer. It is a non-fiction book about the gift of encouragement! I love it and it is inspiring me to seek out ways to encourage others. It started out talking about silver boxes…moved on to secret boxes…then mailboxes…and the last chapter I read was about flower boxes. I loved the flowerbox chapter.
“Are your planter boxes full of flowers or of weeds?
February Book
I loved, loved, loved how it explained what a beautiful picture Romans 8:28 is…if you’re not familiar with this verse, I encourage you to look it up today!
“How many of my bad choices in life has God changed and worked into flowers later on?”
I’m sure you are thinking of a few things God worked for the good when at the time of its occurance it seemed so bad!
I am actually sending two “Notes of Encouragement” this week. The first, goes to a good friend and sister in Christ I met in DeWitt, IA…Julie Krukow. The second, goes to a gal in the Berks County area named Jennifer. You can read more about these two ladies on my “Notes of Encouragement” page.
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