Weekend

Chris and I got to help with an 'all-nighter' this past friday-saturday. We had around 30 kids go to a word of life event in albany and -despite how much i love sleep, it went really well. We also hit some other markers (yay)

our wood stove is in and working, i posted practically identical pictures three days in a row on facebook i was just so happy about it. We also have a lovely tile job finished around the tub and on the floor of the bathrooms, so tomorrow we will install the shower curtain and hardware, hopefully tomorrow night i will be able to shower here in my own house- its been... 11 days without a shower, fortunately no one is living in the A-Frame next door and if i lived in a mansion the bathroom would probably be the same distance away :) So i'm living it up in two Aframes right now.

Still have a mouse- i practically 'bounded' (like the jackalope in that pixar mini-film) out of bed in the middle of last night to try and GET him... get him, as if you 'get' a mouse. So little mouse, I will rejoice, as in old testament times, over your dead body soon because you have made war against the clean stewardship of my kitchen and the carbohydrates i hold so dearly!

And so on, and so forth

We have a few more projects going on than I expected- I really like it when Chris and I finish one project at a time but that just isn't the case with this abode. So, we are still working on the Kitchen, Chris started insulating upstairs, the chimney is almost done, (although I can still see the sky when I look up at it and I'm not sure if that is on purpose), we have started renovating the bathroom... and so on and so forth.

So i am marveling at how the Lord is providing. Thank you to those praying!!! He has provided for a wood burning stove, and 20+ feet of piping for the chimney, and the bathroom tile I mentioned in another post.

Also, it seems, that the Lord will be bringing a pastor on at the church we are attending, starting in the new year. I had the opportunity to meet them and was completely encouraged by their joy and charisma but most of all by their passionate love for God- I have a rather deep appreciation for the marriage of orthodoxy and orthopraxy! How can we love God and not love our community?!~ so yes, I am very excited about the Pastoring family that is coming.

In other news I saw the bald eagles again this past weekend, they were circling over the beach making amazing calls- it was - well, worshipful!

Finally, i have started working on all our taxes for next year! We are going to have to file all the improvements we made on our past house to compensate for the 'obama tax refund' we received. So i figured i should get a head start on that!

Please pray:

A mouse got to my spatulas and for some reason, even after disinfecting i was pretty discouraged- i mean (ew ew ew!!!) we are talking my kitchen aid and william sonoma spatulas that i got for my wedding and you don't just go pick those up... bummer.

but more so, Pray for a growing heart for the area and means to meet and get to to know people!