Today was a long tiring day but an exciting one none the least. I spent about 4.5 hours cleaning the RV for tomorrow's take off... take off our property that is.
The other day, I was telling my husband that when people who drive by regularly see that the RV is gone, there's gonna be a lot of talking going on. He chuckled saying that these same people who pitied us all winter saying things like, "Can you believe they lived in there all winter! Poor woman!" I laughed saying, "When the see the trailer gone, they'll probably be rejoicing for us. Saying things like, "I wonder if they're in the house. -They don't seem to be there, do you think maybe they gave up and might put it up for sale?- Maybe they're gone camping! :)" that's when we both started laughing and loved the thought of us being in our house very soon. I could be wrong, but I think it's realistic to say that we should be able to move in by next Friday.
The fellas working on the crack filling said that the upstairs is now ready to be prime but we are putting the baseboards, door and window jams which will be all primed at the same time, hopefully Tuesday or Wednesday. By the time the upstairs is done priming, the downstairs should be ready to prime. I picked out all the colors for the house in a layout so I could better see the effect and if each color worked with the next. Think, wintery blue skies, old grey taupe bark with green moss for the deer, are the colors for upstairs. The beginning of fall as you drive by a golden wheat field on a sunny day. Don't forget that moose you saw at the edge of the forest.
These are the colors that have inspired me to put in our home.
Hope you have a great night.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Has it been 7 and a half months already!?
Those who know me are laughing right now because they know that I don't feel it's gone very fast. I must say, thought I'd never see the day that I would, looking back, it doesn't seem to be that long. (I hope I don't regret saying that, lol)
The man who owns the RV, let us have it for another week. This means that he is coming to get it Saturday morning. It is really over! My last day living in the RV was yesterday. The next few days will be to finish emptying and cleaning it.
Since God created time, He chose for friends of ours, who have a dog, to go on a trip to the province of Quebec. They couldn't find anyone to keep their dog. When they heard we needed a place to stay, they offered their house and we can watch their dog... which our kids are so excited about.
God has taught me so much over the past few months. I've especially enjoyed my time alone with Him, over the past couple of weeks.
So many things I thought I wanted to share on my blog but the lack of functionality just didn't allow me to.
Now I can so here are just some things that I wanted to share.
The context of the story is that Paul was in Jerusalem in the Temple and one man started to stir up the crowd there to be angry with him. They mobbed him but then the chief captain of the kingdom came and "rescued" him. He gave Paul a chance to defend himself before the people but they did not accept it. He, the chief captain, then brought Paul before the council to be judged.
Acts 23 is where I want to draw your attention, at the beginning of the chapter, Paul tells them he has done nothing wrong and gets slapped in the face. He then gives a smart allek remark to the earthly high priest and they don't like that. Paul sees that the council is not very please with him; sort of "all angry eyes on him" kind of deal.
Imagine, you just realized maybe you shouldn't of said that... then GULP!
This is where it got hilarious. Acts 23:6 " But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men [and] brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that were] of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God."
What you need to understand is that pride reigns in both the Sad. and the Phar. hearts; who's the best among them. Paul says he is a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee but then says that he is being judged based on the fact that he believes in the hope of the resurrection. This takes the attention off of him and onto both groups. Listen to what happens next. And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring [him] into the castle.
He's taken away, leaving the two groups arguing among themselves. (although the high priest took him away because he could of gotten killed)
I laughed so hard after reading that. Talk about getting yourself out of a tight situation!
That took longer than I thought so just one more thing that touched my heart was vs. 20 of Proverbs 28 "A faithful man shall abound with blessings". If I want my life to be blessed, I just need to be faithful. Some may say, "ya, right! That's not easy!" It's not easy when times are tough to do right but just the fact we choose to do right, one thing at a time, that's being faithful. G0d doesn't say we need to be perfect, righteous, without sin or not find it hard. God just said we needed to be faithful; doing what's right, one thing at a time.
That brought so much peace in my heart because living the way we did for so long, was really hard and being a "good Christian" was hard to do at times. It was hard to be faithful and not give up but God reminded me that He knew I am weak and often tempted but He is with me every step of the way and little step after little step, doing the right thing...I'm seeing that I'm being faithful and my life is being filled with blessings.
Just the peace alone was blessing enough.
Keep laughing and keep being faithful.
The man who owns the RV, let us have it for another week. This means that he is coming to get it Saturday morning. It is really over! My last day living in the RV was yesterday. The next few days will be to finish emptying and cleaning it.
Since God created time, He chose for friends of ours, who have a dog, to go on a trip to the province of Quebec. They couldn't find anyone to keep their dog. When they heard we needed a place to stay, they offered their house and we can watch their dog... which our kids are so excited about.
God has taught me so much over the past few months. I've especially enjoyed my time alone with Him, over the past couple of weeks.
So many things I thought I wanted to share on my blog but the lack of functionality just didn't allow me to.
Now I can so here are just some things that I wanted to share.
The context of the story is that Paul was in Jerusalem in the Temple and one man started to stir up the crowd there to be angry with him. They mobbed him but then the chief captain of the kingdom came and "rescued" him. He gave Paul a chance to defend himself before the people but they did not accept it. He, the chief captain, then brought Paul before the council to be judged.
Acts 23 is where I want to draw your attention, at the beginning of the chapter, Paul tells them he has done nothing wrong and gets slapped in the face. He then gives a smart allek remark to the earthly high priest and they don't like that. Paul sees that the council is not very please with him; sort of "all angry eyes on him" kind of deal.
Imagine, you just realized maybe you shouldn't of said that... then GULP!
This is where it got hilarious. Acts 23:6 " But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men [and] brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that were] of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God."
What you need to understand is that pride reigns in both the Sad. and the Phar. hearts; who's the best among them. Paul says he is a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee but then says that he is being judged based on the fact that he believes in the hope of the resurrection. This takes the attention off of him and onto both groups. Listen to what happens next. And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring [him] into the castle.
He's taken away, leaving the two groups arguing among themselves. (although the high priest took him away because he could of gotten killed)
I laughed so hard after reading that. Talk about getting yourself out of a tight situation!
That took longer than I thought so just one more thing that touched my heart was vs. 20 of Proverbs 28 "A faithful man shall abound with blessings". If I want my life to be blessed, I just need to be faithful. Some may say, "ya, right! That's not easy!" It's not easy when times are tough to do right but just the fact we choose to do right, one thing at a time, that's being faithful. G0d doesn't say we need to be perfect, righteous, without sin or not find it hard. God just said we needed to be faithful; doing what's right, one thing at a time.
That brought so much peace in my heart because living the way we did for so long, was really hard and being a "good Christian" was hard to do at times. It was hard to be faithful and not give up but God reminded me that He knew I am weak and often tempted but He is with me every step of the way and little step after little step, doing the right thing...I'm seeing that I'm being faithful and my life is being filled with blessings.
Just the peace alone was blessing enough.
Keep laughing and keep being faithful.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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