A few weeks ago I asked my dad to send us some pencils. You see he has the greatest boxes of pencils EVER and they are my favorite when it comes to pencils for the children's schoolwork. So look what came in today's mail!
I took this of baby girl by the den window. It's SOOC without a small boost in saturation! After all the crummy photos I've taken lately this was a blessing.
Before getting married and having kids perfection meant something entirely different than it does now. Once upon a time it meant that everything was done just so, looked just so and worked just so.
Now it means that someone, something is exactly as they are.....just as God made them. Photos aren't perfect, people aren't perfect, things aren't perfect.....well, not in the everyday sense of the word. But things, people and circumstances are perfectly okay.
Take this strand of hair for example.....
I pondered this photo for a long time wondering if I wanted to put the effort into removing it. Finally I decided I'd rather adjust my idea of perfect and remember the warm windy day, my baby girl's bed head and PJ's just as they were yesterday... perfectly designed. So here's my baby girl.....in a perfectly imperfect photo!
(If you want to view my Freaky Friday Foto I posted it yesterday. Just keep scrolling down)
Today while we were outside this thing ran across the driveway. It was bright reddish orange and about an inch long. It looked very velvety and had big black stripes. I thought, "How cool looking!" and yelled for baby girl to get me the bug catcher. As I was trying to corral the thing I also thought, "How freaky looking!"
After trying to get a good picture to show you I looked it up on the internet, googling "big red furry ant". And this is what I found out.
It's a velvet ant or cow-killer by it's nickname. Okay, why cow-killer? Apparently it's from the wasp family, not an ant at all, and has a sting that hurts so badly people say that it could kill a cow. They also sting multiple times. Only the females sting. The males have wings and no stingers.
You know, I'm really, REALLY glad I found all this out AFTER I had my lens stuck in the opening of the bug catcher taking photos. Oh my goodness...that thing's evil!
Then I carefully shifted her to a glass jar in hopes of a better photo....
Look carefully at her fangs.....you girls know you grow those every month don't you?? I do!!
Feeling a little buggy!
but always in HIM....
julie
It's been kind of a crazy couple days. I've had very little to say as well. Those two together means "no posting". Just wanted to drop in to say hello and list a couple of random things...
1. Smoke detectors - one of ours went off tonight when a candle was burning too high and making a bit of smoke. There wasn't anything near the candle or in danger of catching on fire but the flame was high and apparently that was making a bit of smoke. When it went off I figured the batteries were low but when I walked into the room you could barely see the smoke at the top of the room. One very sensitive smoke alarm of which I'm very thankful because I know now that the least little bit of smoke in my home and that thing would be going off! Yea, go check those batteries! It's worth the $10.00 or so you'd spend replacing all the batteries in your house!!!
2. Abeka and a new school year - We will be using mainly Abeka this year and I am going on Monday to purchase curriculum for all three boys. Last year I only had one at home. This year I have all four. Baby girl will be gone a couple hours each day but the boys are here for the year. I found an excellent deal on 2 desks and 3 chairs at Stuffmart today and am happy with the way the school room is shaping up. Pictures to come soon.
3. No updates yet - on the thing I asked you to pray for. Hopefully there will be a breakthrough soon! But I promised to keep you who are praying posted.
Did I ever show you this picture? What a gas! I laugh at the drying techniques used at the camp grounds where I took this picture. Only in SC!
This box is on the front porch waiting to go to the dump (no garbage service in them there woods!) ...
And the actual water gun hangs from our railing...
This hangs from the lamp post. Put there last night after a day at the lake...
And these are on the front porch drying after being scrubbed with Greased Lightening (the best cleaner in the world)
Yep, summer!
God is unpredictable but consistent. You may not be able to tell what he is doing or why but you can always trust in WHO HE IS. He has your very best interests at heart. He is good. He is God.
