Winter Wonderland and my first week back from Ottawa...

It has been snowing most of yesterday,

thick white soft snow in large flakes...

Slated is a 7 story building in that empty lot;

our view will be much different than the ones in these 

pictures... 

Today is sunny and cold, I need to out for a walk... 

it's my favourite winter weather,

sunny and cold...

Still remembering the many persecuted Christians...

Lord have mercy on us all.

This week has been a bit topys-turvy for me;

it always is when I come back from anywhere I've been for more than 1 day...

clutter can just overwhelm me and it has this week;

I am still pushing through it, slowly;

I went from a week of non-stop people to days that

I am alone all day and to be honest

I am really struggling with that.

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I did get to the Wednesday night presanctified, 

and I see Mr. Husband nightly,

but he's been super busy with work and so he is at work today

instead of at home working.

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I am glad for Cleo.

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I am working on a top-secret project for Mr. Husband's birthday;

things are coming in the mail; I will have a small dinner party for him

in the Bright season and already am planning a nice time with him

during his birthday itself, which is during Lent as usual.

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Next week will be different;

a trip to NYC and a friend coming over DV next Thursday to help me

with the above mentioned top secret project.

And hopefully Mr. Husband will be working at home on his usual

Wed/Friday routine so next week will be much more social.

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And I think I needed some time to just rest and be quiet this week.

It's just a huge change; life is always full of them...

I am so thankful for so much;

just feeling a bit buried this week, so much to catch up on.

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I think everyone is getting ready for Spring and Summer...

I know Mr. Husband is by his despairing comment to me the other day,

maybe it will still be winter in early May this year!

and I just said to assure him, I am sure it will be Spring by then.

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God help us meanwhile have a Lent that brings us closer to Christ,

His one and only Son.

February's End

Safe to say that
here in our house
we are all getting quite fatigued.

Years ago my spiritual father
talked about in a homily
how even just a very little bit
done during Lent
when it is all we can do
is enough.
That God will honour it.

Soup from a friend this past weekend
now heating on the stove.
I love this little pan.
It is from my parent's old set
and I've always favoured this one,
the smallest one.

I had to rip it (the dish cloth) out again;
here it is with another new beginning.
I realized what I did however.
I had half of it with what seemed to be
two extra rows.
I had put the needles down
and then started knitting on the wrong one
doubling a half-done row.

Learning anything new takes
a lot of time, vigilance and persistence.
How can it not be the same
in our spiritual lives,
in prayer?

My yarn and new needles are probably downstairs
right now;
I looked and saw online that they were out for
delivery.
How strange that I will not be racing down
the stairs to get them;
yet how good it must be
as this must be where I am
today.
Being careful.
Deliberate.
Balancing and remembering what to do.
Seeking to rest.

 

Last summer
seems like so long ago.
I was given this hand lotion as part of
my friend's Ottawa bridal shower.
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What a happy day that was.
Soon Mr. Husband and I will have been
married 6 months.
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I told Mr. Husband yesterday
that sometimes we are just called
to struggle together
our faces looking to Christ.
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I have another post I want to share,
about what I have learned
but in the same way still have to learn
about being with God today.
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Cleo meanwhile is sitting by me
and my soup is cooled and ready to eat.