Our house is a very, very, very fine house

Sunday, February 19, 2012 @ 2:33 pm by 5 Comments
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This is a long one, folks! Do you want to see inside the house we are buying? Good, because I am dying to show you some good stuff. Of course, the paint colors are not my choosing, the wallpaper will be coming down, and the carpet will be pulled up and thrown out. That’s all cosmetics and does not bother me one bit.

I snatched these photos from a real estate web page. I will have my own soon. We have a lot of work to do, but none of it seems incredibly daunting. Time consuming for sure, but not undoable. I think the hardest thing to do will be new floors. Everywhere there is carpet we will put down some type of Pergo, hardwood, or cork flooring. I’m thinking dark dark dark. I love dark floors, white trim and light colored walls. I absolutely can not stand yellow wood. If it hints of yellow no thank you. Browns with reds for me, thank you.

If you make it to the end, there is a surprise. No peeking!
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No longer silent

Sunday, February 12, 2012 @ 1:43 pm by 14 Comments
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Lately my thoughts, my actions, my decisions, my very existence has been consumed with one very large life changing decision. And everything kept going back to that one thing. I have not blogged because I could not say. I would write about something that happened and I would find it came back to what has been going on. And I could not say. So I remained silent even about the little things.

I wanted to write. I wanted to share. I wanted to beg for prayers and friends to talk with and blog through the decisions and the journey. But I could not say. Too much was a stake. So many others to think about. And I could not say. My heart has ached. My heart has rejoiced. My heart has hid in fear. But I could not say. A few of you knew and even you did not know all. I thank my God for you. I thank you for not saying. I thank you for keeping the hearts of others. You are a gift in my life. I love each of you and thank God for putting you in my life. Your prayers and support have been felt and appreciated. This would not have happened without God’s hand in this.

I had one day in which I could not contain my joy for some good news we received. News that would change our lives in a positive way. News of something I thought would never happen for us again. I made a broad, cryptic update on facebook. It was torment for some of you, but I needed to rejoice from the rooftops and this was the closest I could come.
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Adventures of PNeumonia Boy

Friday, December 23, 2011 @ 12:16 pm by 1 Comment
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To be annoying to an almost 14 year old sick boy one must pronounce the ‘p’. PNeumonia Boy is really sick. I think we are one day away from the worst of it, but it is still a scary place to be.

This started on Friday, December 9th when he went to bed early feeling poorly. By Monday I was worried about dehydration because he was not eating or drinking and when he tried he would lose it. He was given some medicine to help him keep liquids in with a recheck the next day to make sure he was able to do so and did not need to be admitted for dehydration.

So much of this has become a blur now. The coughing got worse and worse. He said his chest was hurting. We couldn’t keep him awake for much time at all. I was still having to coax him into eating and drinking. We couldn’t get his fever to break. His breathing was labored. I could go on, but you get the idea. The boy is sick. After a week, a Z-Pack, a few more visits, and ruling out both flu and strep we went back on Tuesday the 20th and an x-ray confirming my suspicions of pneumonia.
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Christmas codes

Thursday, December 22, 2011 @ 9:05 pm by 2 Comments
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So seeing as half of my 6-Pack no longer officially believes in Santa I have thrown a bit of fun into the mix this year. Unofficially, as soon as they no longer believe in Santa (or choose to ruin the Santa game for younger siblings) they no longer get those special “Santa” gifts. This keeps older mouths quiet in front of younger children’s ears. It’s a magical time of excitement and wonder! If you ruin this for my child I will smack you.

While mine have been appreciative of what has been done for them in the name of Santa (thanking us gratefully when I they figure it out), during some really bad times our family has twice been the recipient of a Christmas in the name of Saint Nicholas. Our family makes Santa a game, but we honor the man and the tradition of the real St. Nicholas and his loving selfless giving done in honor of his love for Christ.
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Tinting

Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 6:50 pm by 2 Comments
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Tinting mason jars Saturday afternoon left my hands a bit more colorful than usual. I love using mason jars for storing stuff. I use them for their original purpose of canning. I make jellies and jams and pickles and salsa and other goodies. I use them to store dried good as well, marshmallows don’t get crushed and smushed in them. Bags of dried beans slide all over the cabinets and shelves, so I open them and pour them in a jar. If I’m not going to use them right away I vacuum seal it.

I love to throw pencils and pens in one on my desk or paperclips and rubberbands in them too. They ar perfect for most anything, especially the wide mouth jars.
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