Memoir Monday {No. 58}

The last couple of weeks have whisked away…

My parents and nieces were here the last week in January.

Matthew cleaned out feedlot pen and hauled manure for our garden.

We had some really pretty, sunshiny weather and the kiddos played outside and rode along with Dad/Uncle Matthew some.

We celebrated birthdays.

Then, my poor niece got sick. Away from home and sick!!! JUST. NOT. FUN. Many worse things, but still not fun.

These are my niece’s roses that her mama got for her when she was sick. They didn’t attempt to take them home with them, and despite the fact of  sickness and not fun-ness, I’ve enjoyed them on my coffee table. I was so glad for her to arrive back home and to finally start getting better.

I also just read in a magazine,  according to a Harvard study, that people who look at flowers first thing in the morning, reported being more cheerful and energetic during the day. Interesting, huh?! I’ve long loved fresh flowers, and I’m sure this means I should keep a bouquet around all the time. 😉 I’m sure I would be instantly morphed into the most energetic person you could imagine!

THIS book! It’s just as much fun as the first one and I’ve loved just looking at the cover.

 

Pretty colors and conglomeration of salad fixings!

Oh, a lot has happened the last couple of weeks. Not sure my brain really remembers too much. I’ve been tired and I still am. And I’ve struggled with being tired of tired. Slowness, pain and weariness have been a big part of the last nine months for me and I am tired of tired! 🙂 I can’t complain. Blessing after blessing abounds and I am truly thankful for each one. I know there are many people who deal with health issues and big problems and carry heavy loads for months and years and even, all their lives. God is good and I trust Him and I know He is with us in every situation. Feelings and emotions are a big part of us, as people, though, and I can’t always change or handle my feelings as well or as easily as I’d like to!! But, that simply means dependence on Him, doesn’t it? Some days I feel like the simplest lessons are the hardest to learn.

Trivia and Trifles~

 

dryer broke. really out of commission this time

roller skating….even though my youngest niece was sick and didn’t get to go

Exploration Place. A kid’s museum. We all got to go to this. This daytrip/fieldtrip happened before my niece got sick. Lots of fun! We could’ve spent more time and Tucker and Larke wanted to go back again the next day.

My sick niece wishing she had three wishes. She would wish she was home, wish she was better and wish it was summer.

a light in the garage quit~we just put them in~parts and work on it and back on again

more iron & “junk” cleaned up at farm

helping a friend with a tractor

This verse in one of my older prayer journals~ Proverbs 21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman. Unfortunately, my husband has probably wished to dwell in the wilderness a “time or three” during our-approaching-eighteen-years of marriage. I’m thankful for forgiveness, commitment, grace.

Phone chargers all charge phones the same. Plug them in, let them charge. So, why would anyone have a favorite phone charger? You tell me, but I do.

I’m thirty-six. {I think.} I realized this week, that I prefer salads with the fixings chopped up pretty fine. Oh, of course~it takes more time to fix it that way! Well, it might not if I pulled out my handy-dandy food chopper. But, that seems like a lot of work for just a small salad.

the Feb. flexis debuted

I posted recipes last week

we visited some friends and helped some friends

orthodontist appointment….not scheduled again until another six months…can soon start wearing retainers just at night

blinds for garage

Bible study

trying pizza on the Traeger

laughing at these exclamations “Make haste! Make haste!” and “They are hot on my heels!” I really must expand my English language and use some of these “old” sentences at opportune moments.

prayers of thankfulness, prayers for healing, prayers for comfort, so many people & situations & hurts & concerns. I’m glad that God is able.

This quote from Home is Where My People Are…. {speaking of dating/marrying her husband} I’d learned that my heart would certainly go on without him, but I also knew that my heart was never more at home than when we were together.”  ~Sophie Hudson~ Love it!

Life is a funny mix of finding myself reflecting on God’s grace and mercy and what boundless treasures they are, of the huge root of selfishness in my life, and then contemplating that I really need to clean the bugs out of the fluorescent light I’m staring at.

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