The 'New' Look

Well, it has been a month or more since I blogged.

Sorry about that.

Had to put the living room back together,

then clean house for company,

then spent a couple weeks with my sister - FUN!

And now, been doing a few meetings,

spending some time with Mom,

mostly sitting here messing on the computer,

knitting a bear, and started crocheting a new

shawl for someone.

Pretty sure I know who this one will be for.

Thought I should post a couple of pictures

showing you my new living room colors.

We like it, it seems so restful.

(And I was REALLY tired of that yellow!!)

Here ya go:

Showing the partial wall with contrast/deeper color.

Can you even see the green on the walls?

Nice for a change.

(And we had them take the popcorn off the ceiling. YAY!)

And, oh yeah, here's the Need a Hug Bear.

She doesn't have a name yet - any suggestions?



I am ready for summer to be over!

Feel like a shut in since I don't do outside

when the temp is over 80 out there.

Blech.

We thank God daily for air conditioning!

Ciao, y'all!

My house is a wreck right now.

We decided to get the popcorn off the living room

ceiling since it needed painting anyway,

so Wednesday the painter and his boss

showed up and moved furniture, then made the living room into

an almost plastic cacoon.

The mess is beginnig to get to me, and the painter

is only done with half of the ceiling - and he is off for the weekend!

Ugh!



Snoopy Cat!

A black cat and plaster dust don't mix real well.

What a mess!





Looking toward the dining room

From the dining room toward the living room



I sure hope this will be worth it.

I hate the mess!

But we need to do a whole lot more stuff to

this ol' house!!

I love it, but it is very 70s! and I'm tired of it!!!

But having a newly painted and clean walled living room

will be worth it.

Won't it?

Essentials for Married Women



Last weekend I was priviledged to participate

in the second EMW Retreat -

the first one opened to the community.

There were 72 women registered for the Friday night

Saturday morning sessions at

Riverlawn Christian Church in Wichita.

What a blessing are the women who share

their teachings and testimonies

with other women for the

building up and saving of marriages

in the Christian community.

We have 6 sessions along with two added

workshops . One for mommies - "The Mother's Role"

and the other titled "When Things Go Wrong."

I went to the "When Things Go Wrong" since

it's too late for the mommy thing for me.

Pam taught this one and it was excellent!!

She is singularly gifted for talking on this subject

as she is a psychiatric nurse, and

a very godly woman.

I'm sure the Mommy sessions was just as good,

given by Terese, mother of five and grandmother

to one.

The Friday evening was taught by

Bonnie - founder of EMW - on the

"Essence of Me" (the woman's role).

Also that evening was the session

"The Sum of My Man"

teaching the man's role and and his God given drives,

by Candace. She is delightful!!

Saturday following a continental breakfast we had

the session titled "Spell It Out, Honey" -

Communication in Marriage by Judy.

Also "Surely Not" - God's meaning of Submission

taught by Helen.

In the afternoon after a DELICIOUS lunch

of Creamed Chicken Casserole and grean beans flavored

with onion and bacon (Yum!),

we had the workshops,

then two more sessions:

the first one of the afternoon was

"Sincerely Yours" - God's gift

for the physical side of marriage 

taught by Kristen, who holds a degree (or two)

in counselling and marriage and family therapy.

The last teaching was
"Seventy Times What?" on

Forgiveness and Receiving by

Gloria - a precious sister and minister's wife.

Our weekend was extremely blessed by

God and His Holy Spirit!

Sweet, sweet Spirit all weekend!

I truly love being involved in this ministry

because I truly believe that

marriage is God's design for man and woman

from the very beginning, -

Married men and women living

as God intended when He ordained marriage.

A Godly marriage can show forth

God's glory and be a testimony to the world

of His love and peace.

Not that every Christian marriage shows

these things because we all tend to

model after what the world does and says.

Getting back to the WORD of God

is essential - thus the teaching

of this ministry.

If you read this blog and are interested in bringing EMW

to your church for a weekend retreat for married women,

feel free to leave a comment with and email address, and

I will send you the necessary information.

There is no cost involved for having the EMW team

present the sessions and workshops,

only what your church needs to charge to cover the cost

of using your facility.

Pray about it and see if the Lord would have you

bring this meaningful retreat to the women

of your church!

Hi Blogger People!

It has been a long time since I have posted anything on my blog.

I'm sorry, but when you slow down in old age,

there's not so much to blog about.

However!

I am NOT complaining about having a slower paced life.

I love love love it.

We did the run every-which way thing

when the kids were at home,

so now it's good to relax and just be.

I have been working on my

talk for the spring

Essentials for Married Women

Retreat today.

Had to do Powerpoint to go

along with my talk.

I don't know if I have done it right or not.

Still have to coordinate it with the printed

version of my talk.

I wanted to get the picture of the socks I made

on this blog.

Finished them a couple of weeks ago and wore them

one day.

Now it has been too warm for socks all this week.

Here they are:

They fit well and are fairly comfortable.

I know that the gauge needs to be tightened up a whole bunch.

Hope I can do that, as I have

started knitting a pair for

Dear David, along with at least two

other crochet projects in progress.

Later, y'all!



TRADE IN

Well, I traded my stormtrooper boot in and lookd what I

replaced it with:

Actually,this is the first sock I ever made.

Finished it last night.

The guage is a little off, and there are a few

mistakes, but I finished it!

This is after about 30 false starts and two or three tear outs.

Now to try to make a mate for this thing.

Maybe the next one will be better.

Once you get going on one of those, it isn't so bad -

just straight knitting.

Getting one started is a real challenge for me!

We shall see what happens.

I will no doubt let you all (one of you?) know.

Onward and Upward....Hah!

Today is nearly a month since I last blogged.

This is the second time trying on this one I blew the first one away because

it seemed so whiney. I am so very good at complaining and forget that I  have

so many things to be thankful for!

I am very grateful that the wound that I had surgery for is healing quite nicely,

It is closed, when I wear this cast it is very well protected. I have to keep it

on for about nine more days.  They don't want anything rubbing on the

wounds and potentially making then open up again.

       My Storm Trooper Boot!



The other thing I thank my God for is the wonderful friends that are praying

for my healing, and for Mom as she is slowly getting weaker every day it seems.

It is really hard to see her losing more weight and strength. We took her off of

all her extra meds this week, and yesterday was one of the first days I saw

her since then. It seemed that she was way more forgetful and extremely sleepy.

I guess this is quite normal, but it is still hard to see it.

That being said, I thank God regularly that I have my mom and that she is 

not in pain. I'm pretty sure she doesn't like where and how she is at this stage 

of her life and in this condition, but she does not complain. I pray that somehow

I can grow old as gracefully as Mom has, because even though she is not the same

Mom anymore, she is still a lady. She is amazing!

I am very grateful also for my friends who have so graciously brought us food

on occasion. It has been so appreciated. I'm certainly not losing any weight,

but I can't blame those offerings anymore than I can my own cooking!

I really need to try harder to feed us nutritionally and not just my comfort foods!

Well -- I think I have rambled on enough for today. Maybe I should rename my blog

Grumbling Mumblings!