Whoosh: Patrick, baking and blizzard preparations + prayer request

I woke up to the Blizzard Watch being a Blizzard Warning for

our part of New Jersey and for NYC.

I've been working on prep since Saturday, when I made a soup.

Today I got my baking done.

2 tins of vegan! chocolate chip cookies;

two loaves of bread + 6 rolls;

4 small tins of Koek, 1 medium, 1 large.

I moved veggie burgers, English muffins, batteries up

from our garage freezer as we have no indoor door to it

and the snow may block us from getting in, etc. 

I have jars of filtered water; we filled the tub

for toilet flushing, if we lose power;

we have lots of wool blankets; Mr Husband bought a 

hot water bottle, as if we lose power but not gas, we will

still have our stove top to heat water.

Mr Husband bought gauze and medical tape...

he burned his wrist when he put it over the 

electric kettle that does not whistle and had 

steam coming out of it; it's a second degree burn, 

blistering... it does not hurt him now, but was quite painful last night.

We have a shovel upstairs if needed; 

we could get up to 24 inches of snow.

I ordered a new phone battery bank (a portable charger for the phone) on 

Saturday and impressively Amazon delivered it the next day...

we have an older phone charger as well, both are charged,

our phones are charging, my digital camera batteries are charged...

We have done everything we can think of...

We will see what happens.....

***

We were at Patrick's after church,

we worked the afternoon and evening,

with a nice dinner break.

We ended up not getting home till 10 PM,

then my Husband had his wrist burnt,

after we were putting away the things that we brought from

Patrick's home; it was a good but intense (emotionally) time.

The beautiful lamp in the picture above is from Patrick's study.

It's such a treasure; we worked on the kitchen a bit and 

I was given a beautiful silver coloured bread basket, some

kitchen things and some baking tins.

I treasure them and have used the two bread tins 2x already today.

It feels like such a good way to honour and love Patrick,

as we miss him and keep praying for him...

I can't stress what a special time yesterday was for us...

***

So, Mr Husband got home, was doing fine, we had dinner,

did some things, (Koek baking for me!), and then did our prayers.

And then I found out that for the last hour or so, my dear Husband's

throat has been sore.

This really worries me.... he got the flu last March, in Lent,

and it began with a sore throat.

He went to bed already with it still being sore.

He had his first full time week last week...

as you may remember, he was sick full time 5 weeks and then

on half time 2 weeks... for flu and subsequent illnesses. 

***

Please pray that he (and myself) do not fall ill...

***

We are as ready as we can be for the storm that is coming.

Now we pray and wait. 

***

I am remembering again the three prayers Elizabeth Goudge writes of:

Lord I adore

Into Thy Hands

Lord have mercy.

Monday Adventures: NYC!

A very busy and good Monday was had for me, at least.

Sunshine! going to NYC after lunch!

Doing errands, seeing a new NYC Park, with beautiful trees,

and green leafed bushes... 

I came home early, to get the farm-to-table food delivery...

we had grocery delivery this morning

and in the later afternoon, I was at Trader Joes, 

stocking up on fast-friendly food (Lent is coming!),

had a chai tea latte (good but too much sugar)

and my first macaroon, (vanilla, did not realize how soft the 

outer shell is, but also very sweet),

and I made it home just in time for the last delivery,

before I had even put all of my Trader Joe's food away...

We are now stocked up on bone broth for Mr Husband,

we even got some jarred meat and chicken liver pate for him.

The tulips are a belated birthday present,

I just LOVE them!!! 

And I had just been thinking how I would love some

beautiful tulips in the house! God is so merciful to us!

***

We also got some belated Christmas presents!

A book I had been wanting!!! 

and Mr Husband got a wonderful hand repair set and

a get-well-gift of a wonderful (and vegan!) chocolate bar...

I put the chocolate away for a later Lenten day :)

***

Mr Husband and I talked briefly on the phone before he had dinner in NYC

and cabbed back home (he ate at work)...

I had so much goodness in my red cart (oh my goodness was it heavy),

was delighted in stocking my pantry with some new things,

and many staple things, like coconut oil, when he told me

that he needs to see 2 more doctor-related people,

plus his doctor, after hearing how he is doing, 

promptly told him he is not returning to work yet.

This is week 5 of him being so unwell that he can't be at work.

That was hard for me to hear, 

my poor beloved Husband!

Thankfully, and never fear, he is being well-taken care of by his

place of work and we are not in any sort of trouble by this,

we are so so blessed -- and I realize this very very much.... 

***

So, I am thinking of doing sewing on Wednesday morning and

DV have a friend coming Friday for lunch...

so this is a real blessing.

It's fast free week!

I've realized that to help Mr Husband I need to do 

some things in a week that keep me going,

so I am grateful for these plans... 

***

I am praying for Mr Husband to recover...

and I appreciate your prayers very much!

***

God is with us...