Day 55/56 - Super Short Sunday


My computer fritzed yesterday and wouldn't let me post! Grrr...

Yesterday I got to celebrate the birthday of one of my best friends. Even though it was only for an hour, I am so thankful for our time together.

Today I got to see more friends; some of whom I haven't seen in 15+ years! Though it was for a sad occasion, I am glad for the time today too!

I am so thankful for the fellowship of believers that I have all around me. 

I am thankful for the excitement of ideas shared between friends.

I am thankful for snippets of time together!







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Day 54 - Story {Five Minute Friday}



Story.

What imagery that word brings to mind.

I think of all the books my husband has read to me; The Count of Monte Cristo, A Christmas Carol, The Narnia series, The Wheel of Time series, and so many more. I think of his voice, strong and confident as he reads across the page, never stumbling, never missing any emotions in the words.

I think of the books I've read through the years; everything from the current "it" book to the local author from my hometown. I've cried so many tears for those fictional characters. I laugh with them, hope with them, cheer for them.

That's what a great story can do. It becomes so real that you forget it's not.

I think of all the stories I have half finished and just waiting in notebooks all over my house. There are characters in mid sentance that I have left alone for years. Their stories are not yet completed. I think about them often, and yet there they sit. Neglected. Alone.

I am so glad that the Author of my story takes more care with my life. I can't wait to see how it ends, but more than that, I'm so glad He's not done writing.

Linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday.







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Day 53 - Inspiration



Inspiration is something that tends to be overwhelming or completely lacking from my life. I'm either unable to write down ideas fast enough, or I feel like my mind is a deep dark cave where nothing can survive. Do you ever feel like that?

After several weeks, maybe even months, of cave life, my mind is working over time!

Writing, drawing, cooking, sewing, crafting, singing... it's all going into overdrive and I am so happy! The school year is starting in just a few weeks and I  was a little worried I would greet my class with blank walls and empty shelves.

But, that too has gone into overdrive. The lesson planning and activity creation mega mind is back in action.

Do you have something that helps snap you out of periods of inspiration-less-ness? If so, I'd love to hear about it! 

I am thankful that cave-life is at an end for the time being.

I am thankful that Pinterest exists to help me through times of cave living.

I am thankful that God always seems to inspire me at exactly the right moment.





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Day 52 - House Hunting


Here we go again! We lost the bid on the first house we looked at and the second house we were going to see went under contract about 2 hours before we got there!

But just yesterday another house came on the market in the area and price range we are looking at. So we are off at 5 o'clock to see if this is our new home!

It is almost double the size of the other houses in our price range, so I'm sure there is something wrong with it *wink*, but we are hopeful nonetheless.

Pray for wisdom and prudence as we go to see the house today. I don't want to get wrapped up in the idea of getting a house and end up with a nightmare.


I am thankful for the opportunity to seriously look at buying a home.

I am thankful for a realtor and finance team who are willing to look at house after house.

I am thankful that God already knows where are perfect home is and I pray that He will guide us there quickly.



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Day 51 - Tiny Tuesday


As the school year gets closer and closer, I am increasingly thankful for anything that helps me get organized.  There is so much to do and so little time to do it in.

Slowly but surely I am getting there.
I am thankful for freezer meals.

I am thankful for the individual size tin pans that stack perfectly in the freezer.

I am thankful that somehow I managed to cram a months worth of food into our tiny apartment freezer.

What tiny things are you thankful for today?







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