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Just a-wearying for you,

Jesus, Lord, beloved and true,

Wishing for you, wondering when

You'll be coming back again,

Under all I say and do,

Just a-wearying for you.

 

Some glad day, all watching past,

You will come for me at last;

Then I'll see you, hear your voice,

Be will you, with you rejoice;

How the sweet hope thrills me through,

Sets me a-wearying for you.

L.B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert

 

"…if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. Romans 8:17b-18

 

Some day…soon…soon…we shall see Him face to face.

The day cannot come soon enough for this homesick pilgrim.

Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus!

Hey y'all!

I thought I'd pop over here and give you a little update on us (while my hair soaks up the coconut oil I just slathered on it!)  Well, now that I have your attention…(heh heh heh)

Doug is on spring break this week and we are enjoying our day together today.  He and Ike stayed home from therapy.  Ike is napping in his bed while Doug is chopping veggies to make some yummy chili.

I have recently embraced the hair that God gave me (ha!) and got a haircut that will let my curls do their thing.  I have always had stick-straight hair, until my gray started coming in.  My gray hair is curly and mostly fuzzy.  I really hated the fuzzy, and I hated trying to wear straight hair styles that just didn't work, unless I took lots and lots of time with them.

So, I got a lovely fresh hair cut, lots of great advice from Beth, my hair stylist, and began my research into how to manage this hair.

I found a great site and am attempting to do all the things that will help my hair be pretty and healthy.  (The coconut oil treatment is here, if you are interested.)  So far, so good, I guess.  Not many people were brave enough to say anything about my new 'do at church on Sunday.  I think perhaps they thought I'd got a bad perm and didn't want to bring it up! lol!

Doug is working on our front porch this week.  It has been stacked full of "stuff" since we moved here in 2008.  The time has come to clean it OUT!  And he is doing a really great job on that this week.

Isaac has not been sleeping well, again, which is so disappointing.  We think it's seizure activity.  He was really SUPER vocal all weekend, and didn't sleep much.  So yesterday he slept from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. yesterday.  Then he slept from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. last night.  Now he has gone back to sleep around 11 a.m.  He is certainly getting caught up on his sleep; but we are also keeping an eye on his temperature and his breathing, just in case a cold is brewing.

I have been super busy doing the things I like the most – writing, reading, making jewelry, and singing.  I've been able to be back in the church choir for a few weeks now, and I am enjoying it so much.  I participated in an online jewelry challenge which was so much fun!  I sold 2 sets of jewelry over the weekend, too!

Yesterday, I signed up for a Do Over Challenge.  A jewelry artist will be sending me a piece of her jewelry that is just not quite up to par to sell.  I will make it "over" and then post my pics on the same day all the other challengers post their "do overs".  Doesn't that sound exciting?!!  I can't wait to see what I get to work on!

Well, my 30 minutes of soaking up coconut oil are almost over, so I guess I need to finish this up.  I hope you are having a lovely spring and that you are being able to spend time with those you love.  I also hope you are doing things that make you happy and challenging yourself just a bit! 🙂

Blessings,

Alesha

 

 

 

This morning I was searching for an inspirational quote about women.  I came upon this one and thought it was quite nice:

They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but to me a modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. 

~Oliver Goldsmith

I wanted to know more about the author of the quote, Oliver Goldsmith, so I did a search on his name, and came across this:

Irish-born British essayist, poet, novelist, and dramatist. Goldsmith attended Trinity College in Dublin before studying medicine in Edinburgh.

Noted for his exceptionally graceful, lively style, Goldsmith was a friend of many literary lights of his day, who agreed that he was one of the oddest personalities of his time.

Goldsmith was described by contemporaries as prone to envy, a congenial but impetuous and disorganised personality who once planned to emigrate to America but failed because he missed his ship.

Wow!  What a legacy to leave behind, eh?  He was prone to envy and extremely disorganized!

So, although he had some lovely thoughts about women, his life is not one I intend to emulate!  There are a few of his writings online, and I'm planning to take a look at them in the near future.

I learned something new today about a previously unknown author, Oliver Goldsmith.

Oh, and apparently, there's an entire line of eyeglasses named "Oliver Goldsmith" that date back to the 1950's, and have been worn by famous movie stars.  Who knew!

What new thing did you learn today???

 

 

He will supply it!

 When the poor and needy seek water,

and there is none,

and their tongue faileth for thirst,

I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

 

I will open rivers in high places,

and fountains in the midst of the valleys:

I will make the wilderness a pool of water,

and the dry land springs of water.

Isaiah 41:17-18

Why would you turn to anything else???

 

So…Kepler has learned to jump up on the chair in the living room.

Now every time we walk into the room, this is what we see:

Our only challenge?

To keep them from biting each other!!!

 

An Uneasy Detente…

…but we're working on it.

🙂