normal

do you ever have one of those days

where you get a ton done, but you don't feel like you've done much of anything...

i got through a bunch of things at work today, but i don't feel acomplished. not today.

i made dinner, cleaned the kitchen, exercised, changed up my blog...

i'm not sure why i'm feeling this way, maybe it's because my to do list

current goes on for days and i don't see an end in sight.

but - tomorrow is a new day. i am thankful for new days!

 

 

so thankful

do you ever have one of those days where you are just overwhelmingly thankful.

i started off today at faculty/staff devotions, where we sang the great old hymn

"count your many blessings".

so we did. it was nonstop thankfulness.

and all day i have had some nonstop thankfulness.

 

i am thankful for:

my wonderful new (to me) house

that in just two weeks this house has become a home

for my wonderful, awesome new neighbors

for fall and the beautiful fallish day we had

for having time to run today

for getting to study under dr. oswalt {A - mazing!!!}

for such a wonderful church

for my precious goddaughter, who is just perfect

for my wonderful husband who has been working on a project all day for me

for a god who loves me with such an amazing, extravagant love.

 

make a list

i just moved into my new house.

here is a list of to do's:

hang artwork (already picked out - every room minus kitchen).

fix the living room corner (thinking about doing stools or a reading nook).

make the platform bed and hang the painting (already have everything just need to make it happen).

organize the guest bedroom (before my parents come in one week).

make a chandelier for the dining area (i am thinking about a caning jar one, since i have everything).

 

this first set of pictures are from the first week in the new house:

 

make the platform bed and hang the painting (already have everything just need to make it happen).

hang curtains with rods, so as not to look so completely getto.

hang artwork.

fix the living room corner (thinking about doing stools or a reading nook).

make a chandelier for the dining area
(i am thinking about a caning jar one, since i have everything).

 

organize the guest bedroom (before my parents come in one week).

this second set of pictures is from my second day in the house:

break me down

do you ever just feel the pain of another?

my worst nightmare just happen in really life to someone very close to me.

i live miles away and all i can do is listen and cry with her.

all i want to do is to be with her now.

i want to go sweep her up and carry her away and protect her from all the pain.

i am like col. brandon in sense and sensibility. "give me an occupation or i will go mad" he says.

i feel much that way. i want an occupation. want can i do from thousands of miles away?

 

pray.

 

pick up the phone to listen and cry with her when she calls.

 

and pray.

 

i know that our heavenly father is with her.

so i sit here - and i cry - and i pray.

i love you my dear friend.

oh my blueberry

do you ever have those moments in life where you just want to hit rewind.

yesterday was one of those.

i am highly allergic to mold (i guess that makes me a nerd.?)

tuesday night i was eating fresh fruit straight from the container,

you know those pretty party platters.

i was also talking to mr b...

talking and eating and talking and eating this delicious fruit and then

i ate the worst blueberry ever! it was molded! uck, uck, uck!!!

i was so much into the conversation that i ate a molded blueberry.

that blueberry stayed in my mouth for .02 seconds. i rinsed, i brushed, i took a benadryl.

wednesday came.

headache, sore throat, ear ache, itchy eyes. seriously! it was just one little blueberry.

i came to work late, but seriously who wants to tell their boss i had an allergic reaction to a moldy blueberry.

today is new day. i am much better than yesterday.

cheers to a new day and the invention of medicine!

today will be our first adoption class. i am over the moon ready for tonight.

a whole new experience with people i don't know - kind of freaks out my introverted self.

but i know that god has a plan for us and our baby to be.

there is a peace that comes from knowing that you are in gods plan.

 a man’s heart plans his way, but the lord directs his steps.

proverbs 16:9

rainy on sunday

i love rainy fall days. i cannot get enough of them.

i have just moved into my new house and i am loving my back deck.

apparently there is a lot of love today.

i can open the door and listen to the rain fall onto my patio.

 

some weekends are just great. this is one of those.

i have been able to connect with so many friends this weekend.

 

mr. b and i started it off with a hike in shackertown.

we were talking and walking and not paying attention to where we were headed.

at 7:45 we realized that the sun would go down soon and we really didn't know where we were

or how far it as to the car. needless to say, we ran three miles back to the car and

made it out before sunset. we were looking for an adventure...and we found one.

it is so great to have mr b back. we really love just sending time together.

 

 

 

saturday i went to the farmers market first thing in the morning.

i came home and baked and baked and baked.

sometimes you just get in the mood to make food.

i do believe i am done with cooking for the entire week.
 

 

today we had beautiful service at st. peter's.

being at st. peter's feels like coming home.

there is something about the prayer book that connects us to the church historical.

to worship with those who have gone before us in the faith.  

the prayers are so well thought out. the creeds connect us with those who have dedicated their lives to study and understand the word of god.

 

every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. james 1:17

 

just as i am, though tossed about with many a conflict, many a doubt; fightings and fears within, without, o lamb of god, i come. i come.

miss you like crazy

it's been a month and a half now that husband has been traveling.

i was able to get away from my desk for two weeks to hang out with him,

 but that was several weeks ago.

i am missing mr. b like crazy.

it's so bad that when i saw one of his friends tonight and he asked me how i was doing... i cried.

i actually cried. in a restaurant. in my little town. to an ats student.

i miss my husband!

 

so tonight i am going to brag on my man.

 

he is amazing!

he finished this past year at ats with an ma in biblical studies.

he is the only person who received triple honors in his graduating class.

he also received two awards one for hebrew and the other for biblical studies.

he is an amazing teacher of the bible. he is passionate about scripture.

he loves the lord and he loves others.

on top of it all that.

he is also a handy man. he can fix a car, work on the house.

he has designed and built cabins. he is an excellent investor.

and he's super cute {or at least i think so}.

 

i love you mr. b and i am so thankful for the past nine years we have had together.

i am also thankful that you are such a wonderful man and husband.