I haven't written for a while. It happens, most often, when the rest of life is put in a spiral of chaos.
We've had a few really crazy weeks in a row. From Little Red getting scarlet fever to appointments for Buddy to hyper real nightmares to you name it.
For the most part, we're doing okay. S and I are just drained. It's a down season again, I think. The hope is there that the up will come. There are so many things to look forward to like American Thanksgiving, or friends coming to visit, or even Christmas.
But. What about today?
ugh. Today. The Here. The Now. What about today? How do we get through today? Some days, we knuckle down and just do it. Other days we break a little and spend a hefty amount of time blinking back tears. Other days God gives us visible reminders of his grace in the form of a neighbor bringing us dinner, or a friend getting us a humidifier at cost, or even an email from an old friend.
On the days God doesn't give us visible reminders it's easy to forget His goodness. But, even on those days, His goodness reigns. He still has scooped us out of the miry pit and washed us clean as snow. And that, THAT is enough.
Trying to keep my chin up and knees bent,
XO,
J
Soli Deo Gloria
Monday, November 24, 2014
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Updates all around
Food stuffs:
A couple of weeks ago I started our second batch of sauerkraut. My son's respite aide gave us two cabbages from her garden - one purple, one green. I was super excited to chop it all up and get it fermenting! It looked so pretty in the jar with all the layers intermixed. It's just about ready to start tasting and moving to a cooler environment to slow/stop the process and eat it all up!
On the crafting front:
I had to repick a pattern for that gorgeous wool I was working with. The lace pattern was much much much too involved to do with three kids in the house and only a little while a day to do it. I traded it for a less complicated lace pattern and was actually almost entirely finished with the back section when I dropped about 6 stitches in a row! AH! in a stocknit stitch I wouldn't have fussed and just fixed it, but this was yarn-overs and knit two togethers and so on....I had to take it all apart and start ALLLLLLL over again. It was a sad day. Today, though, I'm 2/7 of the repeats to catch up to where I was. It's actually going better than the first time through, AND I fixed a few mistakes I had made the first time, so a time consuming win, I'd say!
Resolutions:
Like in my last post I had said I'm into the final reading of the year! It's been interesting. I for sure would not have picked the Message again for this task. It's an interesting perspective, but it is not my favourite. I've worked through Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Matthew. I really love the Old Testament....okay, I really love the New too. It's been good. I'm looking forward to getting out of the laws and rules and getting into more narrative again.
Life:
We are finally gaining some margin again. The interruption to our lives that came in the form of school has finally settled down and we're not in full out survival mode. We've had a few hiccups, like Halloween and other appointments, but it's becoming more familiar, and therefore more routine, and less likely to trigger a certain little one's anxiety.
How are all of you?
Xo,
J
Soli Deo Gloria
A couple of weeks ago I started our second batch of sauerkraut. My son's respite aide gave us two cabbages from her garden - one purple, one green. I was super excited to chop it all up and get it fermenting! It looked so pretty in the jar with all the layers intermixed. It's just about ready to start tasting and moving to a cooler environment to slow/stop the process and eat it all up!
On the crafting front:
I had to repick a pattern for that gorgeous wool I was working with. The lace pattern was much much much too involved to do with three kids in the house and only a little while a day to do it. I traded it for a less complicated lace pattern and was actually almost entirely finished with the back section when I dropped about 6 stitches in a row! AH! in a stocknit stitch I wouldn't have fussed and just fixed it, but this was yarn-overs and knit two togethers and so on....I had to take it all apart and start ALLLLLLL over again. It was a sad day. Today, though, I'm 2/7 of the repeats to catch up to where I was. It's actually going better than the first time through, AND I fixed a few mistakes I had made the first time, so a time consuming win, I'd say!
Resolutions:
Like in my last post I had said I'm into the final reading of the year! It's been interesting. I for sure would not have picked the Message again for this task. It's an interesting perspective, but it is not my favourite. I've worked through Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Matthew. I really love the Old Testament....okay, I really love the New too. It's been good. I'm looking forward to getting out of the laws and rules and getting into more narrative again.
Life:
We are finally gaining some margin again. The interruption to our lives that came in the form of school has finally settled down and we're not in full out survival mode. We've had a few hiccups, like Halloween and other appointments, but it's becoming more familiar, and therefore more routine, and less likely to trigger a certain little one's anxiety.
How are all of you?
Xo,
J
Soli Deo Gloria
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