A Peek At Our Life

June 15, 2008

Updates

I'm now in a season of modified bed rest. For every 2 hours of being up-and-about, I have to be horizontal for 2 hours. Now you know why I haven't been posting! ~wink~

The Buzz Around Me

Dad and the boys hustling through some projects to help make the weekdays easier for us.

Kitchen Happenings

That experiment didn't last long... Mr. Visionary bought me another big fridge courtesy of Craigslist. We don't go to town/shop often enough to live without fridge space.

In Our Schoolroom

School has been rearranged to fit into one of Mom's 2 hour blocks of *down time*. This is neat...I can pay much closer attention to the little ones from here. We set up a small *desk* for them right beside the couch.

The Garden View

The sunbox plants were destroyed by some stray puppies who managed to wiggle in. The garden looks pretty shabby. A few tomato plants, and what's left of the sugar snap peas after the baby goats got into the garden. Sigh. Not everything is easy to manage from the couch.

In The Sewing Room

Can I just say that I am in love? My new sewing machine has changed my life! (At least my sewing life.) I can manage about an hour at a time here and there in my *up time* to finish whittling away at some projects. I know I won't have time to finish them after the babies are here... at least not for a long time.

Home-keeping Agenda

Just the 3D basics: Dishes, Diapers and Duds... and sometimes we clean the bathrooms.

Simple Joys

Forced couch time means more cuddle time with my Littles.

Preparing for Twins

I add this link below only because local folks have asked. These are the things that we will be trying to buy before the babies arrive. So, while matching outfits are fun, these things are the priorities for us. (P.S. Anyone who knows me in real life knows that used items are perfectly OK... well...just not the diaper liners. *grin*) I will remove stuff that we have already gotten.

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My 2008 Goals

Well...my hopes anyway


~Deliver two healthy new babies safely and not too early.

~Switch to cloth everything...napkins, wipes, diapers, etc.
**Napkins, diapers & wipes done!

~Switch to non-electric kitchen appliances...grain mill, blender, food processor, etc.
**Got the grain mill with the money I made from selling junk stuff on eBay!**

~Learn how to make cold-process soap
**I did it! I really did it! I made Rosemary shampoo bars, Lemon-Calendula soap bars and Spearmint-Peppermint-Tea Tree soap bars. It smells so good in my closet where they are curing!**

~Keep a hand-written journal

~Begin putting our family photos into scrapbooks

~Maintain a "no backlog" policy with my sewing projects

~Purposefully put together an emergency plan and kit for our family with batteries, radio, canned food, clothes, etc. and have it packed and ready to *go*

~Begin building traditions, recipe files, scrapbooks, etc. for our family's celebrations of the Biblical feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles

~Read some fiction for a change!

Fine Print

This is the page where you will find my policy on ‘Blog Comments’ and a few other matters which I feel led to discuss. I welcome readers’ comments, and find them to be a great tool for fellowship, for leaving feedback and for iron sharpening iron, so, feel free to leave your comments. That said, however, there are a few things you’ll need to understand.

This is my blog, I am intolerant, and I have an agenda. Truth is, we all are intolerant of certain things and all have an agenda…we just don’t all express these things publicly. My agenda is to love what the God of the Bible (YHWH) loves, and to hate what he hates. He loves people, but hates apostasy, sin and lukewarmness. It is my intention to love people in the midst of hating apostasy, sin and lukewarmness (in myself and others).

With the help of the Holy Spirit, it can be done.

You’ll not likely find “fairness” and “balance” here, but hopefully, even if your toes are inadvertently stepped upon, you will sense that it is done in love. While I never intend to purposely offend, I realize that it will happen, sometimes for no other reason than that I use the Word of YHWH freely. You see, His word will never return void, but will accomplish that which He pleases. Friend, what He pleases is not always to ‘love up on us’ in our present state, but often to discern the thoughts and intents of our hearts …and that isn’t always pretty or pleasant.

My writing and your comments will need to reflect Father’s heart for people by being respectful (even in the face of disagreement), loving and kind. Feel free to ask questions and to share your heart. Just know that, being that it is my blog, I reserve the right to delete anything that I deem to be hateful, disrespectful or unloving in any fashion., because no one needs that. Please know, also, that walking in the light is a biblical principle, and that Anonymous comments are understood by this writer to be from the accuser of the brethren, and will not likely be addressed. Also, I sometimes hold a comment in moderation until I pray over a response and have time to answer well.

This is why I left HomeschoolBlogger and HomesteadBlogger in the first place…I wanted more freedom to say that which I feel led to say without being under the authority of anyone but my husband and YHWH Himself.

If you are looking for freedom of speech…get your own blog. :) And let me know, so I can come read it, too.