Lovely Fridays

The last of my laundry is finished, the dishes are in the dishwasher and
the kitchen is cleaned up after dinner. The sun is beginning
to set and quiet settles down on my household. Like a warm
blanket on a cold night.
The wind is blowing in the tree tops and the cottonwoods,
are shimmering in the last of the light from this lovely day.
As I sit and ponder how blessed I am at this moment in time.
All I can say, is I am thankful.

Amy Carmichael was a missionary to India and she wrote this poem
that comes to my thoughts on nights like tonight.

"Thou art the Lord who slept upon the pillow,
Thou art the Lord who soothed the furious sea,
What matter beating wind and tossing billow
If only we are in the boat with Thee!

Hold us in the quiet through the age-long minute
While Thou art silent, and the wind is shrill;
Can the boat sink while Thou, dear Lord, art in it?
Can the heart faint that waiteth on Thy will?
---Toward Jerusalem---



Have you ever stood in that age-long-minute and waited?
I know I have and counted the breaths as I sat. When time
seems to stand still and it seems as if waiting has become
a way of life.


Tomorrow we might get to find out what the newest addition
to our family will be, and whether it is a girl or a boy.
So my day will drag as I pace around waiting to know how the baby is
and how the Mommy is and knowing that sometimes waiting is
a good thing.

When my girls are pregnant they are adorable.
I was the size of a barn. So I enjoy seeing how pretty they are.

Have a lovely Friday,
~Kim~

A Letter To My Daughter

To my dear daughter,

Happy Birthday! How can it be that you are thirty?
It seems like just yesterday the doctor looked up and at
me and said, " It's a girl!" Oh, how I longed for a girl.
I had talked to you the whole time you were nestled beneath
my heart. You have given me such joy since that first day
I knew I would be a Mommy.



For Thirty years, I am sorry you were the test child on every
single idea that I had, I am also sorry that you received my inexperience
and my anger. Often I hope that my love for you made up for all of my
many mistakes.
I shudder to think how hard I was on you that first year of home schooling.
How much I expected of you and how high the bar was that I had for you
to jump.



Now I watch you with your own children and I am so glad you are a better
mother than I was, you are a better wife and I realize that in every way
you have exceeded anything I ever dreamed.
But most of all,
I am thankful that you were my first baby, that you are a now my
friend.
Have a lovely day, my girl,
Happy Birthday,
Mom

Chats on the Farmhouse Porch

Today is it time to have a visit on the Farm House Porch.
Patrice always has the nicest questions to share.
I hope you can come along for a visit.

Questions:

1. Are you afraid of heights or small places?

I was never afraid of heights or small places, until I had children. I wonder what is up with that? The first time I noticed I was afraid of heights we were in Holland, Michigan and I was at the top of a windmill. All of a sudden I couldn't stand up nor could I move.
It was during the Tulip Festival and there were tons of people, and I had to give the baby to my husband, and I had to crawl backwards down three flights of stairs, and I had to sit outside on a bench until my legs stopped shaking. I have to force myself now to just get on top of a ladder.



2. What was on top of your wedding cake? (If you're not married- What was on top of your favorite birthday cake?)

My Mom and I fought about this silly cake topper.


She planned the whole wedding and I was determined that this going to be the top of my cake. She was furious. It made me laugh and sometimes I do have such an odd sense of humor. I had to go to my Dad and he overruled her but it was a costly battle.

3. What was something you took for granted in school that you'd pay better attention to now if you could do it over?

Without a doubt I would have been a home EC major instead of an English one. I wish I had got a education in textiles. I also wish I had taken short hand. I loved typing and really thought I would be a secretary.



4. What's your favorite type of tea or coffee? (ie: Chai tea, green tea, English Breakfast tea)

I enjoy chamomile tea, but I do have this love for coffee. I can always have one more cup of coffee.

5. Would you rather drive the car, or be a passenger?

I would rather drive. I am a passenger most of the time though.

Thanks so much for reading along. I hope you are having a nice
week.

~Kim~

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Monday Chatter.

This weekend, I caught a cold. The cold wasn't as bad
as the three day headache. I knew I was starting to
get sick and I decided I needed to get lots of work finished
while the white blood count was up and do all the things
that were on my mind. You know just in case it turned into something
and I might not be able to get out of bed? Tell me I am not the
only one to do that?

So on Friday, my number one priority was visiting all of my
grand children. So I did. I made sure my marrieds were fine.
So then If I got sick my mind would rest.
I returned my library books, just in case, I couldn't go to the library
and the books might be overdue.
I ran to the grocery store so there were snacks in the house, in case
I couldn't cook.

On Saturday, I thought, well, I still feel good enough, so I can clean
the chicken coop so they will be fine for awhile and fill up all of the feeders.
Then we picked the rest of the pumpkins.



I got busy with the stitchery I had been working on
and turned them into pin keeps.



Then I hung them up on my sign.



I think I need to make another sign with some other word.
I did enjoy making that sign. I did have my husband cut wood
for me so I could make signs, but my body finally said no more.
So I had to quit.


I decided I would rather work on my rug than try and take a nap.
So I finished my rug!!!




So here it is, I am working on the last two rows of black
around the outside and then tomorrow I will block it
and finish the edges. So even though my goal was for
October 1st, I didn't miss it by much.
I am already thinking about doing another rug. I really
do enjoy rug hooking.

So that is what I did this weekend. I am feeling much better
now and I will be lots better once this headache goes away for good.
This is birthday week for us this week so I don't have time to be under
the weather.

We have lovely storms coming in this week and I am so excited. I can't wait.
Finally October weather.

I just wanted to check in this Monday,
I hope all is well with you.
~Kim~