Not Quite Ordinary Observations

For Today...Monday, May 18, 2015

In the great outdoors...heavy; gloomy; almost an impending feeling. All of the storminess is currently south of us, but I think it’s only because high pressure is resting right on us. I can’t feel it weighing me down. Wow.

Within our four walls...lots of chaos that won’t go away any time soon! But, Angie tidied the living room this morning, even with the chaos. It’s those little things that make us all smile. Life goes on, and my kids handle it all with such delightful grace.

A heart of thanksgiving...for a house! We’ll learn the final details today on our new home – a home we will rent until we can work out the details to buy.

A heart of prayer...for challenges facing friends and loved ones; for our family as we continue to process through the emotional side of leaving.

My silly children...are handling the emotional upheaval so well. I’m proud of them! But, we’re still trying to think of all of the sad movies we can watch. After all, that’s our reason for crying, right? Yes, I know. We’re crazy. And we like it that way!

After all…as Steven is fond of saying, “I’ve heard of this thing called sanity. But I don’t think it exists.”

Thoughts from the kitchen...I don’t really want to even think about cooking. It’s getting warm. And we’re moving.

On my bookshelf...not much! Most of what was there is now in a box somewhere!

Projects...packing and purging. 

Sounds of the moment...the pop of a Nerf gun as Steven shoots into the holes of a stack of plastic crates. He’s greatly enjoying this new game!

From Hibbard Academy...it’s all packed up! That makes the kids happy. Olivia’s reading To Kill a Mockingbird so she can finish up language arts after we move. But, otherwise, we’re done for a little while.

A favorite thing from last week...finding a house. It’s amazing how quickly it all came together, really. But, when you’re in the middle of it and know you have a very limited time to work out details, a week and a half seems like forever!

I’ll be honest…I knew God would work it all out. But, I was also clinging to some pretty selfish desires. He had to cut those out of me before He could point me to the house He had chosen for us. Why? Because, although it’s a great house that I’m going to love, it’s not the one I would have picked. And I would have been wrong.

That was really more frustrating than the “delay” in our search. I don’t like to be worked on. But, I like the results every time. His surgeries always have perfect results. Always.

The planner...a meeting tomorrow, then a balance of move prep work and HEDUA/church work for the rest of the week. Oh, and an attempt to not let Olivia’s birthday sneak up on me! It’s a week from tomorrow, and I want to make sure to celebrate her fully, no matter what we’re in the middle of!

Because visuals are fun...and because we all know that every cat loves to be “horsey” for stuffed puppies.

Then we had “King Jack” with his silky scepter. And no, he did not relinquish the scepter willingly!!