A Good Word for Today

Not much time but this was just right on for me, maybe for you, too!

For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel [will be] your rereward. (Isaiah 52:12)

Never need the bride of Christ, when arrayed in her battledress, proceed anxiously to meet the enemy. Nor shall she flee from villainous hoards, defeated and brought low. She is the queen of God's right hand and ever shall He protect her comings and goings, guarding her both before and behind, and ever granting her sword arm the full measure of His omnipotent strength. Rejoice in the Lord! Rejoice in your strength!

The Settee is Done!

One Week Until My Son Gets Married!

It is one week until the rehearsal dinner!  Yikes!  That will be my party.  We are having hot dogs!  The wedding is on the DIL, yes she pretty much is already my DIL!, parents farm.  They don;t live on the farm, but it does have a cabin and is a beautiful place about 3 hours from our house.  It is rough to say the least.  Hot dogs are very appropriate for a rehearsal dinner.  I will get polish dogs and chicken sausages from Sams club.  I am going to wrap them with bacon and grill them.  We will have lots of different toppings and sauces.  Of course we will have potato salad and bakes beans and rotel queso and chips.  We will finish off the meal with chocolate cupcakes like hostess cupcakes, homemade!  We had them at the daughters wedding and they were a big hit.  After that I will come home and finish preparing for the reception.  The reception food will be all individually wrapped and easy to eat.  Since there will be no cooking food or heating up for the wedding, it all has to be prepared ahead of time.  We will have 7 layer mexican dip in cups, chips, shrimp and cocktail sauce in cups, veggies and ranch dip, cheeses and crackers, pulled pork , turkey, and roast beef sandwiches on Hawaiian bread, pasta salad in cups, fruit in cups.  That's a lot of preparing and individual wrapping to do for 80 people.  I am also making the grooms cake, carrot cake cupcakes.  So, I have lots of things to do at the same time I am finishing packing up my house and getting ready to move Sept 30!  Yikes!  I have had lots of time but all this work has to be done last minute.  That can't be helped.  The husband is coming to help, soon.

From Anticipation to Who Cares

You know that anticipation you feel around Thanksgiving about the upcoming holiday, Christmas?  The best part of the holiday is the anticipation of what is to come.  Whether you enjoy the family time or the weather, or the stories or well, you see what I am saying.  The anticipation is the best part.  The retail industry, in an effort to get our dollars starts shoving the holiday down our throats earlier and earlier.  So, somewhere along the way the anticipation goes away and what sets in is indifference.  Who cares.  I have experienced that over the last 5 years or so.  The holiday season is just not the same for me.  Yes, the real reason for the season is that we somehow have related this time of year with the birth of Jesus Christ, but that's not all it is , hasn't been for centuries.  But not to get too far down the Christmas rant, my reason for mentioning this anticipation is as an analogy of what I am dealing with about my move.  I have dreamed of moving and living in Colorado for years.  I thought it would never come true.  So, the anticipation was what kept me going at times.  That anticipation has turned into who cares for me now.  What caused the who cares, maybe the stress and living apart from the husband and my second guessing whether this was a wise move...I could go on.  But I am having trouble getting excited about anything.  The blahs have set in and now I don't want to live here or there.  Where you say?   Good question.  The problem is that I don't want to pack anything else or unpack anything else.  Soon this house will belong to a wonderful family that is excited to live here.  And I have to make the final move.  I guess one of my main concerns that has me a bit messed up is that I need to move the little boys.

The Final Week

We are now into the final week of living alone here in Oklahoma and in Colorado.  Next Sat, the 20th, the husband will come back here to help me with wedding preps and wrapping up this house.  Then the "little boys" and I will make our way across I-40 then up I-25 to our new home.  I am so excited, I am sure they will not be, but being with me will make it ok for the boys.  I really need to get the kitties out in the car for a couple rides before that day.  Just short rides around the block will make it not so dramatic.  Cats don't like to ride, dogs do, but after an hour or two, they don't like it either.  We will have 10 hours!  I will probably seek the advise of our Vet before I pack up my loved ones.

Update on the Settee

The settee is coming together nicely.

The Settee

Here it is.  I put the inside of the wings on and the back and working on the outside of the wings.

It is coming together nicely.  This is my first piece of furniture to do in a solid color and let me just tell you it shows every mistake a thousand times more than something with some design.  But I need a solid color to go with all the crazy colors that the chairs have.

Alone Again

I'm alone again.  It will only be for two more weeks, and that could feel like a lifetime at times.  But I survived the last 3 weeks, so this should go by pretty fast.  The thing that will make this better is knowing that this is the last time for a long time I will have to live alone.  I could not be more grateful that this move is almost done.  I am more than ready to live with the husband.  It really doesn't matter where, just together!  I was planning a short trip out to Colorado, but have decided to stay home.  The husband will be VERY busy with the business because he will be back here in 2 weeks for the Wedding and the house closing, so he does not need me being there as a distraction.   Kind of sad, but it is the best thing.  I will just move along towards getting ready for the reception and rehearsal dinner and getting the house ready to completely pack up.

Here are some pictures of past trips to Colorado.

"Great is Thy Faithfulness"

The inspection went well, all three of them.  We only failed one.  But that's Ok.  We have termites, but who doesn't in Oklahoma.  The rest went pretty well.  We have some little things that need to be fixed and that will be done.  Now to wait for the wedding and then the final move...

In the meantime, the world is in turmoil, but this hymn came to me this morning and I just had to share.

Most people have sung this song at one time or another or like me have been blessed to sing it enough times to almost remember every last word.  And it is true, every last word.

It's a New Month

September is here.  What will it bring?  I have no idea.  In some ways it might be a rough month.  Labor day was nice.  We spent some time with the future DIL's family.  A nice time was had by all.  Today was our trip to the chiropractor in Tulsa.  They are the best.  Fortunately we both were in alignment and that is amazing considering all the lifting and moving we have done.  This was our last trip there since we will be in Colorado soon.  But if I am ever in great need, I will make the trip back to Tulsa to this office.  Tomorrow will be the dreaded  tooth extraction and a house inspection.   What a day!  Hoping and praying for good results on both, but mostly the husband's health!

Got to love this view of Colorado Springs!