I realize that it has been a very long time since my last blog post. I do apologize for that. Life took an interesting turn when my husband and I decided that God was leading us back to WI. Let me fill you in on a few small details you may have missed.
1. We moved to WI!!! After almost 2 years in the beautiful city of Las Vegas, and several nights praying together about our future, we knew we were suppose to root ourselves back in the small town of Rice Lake, WI. Several things played into our decision. We missed our church family and friends dearly. We want to start a family and raise them in a good area and in a good church. God said GO, which in the end is the most important reason.
2. No, I am not preggo yet. A few people have thought I was after mentioning a reason to move is to start our family. We, as any normal married couple have been practicing for a little over 3 years now, and will officially start trying to get preggo this fall. If you are a praying person, please pray we do not have to wait long to have our first baby (9mo of course but not too much longer). Thank you!
3. We are still waiting on our beloved household items to arrive!! This has caused a bit of stress from the day of loading as we encountered some things about our moving company that did not make us happy. Hoping our things arrive soon and until then are so grateful for church family who have loaned us a futon, dishes, eating utensils, TV, and chairs to at least feel somewhat comfy til our things do arrive.
All in all, we are currently laughing in the face of the enemy as he tries to get us down and make us feel like we made the wrong choice. We know, beyond all things that our decision was a right one and everything God has planned is falling into place quite nicely for us. We continue to have faith in Gods plan for us and know that as we follow Him every need will be met and we will continue to grow. Moving is a challenge but having faith and a church family there for support makes the challenge a bit easier, and for that I am blessed and so grateful for!!
Showing posts with label Friendship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friendship. Show all posts
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Creative Juices ...
Today I signed up for a creativity movement called Mosaic.
My friend created a song writing 5in5, 5 songs in 5 days, and is now challenging us further into the depths of our creative minds. I stole the following from his blog about the Mosaic Project to explain the process to you. Several of my long time friends are joining this movement and I look forward to seeing the beautiful picture that our minds bring together from all walks in life and all parts of the world, as well as getting my creative juices flowing a bit too!! Its going to be a beautiful adventure!!
"Welcome to the M O S A I C project. I am sure most of you have seen a mosaic before (if not just click on the picture above. It is a mosaic of the world made out of apps). Most mosaics are formed by overlapping various broken materials. I like the phrase various broken materials because it is a good description of us all. We are all broken in some way. We all have hurts and imperfections, but when we are in community and share our lives with each other we begin to see a bigger picture take form. We begin to see a *work of beauty under the artful hands of God."
http://danieljohnmusic.com/the-m-o-s-a-i-c-project/
I will be posting on this creative process as it comes about. The deadline is this coming Wednesday and my final project will be posted in my blog as well as on the link above with the rest of the beautiful works of art that are put together to make ONE bigger picture.
My friend created a song writing 5in5, 5 songs in 5 days, and is now challenging us further into the depths of our creative minds. I stole the following from his blog about the Mosaic Project to explain the process to you. Several of my long time friends are joining this movement and I look forward to seeing the beautiful picture that our minds bring together from all walks in life and all parts of the world, as well as getting my creative juices flowing a bit too!! Its going to be a beautiful adventure!!"Welcome to the M O S A I C project. I am sure most of you have seen a mosaic before (if not just click on the picture above. It is a mosaic of the world made out of apps). Most mosaics are formed by overlapping various broken materials. I like the phrase various broken materials because it is a good description of us all. We are all broken in some way. We all have hurts and imperfections, but when we are in community and share our lives with each other we begin to see a bigger picture take form. We begin to see a *work of beauty under the artful hands of God."
http://danieljohnmusic.com/the-m-o-s-a-i-c-project/
I will be posting on this creative process as it comes about. The deadline is this coming Wednesday and my final project will be posted in my blog as well as on the link above with the rest of the beautiful works of art that are put together to make ONE bigger picture.
Friday, March 4, 2011
You know it's GOOD ... ... ...
It's times like today when you know that you are doing something right in your life.
A few weeks ago, my neighbor and good friend was having a bad toothache. After recommending a great dentist at an even greater price, I found myself sitting in a black metal chair in the corner of a dentist office consoling my friend at the news of having to get a few fillings. No one likes going to the dentist, no matter how old we get, it's just one of those things we do not enjoy much. So, after 2 visits for fillings, lots of Novocain, and a couple trips to Starbucks to make her feel better, things were starting to look up.
Today, my friend calls me and says that I have no choice what we are about to do. GREAT!! What could she be talking about right? "We are going to go get our nails done together." she says. WOW!! What a sweetheart! All I did was lend my friendship hand to help her through a tough dentist visit and she is completely spoiling me today.
We meet at my house, go to Starbucks for a skinny caramel macchiato, and head to the nail salon where we pick the same bright pink polish, snuggle into the comfy big oversized massage chairs and slip our toes into the bubbly warm water. Total relaxation! What a wonderful feeling as someone else works to make your feet sandel worthy again by soaking, scrubbing and massaging, then after painting them all pretty pink, they switch to your hands where the whole process begins again!!
After the pampering was finished and we took ourselves to Target to browse a sale rack or two, we came back to my humble abode to play cards and have a glass of wine, only we never played cards, we just began to talk.
You know you are doing something right in your life when a person you meet in the gym becomes the closest friend you have in a big intimidating city, where that person can tell you all their deepest darkest secrets and you can do the same with them. You know its good because you aren't afraid to share about the real reason life is simply good. You know its good when you both have the best time together, laughing, crying, being serious or cracking jokes, and most of all you know are doing something right in your life when GOD is in a friendship and you know because of that, that friendship will last a very long time!
Today, my friend calls me and says that I have no choice what we are about to do. GREAT!! What could she be talking about right? "We are going to go get our nails done together." she says. WOW!! What a sweetheart! All I did was lend my friendship hand to help her through a tough dentist visit and she is completely spoiling me today.
We meet at my house, go to Starbucks for a skinny caramel macchiato, and head to the nail salon where we pick the same bright pink polish, snuggle into the comfy big oversized massage chairs and slip our toes into the bubbly warm water. Total relaxation! What a wonderful feeling as someone else works to make your feet sandel worthy again by soaking, scrubbing and massaging, then after painting them all pretty pink, they switch to your hands where the whole process begins again!!
After the pampering was finished and we took ourselves to Target to browse a sale rack or two, we came back to my humble abode to play cards and have a glass of wine, only we never played cards, we just began to talk.
You know you are doing something right in your life when a person you meet in the gym becomes the closest friend you have in a big intimidating city, where that person can tell you all their deepest darkest secrets and you can do the same with them. You know its good because you aren't afraid to share about the real reason life is simply good. You know its good when you both have the best time together, laughing, crying, being serious or cracking jokes, and most of all you know are doing something right in your life when GOD is in a friendship and you know because of that, that friendship will last a very long time!
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