Melissa’s Cozy Teacup

So, after many weeks of being unable to come to home group, our friends made it tonight. Woohoo! I kind of feel sorry for Mr. Music, the husband of my friend, The intercessor, because he is the only extrovert in the room. The three of us are happy to sit there and listen to him which is good for him. He’s one of the few men I know who actually has 20,000 words to use everyday. Really, I’m not kidding. He’s not as bad as the visitor we had in November who, I-kid-you-not, talked for oh between 12-16 hours straight one day. I finally just got up and went to bed and left my husband to deal with him. I couldn’t take it anymore. I wanted to jam knitting needles into my ears.

I won’t lie to you. It has been extremely difficult for me to open up my house to others but, it has also been rewarding. Today was the easiest home group day I’ve had since Tech Hubby and I began last year in September. Yes, it’s taken that long for me to relax and we, so far, are only hosting one other couple besides us, and they are our friends. We love them dearly and I’m thankful God has given us just them for now so I can acclimate.

The only down side to the night was how gassy I got after dinner. You know how on t.v. when an actress gets pregnant but they’ll hide her tummy with a pillow if they don’t write the pregnancy in to the story? Well, the pillow-in-front-of-the-tummy trick works well for hiding the fact that while you’re sitting on the sofa reading the bible and talking with your friends about God, your pants are undone so that the incredibly painful bloating won’t press against your jeans and cut you in half.

Tomorrow, I continue cook book week.

There might be a give away on Friday if you leave a comment on any post -for this week only.

Mmm, chocolate. I love chocolate more than any other person in my family except perhaps for my dad. See previous post on his Candy Drawer. I even have chocolate tea with rose buds mixed in, from Harney and Sons. It tastes so good.

Here is my small, but loved, collection of chocolate cook books.

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This one is my favorite.

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It taught me that chocolate didn’t have to be constrained to just being a dessert. It could be a meal, all on its own. Now, I have chocolate sandwiches too!

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Went over to sister’s house yesterday to vent and lament. She was waiting in her vehicle in her driveway for me. We had to go pick up ‘The Boy’ from school and time was waning. I get out of my car and get into hers and we’re off.

When we returned, these were behind the fence of her back yard.

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Living in Colorado, I’m used to seeing wild things, just not so many all in one place.  The mountain lion that lives in her area must be somewhere else right now. Maybe. Usually, we don’t see this many deer if a predator is around. I tried to get the wee beasty (Rocket-see previous posts) to notice them. All she noticed was a bunny in the yard which she chased back under the shed.