Craft /Vendor Fair part 1

Saturday, May 3rd  is the craft fair  in New Baden :) 

I really need to get finished with all of my projects. I have a few new ideas I am going to test.  And I need to decide how to set up the table. I have 6 Days. I can do it. 

The weather for this week looks meh. I am praying that on Saturday it heats up. I am going to be outside all day. I will wear sunscreen. 

I will write more tomorrow. 

Easter ect

Lent is over
Easter Came :) Thank YOU

How did your giving up or taking up go?

I discovered I don't really like coffee, its ok, but I would rather drink hot coco-
 go figure

We had a good Easter service, and the breakfast was yummy(Thank you), the kids enjoyed their Easter egg hunt. The minions(and mini-minions) did a great job with their parts. I was grateful we did not have Sunday School.

Next Weekend , I have a Sunday off, I got a sub for my class and I am not attending my home church. (shocking)thought sarcastically.

Taxes are done, paid and now to plan for summer.
There may be a few cross country trips with mom. We are going to look at Universities,maybe visit a few friends. :)

The dear Hubby has 1 extra scheduled day off in July, (we already have the date) and I already have an idea what we are going to do :) Cabins/camping/relaxing- no technology. This could be interesting.

There is a craft fair on the 3rd of May . I am excited to see how it goes.
I am still working on finding a paying job. Only part time. God will provide.

Computer is busted

Well my internet is down on the main computer. Hopefully it will be fixed in a few days :( 

I will try to write from other places. My phone is not fond of spelling correctly. 

Easter is in 3 Days :)

I might try coffee, but I'm not sure if I really need it anymore.

Seasons

Life is a series of different seasons:

Some seasons are easy, others, very difficult.

The seasons change- We are supposed to change and grow too

When is not up to us, we don't control the seasons.

How we react to the seasons is a different matter entirely.

A season is a period of time. A time for everything.

Time can fly or creep by, use the time you have wisely, you do not have any idea how long a "season" can be.

Occasionally, in the Midwest, you can see the seasons changing; the weather is different, the ground is being tilled, plants planted. Symptoms of a season of change and growth.

Personal seasons are more challenging to acknowledge. I am getting there. What do I want to be as a grown up? More importantly, what does God want me to do/be?  I have been wrestling with the answer for a while…

 Seasons change and the Bible even talks about it.

One of my favorite verse is Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, I only posted part of it.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

There is a time for everything,

And a season for every activity under the heavens:

Yard Sale Season

Today was the 1st Saturday of yard sales

It was fun. I only spent 8 dollars but found : books, jeans(10 pair), curtain rods,shirts,a coffee pot and .. a Michael card tape.

 I like to look for unique items and objects I can use for crafting. Today was a crafting expedition. The jeans are going to be part of a quilt.

Saturdays in the summer for me = treasure hunts. sometimes we find the treasure and sometimes not but the fun is talking to the people holding the sales.

Lent

Lent is almost over.

The next 9 days are heavy in church history.Not a happy time.

We had an Ecumenical Lenten service today. Ecumenical means-"representing a number of different Christian churches"

I gave up coffee for lent, I don't think I am going to go back to drinking it on a regular basis. I have gotten better at writing on a regular basis. I think this year, lent was more a period of discernment.

Its time...
To go BACK to SCHOOL.
 I need to finish my bachelors and then get my masters. Deep breath. Eventually I will get the courage to write about what I am getting my Masters in, for now, it is just a bit overwhelming considering knowing I am going back to school .

I have posted about the preaching class I was in, its done. I learned that I am a researcher, and presenter. The biggest critique I got was that I don't speak loud enough. And/or stay close enough to the microphone. I have a lapel mic at my home church. And someone who controls the sound :) ( Thank you)

I have many ideas for sermons which I have been encouraged to write down and put in a file. I think that is my next project. 

New Router

Huzzah! THe new wireless router is working , all four adults can use the computer :) I checked my email for the first time in 4 days. 

Tomorrow is my last session in the preaching class. I am partly sad but also excited. I have learned many things about myself , ministry and preaching. 

Soon I will update about what I have learned , it is enough for now to know that God's got it handled.

Thursday

Well what a day. It is pouring down rain(still). I may end up cutting this short.


 At 6am I woke up from a dead sleep, my hubby was at work,and there was a deep male voice in my room,it  scared me and it took me a second to realize it was the weather radio!.

5 min later the Tornado siren went off. What a way to wake up, I had only gone to bed at 3 am.

Welcome to spring in the Midwest.

I fully expect we will have more sever weather, however while I had rain, my friends in Colorado had snow. I will take the rain and thunderstorms :)