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January 04 Oh where, oh where have you gone?Nope, I haven't been hear much lately...I know.
I have moved blog operations to a different site and I have been waiting to let many know until I felt comfortable with it. I
am very happy over at blogger. I like the way of things and it is much easier to do certain things as well.
Plus, visitors do not have to register with blogger in order to leave a comment...lovely.
So please move your link for me to here:
So for now I will put the MSN blog in hibernation.
Never fear, there will still be pictures and ramblings over at the new digs, just in a slightly different, simpler format.
I will see ya'll over there!
Sarah :)
December 14 Do what you Can!In a sea of blogs that are all a dither with holiday festivities (which I have been enjoying reading and getting inspiration from), my mind has also been focused in a completely different area.
The NPR junkie that I am has allowed me to hear all about all of the presidential canidates and issues being batted around for 2008. I am hyper-aware of what is going on in the world and I believe that everyone needs to do what they can. So pardon me while I pull out my dusty soap box, step-up, and say a few words. Aahem...Please, please, please register and vote in this election and especially if you have never voted before. Regardless of which side you may land on, whether red or blue or what issues you may hold as most important, vote! There are millions of people that would kill (and have through out history) for the right to have a say in the furture of their country, but are not (were not, have not been) allowed to. Especially if you are a woman, excersize the privilege that is less than 100 years old in the United States. Women starved themselves, marched, threw themselves under horses, went to prison and gave up their lives for the opportunity to vote. If anything I feel a sense of obligation to them to use my voice by going to the polls. Please don't take this freedom for granted. Each vote counts and makes a difference, don't allow yourself to think that you are small and unimportant. This is a freedom that we all should value and hold dear.
That is all I have to say at this point about that...and now back to the holiday festivities! :) December 09 The Good List This weekend has been slow and sweet. I got a lot accomplished, but also I took time to read and relax. We spent quite a bit of time in our PJs. The floors were vacuumed and surfaces were dusted. Organization happened...I know *gasp* A bath was given to a dirty Little Man. Cupcakes were made. A book was started. A winter quilt was added to the bed. Laughter with my Sweetie. Favorite Christmas movies were watched: Holiday Inn and Scrooge (the best one with Albert Finney). Life is sweetness itself. December 06 Snow covered meadowsIt has been a winter wonderland here in the mid-west. It is amazing how crisp and clean the world looks when covered with a blanket of snow. Everything is more hushed and things seem softer. It is as if our house is wrapped in a fluffy blanket which adds to our coziness. But, it is ever so cold, last night it was in the minus temperatures and it was best for all just to stay indoors. But, I do love how the snow and frost seem to make Christmas lights around town twinkle and sparkle just a little bit more. Up until yesterday I was not in the mood to do any decorating for Christmas. So this weekend I am going to try and locate our stockings and maybe a few other things to brighten the house for the holidays. It is after all Elijah's first Christmas and I don't want it to be entirely devoid of Christmas cheer and even though he won't remember any of it...I will.
The sunrise this morning was stunning! The new light made all of the snow covered trees glow pink and the empty corn and soybeans fields for some reason didn't look so very bleak and barren. It's mornings like this that make winter bearable. Being bundled up inside has made me start thinking about getting back to my crafty side which has lain neglected for too many months. We are having a gift exchange at work next week and I have decided that I want to sew or create something for it, maybe a holiday table runner? It's still cementing in my mind.
Elijah has had another ear infection, but is on meds again and is doing much better. His second bottom tooth came through a couple of days ago...lovely! And, he is crawling all over the place and pulling himself up onto his knees, he is just such a joy.
David continues to work hard and when relaxing he enjoys the fantasy football leagues that he participates in as well as watching football on TV. I have been watching with him over the last year and a half or so and I am starting to enjoy the game as well. He has been wonderful to answer my questions and to help me learn the ends and outs. Plus, knowing the inside stories of the players adds interest as well. I am learning that with most things in life that seem boring or dull on the surface may not be if I take the time to learn about them indepth. They may turn out to still be boring in the end, but I want to try to give things a chance and football is turning out to be a pleasant surprise. November 28 Sweet NovemberNovember has flown by in the blink of an eye. It is a wonder to me that Thanksgiving has come and gone and Christmas is just around the corner. I haven't done any decorating yet and I'm not sure how much I will do. There are still some unfinished parts of unpacking left that require the purchase of bookshelves from IKEA and so the living room feels unfinished and I don't want to add a Christmas tree to it all. It would seem like chaos. So I might just hang a wreath on the door and call it good. If Elijah was a little older I would go all out, but he won't have any memory of this Christmas, so I think I'll just hold out until next year when everything in the house should be about done, including painting.
Elijah is now completly mobile...he is crawling everywhere and getting faster everyday. It's great fun to watch, he sort of has the look of a bulldog when he is clomping away to get to where ever he is wanting to go. His arms and legs are placed wide as he moves. At the beginning of his crawling foray, two weeks ago, he would cry and throw a fit as if having to crawl was the worst thing. But now he's figured out it's actually pretty cool. He also has one tooth on the bottom that is coming through nicely, but since they normally come in twos we are wondering where the second one is. At his last Dr's appointment he was 29 1/2 inches long and 18 lbs 12 oz. We are playing a little catch up since he lost a few onces while being sick. He is just so wonderful to watch and spend time with. He plays well with others as well as by himself and he has the best squishy faced grin. He also loves to sing. He makes singing noises when he hears music and he loves it is David or I hold him and dance and sing. He loves all kinds of music and when he hears a song on TV he'll stop, listen and often start singing. He current favorite is the Mary J. Blige song on the iTunes/iPod commercial. Previously he loved the "1,2,3,4" song by Fiest that was on iPod commercials. His favorite toy of the moment is his new dump truck from Grandma. The back of it is full of big, lego-type blocks that he loves to dump out, suck on and make noise by hitting them on the kitchen floor. He doesn't like the blocks to be in the dump truck, so when David or I pick them up and put them in there he will come crawling from where ever and proceed to dump them out again. He also still loves his Busy, Ball, Popper as well.
We are doing well bundled up inside our cozy house. I do have a prayer request...It is looking like I am not going to be able to interview for this temporary job that I am currently in. It's a long story and I don't know for sure, but chances have become slim. I really, love this job and am enjoying what I am doing, but, more importantly I want God's will to be done. I would appreciate any prayers that I would finally be able to have full-time, permenant employment.
That is the news for now... November 14 Dispatches from the sick room. We seem to be on the mend here at camp Madisonville...knock on wood. Elijah is on his second antibiotic and this one seems to be doing the trick, my antibiotics are kicking in and David has somehow managed to stave off any major "send-one-to-bed" illness to date. Let us hope that that is how it remains. After arriving home tonight Elijah played with his busy ball popper while I tried to set about the much neglected business of keeping house. He managed to crawl/wiggle two feet or so and I was so very proud of him. But, fussiness soon ensued and after the normal Wednesday night bath, cowboys pj's, and hair brushing I gave him his meds, we read about Dimity Duck and Frumity Frog and then to sleep he went. The house had truly become a shambles, if things had gone on any longer it might have been worth it to burn the place down and start over. Dishes, bathrooms, beds, floors...David did ever so sweetly do the laundry last night, at warp speed I might add. After Elijah went to the land of nod, I found some energy to change the sheets and wash the old ones as well as a load of towels and I did all the dishes. It felt so good even to just sweep the kitchen floor which had collected more then it's share of crumbs and whatnots to create dust bunnies for the next two years. I then whipped out my magic homemade floor cleaner of vinegar and distilled water and spot cleaned some of the worst bits. It now looks pretty beautiful. The full treatment will be administered on Saturday along with rug washing and the moving of chairs to get all the spots good and scrubbed. I went through all the mounds of mail and sorted, recycled, tossed and then put a crisp, clean, white tablecloth on the kitchen table. I sigh when I look at it now, so much better then the disarray of a day ago. Sadly, my energy has given out and I must retire for the night, but, there is nothing so good as getting a few things done around the house. That in and of itself makes me feel much better. And so...to sleep... November 09 Another Love letterDear David,
How wonderful you are to me, how thoughtful, how kind. You came into my life most unexpectedly and I have not been the same since. Your strength and your support are invaluable to me and I am quite certain that I would be adrift without you. Seeing you bloom into a father has been wonderful to watch. The way you are with Elijah is precious and gives such joy to my heart. He is one blessed little boy and I in turn am blessed as well. I love sitting and doing nothing with you, going for drives, I enjoy your teasing, your laughter, your kisses, your hugs. I value your faith and convictions, your insights, your advice. Sure we drive each other crazy from time to time, but, I have never wanted to run away, but only to work it out and get back to good. Our similarities bring us closer, our differences keep us unique and add spice to the equation. We laugh a lot and to quote a favorite singer of ours "...it's the laughter keeps us coming back for more." ~Dave Matthews and that's the truth. You are my hearts joy and My love and I want you to know just how much you mean to me. I love you Sladkey!
Your LC :) November 08 Fevers and such LikeWe are a house full of sickies...Elijah Lee has pinkeye in both eyes and a raging ear infection. He is now on meds and is starting to mend quite nicely. David has had gunk in the last few days and I am currently on a bought of something wonderful for the second time in three weeks...you know the chills, achey, just all around miserable. I thought I already paid my dues but, Mr. Flu came calling again. I have been trudging along at work, but the whistle is about to blow and I couldn't be more thankful. If only I disn't have to walk two blocks to my car, but, I shall endure.
i hope things are better out there in blogland for the rest of you. November 06 What's New?I really don't have much of anything to write today. I mean, things are good, no complaints here, but, just nothing new.
I've dinner going in the crock pot while I'm at work, Elijah is playing at daycare with his new buddy Carson, and David is working hard as per usual...so life is good. I hope the same for all of you! November 03 Crisp Fall DaysFABULOUS FALLISH THINGS: painting the front door a lovely deep, golden, yellow singing along to iTunes baking pumpkins glowing Tootsie rolls swaps with blog friends podcasts naps in the weak afternoon light swirling leaves baby kisses Daddy kisses books a warm fire in the evening cheesy casseroles sweaters and gloves hand knitted socks Elijah is getting his lower teeth...so precious, although it should be noted that he wouldn't agree with that statement, he's uncomfortable. And I am excited about this new phase he's entering, but also a little sad for the end of the last one. His big toothless grin is wonderful and will be missed. We have been calling it his muppet face because he grins really wide and has no teeth, so he looks like a muppet...but, not for much longer. He's also really close to starting to crawl, in the next week or two I expect him to be fully mobile...and then watch out! He was a bee for Halloween and so sweet at that. The costume was just a wee bit small in length, so when he had the hood on it pulled his head and shoulders down a bit so he looked a little like a hunch-backed bee. I took him around to three of our neighbor's houses and they thought he was adorable, which was completely true. He didn't know what was going on, but seemed to enjoy the little jaunt around the street. I had tea lights in several orange buckets with jack-o-lantern cutouts in them, but the wind kept blowing them out so I gave up. They did look pretty neat when they were lit. Well, happy weekend my buddies, I am feeling a crafty bent and I must take advantage of it in between loads of laundry and other home-making...hugs! October 29 A LetterDear Elijah,
How can I begin to tell you how much you have changed my life. I'm not sure how I survived before without your cooing noises in the early morning hours, your crazy, lovely mop of brown hair that smells so sweet, or your big toothless grin. Each day is a little bit brighter and a little bit sweeter because you are in it. I love the way your socks flop on your feet because you pull on them and attempt to stick your toes into your mouth or the way your belly sticks out after a satisfying meal of chicken with vegetables, sweet potatoes, and applesauce. I hope you always adore your light-up clown, G-raffe, and the book Barnyard Dance. You melt my heart when you try to "sing" along with music and when I sing "Fly me to the Moon" to you. I know that you will continue to grow and change and I think of all of the wonderful things that you have yet to experience...Walking, forming words, ice cream, bike rides, grass beaneth your feet, a funny movie. I wonder what your hopes and dreams will be and what you will be passionate about. I also know that there are sad and scary things ahead of you and I wish that I could shelter you from them all, but, I can't...However, I will be here for you whenever the road gets hard and the world closes in. There is nothing that you could do that will change the way I feel about you...I love you. So let's just take each day and fill it with as much as we can and squeeze as much living out as possible.
I love you Little Man.
Mama October 26 Sweet October, where have ye gone?The Pumpkin Patch was indeed an adventure...the only way I can really describe it would be to say that this would be what Walt Disney would have dreamed up if he had decided to create a pumkin patch. At first I was charmed by the goats, the great mounds of colorful pumkins and bush after bush of purple, yellow, and white mums...however, the crowds and the dust began to take their toll and the ginormousness (yes, it diserves the creation of a new word) of the place was too much. I quickly tired out. But the cousins seemed to enjoy themselves and I'm sure Elijah would have if he had been old enough to do the activities. Aunt Angie did take him around on the kiddy tricycle track, twice, which he adored! Everytime she would slow down or stop he would kick his legs back an forth as if to say, "Don't stop! Keep going!" So I guess I should amend my previous statement, he did enjoy himself.
Illness has come and gone at our house. I was down for the count for most of this week, but I am now up and feeling much better. Elijah and David have also been under the weather, but are better as well.
After awakening at 1pm yesterday afternoon feeling much better and filled with a sudden urge to get up and do something I knew that I was on the mend. So I baked. There is no better confirmation of solid well-being then to make some warm, moist, goodie to fill you with the joy of being alive. I had four very sad looking apples that were nearly ready for the rubbish bin, but, it has been my goal to mend my chronic, western, food wasting ways and use up things. Food does not grow on trees...no wait, some does, but, the money to buy the food does not and therefore, the food should not be squandered...whew! At least that is what I have been working really hard on. So I put those apples to work in a moist apple cake from one of my Moosewood cookbooks. It was really quite good. And David seemed to like it as well.
Have a delightful weekend my friends full of happiness and baking! October 22 A Day in the LIfeOnce again, I always have the grandest of intentions when it comes to this blog. I think of things all the time that I want to share and then the daily needs of life step in and the grand intentions slip by the wayside.
Here is a typical weekday for us:
Wake-up - 5:30am
Get ready/eat breakfast - 6:00am
Wake-up Elijah/feed him - 6:15am
Dress him/try to tame his wild hair/ herd bottles, lunch, coats, keys, and any other needs - 6:30am
Out the door - 6:45am
Drop Elijah at Daycare - 7:00am
Arrive at work - 7:50am
Work, work, work (Although drudgery it is not) until 4:30pm
Skip back to the car
Pick up Little Man - 5:30pm
Drive home
Make dinner - 6:00pm
Clean-up - 7:30pm
Play, bathe, read, cuddle
Bedtime for Little E - 8:00pm
Spend some time with David maybe watching shows or putzing around
Get bottles and various other asundries ready
Shower - 9:30pm
Sleep
Repeat X 5
By Friday I am always a little worn out, but, I am starting to a have a little bit easier time with the early rising.
Weekends are spent doing things we don't get done during the week as well as just hanging out as a family. I also plan our menus every two weeks and go grocery shopping. This makes it ever so much more easy to have good meals on the table during the week. Plus, I have been able to dust off some of my cookbooks and try some new recipes. Some have been great (spicy peanut noodles, coriander chicken), some not so great (corn casserole, vegetable strudel)
I have also been drinking coffee only seldom any more. I used to have it every morning...now I just stick to mostly water and the occational soda. But with the new job which requires walking and using stairs as well as eating more balanced meals I have dropped 3 pounds and I hope to keep it up.
Elijah is doing well...he has a cough and a bit of a runny nose. I'll hear him cough occationaly in the middle of the night and I wish that I could make it go away. But, it seems to be improving. David and I are convinced of his brilliantness and by no means are we biased. ;) He's just very bright and over all happy and cheerful. He only fusses when he has reason, i.e. the big three - diaper change, hungry, sleepy. Sometimes he crys and we can't locate the source, but those times are few and far between. We adore him!
David is doing well. He's a cleaner, unpacker, diaper changer, electrician, lawn boy...extraordinar! He is worthy of a million kisses...I best get started...after work that is. :) Opps lunch is over, back to work...
October 06 A Tale of Two MirrorsFor just over two months this house had no mirrors in the bathrooms. I had let my eyebrows completely go because it's hard to know that you need to pluck when you never see them. Well, in all honesty, we did have a small mirror that we would prop everywhere, but the light was never good, the angle never right, and the size was just too small for it to really make much difference. We had looked for cool mirrors in junk and antique stores, Old Time Pottery, discount department stores, etc. but with no real luck (we had bought one that turned out to be much to large, we are thinking of re purposing it in the living room) ...so the days ticked by and David and I became somewhat used to only having a vague idea of knowing what we looked like when we walked out the door everyday. There was freedom in that, we were completely free of vanity, but it was driving me a bit nuts too. And now the wonderful, dangerous, enormous savior I had been looking for came to the rescue...IKEA. I found the perfect mirrors...take a look here if you wish. They look absolutely perfect. The new job is lovely. Need I say anymore? We are busy getting sucked into new TV shows around here...we DVR those that appeal and watch after Little Man goes to bed or naps. My new favorite to add to The Office, My Name is Earl, 'Til Death, Numbers, and Criminal Minds is the show Life. We watched two episodes today and I must say I was very quickly sucked in. It stars Damian Lewis from Band of Brothers, and The Forsyte Saga. He has the knack for playing good guys and bad guys, quirky guys and psycho guys ...good actor. Sweet Elijah is teething...just in general out of sorts. He keeps wanting to nurse for comfort and sleep. He has been taking longer and deeper naps as of late. We had gotten used to his kitty-cat naps of ten or fifteen minutes and now he goes for an hour or more. We do our best to keep him comfortable. I am wondering where fall is...today was nearly 90 degrees!?!?! And supposed to be about the same tomorrow. I have been wanting to get in the kitchen and bake more, but how can I even be remotely motivated when I could possibly bake on a rock outside as it is so very hot? Will those crisp autumn days ever come or will we skip straight into winter? I would like to sit and have a cup of tea with fall for awhile. Fall is most welcome...I will put out pumpkins, colorful corn, and bake something lovely if it will only come and stay for awhile. Until then I will pull out my flip flops and try to get excited about wearing another tank top. October 02 And I heave a sigh of relief...Well there is wonderful news to be had!!! I had an interview for a job this morning and they have offered and I have excepted it! It is with a University and it will be a perfect position for me. At this point it is only temporary with the chance of me getting to stay on permanently...God is the one that knows if that will happen, but for now I am finally employed for at the least the next two months or so. Elijah is well and cutting his first two teeth and I have actually been in the mood to work on some crafty projects I hope to post the final results here soon...Any who, I will try to post more soon and new pics as well. I have many new stories to share so check back. Hugs all around! September 18 Dancing through the daysWell, it has decided to warm up again...supposed to be 92 degrees today...I must admit I miss the crispness of the cooler days we had last week. Speaking of crisp, I made a lovely apple crisp last week thanks to a recipe given by Fairlight...so very tasty! I plan to continue a-baking with a pumpkin bread that is also very good. If I can get my act together I will blog the recipe. The guest room is now put together...such fun I have had putting things away, now the house feels so much more in order and I have conquered ever so many more boxes. I find I have to bribe myself to even attempt to open them "Open this box and unpack it and you can watch one episode of Golden Girls." Boxes are so ugly and nondescript: brown, black writing, musty smell...blech! :( But, then comes the opening...flip out the short silver blade of my mini-leatherman (every girl should own one, thanks Dad!), cut tape at the ends first, then the quick and luxurious slide through the tape down the middle, lift the flaps two by two, remove the crinkly, creamy newsprint from the top and VOILE! treasures to behold, "Ahhhh, the hob nail lamp from grandma!", "Ooooooo, my hand painted hat stand!", "Ugly plastic chicken? Why the hec did I keep this?" And so it goes. I hope to start taking some pictures of the house this week to post now that there are less piles and boxes to distort the view. I have also been in the mood to do some sewing, I am attempting to make a couple of things without a pattern to go by, we shall see how they turn out. My lovely Mama, brother and sister-in-law are coming for a quick visit this weekend...I am all a dither with excitement.... September 11 It's here!Today is crisp and cool....I feel like fall is here! Well, I never got to continue blogging on Saturday...and time got away on Sunday too...and now it's Tuesday and 9/11. I took a few moments this morning to think and pray about the day and sadly what it means...but, I also felt a since of hope after all we still have our glorious Savior Jesus Christ to put our trust in. God Bless you all on this day of remembrance. The rest of the weekend consisted of grocery shopping, cleaning, more unpacking, football, bread baking, etc. I still continue to make progress on the house, but, I still feel like there is so much more to do. I have gotten rid of a lot more stuff and I have organized things that I can't bear to part with into two tubs. The last boxes I have gone through were my stuffed animals and childhood toys and keepsakes. I used to have a mouse collection (figurines, little toys, knick knacks, etc) and I went through the entire thing, I mean there must have been at least one hundred different ones and what a trip down memory lane! I ended up keeping three favorites and the rest are going away. It's a bit hard to be getting rid of pieces of my childhood, but I still have the memories and all of the things that I am going through have been in boxes for years...maybe by giving them away someone else can enjoy them. Plus, I feel lighter having less "stuff" dragging me down. I'm still looking for a job...I have had four interviews recently and no job offers...I really need a job! God knows what he has for me and I feel like all of this is for a reason. He has never let me down before and he won't now. I would appreciate any prayers too! I hope all is well with each of you...leave a comment and let me know what's new. September 08 One Sunny DayIt is Saturday Morning and what a lovely day it is so far. Elijah decided that he was ready to get up and moving at around 6am. I fed him and then hoped that he would want to nap a bit longer, but alas, no luck. So up I got, made a pot of coffee and he was soon ready for his cereal and fruit...now one wet and two poopy diapers later he is sitting playing with toys and books, David is hanging up new outside lights on the house and I am taking a few moments to blog.
Elijah is doing so well. He is sitting up all by himself and he pocesses a voracious appetite. He likes most everything that he has eaten, but is not crazy about peas, mixed veggies, and some of the meat entrees. He was also quite certain that the macaroni and cheese was something he never wanted to try again and I cannot blame him. He will certainly love the real thing when the time comes, but the pureed variety is not a pretty thing.
He also loves books, which makes me very happy. I try to read to him everyday and he gets so excited looking at the pictures and watching me form the words. One of his favorites is Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton...Oops, somebody is getting fussy...I will continue this later. September 04 Our Life as of LateI have been trying to upload photos for the last couple of hours and...NO LUCK!!!! Frustrated!!! I have been trying to also download my new podcasts of NPR's Wait, wait don't tell me and Cartalk (both of which I adore) and I can't seem to get those to work either. So check back I hope to have tons of photos up and running soon.
It seems like we haven't been home much lately and the truth is we haven't. Every week end since the beginning of August we have been on the road. Elijah and I also went out to the west coast to see family and had a ball. He did so well on the flights out and back and it was a joy to see him with his grandparents and aunts and uncles...he was most certainly a hit. But, I must say how nice it was to get home and to see David's sweet face again...I miss him so when we are apart for days. This past weekend we went to visit family on David's side and we always have a great time. I wasn't looking forward to travelling again, but once we were there I was happy that we had made the drive. David took me on two dates, which we never get to do...two movies (how glorious!) The Bourne Ultimatum and Superbad. We enjoyed both, one serious and one very funny. On the second night after the movie he took me to a Sushi place...tuna with sliced jalepenos(sp?) and cilantro, shrimp with avocado and cucumber wrapped in rice and seaweed, and crab with...I can't remember what was with it, but it was wrapped in rice and seaweed...then ever so gently nestled and lifted between my chop sticks, dipped in soysauce and wasabi and plopped onto my eager taste buds...WOW! The flavors and textures were divine. It had been before my pregnancy when I had sushi last...David knew just where to take me and what to do. It was lovely. We topped it off with a passion fruit creme brulee...sweetness, creaminess, with the delightful crunch of the sugar crust on top...heaven.
On Sunday we went to watch our nephew Jonathan's first football game. The sun was warm and streaming through the dappled leaves as they moved in a gentle breeze. I could feel fall in the air and an enormous sense on contentment. There is something so right in watching a live football game on a September day. It made me feel like not all was wrong with the world and that something so simple as 9 year olds playing a game for the first time was normal and American and what fall is all about...I don't know...I was a jumble of thoughts and happy to be in the bleachers. His team lost but, that didn't dimnish the day in the least. It felt like warm casseroles, stews, sweaters, apple cider, pumpkins, crisp evenings, and fall hikes all rolled into one lovely afternoon. I made mental lists of what wanted to do this fall and how excited I was to welcome the new season and smiled at the thoughts of how it would be Elijah's first and all of the things that I want him to see and experience.
We are all well here...also, babies are everwhere and such joy...my sweet cousin Bonnie just had her first, a girl named Claire...Wonder Wife had another sweet little girl...welcome Little Ones and more to come in the year ahead...My brother Joe and sister-in-law Brandi are due in a few weeks, Fairlight is due in the new year and so is my brother Craig and Sister-in-law Becky . Life feels right and sweet and very happy...glad to be back in blog land!
August 30 Whew...Heavens! it feels like an age since I was here last! My apologies...it has been one of those months. The house is still not in order, but it is getting there. David and I had a talk right after we moved in and he was pleading for simplification and the cleaning out of all the unnecessary things. I resisted and felt a little hurt, "What about my precious things? I love my things!" But, after much soul searching I have realized how right he is and how freeing it can be to get rid of stuff and that is all it is...Stuff. So I am sorting through each box carefully and weighing my options and figuring out what is important to me and what I can live without. There is a very large pile of stuff in the living room that I have chosen to get rid of and that pile grows every day...furniture, books, dishes, clothes...it's all there. The pile of boxes in the garage is still huge but, I know that it is smaller then it was and it grows smaller by several boxes everyday. I have an interview for a job tomorrow at 10am...good thoughts and prayers would be nice. Little Man and I just got back from a trip west to Oregon to see family...what fun we had. I hope to post longer details soon...the trip out was murder, but I have to laugh about it now. Elijah did so well on the planes and was a joy to all around us. Other then that, just plugging away... |
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