Today... so many things...

Monday is often a really hard day for me.

After a weekend of church, fellowship and 

lots of kids to love,

I am often at loose ends come Monday.

And today was no exception...

But I did get out of the house and that was huge.

This inspired me:

{slight warning for one minor rough-word-bomb}

It's really difficult.

I don't work as of yet.

I may someday but we don't know yet

and right now we are just trying to prepare for our

DV move to our new home.

But the video makes a point,

about the isolation that media, our smart phones, our FB, 

our blogs, can bring. 

But it just does not seem as simple.

I don't know anyone in this town we are leaving.

I know a few people in the town we are going to

and hope to make more friendships.

I am really hopeful about our move to this

new city... but for now, well... the no-people in my daily life...

It's just the way it is and I know I have to be patient. 

*

But there is a lot of goodness in my life for which I am grateful. 

Over the weekend we were treated to really yummy crepes.

The sunshine was so beautiful this morning;

it was hard to capture the light but I did manage

the above two pictures.

And this one.

My dried roses. :)

So my big accomplishment was 

going to the library.

I paid my small (less than 2$) library fine,

returned the three books I had out,

and used a desk to look at my knitting squares

for the baby square blanket I am working on.

Well, it is now going to be the 

baby square sunshine blanket!

I could not figure out what to do with squares and I ran

out of yellow yarn way before the blue yarn

so I played with the squares on the library desk I was at

until I came up with a design that worked.

A simple sunshine.

It will have lots of blue behind it... not sure

how the rest will work but it is fun and I am excited about

this turn of events in this creation.

It's all because I just can't bear to use a pattern right now

and so I just make do with what I have... 

it's fun and I really like the blue with the yellow...

*

So about the place we are buying:

still no word.

So we still have no idea when we are moving.

What can you do? 

Our attorney's know it, our realtor, they are doing what they can do

and we just have to wait.  There's nothing that can be done 

meanwhile and it will pass and become one of the

stories of our lives.

*

I am so very glad that we have many people praying for us.

I don't think I would be coping as well as I am 

if this were not the case.

*

And I would say it is hard to cope with moving and not

even knowing when that is.

But what can we do? 

Our feeble best.

*

Today on the way back home, 

it was a beautiful sunny day,

lots of kids in the park, one kid off to the side blowing bubbles

with this really big bubble blower, and right as I got home

I bought an ice cream cone from the 

ice cream man who was parked

momentarily on our street.

I was thankful to God for this simple thing.

I am not sure if I ever bought an ice cream cone from 

the ice cream trucks before and well,

now I have....