a new dishwasher. change. His sovereignty. growth. relationships I never thought I would or could have that God has graciously placed me in. slippers. tea & the cups you drink it out of. Mac. youth camp. cookies. the grace that I now know & the mercies yet untold. Pergo flooring. lists. warm blankets. frisbee! a place to serve. creativity & knowledge- and the ultimate source of both. a reason to laugh. good books. cameras. fires. strangers. traditions. scarves. movies. being undecided... for much longer than I would deem pleasant & convenient. the beauty of the hope of living life fresh tomorrow... with no mistakes in it.

Giving Thanks.

House Notes

Thirty-some more boxes saw the curb this week. We've been saying that everytime we empty a box we should have a bell of some sort to ring. We dont have a bell so we always say 'that was easy.' The china closet in the diningroom is now filled with our lovely red glass and other random crystal pieces including a yellow glass plate we found at the Salvation Army this week. We relocated the record player to the other side of the game room. The back addition is complete but empty. We are in need of an organized laundry system of some kind.

this is The End of this post.

:-)

Traveling Together

Handbook of Grammar and Composition Fourth Edition
Sect. 15.1 p. 91

Unity means oneness-- oneness of thought and of purpose. In order for a sentence to have unity (1) its statements must be closely related, (2) the relationships of its statements must be clear, and (3) the statements must compose only one thought.

Closely relating is living life as a part of a body of believers.
Relationships of its statements is communicating.
The one thought is Christ.

Find the Wright answer to the Riddle

hehe. silly title.

Paul Wright- Take this Life & You're Beautiful

Jeremy Riddle- Sweetly Broken

let there be created really cool lights

Conversational Apologetics. I spent an hour and a half listening to these two downloads. Wonderful.

Conversation on the Brown Leather Twirling Chair

What are you going to do when you grow up, Dave?
Work at Home Depot.

Why?
So I can build stuff.

What are you going to build?
A place for birds... a bird house.

Anything else?
some tables... ya, some furniture.

Are you going to do anything else when you grow up?
Buy a drill, or maybe Dad'll give me a drill.

That all or something else too?
An engineer.

What does an engineer do?
(chuckles) I dont know... build cars.

He lost his first tooth last week. He had a pet slug for fifteen minutes last night and when he lost the red leaf his pal rested on, he searched valiantly. "Where's my pet? ... There's too many red leaves!"

I showed him the slime the slug left on his hand. He got a sober look on his face and then came straight inside and washed his hands before I could even tell him to.

Do be Do be Do

My lappy is connected.
I am enjoying streaming classical radio once again.
Vivaldi is quite fun to say.

I've not taken half as many pictures as I should have, though the video camera has been getting some attention. Boxes are not in the middle of the room any longer; they've found corners. The livingroom is quite livable as are the other rooms on the main floor. The basement is, but isnt. Lots of little things all around the house. We just past a total of 100 boxes unpacked and put on the curb. wowzers.

Unerring wisdom ordained your lot, and selected for you the safest and best condition... Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there... Be content with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered all things for your good. Take up your daily cross; it is the burden best suited for your should, and will prove the most effective to make you perfect in every good word and work ot the glory of God. Down busy self, and proud impatience, it is not for you to choose, but the Lord of Love!

'Trials must and will befall-
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all;
This is happiness to me.'

-Charles Spurgeon

Macro Update

Would post some random house pictures but am on the desktop; wireless signal still down for my lappy where within the pictures are cosily located.

We're in.

A reoccurring thought- comfort. Our old house was 20 yrs of accumulated comfort. This house is quite the opposite. The floors arent new; the bathrooms need redone- we had just finished doing that at the old house. oh the irony. New carpets came today! The backroom is being rebuilt- pint size. The kitchen appliances are ancient. The telephone and microwave are ancient and make the most shrill sounds. The garbage disposal is hilarious; it strains to work. Our stuff is still in boxes and shall remain for whoknows how long.

The above is not to be read in a downtrodden, slugglish or overall complaining way. It's a notation of differences that are daily being worked around.

My daily desire, as the Taylors prayed for us, is that this would become like home, not just a place. A lesson in patience.

We all came to the conclusion this week that leaving our old house was one the best things for us. We were too comfortable. If God had told us to leave, even for His gospel, we would have left yes, but made sure we could come back to it somehow. Such attachment! All has been taken away and all there is for our attachment to rest upon is Christ. How much better off we shall be...

Ah the Margaret Fuller paper is completed and out my hands. Mrs. G- I'll print or email you a copy per your request back when :-)

Tonight was a good night helping babysit the S..... kidos, laughing at youtube videos and eating ice cream and animal cookies.

Laughter is Like Good Medicine

drum roll please

Tomorrow... betting my bottom dollar there'll be sun.
I'm off to lend my hands to pack and seal boxes. Using the little tape thing is fun.

there's an end somewhere; at some point we'll have to have finished packing everything... everything will be in the darkness of a closed box. it's just not quite in sight yet.

:-]

Still we will follow; No turning back, no turning back...