Sunday, January 13, 2013
observing ..
observations:
the weather is incredibly warm for january. dragonbaby is sitting on my lap in only a diaper!
the girls have been making sawdust cakes outside and the boys pulled out the slingshot and tried their hand at squirrelhunting.
this desk i'm writing at is a mess.
lee and i keep editing out stuff that does not work in our small living quarters,thus leaving only the really great and useful stuff. it makes us be awfully disciplined at not hoarding and us two Packrats are getting much better at that!
the excess boards seem to have left the kitchen. amazing!
we are getting close to the end of this huge kitchen project and its sawdusty mess. yes!!!
lee made soda crackers this morning. he was so proud!
dragonbaby says let's move on,mom!
~pilgrimama
Friday, January 4, 2013
quiet and full
today i started the Jillian Michaels " 30 day shred" program.
one word. ouch.
i didn't get as much done as i might have liked. we have a sad,teething baby these days.
well,sometimes sad. his smiles are yummy,provoking hugging and kissing fits.
jesse is snuggled on the couch,on his ipod.
squirrelgirl got me to feed her straight cheese cubes as she stood at the bar Lee is in the process of finishing. this interior reno work can get a bit old.
chelsea,our early retirer has gone off to bed and i am guilty that i've forgotten to go say nightly prayers before she fell asleep.
alex and lee are off as Lee celebrates a birthday of a friend and alex tends to things of the collector,the trading of little treasures with the friend's son.
dragonbaby has finally gone off to sleep after being consoled with a lavendar scented bath and much nursing.
my to-do list has much undone but i am tired.
i think soon i shall slip beneath my polka dotted flannel sheets and read and probably sleep.
another january day, coming to an end.
quiet and full.
~pilgrimama
one word. ouch.
i didn't get as much done as i might have liked. we have a sad,teething baby these days.
well,sometimes sad. his smiles are yummy,provoking hugging and kissing fits.
jesse is snuggled on the couch,on his ipod.
squirrelgirl got me to feed her straight cheese cubes as she stood at the bar Lee is in the process of finishing. this interior reno work can get a bit old.
chelsea,our early retirer has gone off to bed and i am guilty that i've forgotten to go say nightly prayers before she fell asleep.
alex and lee are off as Lee celebrates a birthday of a friend and alex tends to things of the collector,the trading of little treasures with the friend's son.
dragonbaby has finally gone off to sleep after being consoled with a lavendar scented bath and much nursing.
my to-do list has much undone but i am tired.
i think soon i shall slip beneath my polka dotted flannel sheets and read and probably sleep.
another january day, coming to an end.
quiet and full.
~pilgrimama
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Friday, November 16, 2012
laughter as well as tears
After the flu finishes taking its course through our home, maybe then we can grasp this new start,this new time in the life of our family.
Strange the way you don't see things coming.
Here we'd thought this year was so full already.
We hadn't figured in Lee's father dying.
Nor the long,long trips as we said our good-byes and laid him to rest.
And all the complex things of the soul and our family's story that are too private to put out there but have an effect on us, leaving us a little quieter than usual, mulling and praying and yet believing in our deepest parts that our Abba Father loves us and our story has good chapters ahead!
After the weeks of uncertainty, the waiting for the phone to ring, the last times at the bedside, the burying of ones spouse's last parent,the long trips with a packed minivan and a fussy baby it's all over.
And then we caught the flu when we returned home the last time.
It took some of us hard.
But I think it's a good thing perhaps,giving us extra days to process and then step back into everyday life the better for all of it.
Dragonbaby is nearing 3 months old now. I can't really remember anymore what it was like to have four children. So I guess I am officially a mother of five children, a large family they say.
I have made it somehow through the rough first months.
Hurrah!
And though the baby seems to be starting the teething process and my hair is doing a post partum fallout in a big way it's mixed with good stuff like a baby having its first real laughing fit over his big sister's dancing show.
And I rejoice in the tender mercies of Our Father.
He created laughter as well as tears.
~pilgrimama
Strange the way you don't see things coming.
Here we'd thought this year was so full already.
We hadn't figured in Lee's father dying.
Nor the long,long trips as we said our good-byes and laid him to rest.
And all the complex things of the soul and our family's story that are too private to put out there but have an effect on us, leaving us a little quieter than usual, mulling and praying and yet believing in our deepest parts that our Abba Father loves us and our story has good chapters ahead!
After the weeks of uncertainty, the waiting for the phone to ring, the last times at the bedside, the burying of ones spouse's last parent,the long trips with a packed minivan and a fussy baby it's all over.
And then we caught the flu when we returned home the last time.
It took some of us hard.
But I think it's a good thing perhaps,giving us extra days to process and then step back into everyday life the better for all of it.
Dragonbaby is nearing 3 months old now. I can't really remember anymore what it was like to have four children. So I guess I am officially a mother of five children, a large family they say.
I have made it somehow through the rough first months.
Hurrah!
And though the baby seems to be starting the teething process and my hair is doing a post partum fallout in a big way it's mixed with good stuff like a baby having its first real laughing fit over his big sister's dancing show.
And I rejoice in the tender mercies of Our Father.
He created laughter as well as tears.
~pilgrimama
Monday, September 10, 2012
a love letter to dragonbaby
Now you're a few weeks old and we're still in love. More in love!
We love your huge smiles in your sleep, the way you wave your arms and get lonely if we leave you in your seat too long and want cuddles.
May you stay a person who knows the value of love forever!
We love you!
~Mama
Thursday, July 19, 2012
greetings from the homestead!
Hello, hello!
I am back!
I am writing from our new little homestead!
This was the other "surprise" in the works when I last was posting!
And it has actually come true!
It has been an incredibly wild and busy season of life!
I think this is why New Year is always a bit challenging for me- you never know what the new year will hold!
I am starting to shift attention though.
To the impending arrival of "Dragonbaby" as he/she is known around these parts.
This blog was started on the eve of "Squirrelgirl's" arrival and here we are close to 5 years later!
Enter "DRAGONBABY"!
There is way too much to write about and I'm far too busy to sit and write much.
But I am so happy to be back in this space and starting to feel a teeny bit settled again.
Hope to post more regularly once more!
CHEERS!
~PILGRIMAMA
I am back!
I am writing from our new little homestead!
This was the other "surprise" in the works when I last was posting!
And it has actually come true!
It has been an incredibly wild and busy season of life!
I think this is why New Year is always a bit challenging for me- you never know what the new year will hold!
I am starting to shift attention though.
To the impending arrival of "Dragonbaby" as he/she is known around these parts.
This blog was started on the eve of "Squirrelgirl's" arrival and here we are close to 5 years later!
Enter "DRAGONBABY"!
There is way too much to write about and I'm far too busy to sit and write much.
But I am so happy to be back in this space and starting to feel a teeny bit settled again.
CHEERS!
~PILGRIMAMA
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
rhythm off..grateful list
Rhythm. That's what I'm thinking about.
And the lack of it.
I am a girl who really likes a basic rhythm in life. I can handle trips somewhat well and other such disruptions. But it's the things like moving or the new year starting that mess with me.
It's digging in the deep parts of me and moving me into change and risk and I tend toward safe and predictable.
We are in the midst of major transition right now.
Poised to leap into a new way of life on numerous levels.
I struggle to walk in faith.
Fear of unknown things stalks.
Faith is sustaining me though. Praise God!
I am really, really grateful for our church family and our wider circle of friends in this area.
I am grateful that we are not moving far away.
I am grateful I get to keep treasured friendships and brothers and sisters in the Lord close at hand.
I know life sometimes calls us to sojourn away from the known as we serve our God, but for the here and now and forseeable future I am glad to stay close to "home".Even if I'm a Pilgrim passing through!
I am thankful my mom can be here helping me care for the seemingly gazillion details to be tied up in our home here in town.
I am thankful Lee is able to navigate the hoop jumping of another part of our new life plans, as yet undisclosed.
I am thankful for friends that do things like pick up the children and sweep them off for a tea party or the family who brought us a great big dinner one night and all the rest who extend offers and help!
Life is challenging at the moment but good.
Wishing you a blessed Wednesday!
~pilgrimama
And the lack of it.
I am a girl who really likes a basic rhythm in life. I can handle trips somewhat well and other such disruptions. But it's the things like moving or the new year starting that mess with me.
It's digging in the deep parts of me and moving me into change and risk and I tend toward safe and predictable.
We are in the midst of major transition right now.
Poised to leap into a new way of life on numerous levels.
I struggle to walk in faith.
Fear of unknown things stalks.
Faith is sustaining me though. Praise God!
I am really, really grateful for our church family and our wider circle of friends in this area.
I am grateful that we are not moving far away.
I am grateful I get to keep treasured friendships and brothers and sisters in the Lord close at hand.
I know life sometimes calls us to sojourn away from the known as we serve our God, but for the here and now and forseeable future I am glad to stay close to "home".Even if I'm a Pilgrim passing through!
I am thankful my mom can be here helping me care for the seemingly gazillion details to be tied up in our home here in town.
I am thankful Lee is able to navigate the hoop jumping of another part of our new life plans, as yet undisclosed.
I am thankful for friends that do things like pick up the children and sweep them off for a tea party or the family who brought us a great big dinner one night and all the rest who extend offers and help!
Life is challenging at the moment but good.
Wishing you a blessed Wednesday!
~pilgrimama
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