Saturday At Our House
Cerwin is no longer green, but it was mid-afternoon before he felt like eating anything. He started with a cup of tomato soup, and said it tasted good to him.
Tonight he is doing better, and ate some of the chicken soup I made this afternoon.
Snow was predicted for today, but this is all that happened.
Yesterday, when deciding on the menu for Sunday evening’s supper (following the Truck Rally meeting), I decided on making chicken barbecue sandwiches – mostly because I had a lot of chicken in the freezer. There was a sale on chicken breasts just before Christmas (buy-one-get-one-free).
I needed sixteen cups of chicken for the sandwich mixture.
I used the broth and two cups of chicken to make a soup that I thought might taste good to Cerwin. He did enjoy it for supper.
There were two cups of chicken left when I was finished with the sandwiches and soup, so I used it to made chicken salad.
Our daughters and daughters-in-law will be impressed that I did so much food preparation today. 
While cutting the chicken into small pieces, I enjoyed watching the birds. This Carolina Wren came by before my hands were too greasy to pick up the camera.
I wished my hands were clean when a red-bellied woodpecker and cardinal stopped at the feeder. It’s rare to see either of them – but I couldn’t clean my hands and pick up the camera before they flew away.
I think I am prepared for Sunday.
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Typing those words, “prepared for Sunday”, reminded me of one of the greatest lessons I ever learned about enjoying Sunday as a day of rest.
Use Saturday as a day of preparation.
I think that is especially important for couples with young children. Parents all know what it is like to have a chaotic Sunday morning because of disorganization or procrastination – trying to find clean clothing, shoes, Bibles, Sunday school books, and making sure our children know their memory verses.
Are you prepared for a day of worship and relaxation?
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