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| Dear ones,
I have not updated in so long! we are here in the country. I went into Seattle last week and it felt so strange. I couldn't believe that I used to go to Whole Foods once a week. It felt like such a busy, alien place.
1,000 cheers for the country! I hardly have any reason to go back to Seattle at all!
We caught a frog and a grasshopper yesterday and had a few snails in before bed.
We went to the park and played with neighborhood kids.
Went to the co-op to buy raw milk right off the shelf.
Our building project is HUGE. I have talked to 4 electricians in the past three days. Now, I have to decide which one to use. Choosing a contractor is like divination. (well, sort of.) We have a limited number to choose from. and, most people are just working on the side for our project. Is it possible to track down past customers. That is how you do it in real life. We'll see.
Every step is a learning step.
Well, H and I are sharing the computer. So I better pass it off. he is sitting here looking over my shoulder.
LOVE! J
Praise the Lord!
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| We are officially homeless.
I think it is the sweetest gift from God, we have rented our house to such a nice family.
They have plots to completely transform the yard. reseed the lawn and plant flowers.
I am dazed and slight disbelief. I have the signed lease right here. weird.
Two weeks left here. And, somehow (thanks dad) we are spending most of the time up at the barn cleaning up, building, tearing out old stuff.
Praise the LORD for His grace. Because I certainly can't do this on my own.
May God's overflowing generosity carry me through every single home improvement project that I complete in record time. hurray for all the help HE sends. :)
Glory be to God.
(It has to be good if the supreme ruler of all is in charge and moving and making Himself known)
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| ahhh, It feels so good to be going through things. I just emptied a plastic container of receipts from 2004. Why do I have these things? (I guess, because, for the last three years, I have been doing other things besides cleaning)
I have the perfect amount of time, right?
I can only do my best. that will be enough.
I used my mop for the first time yesterday. Who knew using a mop was easy and kind of fun? (I had a block I guess) I also learned that you are supposed to wax your vinyl floors every 6 months. :) I didn't realize there was such thing as wax.
Today, I hope to wash the outside of the house next to the door.
I was thinking of renting a steam cleaner for the carpet. can't decide if that is too much for today or not. I mean, where will I put the furniture?
I was going to get my organic acid solution and clean the toilets and countertops and the rust off the doors. but maybe I should do the carpet first because it needs time to dry. I can do the counters tomorrow.
Ugh, I haven't eaten breakfast yet. I have heated it 3 times.
The good news is that we found a church!!!! I mean, this is really good news. and it is this itsy teeny revival church. That just means that people sing songs to God for at least an hour on sundays. and they cry (I cried through the whole thing - intimacy and openness and people being together in longing for God just makes me ball.) People hold up their hands to God. The pastor says, "Glory to God" constantly. The place was full of teenagers - I mean, almost a third of the congregation is teenagers. At the church, Prayer is important - they have a weekly prayer meeting. hurray! This is something that our current church has but most other churches don't.
Anyway, going there on Sunday, I was filled with excitement, hope and Godness at least until Tuesday morning. I mean, I smiled at every task, worked hard without complaint. (I drove to mt. vernon and back while getting 5 hours of sleep every night last week - usually on 5 hours of sleep, I growl at everyone and only think of how to get back to bed.) anyway, hurray!
And the first person who talked to me at the church started telling me where I can find grass-fed meat and organic vegetables and asked how to make rye bread. It is fun to have something in common and chat and chat excitedly without an interruption. I don't think I know anyone like that in my life right now. (except of course racheal and stephenie) I am so thrilled! The person who told me about the church (who I haven't met yet) is a homeschool mom and the chapter leader for the stanwood weston price foundation (our way of eating) and knows about the diet I am on and is on her own variation of high fat/low carb. and she grows animals and eats them up. And is almost fluent in sign language. So fun.
I can't wait to move. I guess I was made to be in the country. We went into Seattle last night and Hans went straight into a depression - all that grey and cement. yuck!
So, yes, back to breakfast.
Love! j
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| This morning, I did some cleaning:
1. Cleaned and lined the drawers/shelves in the fridge
2. Found and organized quarters/nickels/pennies (I rolled all the ones I found last week)
3. Organized and cleaned the junk out of the drawers/cupboards in the laundry room
4. Cleaned the light bulb cover under the stove hood
5. Used a toothpick to clean the little red markers on the stove top dials.
6. Sorted through some paperwork in H's office
Things I am apparently ignoring:
Heaps of clutter/cleaning stuff in my kitchen counters
paper/cords/electronics and toys/books/boxes filling my livingroom floor.
and well, generally, other assorted, "big picture" items that would make my house look nice for showing.
(do I really think someone will look under my stove hood at the light bulb cover?)
I am doomed to clean from the inside-out. After a week of cleaning, my cupboards and closets are 1/2 empty and clean! Now, I do hope it will soon transfer to the rest of the house. :)
I am so glad God gives me Hope!
I realized an answered prayer this morning. I wrote on the church prayer card that I wanted prayer for helping us deal with dear si. Because, lately, he has been a perfectly 2&1/2 year old terror! So stubborn and rude! I only remembered that I had written that this morning - but, for the past few days, I have a newfound adoration for him. He is so cute! and my extra cuddles, enjoying his cuteness really seem to be helping him refine his rudeness. (what a vicious circle it is) Oh, don't think I am a bad parent! He has been sticking out his tongue and screaming NO NO NO NO at us. saying, "shut-up" and generally never listening. It has been trying. You know we always love him, I just haven't been finding him fun to be around.
Changing topics to my kids!
Si's so funny, his favorite toys are:
1. His light saber, because he likes to fight like peter pan.
2. A toy Nerf gun we found in the garage (which he is a little scared of now because I drilled into him how dangerous guns can be),
3. the little plastic things you freeze home-made Popsicles in - because they look like peter pan's knife,
4. any electrical gadget that can be taken apart,
5. and his baby who he likes to sleep with.
(and he likes to play with boxes/brooms/tables imagination games with Miss S)
Miss S's favorite toys are:
1. Her fancy dress-up clothes and her hair stuff, her pretend lipstick,
2. Drawing, writing
3. Boxes/tables etc. for playing imagination - playing "store" or "princess castle"
4. and rarely, for short periods of time, her dolls/bears.
Do we really need any other toys?
Love to you dears,
J
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| The truck just came and emptied the bin I have been stuffing all morning!
Hurray!
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