all things must live again...even blogging
joe and jen have been disgustingly negligent in posting. it's been 33 days since we last posted anything. it feels like an inordinantly long time. have you been feeling the void? we're so sorry. really. no, really. but i must say, it has been rather freeing, and probably healthy, to take a break from life in 0's and 1's, and just live it in three dimensions.
living it in three dimensions these past few months has meant for us both a lot of get-up-and-go and some major laying low. i have been ill with a laundry list of various and sundry things (such as common cold, medical tests, antibiotics), the most notable (and laughable) of which was a perceived bladder infection that turned out to be none other than the need for a good few trips to the chiropracter (and counting!). having now been very gratefully relieved of my most painful symptoms (and having used up 2 months of house-savings! :( ), i am feeling more myself again. it has been a good reminder to not take health for granted.
speaking of health, joe, at the moment, is sick in bed. (i gave him my sickies, poor guy. but, in sickness and in health, right? i am very, very, very grateful to the Lord that it is fever and cough rather than anything tummy related). but, before he hit the bed hard and found good enough reason to watch Bullet, he has been going non-stop in his new position at work. for, as of february, he has become the Director of Operations for the Lulu Carpenters/Coffee Cat dynasty (well, not quite a dynasty...just three stores as of yet). the Lord has been very kind to us in this new transition, and joe finds himself adjusting to his new duties without the mental/emotional/physical crash-and-burn he experienced two years ago. we are very thankful. and what a provision this just-to-make-ends-meet job has become! the Lord definitely likes to surprise and bless.
so, most of these life events these past few months haven't exactly been picture-worthy, or even word-worthy, except that now we can tell of the Lord's lovingkindness and faithfulness to us throughout it all.
and now, since Christ has arisen, and the earth is waking to a new year under His good kingly hand, let me now move on to some joyousness.
it is definitely spring here - lovely, perfect weather, buds and flowers, freshly mowed grass, clear blue skies, afternoon sprinkles, and leafy greenness everwhere. we live in a particularly beautiful neighborhood, on a particularly beautiful plot of land, in a particularly beautiful home. our landlady, judy, is an overwhelmingly good example of honoring the Lord with one's belongings. thus, she keeps a most divine, but not conceited, home and garden. we have a crepe myrtle tree outside our kitchen window that is just now presenting its luscious little leaf buds. we have an ancient oak tree sprawling its wide branches out over the house in awesome fashion. and we have a tall and lanky (i.e. swedish) birch tree at the corner, beckoning friends and strangers to come, sit, and take their fill of all that a birch tree at the corner has to offer. and sprinkled among these trees are winding brick paths and stone walks and flowers of every pink hue and cool ferns and fresh rosemary.
at my front door, you will find my one horticultural pride and joy - a pot of flowering bulbs. flowering bulbs. note here that they are blooming, which means i didn't kill them. not wanting this accomplishment to be overlooked, nay, disbelieved, i documented it digitally. now you can all pat me on my back and tell me to get over it. :)
as you walk through our front door, you will find very little else that is springy. the red pillows still sit on my white couch looking wintry, the combination of quilts and microfleece blankets still lie in wait for use near furniture worthy of curling up into, there are no fresh cut flowers on my table but rather a candle awaiting to show its singular light, and boxes of kleenex aren't the only evidence that the bug's been here. it's funny how these things feel all at once very wrong when spring arrives. i think that's partly the catylist for "spring cleaning." no more winter, no more dark, no more death - we want life! let's sweep it all away and start fresh. just another proof of life in Christ. thank you, Lord!
my bloomin' pot!
spring loveliness in our yard
oh yes, and flowers aren't the only things springing to life. our second bedroom is finally becoming less of a dungeon and more of a living space. maybe by this summer we'll have an extra room to inch out into. it could be a guest room for non-swedish guests.
living it in three dimensions these past few months has meant for us both a lot of get-up-and-go and some major laying low. i have been ill with a laundry list of various and sundry things (such as common cold, medical tests, antibiotics), the most notable (and laughable) of which was a perceived bladder infection that turned out to be none other than the need for a good few trips to the chiropracter (and counting!). having now been very gratefully relieved of my most painful symptoms (and having used up 2 months of house-savings! :( ), i am feeling more myself again. it has been a good reminder to not take health for granted.
speaking of health, joe, at the moment, is sick in bed. (i gave him my sickies, poor guy. but, in sickness and in health, right? i am very, very, very grateful to the Lord that it is fever and cough rather than anything tummy related). but, before he hit the bed hard and found good enough reason to watch Bullet, he has been going non-stop in his new position at work. for, as of february, he has become the Director of Operations for the Lulu Carpenters/Coffee Cat dynasty (well, not quite a dynasty...just three stores as of yet). the Lord has been very kind to us in this new transition, and joe finds himself adjusting to his new duties without the mental/emotional/physical crash-and-burn he experienced two years ago. we are very thankful. and what a provision this just-to-make-ends-meet job has become! the Lord definitely likes to surprise and bless.
so, most of these life events these past few months haven't exactly been picture-worthy, or even word-worthy, except that now we can tell of the Lord's lovingkindness and faithfulness to us throughout it all.
and now, since Christ has arisen, and the earth is waking to a new year under His good kingly hand, let me now move on to some joyousness.
it is definitely spring here - lovely, perfect weather, buds and flowers, freshly mowed grass, clear blue skies, afternoon sprinkles, and leafy greenness everwhere. we live in a particularly beautiful neighborhood, on a particularly beautiful plot of land, in a particularly beautiful home. our landlady, judy, is an overwhelmingly good example of honoring the Lord with one's belongings. thus, she keeps a most divine, but not conceited, home and garden. we have a crepe myrtle tree outside our kitchen window that is just now presenting its luscious little leaf buds. we have an ancient oak tree sprawling its wide branches out over the house in awesome fashion. and we have a tall and lanky (i.e. swedish) birch tree at the corner, beckoning friends and strangers to come, sit, and take their fill of all that a birch tree at the corner has to offer. and sprinkled among these trees are winding brick paths and stone walks and flowers of every pink hue and cool ferns and fresh rosemary.
at my front door, you will find my one horticultural pride and joy - a pot of flowering bulbs. flowering bulbs. note here that they are blooming, which means i didn't kill them. not wanting this accomplishment to be overlooked, nay, disbelieved, i documented it digitally. now you can all pat me on my back and tell me to get over it. :)
as you walk through our front door, you will find very little else that is springy. the red pillows still sit on my white couch looking wintry, the combination of quilts and microfleece blankets still lie in wait for use near furniture worthy of curling up into, there are no fresh cut flowers on my table but rather a candle awaiting to show its singular light, and boxes of kleenex aren't the only evidence that the bug's been here. it's funny how these things feel all at once very wrong when spring arrives. i think that's partly the catylist for "spring cleaning." no more winter, no more dark, no more death - we want life! let's sweep it all away and start fresh. just another proof of life in Christ. thank you, Lord!
my bloomin' pot!
spring loveliness in our yard 
oh yes, and flowers aren't the only things springing to life. our second bedroom is finally becoming less of a dungeon and more of a living space. maybe by this summer we'll have an extra room to inch out into. it could be a guest room for non-swedish guests.
posted by jen at
4:24 PM
1 Comments:
I've missed you :)
Such pretty flowers! Happy Spring!
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