Busy, Busy

My daughter took the opportunity to lease space and open her own Day Spa. The last two and a half weeks have been pure chaos, but except for one element that the landlord is responsible for, she is up and running. We have a temporary measure in place for that, so she is able to do treatments already. It has been an exciting, exhausting and expensive experience (alliteration, I know). I'm proud of her and delighted that she has taken the ball and run with it despite the risks and insecurities inevitable in starting a new business.

In other news, I've completed our family album for 2008 - an accomplishment that pleases me mightily. I'm back to knitting again. I survived some kind of stomach bug which zapped me of all energy for several days, but I managed to do what needed to be done as far as assembling all kinds of things for my daughter, verifying shipments, pricing products, setting up her financial books and records, etc. The list is long, huh?

Expecting a visit from my son this week. I'm looking forward to that. It will be good to see him and spend some time together.

I had a call this morning from a friend telling me she had been laid off from her long-time job with a major pharmaceutical company. As I started to sympathize with her, she told me, "No. Wait. Let me tell you the rest." And then she shared with me how this has been a phenomenal blessing for her and her family and how God has orchestrated everything so that this is already a good thing. It was exciting to hear how God is at work in her life and even better to hear how she sees and acknowledges Him in all of it. So to my friend, Congratulations on losing your job! It couldn't have happened to a better person and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next!

And that is about it for the past couple of weeks. I've been so busy, but ultimately, it was just working on the day spa that took up my time and thoughts.

I hope you see God at work in your life this week.