and the beginnings of a sweater vest for Emma (using yarn from a cotton sweater that was just too short on me for my liking).
This knitting book – Essential Baby by Debbie Bliss – is just too sweet! It’s projects are all classic and timeless, and range in time consumption from itty-bitty socks to a jumper or lacy blanket.
And the instructions are clearly written, too (a HUGE plus in my opinion!).
One of the men in our church sang this during the service yesterday, and it brought me to tears (I had to borrow a Kleenex from the lady ahead of me). I recommend listening to it if you have time this morning. It is so good.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
-Revelation 21:1-5
Charlie Brown is very much a part of my Christmas memories, so imagine how wonderful it was to find that hulu had posted “A Charlie Brown Christmas” for all of us cheapskates to watch online.
Merry Christmas!!!!! (a little early)
… Emma some flannel jammies.
Soft, cuddly, flannel jammies. Like these (and I have a pattern to knit little bunny slippers – she would look so sweet!) …
… with this material. I saw a bolt of it the other night at JoAnns, and it was soooooooo sweet. I kind of want to make myself a pair of p.j. pants out of the same material, it’s so soft and snugly and sweet. And we’d match. :)
The only thing is, as adorable as it is, this pattern costs $16. And doesn’t go on sale. Does anyone else have a toddler size jammy pattern?
images from Oliver + S and JoAnn Fabrics
pumpkin spice chai (it has a rooibos base, so it’s naturally caffeine free).
pumpkin platter – imagine filling it with molasses cookies, or apple spice muffins or serving a pumpkin cheesecake on it. yum!
It’s is just too ridiculous. I mean, really now, WHY?
(please don’t take this post as disrespect to our president in any way – I still pray for that man!)
I love being a mother. I really do. Mothering a smiling and joyful (and willful …) baby is just so wonderful. Sometimes when I look back at my day, though, it seems as if all my effort accomplished nothing. True, the laundry has been washed, dishes done, diapers changed. But at the end of the day it is hard to tell because all of that “doing” is waiting to be done all over again. There are no marks of achievement when is comes to housework.
Emma is teething just now, and today she just wants to held as she sucks her thumb or trills to me as she plays with my hair. It is difficult to get much accomplished while carrying a nearly 20 pound baby, and combined with her want for more nursing and less “real” food, I am feeling a bit tired! So we have been sitting at the computer and I have been catching up on reading blogs as Ems absorbs comfort. As I was reading I found that this woman’s post from last week was good and very timely.
It reminded me of the story of how David’s mighty men went down to Bethlehem to get him some water from the well, and instead of drinking it he poured it out on the ground as a drink offering (II Sam 23:14-17). Of course, David had a purpose for pouring out the water – to him it represented the life blood of the men who had brought it for him – but I have always seen it from his men’s view as well: they so wanted him to have this water that meant so much to him, and then he poured it out instead of drinking it. All their effort gone. But their effort wasn’t gone. It was being used as an offering of praise.
The blog author was convicted about her setting “seen” accomplishments as idols in her heart. It was so good to read her transparency. I stopped to ponder: Can I go from needing a visible, tangible product of my labor to allowing it to be poured out before God?
I walked into our bedroom last night to find a VERY happy baby laughing on our bed.
