he is coming....he has arrived!

He appears to be on his way tonight! see post below! Prayers are welcome! at 9:39 ---Corwin has arrived...baby and mom are well right now!

New painting for a new baby

This is the painting my eldest son did for his sister's baby that is TO COME!! Baby Corwin is now TEN DAYS LATE-arump!! Man, and he may come as late as next week. AH well, we are enjoying playing with the other two grand kiddies!!!! --

PS Maybe a Stork would have brought Corwin's birth about faster than this owl is doing!

Waiting for the grandbaby-legomania and Thai food

My daughter was having labor yesterday and the baby is and was a week late. So I brought the old Lego stuff from their childhood. We had a wild legomania evening!
Wally , the Dad, picked through some of it to create the Fort Legorido below
Tradition for this family is Thai food before delivery!



Great food! BUT after 24 hours of labor no baby came into the world. Labor has ceased, so we await this little dude to make his entrance into our world!

Driving my hubby crazy

As you see above I keep moving things around and changing things up to see what I might like. This drives my hubby bonkers. (Yes, I had a day with time!) I tried changing curtains, and table- cloths and the size of the table (with and without the leaf). Below is how it is at this moment









But I did have it some of the ways below:













So Have I driven you all nuts too/???? Do you all do this?

So in conclusion the end result is:


Will my hubby pull his hair out when he gets home? Maybe! I like just the white curtains, I also like the blue and white.....hmmm,





Tooo many pictures , you say??? YUP I agree!!!

Blessed

Isn't this how all days should end? Feet propped up and a kitty by the side. My hubby would prefer there be an absent kitty, not I! If I am not around in the evening the kitty will yawl and that is something the hubby does not tolerate well!

Today was blessed by little things. This morning the trees were covered with liquid drops from an early morning rain. When I got over to the cottage the sun peaked out and everything looked like diamonds! It was a treat, as I sat by the fire waiting for the repair man.

The plumber came and extracted a large bloated old rusty galvanized pipe--it looked like something from an ancient shipwreck!!! The plumbing is fixed and that made me happy.

When I got back to the condo I took a walk with hubby in the evening. Although we live near a hospital there are some nice walks with little ponds. We saw geese, and egret, and a running deer. The sun was setting in its red splendor and the light kissed the trees with shades of pink. Such blessings!


ps. and the above is how days should start, with the soft early morning light!

Winter in the condo (and blue monday)

Well, as I have said we are now in the condo. Since it is winter I decided to have some fun with snowflakes. I added them to one of the windows and it gives me a cool feeling---hard to describe.

I like them both in the day and at night. The above picture is the same as the first only with the curtains added and at night!

We are using the same curtains in our bedroom.....however they are on order since I only had one pair---I tried them in both areas and liked them.


Above you see the weird light which I steadfastly insisted I would rid from the condo.....but man, it has grown on us. So we have experimented with the tablecloths.

Yes, somehow snowflakes appeared on the chandie as well.

We have enjoyed the weird shadows the light casts....and have decided to keep it! (I never would have thought I WOULD CHANGE MY MIND ON THIS ONE!!!!!)


We also did the ole blue and white mug in the canister trick. This canister holds oatmeal/pancake mix for my hubby. By mistake I went really over on the amount of oats , but it still worked fine---just have to add a bit more water.

And a framed pic from my 4 year old granddaughter brings happy happy thoughts to me!

I have enjoyed the downsizing......I think it is going to give us some freedom time wise too! I am so thankful for how God times things and directs our paths. I am so thankful that I can trust his love even when things appear strange from a human standpoint. It has been good, even in the midst of so much activity (we are still going through things at the old house and also helped our oldest son move and also had had some illness with stomach bugs! and repairs) ....um, anyways it has been good to spend time meditating on the beauty of God, the beauty of his love, and the beauty of his word, the beauty of fellowship with other believers, and the beauty of life even life in this fallen world where there is so much suffering. I am thankful for Christ's suffering, for his going through all he did, for it is such a great demonstration to me of his unbelievable love and a demonstration to me that there is a purpose in suffering. His had purpose and so does ours.

I am just glad that I can trust Him and His presence for the days ahead....all the unknown. Soon I hope to be with my daughter who is expecting her third this week (he may come late, however!)

Hope to visit ya'll as I can find time!

PS since this post had a lot of blue in it I am linking to : http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ Just click on the following word: here So go there for more blues!

A first dinner in our downsized abode

Well, after all of the hurrying around, stomach bugs, and moving from cottage to condo during the holidays, we did get to have a family meal with the grandkids, kids, and great grandpa!



The super heroes arrived on the scene too!

Now we just await Corwin's birth in a week or two. It has been busy times.......very busy!! I am hoping for a breather during an ice/snow event tomorrow! We will see......

I love children and their thoughts and questions. Rhianwen asked why there were candles at the front of the church. The answer is pretty interesting. The two where the Lord's Supper is placed stand for the two natures of Christ. The five on either side placed further back stand for the 5 wounds of Christ--his scourging, crown of thorns, wounds in the hands, feet and side.

Alden asked what trespasses are since in their church they say debtors. It is cool how they listen and observe and watch at the youngest ages. I love this about kiddies!

New year / new living

This has been a week of changes. We are now moved into a condo and I am closing my Spindle Cottage blog since we are not living there. We are trying to simplify our lives and reduce clutter ! We are forced into decluttering by the downsizing and it is a good feeling. Hopefully I will get time to visit blogs soon. My hubby is sick and I may get it!

I want to do a few projects such as the memorize Philippians by Easter that is mentioned here

http://timmybrister.com/2010/12/20/partnering-to-remember-the-2011-philippians-memory-moleskine/ .

I love the start of a New Year. Fresh beginnings. Moving seems to make it more so. My daughters new baby is due this month too , so another new beginning.

My goal this year will again be simplicity.....and simplifying my life (it doesn't always work.....because, well, how simple is life??!!!). But I want to free up the clutter and be more focused on the important things. We will see how this goes......

Busy in the Move

I have been busy moving and downsizing so if you don't hear from me for a while you will know why.