There's "muffin" we can't do

I just made a batch of bran muffins this morning (yes, Tommy, I put in craisins, dates and pecans, yum, yum) and so I couldn't resist the silly pun.

I can't believe we just finished another busy week.  I haven't run out of things to do yet, so that is a good sign.  I taught my first lesson last Wednesday and survived the trauma of it all.  I had the lesson all prepared with how I thought it should go.  On Tuesday during training with our coordinator, Brother Hull showed us a couple of techniques and methods he wanted us to implement in our lessons.  It completely threw me off and hacked away at my self confidence as a teacher.  I just couldn't seem to wrap my mind around how I should do it.  After a lot of heartfelt prayers and considerable anguish, 9am arrived and I went in to teach the lesson.  I had some major parts of the lesson on my computer to show on the overhead projector.  There was a minor hitch in that my computer doesn't have a VGA port, but rather another kind.  The students were great and we had a good discussion, but I was emotionally wasted by the time it was over.  One of the principles we discussed were tender mercies from Elder Bednar's talk and 1 Nephi 1:20.  After class, I had my own tender mercy when I went to Office Depot to try to find the right connector for my computer.  At first it seemed like the only thing they had for an mac that would work was about $125 or I would need to order something online.  Just as I was ready to give up in despair, the sales clerk walked over to a table and said, maybe this would work.  She had a cable that a customer had returned that they had ordered online and it wasn't the right connection.  It totally worked and best of all, it was only $12.  I felt so touched because it was so obviously meant just for me.

Huntsville has about 7 antique stores right in the downtown area.  We have combed through all of them on more than one occasion.  On Tuesday, Neil left to pick up one, possibly two pieces and came back with 5.  We now have a baker's rack in the living room, a lamp, a Hoosier cabinet in the dining area, a mini filing cabinet serving as a nightstand in the bedroom and a storage cabinet in the office.  I couldn't get too upset since I love them all.  Here's what they look like:

I forgot about the folding rocking chair

Baker's Rack

My favorite, I think.  Notice the "belly drawers on the bottom
they are made to hold flour and sugar

I have never seen a filing cabinet this small before

I stopped in at the local Bernina store to introduce
myself and saw this adorable fabric, so I had
to make some pillows.  I love these!

I have all of my sewing tools, patterns, et