wall art, done on white butcher paper by my uncle homemade crib skirt, trying out the embroidery stitches on the sewing machine ceiling decor a few more birds, can be found here but I bought them here for mere pennies framed art paper counting cards detail finished bird pillow inspired by this Things are coming together in Baby’s room. Half of it is taken up by the guest bed, which at the moment happens to be covered in projects that…
One of John’s co-managers gave us a bottle of sparkling white wine (domestic Champagne) for Christmas …….. and I found an amazing recipe to use it in! Mom used to use the extra red wine “gifts” from Dad’s farmer clients to make a grape jelly that had an amazing flavor. I thought of using the sparkling wine for something similar and realized that the flavor might be a bit odd. So, I chose a chicken dish instead. It’s flavor is…
One of the most profound and far-reaching implications of the Christian belief that God both created the world and entered it personally, is that matter matters; it has inherent meaning. It is not simply neutral, empty and waiting for us to grant whatever meaning or value we choose at any given point. We strain to touch the meaning of the physical world, to find words for it; but the source of its profundity is beyond us. -debra rienstra great with…
We bought our Baby a car seat today – and now have what we need to bring her home from the hospital. Come when she will, we can bring her home!!! In a way, knowing that it is very reassuring for me. : )
Yesterday I found an article titled “His Love Stories“, by Elisabeth Adams. “The Bible tells us that Jesus is the Word made flesh. I like to think that, in a small way, each of us is also the Word made flesh; that each of us has a story in which the kindness of God is made visible to the world. Think how clear His kindness is in your salvation story. And when you listen to the salvation stories of others,…
I’ve been working on another sweater for Baby, this one a little bit bigger than the first. The pattern is from The Expectant Knitter, and the yarn is a merino and bamboo blend. All that’s left are the sleeves, and putting on our Little One, of course.
Scattered flurries early this morning…otherwise becoming mostly sunny. Highs 15 to 20. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill values as low as 20 below this morning.taken from the weather underground website Currently the temperature is 6.3*, but with the windchill it’s -1*. This CA girl is feeling the cold!!!
I just started listening to a series of Advent sermons titled “Prepare Him Room”. The first sermon focused on humility, on us humbling ourselves to make room in our hearts for wonder at Christ’s coming. The amazement and glorious wonder of God made flesh is so easily eclipsed by “us” and “me”; when we aren’t lauding each other – or ourselves – we seem to be criticizing or condemning, pitying, loathing. It all adds up to the same thing –…