Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
A Ride to Remember
Once upon a Thursday, we loaded up our car and began the 16+ hour trek to see Clone's Senior Art Show. It was a gorgeous day for a drive. About 13 hours into it, Frog receives a phone call from a "restricted number" on his cell phone. He decides to answer it. It was a call to change the course of his future.
On the line was our Senator calling to inform Frog that he will be receiving an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy Class of 2016!!
We of course were on the highway in the middle of nowhere so Frog was kept cooped up for quite a while before we could finally pull over and let him hop out his happiness!! These are a few shots of that little pit stop!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Losing weight in lightning speed!
Its the house though and not me!
I think my favorite perk of moving this often is the purging and decluttering it demands of us.
It is hard work, physically and, sometimes, emotionally, but the end result is a sense of freedom and release from bondage to things.
And, I especially like it when MWC does the garage and the shed so I don't have to. I do so love that man!!
I think my favorite perk of moving this often is the purging and decluttering it demands of us.
It is hard work, physically and, sometimes, emotionally, but the end result is a sense of freedom and release from bondage to things.
And, I especially like it when MWC does the garage and the shed so I don't have to. I do so love that man!!
Sunday, March 11, 2012
They say the devil is in the details
but I know better who is really in them! He certainly tempts me with them as I get caught up in the minutiae of packing/planning/organizing a big move while homeschooling, preparing for 2 graduations and 2 trips to see Clone and Swan, and maintaining our daily life.
Someone told me yesterday that I seem so solid and steady amidst it all. If she only knew the bouts of churning my innards go through at times!
And yet, she's right. There's so many details and uncertainties surrounding this move and yet daily, and sometimes hourly, I see God's hand making things fall into place. He has me on solid ground.
Just a few of these details:
We found our property manager last fall thinking it was way too early to talk to him and then upon discovering we are moving months earlier than expected, it was nice to just make one phone call and out he came. (and he'd been contacted just days before by someone looking for a house like ours. Don't know if that'll be our tenant but the detail's a reminder)
I needed to make a phone call on a day running lots of errands. The camera was broken at the first store where I went for passport photos. I went somewhere else, and there's the person I needed to call.
I posted on FB that I needed someone to come take the fish out of my pond so I can empty it and fill it in. 8 hours a later a very nice man was emptying my pond.
My printer was acting up on a day I had some very important documents that needed to be printed out and delivered to doctor's offices to get our medical clearances, I called my friend, she printed them off and delivered them to me 30 minutes later, when we were already planning to meet. No extra time or hassle required.
We might already have a car lined up to buy upon arrival in England... and its a red Beamer!! woot!
I confess at times I do get a bit overwhelmed at the sheer amount of work staring me down, but in spite of it all, underlying it is the peace that all will be well.
Someone told me yesterday that I seem so solid and steady amidst it all. If she only knew the bouts of churning my innards go through at times!
And yet, she's right. There's so many details and uncertainties surrounding this move and yet daily, and sometimes hourly, I see God's hand making things fall into place. He has me on solid ground.
Just a few of these details:
We found our property manager last fall thinking it was way too early to talk to him and then upon discovering we are moving months earlier than expected, it was nice to just make one phone call and out he came. (and he'd been contacted just days before by someone looking for a house like ours. Don't know if that'll be our tenant but the detail's a reminder)
I needed to make a phone call on a day running lots of errands. The camera was broken at the first store where I went for passport photos. I went somewhere else, and there's the person I needed to call.
I posted on FB that I needed someone to come take the fish out of my pond so I can empty it and fill it in. 8 hours a later a very nice man was emptying my pond.
My printer was acting up on a day I had some very important documents that needed to be printed out and delivered to doctor's offices to get our medical clearances, I called my friend, she printed them off and delivered them to me 30 minutes later, when we were already planning to meet. No extra time or hassle required.
We might already have a car lined up to buy upon arrival in England... and its a red Beamer!! woot!
I confess at times I do get a bit overwhelmed at the sheer amount of work staring me down, but in spite of it all, underlying it is the peace that all will be well.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Anywhere but *there* Lord!
Yea, as if.
MWC got his assignment this week, and wouldn't you know it, its exactly where I said I didn't want to go! It was his original first choice of course, but being the great guy he is, he wanted to go where I wanted to go and had changed his priorities. (not that we had any say in the assignment this go around, but his heart was with mine.)
Also, being the great guy he is, he didn't hold it against me ..just me against him.. as I was still crying when he got home from work.
There will be an ocean between 60% of my children and us. MWC will have a very demanding, challenging job. The timing of the move has all the possibility of being a logistical nightmare. I'll have to homeschool the girls full time, no more Tuesday/Thursday breaks. We'll be far from our parents. I could go on and on for all the reasons I didn't want to go.
But the bottom line is, regardless of where I want to go or not go, the Lord will send us where He will.
A month ago, I went to a women's gathering where we all shared verses that meant a lot to us. I shared Psalm 37:4 which says Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. My prayer was that I would desire where He would send me. Less than 24 hours after my initial reaction, I'm happy to report, that He's done just that.
Its going to be the best assignment for us for this time of our life and all will be well. *There* is the center of God's will, and there's no place better.
MWC got his assignment this week, and wouldn't you know it, its exactly where I said I didn't want to go! It was his original first choice of course, but being the great guy he is, he wanted to go where I wanted to go and had changed his priorities. (not that we had any say in the assignment this go around, but his heart was with mine.)
Also, being the great guy he is, he didn't hold it against me ..just me against him.. as I was still crying when he got home from work.
There will be an ocean between 60% of my children and us. MWC will have a very demanding, challenging job. The timing of the move has all the possibility of being a logistical nightmare. I'll have to homeschool the girls full time, no more Tuesday/Thursday breaks. We'll be far from our parents. I could go on and on for all the reasons I didn't want to go.
But the bottom line is, regardless of where I want to go or not go, the Lord will send us where He will.
A month ago, I went to a women's gathering where we all shared verses that meant a lot to us. I shared Psalm 37:4 which says Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. My prayer was that I would desire where He would send me. Less than 24 hours after my initial reaction, I'm happy to report, that He's done just that.
Its going to be the best assignment for us for this time of our life and all will be well. *There* is the center of God's will, and there's no place better.
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